12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 18, 1958 Sec. Benson Urges Potato Growers To Reduce Acreage of 1958 Crop Secretaiy of Agriculture Ezra Talt Benson today advised potato gioweis who pioduce potatoes for late summera nd fall haivest to icview' and icvise their acreage plans so as to avoid marketing tUid price difficulties next fall and winter The 1958 ‘intentions to-plant” icport issued March 18 indicates that growois in ceitain key states aie proposing to plant acreage substantially in excess of the acreage-marketing guides Secie tc’iy Benson mged these giowers to leconsidcr their plans so as to avoid both the cost of planting unnecessary acies and the pioduc tion of a puce depressing surplus IN FEBRUARY USD A issued it- act cage maiketing guides for summer and tall crop potatoes c ,nd recommended to giowers cer tain changes horn last years acie- a n c on a state bv-slate basis. In o'der to plant within the Depart ment's acreage-marketing guide, growers in seveial states and areas should reduce their 1958 acreage horn last year’s plantings Those toi which the intended rcreage is indicated to be substan tially m excess of the guide in clude Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island Long Island, and New Jeisey in the East, Wiscon sin Minnesota, and North Dakota a. the Midwest, and all of .the M estern States except Montana • Too often attractive shipping point prices during a planting season cause growers to plant an e-cessive acreage for the follow ing season’s haivest,” Secretary Benson said “Thus the cycle of too much production, too little demand, too low prices, and too much distress among farm fami lies begins again. “I EARNESTLY remind grow ers of late summer and fall crop potatoes that their prices through the past mid February we t e at lower levels because of surplus production, and that these prices no doubt would still be compara tively low were it not for reduced or delayed production in South eastern States owing to severe weather Don’t be tricked by cur rent prices into neglecting prud WE SELL <J»o£bl>4m POWER MOWERS the choice of more dis criminating people than any other make. 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EX 3-9267 ent planning” Growers of fall harvested pota toes have produced a surplus each year for the past several years have received low prices for their ciop dunng most of their marketing period USDA has as sisted groweis during these years by making payments for diversion ol low-giade potatoes to livestock lood use and to the manufactuxe of starch and flour Government expenditures during the past tluee years under this progiam have exceeded $lO million “This type of assistance to pota to giowers cannot continue with out groweis and the industry tak ing positive steps to help them selves,” Secietary Benson declar ed “The basic step m self-help is the planting of an acieage that v ill produce a ci op within the capacity of maikets to absorb The potato industry is on weak ground when it seeks surplus-re uuval and price assistance from the Department while overplant ing the acr e a g e-marketmg guides ” HERR’S BULK BIN SERVICE v Builders of Feed and Grain Bins ALL SIZES TO FIT EVERY NEED Gordonville, Pa. 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Farm - Home & All Other Liabilities Old Guard Mutual Fire Insurance C of C Task 1 Group Hears Farmers’ Views (Continued from page 1) tural interests ol Lancaster Coun ty at times, re-emphasized Gar ber s point on the need for an active agricultural committee in the Chamber and an active pro gram He said, “It’s rare that an ac tive Chamber of Commerce does not have an active agricultural committee I’ve always felt that the lack of such a committee was a weakness of the Lancaster Chamber Wo have not had an ac live committee in the last 16 or 18 veais ” The task force will meet with the* County Agricultural Council at the Council’s next meeting to c> plain the functions of a Cham ber of Commerce and to outline %\ hat the Chamber is try mg to do The Council will be asked to make suggestions on the needs of the Chamber and perhaps woik out a standing working agreement with the Chamber ot Commerce Lester Brubaker 350 Stras burg Pike, Lancaster, is chairman ol the fact-finding task force. 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Agriculture Secretary William L Henning said the new program replaces individual farm collec tion of milk samples which in the past were analyzed by tech nicians in one of the four State and Federal Bureau of Animal Industry mobile laboratories. Department personnel will now dairy herd samples of milk tor a ring test from preserved composite samples (required un der law) at the milk plants. They ♦j ♦♦ 14 st Highest AIT-Breed f>nd Highest Leghorn « I Hen Record in Pa. / Hen Record in the & A Laying Contest-1957 * Nation-1957 :: UPSIDE-DOWN, BACKWARDS, OR ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT KEYSTONE LEGHORNS Higher Quality Lower Chick Cost KEYSTONE HATCHERY 2556 Creek Hill Rd Lancaster Daniel R. Myer, Ph. Leola OL 6-2243 Hatchery Ph. 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