16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22, 1964 U.S. Signs Meat Import Restriction Pact With Australia, New Zealand The emoluments ot Austi al ia anti Xovv Zealand hive ag iced'to limn meat eMioits to tlie rimed States the Ilepai t nients ot State and Agiuultuie ■announced todav Austiaha and New Zealand tue the pi inopal suppheis to the United States ot beef and teal The aateements announ ced todav weie concluded be cause United States unpoits ot these pioducts have mu eased tnaikedh fhe past tew veais Beet untie pines aie low and declined nnpoitantU in 19 63 Low domestic prices weie most 1\ earned b\ heav\ domestic pioductiou ot led beet How evei anah'es bv the United Staies Depnt t.ment of Agucul tme show that nnpoits also weie a (Oimibuting tactoi ol Agiunltnie Oi xiile L Fieeman is-ned the to Ho wmg ‘•tatemeut on the signing ol Agreements between the United States and Austral ia and New Zealand to limit eMioua at beef veal and mut ton to the U S maiket I am pleised that these ag leements ha\e been concluded i\Uh oui inaior sunplieis Lne- piodmeis in the United States aie now assuied that impoits ot heel, veal and mut ton tins veai will be limited to appioMinateK the 1962-63 a\ei?a e level. about G peicent belt w the letoid level of 19G3 Future expansion ot beef impoits will be far below' re cent levels This is the most impoitant lesult ot the Agiee nients AustiahaA shipments int i eased In 89 peicent in 1962 and in 19G3 weie 17 peicent above 19 62 Without these Agi eemeuts, ibeef and v eal imports this yeai were ex pected to mciease by S to 10 peicent Instead they will de cline b\ about G percent in 1964 and will increase bv less lb in 4 percent per jeai in 19til and 19GG. Beet and teal imports can not, lie substantially upgraded b> a fuither s'hift to primal cuts under tbe Agreements It is understood th'at further shipments will be of approxi inateU the same composition as le eiu sh.pmentb Othei i nii)oi taut piocisioiis in hide At least ISO da\s notice if eihie’ Go\ eminent wants to PATZ Sales & Service Barn Cleaners - Silo Unloaders - Cattle Feeders Robert K. Rohrer Quarryville, R. D- 1 Hensel KI 8-2559 The Most Famous Name In Corn Pfister Associated Growers Ijitit/, Pa. Plume 020-8808 ternvmate the Agreement, Renegotiation ot the rate of me lease m shipments m 19 C 6. Assutance of coutuvued eff oi ts by both Govei nimetvts to imipiove access to woild beet maikets in the Kennedv Round of tiade negotiations. I’. S. Imports from Australia and Xcvv Zealand (■Millions of pounds, product weight) Year , Beef, „ . Beet and veal and lmUton Beef and veal 19 58 19 59 19 GO 19 (, 1 19G2 Estimates, subject to revision 517 '577 19G3 As specified in the Asreenirnt 542 5G2 352 1964 19GC) 1 9 GG D. H. I. A. Records Prove It Pays to Feed Hornco “Our Herd Really Came UNI-PEL PROGRAM” "We started feeding Hornco Uni-pel dairy pellets during .the 1962 testing year. The record below shows the improvement in 1963." Cows milked 54 53 -1 Pound of fat Pounds of milk 10958 13626 +2668 % Fat % of cows settling on Ist 72% 77% +5% service D. E. HORN & CO.,INC. york, pa. Pk. i ntn Report Shows Family Farms Are Bigger Even though farms are get ting bigger, most of them con tinue to ibe family businesses in which opera tois and family members aie i isk-taking man agers doing most of the farm work, according to a report Published today by the U. S., Austia-ha 18 224 14'5 oo J L <J "I 442 To Life On The Soys: Melvin J. Storner, R. D. #2, New Oxford, Po. Improve -1962 196 S ment 411 513 +lO2 3.8 3.8 New Zealand IS 4 IG2 131 154 ■214 33 2G3 177 '274 505 ■244 231 240 249 Department of Agriculture. The report, by USiDA’s Ec onomic shows that more and more Of total sales of farm (products come from, farms doing $40,0(00 or more annual business Pams with sales between $40,000 and $ 10'0,0'O0 more than Imp led in number from 1939 to 1959 Their output iper farm increased only 8 percent. Farms with marketing of $ 10(0,0'O0 or more in annual sales increased from '5,000 to 20,000 itiom 1939 to 1959, and their out put per (farm rose 10 (percent. Average sales volume for the 20,000 biggest farms, with marketings of $lOO,OOO or moie each year, was $250,000 but only 2 pel cent of these hit the million dollar mark Forty percent of the farms with sales of $40,000 or more were fdmily farms in 1959 In the Corn Belt and Northern Plains family fauns accounted (for three-fifths of the -sales from these farms and one-fifth of the sales of farms with mar ketings o.i $lOO,OO or more For all farms, 70 percent of Sam and Eugene Starner are seen going over dairy retort's with D. H. Vanpelt - Borneo Dairy Specialist. "Service makes the difference when you buy from the Hornco man with the Hornco plan" marketings came from farms. Technological advances ~ agmcuilture have not matenaiiy affected the traditional of family farms as the domm. ant unit of American anrum. Hire Hired managers are most, ly on farms iw'it'h of $lOO,OOO or more, !bm only 13 percent of these had managers in 1959, the i Gport states. Crops For Rotational Pasting John E Baylor, extension agronomist at The Pennsvlvan. 1a State University, says Sudan, grass and sudan-sorigihum hj. buds are the’best summer seed, ed annual crops for rotational pasture and green feeding ia many areas of Pennsylvania Tips For Vegetable Groweis New seed 'catalogs make good winter reading foi gardenei,, suggests J O. Dut’t, extension vegetable specialist at Th* Pennsylvania State Univeism, who reminds growers to placs seed orders wihiJe there’s sis'll plenty of time to get the “\ar leties you 'want.”
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