20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6, 1963 P a , Slaughter
Of MeatAiiimals
5% Above 1962
~—v i —rnTtf? ' x’i ifi i *•
. j their testimony on record. Tills
Milk Jrroclucers record then will be reviewed m
A 1 *> , . • Washington, and n decision
Ask tcetention handed down
lOf Handler Pool
Philadelphia, Dairy farmers
ifrom central Pennsylvania, the
•Eastern Shore of Maryland,
jind Southern New Jersey went
on the witness stand at the
U.S, Department ot Agriculture
hearing to ask retention of a
.handler pool type of pricing in
the Philadelphia - Wilmington -
South Jersey area with prices
-to farmers depending on in
dividual dealers' utilization,
rather than a markelwide pool.
J. Lin. Huber ot St. Thomas
in Franklin county. Pennsyl
vania, said he was shaking
both as an individual producer
who discusses marketing pro
blems with his neighbors and
as president of Inter-State
Milk Producers' Cooperative,
which has about 4,000 mem
ibers xn Del., Md , N J , and
Pa., slapping to the proposed
area.
“The handler wool is the
only legitimate econom>c pro
tection that we as producers
nave to keep unnecessary milk
from landing in the Philadel
phia market,” Huber said.
F. Bennett Carter ot Cen
treville, Md , v ! ce president ot
the Cooperative, said, “J firm
ly believe that elimination of
the handler pool from this area
would ont only work a terrific
hardship on many present
Phi ladelphia-W il nnngtou-South
Jersey farmers: it would also
work ? hardship on the whole
area and the Order 2 (New
York-North Jersey) producers
would not be helped.”
“We strongly tavor a hand
ler-pool order td combine the
present Philadelphia and Wil
mington orders, and to include
the areas of southern New Jer
sey not now coveied by a
federal order,” said C H.
Fields of the New Jersey Farm
Bureau He urged that such an
older be written and put into,
operation with the least possi
ble delay
David L Middleton, man
ager of United Milk Producers
Cooperative Association of New
Jersey, testified that tueie is
“dire need” for ledeial le
gulation in South Jersey and
that it would make a natuial
marketing aiea with Phila
delphia and Wilmington
The heading, which opened
March 5 before US DA Heal
ing Master, will conMiuio until
all interested paities have put
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Flavorful, savory, and plain
good eating, pork has a well
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dy-building nutrients, remind
Penn State extension nutrition
specialists. Pork furnishes com
plete protein for body-building
and repair, supplies vitamins
and is one of the richest sour
ces of the B vitamins, and pro
vides iron and phosphorus. Fat
of pork is high in energy val
ue and contains essential fatty
acids needed for growth.
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Livestock slaughter by Penn
sylvania commercial -slaughter
plants totaled 135.3 million
pounds, liveweight, during
February 1963, 5 percent
above February 1962, accord
ing to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
The 10 percent Increase tin
pork production, and the 2
percent increase in beef' pro
duction more than offset the
decline in the production
lamb and mutton (18 perSeat'K
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weight *of hogs was below Commercial pfoductfoilr t
February 1962 this was off- red meat during February i
set by a 11 percent increase the 48 conterminous State
in the number of head. The was 2.218 million pounds -
increase in beef production re- 5 P erc °ut more than a 'ye*
suited from both a slight in- e arl,e r, but 13 percerit Jes
crease in the number of cattle than a month earlier.
slaughtered and an increase
in average'liveweight.
Compared w.th 'January .. , ..
1963 the total slaughter was Nitrogen applied to ,Wue
down 13 .percent, which is near f“» p * sture before
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‘ Change in production, of nomist. He says bluegras
January and February com- treated with nitrogen will bi
> bined. compared 1 the same ready ;'for_spa3turing-»*b«lit tif(
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