1 VOL. 10 NO. 13 Farmers Union Hears NFU D.C. Rep. Atß^nquet The-Lancaster County Farm ers Union "hosted Dwyte Wil son, National Farmers Union’s representative ;, in Washington, DC., at their Ist Annual Ban quet last' week'-sit Quarryiville. Wilson ‘told ■ the group of approximately 75 fanners and wives a little of the history of the 1 MFU.' It Was founded in 1902, he said, by a news paper editor and nine farmers at Point, Texas. From there it grew to as large as a million members. They, learned along the way, Wilson said, that if they withheld their crops and livestocks for a better price, non-members were . the "only beneficiaries. Since" that time they have concentrated on the legislative approach, trying to get bills. and programs they felt would benefit the farmers. The National Farmers Un ion is not" a" union in the sense of a labor union, Wil son pointed -out. Blather it is an organization of "family farm operators _ ~niedium - and smii£ aC whose.goal is .the preservation of the" family farm as a social and economic unit. ' - “Dairying, is still a family farm operation and will like ly remain* so,“ in contrast to the egg and broiler business,” Wilson told the farmers. Along with other high costs, the freight rate discriminates against the _ eastern farmers, Wilson said. Farmers need lepresentation to help them get an equitable rate, he said. The speaker commented briefly on the millions of dol lars being stolen from the farmers by giant companies who force small dairymen and cooperatives to pay a rebate or find another outlet for their milk. “Now that this situation is out in the open, I hope it can be corrected,” Wilson said. He pointed out that the state milk control law, if it can be enforced, is more realistic for the farmer itinued on. Page 15) m Calendar 7 30 pm. Northeast •actor Club at Farmers- Equip Co, Farmers- iO p m Ephrata Young- Farm Welding Class at ita H.S. Subj.; “Hard nng”. 9:30 am. to 3 pm. ister County Dairy Day Guernsey Sales Pavi- Lmcoln Highway East, ister. 10 p m County Women’s at Lititz Rec. Center ieai Wayne Maresch, conservationist, uis- ‘‘What conservation DIRECTORS OF THE RED ROSE DHIA named the above dairymen to . 30* pm enC CentTaT e 4 n H association’s top officers this week. From left to right they are newly-elected sec or Club* at L H Bm- retary, Clair Griffith, Quarryville R 2; vice-president, Robert Breneman, Strasburg * ' ‘ Rl, reelected: president, Samuel Bum, East Petersburg, reelected; treasurer, Jacob 'tinned ..on- Page 9) Houser Jr., Lampeter, reappointed. All terms are for one year. L. F. Photo * e I ss*tr, -.V. ~ S''--, st-a; - ' •* VICTOR PLASTOW, Associate County Agent, left, and Wilbup Houser, head DHIA tester, right, con duct the to determine the solids-not fat content of milk.Jrhere are 2,756 dairy cows in Lan caster County h'eihg tested on the SNF program. i L. F. Photo v l ~ S ' . , L.C. Syfitie Pjppducers Doiry Doy To. Feature Assn. Plans Ccfrcass. Milk Industrymen And Show FoTr~M«rch 15th Extension Specialists '' The -■ The- Lancaster' County Ex- Producers Association > will tension Service, in cooperation hold their Spring County Car- with the milk distributors, cass, Show on Monday, March milk marketing cooperatives, 15, at the Lancaster Stock- and dairy breed associations, yards, beginning at' Ipm. will stage a “Dairy Day” on Continued on Page 8) (Continued on Page 8) Samuel Dum Reelected President Red Rase Dairy Herd Imp. Assn. At their annual reorganiza- also reappointed Jacob Hous ton meeting the Red Rose er, Jr., Lampeter, treasurer, DMA directors reelected Sam- and elected Clair Griffith, uel Dum, East Petersburg, as Quarryville H 2, secretary. i president of the association, Director Henry Hackman, and Robert Breneman, Stras- Manheim R 2, announced his burg El, vice president. They (Continued on Page 7) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 27, 1965 •• ' •«. N s - S y > V 4 S V SNF Approach To Milk Quality Being Tested by Everett iNewswanger caster County under the su- Stafl Reporter pervision of the Pennsylvania The integrity of butterfat State University to determine has been seriously questioned the - total nutrients in milk, by the general public. It has The hydrometer test for de been accused of contributing termining the solids-not-fat to a list of human diseases, (SNF) content of milk w(as including heart ailments. first used in the western part This degrading of butterfat of the United States where by the consumer promlpted some milk is being sold on the Red Rose Dairy Herd Im- this basis, provement Association in Oc- since there is no SNF pric tober of 1963 to initiate a ing of milk in Pennsylvania milk-testing program in Lan- the program is being conduct- ed- 1) as a research project r J r r C • to find the degree to which Jr ed. Lxt. Service SNF is inherited; 2) to give n | , fv /-v r dairymen something to talk. evaluates Use Ur about beside the “bad word” A O • *• , fat; 3) to inject this factor Area opeciausts into the individual breeding program. The Federal Extension Serv- University is presently ice is evaluating the use ol engaged in a five-year re multi-county 'area extension search program in the 10- agents. About half the State state nor theast region. This Extension Services are experi- inc i udes 500 herds of each of menting with an area agent the five ma j or dairy breeds, or specialist approach to meet rf n Lancaster iCounty there, increasing pe«gß ,jor more are S herds with a-total qf specialized assistance on farm- ,2,756 cows 1 bn this" test. 'The, ia S' and rural area develop- ls j ersey , Ayrshire and ment problems. (Continued on Page 9) This was announced recent- $■ ly by the U.S. Department of ~ Agriculture, which participates np TJ f ; with the State Land-Grant F OCfl Uampaigll Universities and county gov- llT v ■m ’ $2 Per Yea. Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average below noirmaL Nor mal for the period is a high of 45 degrees and a low of 26. It will be seasonal over the weekend, turning colder Monday and Tuesday. Preclpita!tio(n fmr the per iod may total Vz inch melt ed. This will occur about Monday evening as general precipitation.