PFA President Says Scranton's Milk
Control Recommendations Will Put
Small Dairymen Out, Of Business
Considerable dissatisfaction create chaos, will put many
was voiced following Cover- small dairy, operations out of
nor Scranton’s surprise mes- business, and will decrease
sage to the General Assembly the income of hundreds of
on Monday in which he rec- Pennsylvania farmers ”
onwnended certain milk con- . .. , „
trol measures be taken - in- , The elimination of resale
eluding giving authority to P nce . s . etting M
the Pa. Milk Conti ol Commis- Commission is probably the
sion to completely eliminate ™ ost controversial of the
retail and wholesale resale Governor’s recommendation
prices to let a free market said Bl^gs s ° n J e °’ f e . 0 **'
operate er recommendations, such as
' realistic producer pricing,
G. A. Biggs, speaking for control of rebates, and pro
the Pennsylvania Farmeis’ cedures for issuance of or-
Association, said the Cover- ders the dairy industry Con
nor’s recommendations “will curs. Under the resale pric-
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Date housed
Livability to date for 12 periods (336 days of lay)
Flock peaked at (Hen housed basis)
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Total eggs per hen housed to date (336 days of lay)
Projection for full year (13 periods) eggs pier hen housed
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ing recommendations, resale
pricing would be terminated
and reinstated if conditions
warranted. In the meantime,
the Commonwealth’s second
largest industry, next to steel,
would be the loser if an all
out price war took place.
"Legislation is not needed
to correct the problem,” Biggs
stated. Rigid enforcement by
a few qualified investigative
personnel and the implemen
tation of a quantity discount
plan would solve most of the
complaints and in turn would
raise the Class I utilization.
Both of these recommenda
tions can be handled admin
istratively
When history is recorded,
Governor 'Scranton’s milk
statement could well be list-
Miller
&
Bushong, Inc.
Rohrerstown, Pa.
Ph. Lancaster 392-2145
(Area Code 717)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 12, 1965
ed as the greatest fumble of
his administration, according
to Biggs. The Governor not
only refused to accept the
full majority report of his
own special milk study com
mittee made up of represen
tatives of consumers, produc
ers, distributors and public
interest points of view, tout
released his June 7 recom
mendations just prior to the
scheduled June 10 hearings of
the Joint 'Senate-House Com
mittee investigating kickbacks
in the milk industry. “Who
ever is advising the Gover
nor,” said Biggs, “and it is
not the Secretary of Agricul
ture, needs a course on how
4,357
June 5, 1964
93%
84%
63% - holding well
243
259
3.91 lb.
to win friends and influence
people ”
# Crop Insurance
(Continued trom Page 1)
demnities represented only
aibout 87 crops, according to
Ed Camber, PCPC District
Director for Pennsylvania.
Practically all of the total
paid to Lancaster County
faimeis under this crop pro
tection system was for dam
age caused by drought. In
certain areas dry weather pre
vailed during a prolonged pe
riod of the growing season,
July and August, Camber
said
Other crops covered by the
Federal Crop All Risk Insur
ance plan in Lancaster Coun
ty are corn and wheat
Camber emphasized that
loss figures released by him
are only for crops grown by
farmeis who have Federal
Crop Insurance “Last year’s
dry weather and resulting
crop losses, not only in Lan
caster County but in sur
rounding areas,” he said,
“dramatically points out why
the U S Congress made
available to farmers an in
surance coverage not offered
through private companies.
The principal purpose of Fed
eral All-Pisk Insurance is to
protect a farmer's crop in
vestment, and to lessen the
financial and human burdens
of crop failures, and to give
farmers funds to assure them
selves of being financially
able to operate the following
season,” Camber said.-"
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