Farm Calendar
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lion, Willow Valley Resort,
Lancaster; through Feb. 25.
Northwest District DHIA, Venan-
go Co. 4-H Center, District
Directors Meeting.
York-Lancaslcr Tree Fruit Meet-
ing, Quality Inn, York Valley,
Tom Becker, 757-9657.
Tri-County Crops Mtg„ Flcming
lon Extension Center, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 24
Garden Spot Dairy Day, Marlin
dale, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Forage and Soils Mtg., Bonanza
Restaurant, Gettysburg, 10:00
a.m.
Sire Power Annual
Mtg.—Northhampton, Rich
mond Methodist Church, 7:15
p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Estate & Financial Planning, Re
mington Extention Center, 8:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call
201/788-1339.
Grain & Forage Producers Confer
ence & Trade Show, National
Guard Armory, Trenton, 8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Crops and Soils Day, Cumberland
Class A Non-Irrigated
Delaware
Snow Farms Inc, Smyrna
169.0, Pioneer 3358
New Jersey
Bouke Tjalma, Phillipshurg
178.8, Pioneer 3358
New York
Severvn Hasbrouck, Jr, Kingston
189.0, Pioneer 3352
Pennsylvania
Frank White, Muncy
181.9, Pioneer 3352
V. .
Co., LeMastcrs Comm. Center,
9:00 a.m.to 2:30 p.m.
Lemastcrs.
Cumberland Co. Dairy Day Clinic,
Penn Township Fireball,
Huntsdale, 9:30 a.m.
“How To Improve Reproduction”
Dairy Mtg., Rothsvillc Fireball,
Rolhsville, meal included, 9:30
a.m.to 3:00 p.m.
Mercer Co. Com Day, Mercer Co.
Vo-Tech School, 10:00 a.m.
Estate Planning, Lancaster Farm
and Home Center, 7:30 p.m.
American Soybean Assoc. Mem
bership Marketing, Kennard-
Dale High School, 8:00 p.m.
Ralph Travis, 382-4871.
N. W. Jersey Vegetable Mtg., Mor
avian Grange, Hope. Call
475-8000.
Tri-County Beef Mtg., Remington
Extension Center.
Friday, February 26
PA Farm Builders Conference,
Berks Co. Ag. Center.
Leisure Horse Management, Cecil
County Extension.
1988 PA Beef Catde Conference,
Penn State Univ., Keller Con
ference Center: through Feb.
No-Till Non-lrrigated
Maryland
Hickory Hill Farms Inc , Upperco
119.6, Pioneer 3324
m
Sunday, February 28
International Dwarf Tree Meet
ings, Hershey Convention Cen
ter; through March 2.
New Jersey Rower & Garden
Show, Morristown Armory;
through March 6.
Monday, February 29
PA Game Bird Conference, PSU
Short Course, 9:00 a.m.;
through March 1. Call
814/865-8301.
Sire Power Annual
Mlg.—Berks-Lehigh, Virgm
ville Grange, noon.
Brubaker Agronomic Banquet,
Willow Valley, Lancaster, 6:30
p.m.
Cumberland Cooperative Sheep &
Wool Growers Annual Mlg.
and Banquet, South Middleton
Fireball, Boiling Springs, 7:00
p.m. /
Bucks Cooperative Extension
Annual Mtg., 7:00 p.m., Plum
steadville Fireball, Stump Rd.
Reservations due by Feb. 16.
Sire Power Annual
Mtg.—Lancaster I, White
Horse Fire Hall, 7:15 p.m
Tuesday, March 1
Third Annual PA Com Confer
ence, Embers Restaurant, Carli
sle, 8:30 a.m.
Garden Center School, Quality
Inn, Centerville, 9:00 a.m. to
3:00 p.m.;' through March 2.
