14r-Lancaster Fanning, Friday, Aug. 31, 1956 (Continued from page 13) quantities, there is the same risk and the risk also of upsetting markets in other countries and bringing retaliation upon us from other governments Thus the smplus situation that has grown up as a result of un wise price supports the War time, rigid, incentive price sup ports continued too long alter the wartime markets no longer existed that surplus appears up to this point to have present- The Best Broiler Cross at its Best Martin fuses the work of the no* tion's leading breeders to give you top quality chicks that mature early for quick broiler profits.' PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW MARTIN'S HATCHERY POULTRY FARMS, INC. Lancaster, Pa. Phone 2-2164 Authorized Dealers ♦ Master Mix * Ferguson Equipment * Lincoln Welders * Thermopane * Universal Milkers * Miller’s Insecticides * Hoppers Creosoted Posts HIESTAND Inc. 'Windle’s Hatchery Cochranvllle, Pa. Jkuen PHONE LYnc 3-5941 ed a nearly insoluble problem. In spite of everything we have been abla to do in disposal, sur pluses have continued to flow into the Commodity Credit Cor poration more rapidly than they cbuld be moved out. The re sult has been a tragedy tor farmers and a dilemma for the Administration. 5. What more can be done about them? It is against this background, and to help solve the dilemma, that the Soil Bank legislation was proposed. The Soil Bank will not be a cure-all. It should be one moiv tool to help overcome the dis toitions created by the surpluses and to get agriculture back to more freedom and prosperity The voluntary and temporary Soil Bank provided for m Me Agricultural Act of 1956 has thiee interrelated purposes First, to achieve a temporal y reduction in- farm output, With their participation. Second, in consequence ox smaller production, to piovide an opportunity a place in the market to liquidate surplus stocks without depressing mar ket prices Third, to shift an acreage of ciopland not now needed into grass and trees and other con serving uses The reason is to conserve and safeguard our precious heritage of ''soil and water resources against the fu ture needs of the many genera tions yet unborn Unfortunately, the Soil -Bank legislation, was so long delayed that it could not be fully effec tive for 1956 Only a partial pro gram could be established and the partial application will i ♦ Wirthmore Feeds ♦ Haverly Bulk Tanks ♦ Sauder Loaders ♦ Anhydrous Ammonia ♦ Wheel A-Way Egg Washers Irrigation Equipment * DeKalb Chix & Started Pullets Marietta 6-9301 1. High Egg Production 2. Excellent Livability 3. Efficient Feed Conversion 4. Large, Chalk-White Eggs’ 5. Uniform, Even Development 6. Superior Shell Texture 7. Outstanding Interior Quality 'have little effect this year on the Sui plus stocks. The real test of the Soil Bank as a means ot surplus elimination will come next yeai It must be made to work. It must not be degenerated by po litical pressure into a mere crop insurance or drought Yehet scheme for which it was not intended and thereby fail m its most important purpose ot surplus reduction To restrict production is un palatable to farmers, even tor a cause as, important as the elimi nation of surpluses But I expect a large proportion' of farmers to recognize the necessity lor the Soil Bank and to accept the voluntary participation it offers To ask farmers to restrict production is unpalatable for me. But since it must be done before the burden of sur pluses hurts our farmers eien more seriously, a temporary and voluntary Soil Bank seems to promise the best solution. And when the surpluses are eliminated and the distoitmrs they have caused are behind us there is one more essential We then avoid, as we would a plague, all price-support schemes or other programs ot a kind that would build up sur plus problems again • I have spoken feelingly ol these situations that now exist, because they aie so basic and fundamental to the prosperity of agriculture and to the well being of farm families This Ad ministration has one broad ob jective in carrying out its re sponsibilities to -our farm peo ple That is to do everything in our power to develop and main tain a sound, prosperous, ex panding, and free agriculture We nelieve that only in this way can farm life be the profitable and satisfying experience we all want it to be We believe there are many ways in which government can render assistance to agriculture, and be a real servant of farm ers And we believe this is gov ernment’s proper role. We believe that to whatever degree agricultural programs force government to control far mers, there is a corresponding risk that government will be come master instead of servant. We do not believe that master is a proper role of government. We are dedicated* to reveising any such trend, as rapidly and completely as possible without causing disruption to agriculture in the process. We are equally dedicated to avoiding an* new programs that do not lead as rapidly as possible to restoring and maintaining farmers’ own rights to operate their farms We have always before us such contrasts as the inspiring example of your poultry indus try vs. the sad plight of the so called basic crops You are free, expanding and piogressive You have expanded egg production 22 per cent and poultry meat 52 per cent in a decade and have increased your markets propoitionately. They have had rigid price sup ports and have become sur plus-depressed and production controlled. Their problems have gotten worse, not better. Your future may be inter preted anywhere in the lange from encouraging to inspir ing. Until their production and markets can be brought back into balance, their outlook is discouraging and bleak Ladies and gentlemen, the transition from war to peace is never easy for agriculture War always brings insatiable de mands and rising prices It is easier to gear up to greater pro duction than it is to readjust to the changing demands of peacetime. But surely no one wants war as a solution to any difficulties that readjustment may bring. Our great blessing is that we have peace a peace achieved and maintained under the leadership of our great President. We are fortunate in this tran sition to peacetime conditions that we have had a national economy continuing to operate at a high level. Our problems of agriculture adjustment would be far more complex if this were not true. Farmers have been caught in’ „a . cost-price squeeze the seriousness of which I would certainly not minimize. Xet never before in history has the transition from waf to pdace been made as smoothly of with as little distress to farmers. If it were not for surpluses, the average of farm prices would now, stand about 90 n*r cent of naritv.. '' The percentage of farms owned by the families who op erate them is at a lecord high level and the number of farm foreclosures is near an all-time low This is m sharp contrast 'with the years shortly after World War I But surely it does not mean that this Administration is sat isfied with farm conditions as they are In keeping with our responsibility to farmers, a whole battery of programs some old and some new is being operated to protect and improve the economic position of farm families These include - Credit on a liberalized ba sis Conservation for which funds have been increased. Price supports into which the essential principle of flexi bility is being re-established. Assistance for perishable farm products to relieve market gluts where such assistance will be constructive. The Rural Development Phk gram for opening the doors of greater opportunity to low income farmers. The Soil Bank. Serving Lancaster County Since\lB4l IF YOU HAVE A FARM PROBLEM CONSULT THE “COUNTY BANK” STANLEY M. MUSSELMAN, Our Farmer Relations Department, At Your Service. The Lancaster County National Bank 23 E. King St Cor. Prince and James Sts. 138 N. Queen St. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation own ♦U Quarry Road, Bluo Ball, Lancaster County, fa. Drought relief. Expanded research “Ron and marketing problems, and Technical assistance throng the Extension Service. Many of these programs aie reaching to new horizons, to be of fuller service 'to farm families, to help achieve more efficient production and- mar keting and, I pray always, to help keep farmers free as well as prosperous. I am proud of the opportunity 1 have had td serve the interests of farmers in this ,Admtnistia lion I am proud also of my many associates in the Depait ment of Agriculture They, too, have woiked devotedly in yom, interests. I am glad to have the record of out stewardship thor oughly discussed in the elec tion campaign. , The positive, constructive pio grams advocated by this Ad ministration are designed to re tain to farmers full_hou tage of freedom, and to con tribute to a sound and expand mg farm prosperity They die programs founded neither on the quicksand of war nor the entanglements of bureaucracy With God's help we will cam out our role of dedicated seiv ant, to help aguculture go loi ward Stanley H. Deiter Auctioneer And Appraiser 1906 Willow Street Pike Ph. 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