Milk Hearing
In Philadelphia
Is Concluded
Philadelphia, A month- questions- involving changes in
long U. S. Department of Agri- areas under Federal Order reg
cultnre hearing on proposed ulation and the system of pool
changee in milk marketing reg- jug to be used in determining
ulation* in the Philadelphia- the price- farmers receive for
Wilmington-South Jersey area their milk.
•was'- adjourned here this week The Inter-State Milk Produ
u'idh May 17 set as the date cers’ Cooperative, a four-state
for filing briefs on the propo- organization of over 4,000
sals and a final decision not dairy farmers, asked that the
Geared To Serve
FIELD SPREADING SERVICE
expected for several months.
The public Shearing before
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture Hearing Master Will Rog
ers ran from March 5 through
April 3, and heard testimony
of more than 50 witnesses on
LIME or FERTILIZER
mixed analyses
accurate rates
CONTACT YOUR EASTERN STATES MAN TODAY
EASTERN STATES
FARMERS EXCHANGE, INC.
area of the present Federal
Order 4, known as the Phila
delphia milkshed, he joined,
with Wilmington's Federal Or
der 10 and be further extended
to include South Jersey, which
is not now under federal regu
lation. This area extension pro
posal was supported by United
Milk Producers Cooperative As
sociation of New Jersey, Tren
ton, and the Lehigh Valley Co
operative Farmers, Allentown.
Another area proposal, made
by the Milk Distributors Asso
ciation of the Philadelphia
Area, was to include parts of
Bucks, Montgomery, and Ches
ter counties in Pennsylvania
under Order 4. This was op
posed by the Lehigh Valley Co
operative and .the Suburban
Milk Dealers.
A proposal by the Inter-
State Cooperative, Lehigh Val
ley, and United Milk Producers
that a handler-pool type of pric
ing be retained in the area was
supported by the South Jersey
and Philadelphia Milk Dealers,
and the New Jersey Cattle
Club Opjjosed to the handler
pool were Michael’s Dairy,
Philadelphia, and Eastern
Milk Producers Cooperative,
Metropolitan Cooperative Milk
Producers Bargaining Agency
and Mutual Federation of Inde
pendent Cooperatives, all of
Syracuse, N. Y.
In a handler pool, prices
paid to producers vary accord
ing to the percentage of milk
their individual dealers utilize
as Class I, or bottled, and as
or ingredients
of application
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13, 1963
Class 11, or manufacturing.
Testimony on other points
.concerned minor changes ra the
.Class I price formula and ask
ed that the Philadelphia Order
remain basically as is.
'Following the submission of
briefs on or before May 17, the
Federal Government will write
a recommended decision, after
which all interested parties
may file exceptions and submit
another brief befoie a final de
cision is issued.
Heeding weather forecasts
can do much to avoid exces
sive transit death rates m
hogs, says Livestock Conserva
tion, Inc. Some of the “danger”
forecasts are; temperature ab
ove 60 to 65 degrees early in
the season, temperatures 10 to
15 degrees above normal, and
relative humidity of 50 percent
or higher at 75 to 8 0 degrees
Any measures to promote com
fort of the hogs at these times
not only will reduce death loss
in transit, but also will avoid
excess shrink during shipment
Safety For Family
Safety is a family affair, re
minds Ralph Patterson, Penn
State extension agricultural
engineer. Especially on the
farm, a family’s very existence
depends on the well-being and
safety of every member.
Smith and Muth
Attend Meeting
On Conservation
M M. Smith, County Agent,
and W. Martin Mutk, Soil -Con
servationist in Lancaster Coun
ty, attended the eighth annual
meeting of the U. S. Soil Con
servation Service workers and
County Agents of the Agricul
tural Extension Service at
State College on April 8 and
9.
The two-day workshop was
under the direction of State
Conservationist, Iran McKeever
of the U S Soil Conservation
Service, and Russell B Larson,
Director of the Agricultural
Extension Service Specialists
of the two agencies reviewed
pew techniques in soil and wat
er conservation and the latest
developments in agriculture.
Highlighting the meeting
was a discussion of the propos
ed study of the Susquehanna
River Basin by representatives,
of the U S Army Corps of En
gineers, U. S Department of
Agriculture, U S Department of
Interior, and U. S. Public Hea
lth Service,
The comprehensive plan lor
the 27,400 square miles m the
Susquehanna River, which dra
ins parts of Pennsylvania, New
York, and Maryland will take
six years to complete It will
include the needed flood pre
vention, recreation, water sup
ply and conservation on the
,uv er and its upstream tribu
tary watersheds.
Max Manbeck, Jr , farmer
and big game hunter from Mif
flmtown, Juniata County pre
sented an illustrated talk on.
his African safari at the ban
quet at the Nittany Lion Inn on
Monday might He related his
hunting experiences in Tang
anyika, Kenya and British Col
umbia. and told of bis fishing
trip to Newfoundland.
Trees & Shrubs
Are Shipped By
Game Agency
More than 5,500,000 tree and
shrub seedlings are being
shipped from the Pennsylvania
Game Commission nursery at
Howard this month. George
Wellei, nursery superintend
ent, said today the shipments
started April 1 and should be
completed by April 13. They
include over two million coni
fer seedlings, mostly pine and
spruce, plus 3,560,000 shrubs
pf such species as multiflora
.rose, autumn olive, tartanan
honeysuckle, lespedeza, asiatic
crab, bittersweet, coralberry
and silky dogwood
Seedling production at the
Game Commission property in
Centre County is geared to pro
viding planting stock for wild
life habitat improvement pro
grams Most of the seedlings
are planted by the Commiss
ion's food and cover corps on
state game lands or furnished
to farmers enrolled in coopera
tive farm-game projects. Any
extra seedlings may be made
available to conservation or
ganizations for planting on
other land open to public
hunting.
Weller emphasized that the
Commission does not ship seed
lings in individuals for plant
ing on private land He also
stated that all plantings are
subject to future inspection by
Commission field officers who
determine survival- rate, care
in planting procedures, and
benefit to wildlife.
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in packages, and is never ad
vertised on TV.
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