went up some 3 - 4 cents *= LETTERS To The Editor p« eta™, but did the dairyman get a comparative fO Member Defends Action if Group tn Holding Livestock Adrian, Missouri leges of the farmers Surely May 15, 1961 those who question the legal jtor, Lancaster Farming ity of their actions are not ar sir so foolish as to think that this wa% not thoroughly in vestigated before this organ ization was started and these actions begun. The leaders of NFO are certainly intelligent enough to know that this would be the easiest—meth od by which to kill the move y o iu paper arrived this irruag and I noted with rcS t your editorial on '0 (May 13, 1961) Thmk ,vou might be able to use |,e information direct from , jjidwest and this might 0 f value to you as well as us . I decided to drop you line r e s, we are members in , pjFO (National Farmers livestock handler’s popit of taken for identification, then gamzation) although not view since they would find the trucks came in with active in the organization themselves without jobs numbers covered. Why 9 we feel we should be. But the farmer would find Livestock was counted, if o iv to cover some of the himself with more money in sometimes not even unload nts you brought up. First his pocket Certainly one of ed but taken to some other hmk you will find the ac- the aims of the NFO is to el- market where the same pro ns taken by the NFO com- iminate the so-called middle- cedu.e was followed. In this tely within the law and m’an On milk, for mstanee l way they kept up receipts (lan the rights and pnvi- in recent weeks the price numbers which they had to LANCASTER COUNTY DISTRIBUTOR FOR DITHANE M-22 LEBANON CHEMICAL CORP. LEBANON, PENNA. atoes can be a profitable crop if s are good and quality high. One grow such a crop is to follow a d spray schedule based on IANE 1 ® M-22. This time-proved 80 % hmgicide controls arithracnose, aud late blight as well as gray leaf an d septoria. It also improves the aud color of the vines. For further lto protection use Riiothane® >ITI TANK M-32 DITHANE M-22 AVAILABLE AT s P. L. ROHRER & BRO., Inc. s MOKETOWN, PENNA. Phone Lancasler EX 7-3539 111 advised 9 Well yes, any thing is ill advised from the Grow more No. Ts SPRAY AND SAVE WITH price increase? I should say not!! But somewhere along the line some middleman did. Ice cream also suffered a price rise, incidentally, but the dairyman does not fmd the additional coins jingiing in his overalls. Limited success if any at all’ Well, now lets get some first hand information on that too Trucks were check ed by NFO members at the stockyards unloading points Members worked on a com plete 24 hour (schedule). Livestock came in huge trailer trucks many more than commonly seen. The numbers on the trucks were insecticide to avoid costly losses from horn worm, fruitwonn. Your dealer will be glad to discuss your spray program with you. ROHIIX/I m HA & AS | PHILADELPHIA 5, PA ISHSirS Phone CR 3-1687 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 20, 1361 report! This is absolutely sure farmers will be too true as these trucks were fond of it if it does (work! followed by NFO members but neither are they fond of between St. Louis and Kan- the present system of “Here sas City and Joplin, Kansas are my products. “What will City and St Joseph, Missouri, you give me’ Omaha, Nebraska and etc ! They knew where these trucks came from and where they went The truck men were paid by packers and handlers in an effort to de feat the action Refrigerated trucks traveled the high- ways in very much increased numbers, meaning meat came out of storage—pound after pound. The commission men and handlers knew if the real success of the action ever became apparent, they were doomed! 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WALTER BINKLEY Whatever publicity you get on the matter will no doubt be mostly against it as processors and handlers are organized, as farmers need to be, and thus they have more power for publicity on their side So this is your “Farmers report from the Midwest it self on the National Farmer's Organization ” I have noth ing against your editorial—l think you meant it to be neither for or against the or ganization, but I do think some of your sources of in formation misled you some what That is the reason for this letter Sincerely, Ms Wendell O Greer Lancaster Farming advertis ing hnncs results PASTURE TIRED? new PASTURGO . . it’s id to this area to meet iture conditions. Aval 1 able feeding bulk bins, if you LITITZ, PA, 5
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