VOL. 10 NO. 26 Shuman Labels Proposed Farm Legislation “Same Old Junk” At PFA Meet u Lf we go another 25 years under the sort of farm pro claims we have now, we won’t need a million farmers, as Fiesident Johnson suggests, 300,000 will be too many be cause we’ll have priced most •irmu commodities right out of the market,” Charles B. Liuman, President of the American Faim Bureau Fed c.ation, said this week He was addressing an audi ence numbering approximate ly 200 at a Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association indus wide meeting near Har i; -flnirg The current administration flunking on faim legislation seems designed to put a pre "iiim on inefficiency, Shuman ,d “The proposed graduat ed payments to farmeis will te used as a wedge Begin- T.Tig with nee and wool, the nan producing -smaller amounts would receive hjgh- 'ci payments than the larger producers This would amount to premiumizmg the meffici ert,” Shuman stated “With thjS approach it won’t take 10-jg to raise food puces to consumers,” he predicted Shuman said that, without e ception, all past efforts to control and regulate agricul t .al production have failed ‘A.nd this ‘new - program is Fed. Milk Order Meeting Set For June 8 At Phila. The U S. Department of Agriculture will hold a pub ic meeting June 8 in Phila delphia, Pa, to receive oral i ctos, data and arguments on aroposed termination of the Delaware Valley Federal milk marketing order. This order - sets minimum Trices to dairy farmers sup plying milk to the Philadel phia, Pa., and Wilmington, Del, metropolitan areas, and to tavost of southern New J- 1 sey. Consumer and Marketing (Continued on Page 61 grange #66 10 BURN MORTGAGE Giange #66 will n the mortgage on their * 1 in Oakryn, Pa., Monday, <1 ne 14, 8 pm. This build was purchased fourteen i is ago and has been used - - many community activ es as well as Grange func ‘ cns. The Grange has made ‘ensive improvements on original building includ- |- an additional room built ne years ago. This meet = will also feature the an (Gontinued on Page 13) the same old junk,” he said. “The parity ratio is at its lowest point in 30 years,” the faim leader stated He pointed to the contt ast in economic stability of the ci ops that were regulated by government versus those which were sold on a fiee maiket “The two-thirds of agricultural products not blessed by agricultural schemes is in much better condition Soybeans, foi ex ample, the third most profit able ciop m the country Compaie that with the wheat, cotton, and feed giams sit uation,” Shuman challenged He labeled dnect payments and ceitificate plans as the most duect way to socialism “The faimer will have to turn moie and moie to the government foi his net in come, and the consumer will (Continued on Page 7) Pa. Poultry Fed. Plans Annual Summer Conf. Local poultrymen have a market for high quality meat and eggs selling at competi tive prices Pennsylvania Poul hy Federation memlbers will ibe reminded June 16 and 17 during their annual summer conference at The Pennsyl vania State University Topics June 16 will feature egg pioduction and maiket mg Management problems will be stressed June 17. The annual business meeting of the Federation will be held June 16 at 415 pm. in the Nittany Lion Inn, headquar ters for the two-day confer ence. Harry P Metz of Belleville, president of the Northeastern tuple by 1970, according to a report issued today by the Form Family Spending us Department of Agricui- For Consumer Goods Is be report, a joint study Up, New Survey Shows iby USDA’s Economic Re rr,. ' » „ „ search Service and Statisti- The aveiage American faim Reportin , g Service, points family spent about $3,600 f Qut tbat we ight-conscious con consumei goods and services sumerg are buying more and in 1961, accoi ding to a na m(ne mulk jj. says ti on wide consumer expendi- sales of low . fat milk ave ex me survey conducted by the d tQ increase fastei - t han US. Department of Agncul- sales of whole or skim mUk ture and the Bureau of Labor during the next few years Statistics In 1963, low,fat milk sales Regional spending vaued rose an es tim.'ated 24 percent considerably by areas- from oyer a . earlier and ex . a low of $3,160 in the South ceeded sales o{ regular skim to a high of $4,520 in the milk ~ . . ~ , Low-fat milk, sometimes Since USDA’s Agricultural called nwo , perce nt” milk, Research Service participated has bectfme widely availa , ble in the last survey of farm only m recent years It usu famikes in 1955, rising in- aRy contains about 2 per comes and prices have pushed- cent bu bterfat and 10' percent their expenditures about one (Coutlnued on Page 11) - (Continued on Page 13) ' (Continued on Page 12) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29, 1965 SOME LANCASTER COUNTIANS attending the Pennsylvania Farmers’ As sociation Industry-Wide Farm Program Meeting this week are shown above with Charles Shuman, President of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Left to right they are. Harold Rohrer, Lancaster County delegate to the state association; James Kreider; Donald Ney, secretary of the county association (LCFA), Shuman; Clyde Wivell, vice-president LCFA; James Martin, publicity chairman LCFA, and James Garber. Health Department To Hold Hearing On Air Pollution Regulation A public hearing on a pio posed air pollution regula tion to control smoke and dust will be conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Health at the department’s regional office at 401 Button wood Street, West Reading, on June 1 at 730 pm The hearing in West Read ing will be for interested persons fiom Northampton, (Continued on Page 7) USDA Studies Marketability Of Low-Fat Milk (Sales of a new milk piod uct low-fat milk may DHIA Directors Vote Tester Pay Raise; Pledge $2OO To F&H Fund At then quaiteily meeting one-half of this charge was held this week at the Farm set up originally on a one- Bureau Bldig, duectois of year trial basis, and has nev the Red Rose Dany Herd Im- er been changed Associate provement Association voted county agent Victor Plastow, 8 to 5 in favor of a pay raise Association adviser, told the for the Association supervis- directors that Lancaster Conn ors Although the recommen- ty is the only county in the dation of the committee that state in which testers are had studied the raise ques- paying a part of the account tion was for 3 cents per cow mg charge now and 2 cents more in Oc tober 1967, the gioup voted a 5 cent raise effective July 1, 1965 Since the board of directois is not a continuing body it was felt they could not make a decision for the 1967 board It was pointed out that this raise will help offset the one-half IBM charge the test ers now pay to Penn State University on all cows test ed This airangement for farmer amj tester to each pay CONTROL OF ALFALFA WEEVIL SHOWN IN NEW USD A LEAFLET The USDA announced publi cation this week of several new leaflets on insect con tiol Of main interest to this area is Leaflet 368, The Al falfa , Weevil - How To Con ti ol It. This publication is a revi sion to update information on weevil control. This insect reduces yields and causes millions of dollars in losses of alfalfa each year, USDA says Single copies of the leaflet may be obtained by writing UISIDA, Office of Information, Washington, DC. 20250, and asking for it by number. $2 Per Year The approved raise is the first in five years for the su pervisors They were voted a week’s vacation last year. In response to a letter from Willis Es'benshade, president (Continued on Page 6) Holstein Breeders To Hold Annual Meeting At Seattle June 3rd A lealistic approach to the economics of dairy cattle merchandising will be a pro gram highlight of the 80th annual Holstein convention at Seattle, Wash, June 3, 1965. Foui experienced marketing men will make panel presen- (■Continued on Page 11) Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average below normal. Nor mal high and low for the period is 79 and 56 degrees. Most of the cooler tempera tures will occur during the second half of the period. Precipitation will occur as showers late in the weekend and again about Wednesday. Total precipitation will pro bably not be more than V* inch.
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