10—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Jan. 31, 1958 I
USDA Sustains Philadelphia Milk
Marketing Order After Hearing
The U.S Department ot Agri
culture announced Jan 16 that as
a result of a meeting held Jan 15
to consider suspension of certain
provisions of the Philadelphia
Milk Marketing Order, no suspen
sion action will be taken.
At the same time Secretary ot
Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson said
he has asked Assistant Secretary
Don Paarlberg to meet with offi
cials of the Pennsylvania Milk
Control Commission to discuss
possibnties of more properly cor
relating the operations of the Fed
eral and State Milk Orders in the
Philadelphia market.
“The problems associated with
icgulatmg producer prices in the
Philadelphia milk market are
\ery complex, involving both Fed
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agencies,” Secretary Benson said.
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problems and issues involved, we
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approved by producers voting in
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Federal Order Retention Lauded By He lining
S(.ate Secretary of Agricul
ture William L Henning Friday
said retention of Federal Milk
Order 61 will be advantageous
to Pennsylvania dairyman ship
ping to the Philadelphia mar
ket 1
Henning, in a statement is
sued following announcement
that the federal order would be
continued with producer ap
proved amendments effective
Feb. 1, said Pennsylvania farm
Feed Executive
Predicts 1958
As ‘Good Year’
A favorable year for both farm
er and feedmen was predicted
Thursday by Robert D Emmons,
vice president of the Wirthmore
Feed Co, at a meeting held m
Lncaster.
He also predicted that dealers
in the Lancaster area can be ex
pected to increase their business
during the coming year by using
new sevice facilities to their
greatest potential Emmons noted
that dealers in this aiea had
shewn a very favorable increase
in business during the past 12
months.
Lew Whitaker, Wirthniore sales
manager, discussed new products
related to the feed business now
being introduced and marketed.
Local dealeis and dealer sales
men attending were. Paul Hie
stand, Chris Hiestand, Ben Gray
bill, Amos Mummau, Glenn H,
Herr, Mahlon Kreider, Le Roy
Sensenig, Norman Kurtz, Marvin
Weaver
Clem E Hoober, Jacob Hoober,
Morns Hershcy, Paul M Ressler,
Gordon Reshler, George Spotts,
Lumber Smith, George Holton,
Oran Dillabaugh, Jacob Bleacher
and Jonas Frey
Representing Wirthmore were
Emmons, Whitaker, Roger Ham,
Charles Perkins,* John Renshaw,
Bob Eckbeig, Travis C Johnson
and Bill Mateer
Sales Dates
The listing of sales in auc
tion season is an annual free
service of Lancaster Farming.
For your sale to be listed,
send it to: Sales Dates, Lan
caster Fainting, Box 126,
Quarryville, Pa.
Wed, Feb 12 at Blue Ball
just east of New Holland, all
day sale of tractors, farm machin
ery and horse-drawn implements
poultry supplies, hardware, hay
and straw, corn Sale at 9 a m
Mon, Feb 17, one mile north
of Lancaster, at intersection of
Manheim and Harrisburg Pikes
farm machinery of all makes,
hay, straw, hardware and tools
Sale at 11 a m
Tues , Feb 18, six miles south
west of Chambersburg, one mile
south of Marion, 40 tractors, all
kinds of farm machinery. Sale
at 10 a m
Sat, Feb 22, at Martin’s Sale
Barn, Blue Ball County Swine
Producers Bred Gilt sale Ap
proximately 40 bred gilts and 10
purebred boars.
Sat, March 1, one mile north
of Square, Middletown, along
Route 441, 23 acre poultry and
peach orchard farm, farm equip
ment, some furniture. Sale at 11
a m.
Fn , April 4, at Mt Joy, com
munity sale of furniture, lamps
100 hogs, 50 head of cattle, ap
ples, hardware and tools.
Sat, April 12 at Fritz Town
near Reading, 50 head of cattle,
100 head of hogs, 20 tractors,
horse drawn machinery Sale at
noon.
Wed, March 12 at R 1 Gap,
along Route 30 midway between
Kinzer and Gap. by Mary Zander.
Two tractors, pickup truck, farm
equipment, hay, straw, corn, pul
lets and household goods Sale
ers will benefit m the “long
run" because the federal order
regulates the inter-state move
ment of mik and requires deal
ers to pay dairymen a minimum
price. The State’s Milk Control
Commission cannot regulate in
ter-state milk shipments.
“It is imperative that a fed
eral order continue m the Phil
adelphia milk marketing area,”
Henning declared. “We know
that the farmer and the milk
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disorganized milk marketing
practices.”
Earlier this month, the Phila
delphia older was kept in. force
following special meetings by
industry representatives for sus
pension of certain provisions of
the regulation. At the same
time officials said efforts would
be made to correlate the Fed
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