No-Till Irrigated
Maryland
M Franklin Mayne, Buckeystow n
176.3, Pioneer 3352
Irrigated
Delaware
DC Farms, Inc , Bndgeville
178.5, Pioneer 3295
New Jersey
Kevin White, Cranbury
149.9, Pioneer 3192
Jettwell Farms, Inc, Plamshoro
148.3, Pioneer 3295
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20, 1988-A3l
|* FARM FORUM our readers write
Editor
I speak to you as one dairy far
mer to another. You have seen the
headlines.
“Price Support Level Cut by 50
cents per Hundredweight”
“Gramm Rudman Costs Dairy Far
mers Additional Assessment”
“Milk Production
Increase”
“Major Implement Manufacturer
Raises Prices on New Equipment”
“Government Wants to Stop Sub
sidizing Farm Programs”
“Fertilizer Prices up in 1988”
Where do all these headlines
leave us dairy farmers? In dire
straits, that’s where! We, as a dairy
industry, are not united.
I, Charles E. Wismer, Jr., have
always shipped milk to a local
dairy and for many years was an
Lancaster County Dairy Day,
Farm & Home Center, 9:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Sire Power Annual
Mtg.—Schuylkill, Red Lion
Cafe, Pine Grove, noon.
Bedford County Holstein Annual
Mtg., Northern Bedford High
independent shipper. I still think
like an independent, but limes are
changing. Many independent
markets are no longer around, and
the government is changing gears
on us. The government says let the
milk price float at the world market
price at around $B.OO per hundred
weight. California dairymen say
they are willing to produce milk at
$9.00 per hundredweight. What
they arc really saying is they can
rum the PA dairy farmer, and then
take over the market.
What is the answer to all of this?
- RCMA, over-order pricing. It
does not raise the consumer price
and maintains the farmers’ price. It
is not a government program so it
does not create high paying jobs. It
is run by both independents and
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the
School, 7:00 p.m.
Sire Power Annual
Mlg.—Lancaster 11, Ronks Fire
Hall, 7:15 p.m.
Tri-County Sheep & Swine Mtg.,
Extension Center, Remington,
8:00 p.m.
Maryland State Holstein Board of
Directors Mtg., Timonium.
Wednesday, March 2
Lancaster/York Vegetable Grow
ers, Farm & Home Center, 9:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Sire Power Annual Mlg.—Bucks,
Kellers Church, noon.
Swine Management School, North
Carroll High School, Hamps
tead, MD, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30
p.m.
Hunterdon County Board of Ag.,
Extension Center, Remington,
8:00 p.m.
Potato Institute, Embers Restaur
ant, Carlisle; John Rauchl,
757-9657.
PA Com Conference, Embers
Restaurant, Carlisle.
Thursday, March 3
Lancaster County Poultry Prog
ress Days, Farm & Home Cen
ter, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Sire Power Annual
Mtg.—Lebanon-Bcrks, Tulpe
hocken UCC, Millardsville,
7:15 p.m.
Dairy Goat mtg., Fry’s Nursery,
Ephrata, 7:30 p.m.
Insecticide Applicators (YF),
Enfield Equipment, Ralph Tra
vis, 717/382-4871.
Vegetable Producers . Mtg.,
Memorial Lutheran Church.
PA DHIA District Directors Mtg.,
Southeast District, Berks Coun
ty Agricultural Center.
National Pork Industry Forum,
Nashville, TN; through March
5.
Central Jersey Nurserymen’s
Mtg., for information, call
201/431-7261.
N.W. Jersey Fruit Mtg., Watching
View Inn, Pcnckcmin,
475-8000.
Friday, March 4
Farmers District Marketing Con
ference, Grange Hall, Colum
bus, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Chester County Extension Annual
Mtg., Lionville Jr. High School,
7:00 p.m.
Dover Area Young Fanners Ban
quet, Dover High School, Nick
Slattar, 292-3671.
PA DHIA District Directors Mtg ,
Northeast District, Towanda
-.lks Club.
EU/ahethtown Young Farmers
Banquet, Country Table
Restaurant.
Saturday, March 5
Hunterdon County 1988 Exten
sion Bake-Off; for information,
call 201/788-1340.
New York Flower Show, Pier 90,
Manhattan.