6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Jan. 24, 1958 PFA Backing Benson’s Drop Of Milk Parity The board of dnectors of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Asso said Friday, that lower government price supports for manufactuied dairy products, as announced by Secretary of Agriculture Benson, aie preferable to “cow quotas”, which are being advocated by some proponents of continued high puce supports In an interpretation of the poli cies of the sta f e wide organization the PFA board of directors sent a telegram to Secretary of Agri culture Ezia Benson, compliment ing him on his recent announce ment that dany support price! levels will be rolled back to 75 per cent of pant> on April 1 In a telegram to the Secretary, the Pennsvlvania Farmers’ Asso ciation board of directors said ‘We stiongly commend you foi >our announced intention of low enng the puce suppoit level on dairy manufactured products to 73 per cent of parity We believe your action to be completaely in line with the intent of the law as passed by Congress, and we most ceitainly find it in line with the policies adopted by our voting delegates in annual session last November “Our policy resolutions read. Puce support programs should contain just enough protection to a\oid a complete collapse of agri cultural prices They should tend to encourage the use of supply and demand as the major factor in setting prices We recommend that the Federal Goverment get out of the price support, subsidiz ation and marketing business as soon as feasible.” ‘We encourage you to carry out your announced intentions and pledge ourselves to support your action in every way possible We believe the final result of continu ed high Government price sup- * Healthy Clucks Make Great Layers! Monroe C. Babcock How much is a stewing chicken worth to you 9 400’ 450’ Certainly not much As a stewing chicken, there probably won’t be much difference whether you sell a hen after 12 months of lay or 15 months of lay She doesn’t depreciate much that way . she’s still a stewing hen But that same hen can produce about 5 dozen extra eggs during thos<3 3 months, laying 60% production. That means about 650 profit per hen over feed costs and labor these days, and you still have a stewing chicken left to sell Babcock Bessies will give you 14-15 months of continuous high lay so you can afford to keep them as egg producers for those extra months Bessies will average 235-270 eggs per year per bird housed, with 82-85% of the eggs grading large and extra large during the first year of lay. Bessies will make money for you, and we would like to see them on your farm Make your plans now, and take advantage of our early order discount Write us, or call collect, today BABCOCK HATCHERY Lancaster County Branch Route 3F, Lititz, Pa. Russell Mease Route 4 Manheim, Pa. Phone MO-5 4705 possible We ports on dairy manufactured pro ducts will lead to “cow quotas” which would place Pennsylvania dairymen in a straight fiom which they could not escape. In explaining what is meant by ‘ cow quotas,” Farmers’ Associa tion President, G A Biggs of Mc- Connellbuig said that quotas have been applied to acreage of crops that ai e supported by government subsidies, whidh through the year have virtually ruiped the business ot producing crops by efficient producers “The same thing can, and pio bably will, happen to the dairy business if we continue to permit our government to interfere with the normal supply and demand on the dairy markets,’ said Biggs '“Farmers every wheie”, said Biggs, “are completely disgusted sick and tired of GGovernment interference in the operation of their farms ” We must recognize that as long as we rely on govern ment to provide us with any por tion of our income we must accept regimentation, controls, quotas and other devices of government Any goverment,” said Biggs, “That is big enough to give us all we want is big enough to take all we’ve got ” “We are not yet ready to sell our soul for a mess of pottage Despite reduced farm income, we are not yet so desperate that we will turn our farm affairs over to the government as they have done in Russia,” said the PFA Presi dent. The Pennsylvania Farmers’ As so board of directors took action at its Friday meeting to contact all Congressmen and both Sena tors took action at its Friday meeting to contact all Congress men and both Senators from Pennsylvania for the purpose of unng them to support the Secre tary of. Agriculture in his move to lower the price supports of dairy products The board expressed the opin ion that the reduction of price supports on dairy products from 83 to 75 per cent of parity would Would You Rather Buy a Layer or a Stewer? Phone MAdlson £-5872 Bob Decker R. D. #1 Milford, New Jersey Phone Milford 4-4909 ■ •■-■• ::«rf; '>%? <•> *» \ > ' . «<i tkf’&L .s’*. •* v < '> >,:;,< '%•£* v?n ' A \>'¥ c/ I-aI , < V, . • >\ N ® " N < »« < , ** ** * A v *"* ' ' TAKING DOWN SOME OF THE OLD banners getting ready for their new 1958 one are Wilbur Hosier, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hosier, R 3 Manheim, and Clair Hoffer, son of Mrs and Mrs. Chester Hoffer, R 4 Manheim. Both boys are stu- not materially effect the price of fluid milk “After an extended period of time,” said the PFA President, “the fluid milk price might drop slightly as the result of lower price supports of manufactured products such as ice cream and butter and cheese. But since most ot the milk in Pennsylvania is marketed as fluid milk, the total income from dairying probably would not be affected to any great extent ” State Vegetable Conference Set For End of Month Pennsylvania vegetable grow ers will have an opportunity to hear horticultural experts from over the Eastern Seaboaid discuss some of the problems facing the ministry today at a conference to be held Jan. 29 and 30 at the Nit tany Lion Inn, University Park The conference will also be the annual meeting of the state vege table glowers association. Among some of the topics to be discussed are these Nematodes, systemic insecticides, causes of severe storms, runner control in strawberries, market competition with California, irrigation, chemi cal weed control and studies on staked tomatoes. Dr H R Fortmann, assistant director of the Pennsylvania agri cultural experiment station will welcome the vegetable growers to the conference. Also taking part in the program will be Dr. R E Larson, head of the horticulture department at Penn State. In all some 11 Penn State faculty members will take part in the conference. They will be as sisted by representatives of the University of Kentucky, the Uni versity of Massachusetts and the Associated Seed Growers Inc., New Haven, Conn. Klarwin Farms Have 5 Very Good Guernsey Cows PETERBOROUGH, N. H. C W. Brown, Klarwin Farms, Nottingham, have recently had their Guernsey herd classified for type by L. 0. Colebank, Knox ville, Tenn, official classifier for the American Guernsey Cattle Club. A complete analysis of the Browns. This shows that of their 27 cows classified, five were rated Very Good, 10 Desirable and six Acceptable. * S ' " 1 t -\< '' -> > v ■ •♦ \ V £• „ s «*, * N > '■■^S '% s- * S \V»l' : i ■> State Farm Products Used in School Lunches A bulletin in the Future Home makers of America booth at the GET YOUR TRACTOR READY FOR SPRING NOW a# EQUIPMENT SERVICE, TOO Columbia Pike Conestoga Farm Service Quarryville Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc. Vew Holland dents at Manheim Central High School which again this year had the best dis play of egg by a vo-ag department. The Manheim FFA chapter also won the award in 1948, 49, 52, 54 and in 1955. (LF Photo) SAVE MONEY ON Off-season service of equipment costs you less. You'll save in the cost of service now. Remember, down time in the field costs you money. CALL US OR STOP iN TO DISCUSS YOUR SERVICE NEEDS Denver Haverstick Bros. Ph. EM 7-1341 Sander Bros. 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