azine Charges 'Milk Monopoly the May edition of the Progressive maga -1 ” fril , r national dairy chains with helping d ° d niv in the Milkshed ” ‘Monop are Fore most Dairies, Jacksonville, New York City; Beatrice Food L„,<?old Products), Chicago; and National s Sltest-Kraft), of New York City. ’ by Sherwood the four dairy The article contended that jen charged by f— j n Louisville, Ky , New Trade Commis- York City, Oklahoma City, ilations of the and Dayton, O, ti-Merger) Act, dairy manufacturers in al ■al Trade Com- mos t every case received which prohibits more money for processing titive practices. m j|k than the farmer did for ane said that producing it. ;aders, m their 2 —The big New York City useless cycle o m jj] £ strike of ’s7—in which th, and merger, q qqq nnd-9Atlanuc region record sales farmers resorted to milk while farm pne- dumping, dynamining, and lined and con- gumpjgy— was prompted be have advanc- causo farmers were getting only nine cents for a quart the crisis m of milk while the housewife dairy picture was paying 25% cents The detailed account article charged the middle in practices m men took 16 cents Illinois, Oklaho- 3 —Florida has the highest Texas', Kentuc- retail rmjk prices in the na sconsi'n, Miss- tion- because Bordens, Fore iie Mid-Atlantic most, and Sealtest control 59 \tral regions per cent of milk sales m Jack ON CHEMICAL CORPORATION NON Distributing in Lancaster County Contact Us For Local Dealers I POTATO GROWERS SAY about controlling blight with ■THANE M-22 srrels more per acre.” ithane M-22 on about 10 acres ; during 1958 with very satisfy- During August, about 9 inches ; and late blight became a seri to Aroostook County potato eel that Dithane M-22 passed' it by giving us better blight con e had with the nabam fungicide e balance of the crop. In addi- ' e excellent disease control, ,we irease in yield amounting to 30 ' acre. lusier, KVL FARMS, PRESQUE I_SLE, MAINE s***** tr . . prefer working with DITHANE M-22.” Dithane M-22 helped us grow a good clean crop of d! potatoes last season. Weather conditions dur- ing 1958 were very favor ight and it was present in the t Dithane lVt-22 kept our vines harvest. We would also prefer *h Dithane M-22 to other ma is convenient to handle and ily Son, R o ?I, BATH, PA. s are the same from all over the outstanding potato blight con .er yields .., ease of handling ’' ’ ' an d demiite plans to use on a larger scale this sea ■ aven t yet discovered the outages of this improved maneb C «eck -with your Rohm & Haas yoiu pesticide dealer before ygoe * b y- You’ll likethe results. Your Local Pithane Dealer • L. ROHRER & PA sonvillc, 60 per cent in Tam pa and 36 per cent in Miami. The article further stated that farm surpluses were pil ing up in Florida because the price of milk was out of re ach of many housewives 4—The Big Four of the da iry industry today control 20 per cent of all fluid milk sa les in the United States and have made more than a quar ter of a billion dollars in pro fits after taxes since 1955 while farmers have been go ing broke. s—Dairy “price wars,” — such as the one which affect ed Dallas, Texas, several years ago—have been driv ing local dairymen out of business The article conten ded that Foremost Dairies was able to finance a price war in Dallas because of pro-' fits made in states such as Florida 6—The big dairy chains favor supermarket chains with the “promotional al lowances” which they do not give to “Mom and Pop” gro cery stores The article cited the testi mony of Fred Lambert, of the Phone CHestview 3-1687 -'i i i exceptional control of late blight.” I used Uithanb M-22 on my entire crop of certified seed potatoes during the 1958 season and I'feel that the performance of the product was outstanding. During the month of August, we had an excessive amount,of rain in Aroostook County and late blight sapidly developed in the area. Despite these severe disease conditions, Dithane M-22 prevented any late blight development in my crop. Under the cir cumstances, I feel that 'Dithane M-22 gave me exceptional control of late blight. Athell Banks, MARS HILL, MAINE .. biggest crop I ever produced.” I used Dithanb M-22 on my potato crop exclu sively during 1958 and harvested the biggest and best quality crop I ever produced. The crop was clean and free of blight in spite of favorable disease weather experienced 'during the’growing season. I find its ease of handling and mixing a real advantage and certainly plan to use it again next season Ernest R. Ringer, R D. #l, ALLENTOWN, PA. Dithanb 18 a trademark, Reg U S.Pat Off and in •principal foreign countnet. Ch> micuh for igrhullure ROHM & HAAS COMPANY WASHINGTON SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. BRO. Phone Lane. £X 2*2659 Independent of Missouri, taken before the Patman House Committee on Small Business, to tche effect that “a conspiracy exists be tween chain stores and chain dairy companies ” Lambert said, “The large dairies are forcing the price of horne-d-Tucred milk up m cider tnat house-wives buy all their milk at chamstores where the milk of the large dairies is sold . There is a conspiracy between the large grocery chamstores to mono polize the distribution of mi lk . . financed by the large daries ’’ The article said that “the plight of the dairy farmer is ■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■■Baaaaw ■ __ ■ IFR D i ■ W ■ I Affplito K| 1 S. O. TRUPE sEast Earl. H. -D. 1 m M 5 M. S. GRAYBILL & SON ffiA B. LANDIS ■ J Bareville 779 Valley Hd„ Lancaster ■ ■ Jj ffliiißiin iiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiusiißiiiiik w # JBbl ,■ , mm I hTKM - - -Y'-' 8 TO 16 WEEKS OF AGE Delivered Prices % 8 WEEKS 95c 12 WEEKS $1.28 All pullets subject to prior sale All Bessie pullets are Tull-fed on the best feeds available. They are grown in con- finemenf and are isolated from older birds. BABCOCK HATCHERY, Inc. Lancaster Farming# Saturday, May 9. 1959 —7 surpassed only by the death agonies of the small milk manufacturer Twenty years ago he knew each farmer, who, in the early morning trucked his milk cans to his Main Street door, and he generally gave the farmer the best price he could and made a profit “Today, the small milk manufacturer is -being bought out, sometimes forc ed out The new proprietors are absentee landlords, run ning the dairy in Ashtabula or Gainsville from the cor porate towers of New York and Chicago ” “They do not see the face of the dairy farmer when he brings his milk to market. (Turn to page 12) • .. feed| your calf | with careil Calf D-Lite takes the ■ worry out of feeding ■ calves . . . leaves just £ the fun. Contains all £ the necessary protein £ vitamins and minerals ■ for fast, healthy growth. ■ One 25 lb. carton ■ makes 420 lbs. of fluid S formula, enough for the £ first six weeks of a £ calf’s life. Stop in. See £ it, buy it, try it. ■ Npw For a Limited • Time—2s lbs. of Calf ■ Sfarter— ■ * > “ *«*» JTf** * ***** FREE with each box of Calf D-Lite. B. G. MELLINGER & SON Willow Street, R. D. 1 Babcock Bessie R. D. 3, LITITZ. PENNA. Phone MAdison 6-5872
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