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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1976
Page
1
Agricultural notes and farm calendar items from Nixnutz's Corral cover rural market updates. Local farm events, grazing tips, feed prices, and upcoming sales featured for area readers. </S>
Dean James Beattie of the College of Agriculture at Penn State told about 200 people at a dinner in Schaefferstown that in the last decade manpower for food has dropped 25 percent while farmers' output rose 16 percent. He noted food costs consume less than 17 percent of the average consumer's disposable income and attributed changes to world food dynamics.
USDA task forces report no new hog cholera confirmations in New England and New Jersey after two weeks of battle. Movement restrictions eased with swine allowed to go directly to market in New Jersey except Gloucester County, while Massachusetts began slaughter hog movement except in four quarantined counties.
Dow Chemical U S A unveils N-Serve a nitrogen stabilizer developed after two decades of research. Purdue experts call it a game changer as field trials show yield gains for over 100 growers in 1975 with wide commercial rollout planned for mid year and July availability for fall applications.
Lancaster County recalls Dairy Day with Penn State led topics on cooperatives and marketing. A six hour program showcased farm management themes while exhibitors laid out manure spreaders and pumps outside under cool drizzle.
Two barn fires within three miles caused seventy thousand dollars in damage this week. Firefighters from Elizabethtown and Rheems arrived at 11 p.m. to the Clayton Risser farm where hay fueled the blaze. Deputy Chief Robert Zeager cited a slate roof trapping heat as hindering efforts. one volunteer suffered a sprained ankle, and several firemen received minor injuries.
L Robert Frame and his wife Elaine of Awckland Chester County acquire controlling interest in Vintage Sales Stables. Frame becomes market manager and Elaine joins as secretary treasurer with Marlin Irwin named vice president. The Frames previously operated Exton Livestock Market and Whitford Sales Co. before the 1965 market shutdown.
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