6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 19, 1957 Trade Groups Endorse Foreign Agricultural Market Development Representatives from tradae groups and farm organizations, meeting with U S Department of Agriculture peisonnel in Washington, June 27-28, gave en thusiastic approval to the current programs to develop foreign mar kets for U S. farm products These industry organizations, many of them cooperators with the Department’s Fongen Agri cultural Service on market de velopment activities under Title I ol Public Law 480, agreed that the meeting was especially worth v hile in its exchange of ideas on, how improvements can be made toward increasing foreign sales of U S. farm products for dollars Under Public Laaw 480, sales of U S farm products can be made for foreign currencies Part of these currencies is then allocated to finance maiket development activities abroad by U S. agri cultural producers and trade or ganizations Under this program 71 market development projects are being carried out in 24 countries in co operation with trade groups in these countries Foreign cur icncies obligated or allotted for financing these projects-now total about $7 2 million, including gen eral operating costs and tiade fair activities Contributions totaling several million dollars are also, being made to these operations by United States and foreign trade groups Assistant Secretary of Agncul ture Earl L Butz, speaking at the meeting, said, “I congratulate you on your efforts to expand exports of food and fiber abroad You are contributing to higher stand ards of living in foreign countries The programs you are conducting are the ‘acid test’ as we strive to increase dollar sales abroad We are all concerned because today 41 per cent of our total agricul tural exports is moving under Government programs Through your efforts we hope commercial sales for dollars will be increas ed ” Industry spokesmen reviewed their programs and activities be ing conducted abroad to promote the sale and use of specific U. S. farm commodities These activi ties include surveys, printing and distribution of promotional litera ture and displays, advertising, market-promotion exhibits at in ternational trade fairs, and two way visits of foreign and U S commodity specialists, largely done in cooperation with foreign trade groups Gwynn Garnett, Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Serv ice, emphasized that these foreign market developments must never be considered as primarily gov ernment programs. “Rather”, he said, “they are cooperative efforts by U. S. private industry and the Government to increase foreign commercial sales of U. S farm products. I am convinced that there are greater market oppor tunities abroad for our farm pro ducts than we are yet equipped to take advantage of.” Trade groups and organizations represented at the two-day meet ing included Cotton Council In ternational, National Cotton Seed Dealer’s Assn , American Soybean Assn, Soybean Council of Am erica, Inc , National Milk Produc ers Federation, Dairy Society In ternational, Carnation Company, General Milk Co , Milk Industries Foundation Institute of Ameucan Poultry Industries, California Prune Ad visory Boaard, California Raisin Advisory Board, Florida Citrus Canners Assn, Califorma-Arizona Citrus Industry, Pacific Nortlv west Pea Grower and Dealers Assn, National Potato Council, Florida Citrus Mutual, National Bean Council, California Prune and Apricot Growers Assn, Cali fornia Prune Adm Comm. Farmers’ Hybrid Popcorn Grow ers Assn, Division of Wheat De velopment, Department of Agri culture & Inspection, Nebraska Wheat Commission, Millers’ Na tional Federation, U S. Rice Ex- port Development Assn, Oregon Wheat Commission, American Corn Millers, Washington Assn, of Wheat Growers, National Grain Trade Council, Oregon Seed Growers’ League, Kansas Wheat Commission, California Barley Growers’ Assn., Nebraska Wheat Growers’ Assn., Oregon Wheat Growers League American Meat Institute, Na tional Renderers Assn , The Hol stem-Fnesian Assn, of America, Leaf Tobacco Exporters Assn. Inc, Tobacco Associates, Inc, Burley and Dark Leaf Tobacco Export Assoc., Inc. National Assn of Food Chains, Kansas State College, U S Cham ber of Commerce, National Assn of Farmers Cooperatives, Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation. It cost Pennsylvania taxpayers only 15 cents a square mile for the State Department of Agricul ture to conduct aerial and ground work to eradicate Oak Wilt dis ease, lowest cost in the nation. 738 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster Registered Jersey Has High 305 Day Record in Red Rose DHIA in May A registered Jersey owned by Jesse Osborne & Son, HI Peach Bottom turned in the highest 305 day record in the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Assn, for the month of May. She produced 9,151 pounds of milk and 578 4 pounds of butterfat. Two herds tied for first place in the monthly butterfat averages. The herd of John C Melzler, R 1, Christiana produced an average of 1,493 pounds of milk and 57 5 pounds of butterfat. The Harry H. Ranck, R 1 Ronks, herd produced 1,523 pounds of milk while averaging 57.5 pounds of butterfat. The high monthly producing cow was a registered Holstein owned by J. Richard Keller, R 1 Manheim She produced 3.616 pounds of milk and 112.5 pounds of butterfat. The second high 305 day lacta tion average was produced by a legxstered Holstein owned by George A Rutt, R 1 Stevens Her record was 13,038 pounds of milk and 578 4 pounds of butterfat The second high monthly aver- ft blights, leaf spots and anthracnose. And “Manzate” preserves green tomato leaves and vines ... won’t stunt vigorous growth. You gain higher yields, better-quality tomatoes and a longer picking season. On all chemicals, follow label instructions and warnings carefully. iPONJ *ES U 5 PAT Off BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING ... TH RO UG H CHEMISTRY MANZATE DISTRIBUTED and SOLD BY J. C. EHRLICH CO. age was made by a registered Hol stein owned by Everett & Louise Benjamin, R 2 Holtwood. Her rec ord is 2,213 pounds of milk and 110.7 pounds of butterfat. Here are the top 10 cows for the month. Herd Milk Fat J. Richard Keller 2,616 112 5 Everett & Louise Benjamin 2,213 110 7 C. Richard Landis 2,790 108 8 John P. Stumpf 2,158 107 9 John H. Hershey 2,620 107 4 See Us For Your MANZATE ORGANIC PLANT FOOD, INC. Distributors Grofftown Rd. Near Water Works Phone Lane. EX 2-4963 MANZATE MANEB FUNGICIDE Job Stoltzfus 2,480 106 6# John C, Metzler 2,598 106.5 Mary B. Stoltzfus 1,897 104.3 Benjamin & Trimble 2,313 101.8 R John Yost 2,517 100.9 Here are the top 10 herds in butterfat - production. Herd Milk Fat John C. Metzler 1,493 57 5 Harry H. Ranck 1,523 57 5 Job Stoltzfus 1,463 56.5 i Marvin A. Eshleman 1,666 56.4 A. W. Wicken heiser 1,504 56 4 J. Rohrer Witmer 1,013 56 0 Raymond F Witmer 1,065 55 1 Allen K. Risser 1,382 53 6 Hither Hills Farm 1,070 53.3 Elam P. Bollinger 1,405 52 7 Phone EX 3-2489
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