• Milk Hearing (Continued from Page 1) our interest payments on a tlve Officer, Pennsylvania twenty-day notice. This dairy Milk Control Commission, en- susi5 usi " ess rut } s J ° n y f arly pro : tered testimony protesting d , uctl6 " P erlods and ar ® the proposed termination,- cl ® se to the Pff k , of our sur . interstate president, F. P lus season - ™ s wors J Bennett Carter, in his testi- time to consider, taking away HbHHk*^HHHHt**************************'.t***** Put All Your Corn in the Crib PLANT DEKALB Mora Farmars Plant DEKALB ThanAnyOthar Brand. Depend on DEKALB “DEKALB” Isa R*|ls«srtd Brand Nama P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN ''•“' s ««•* 5 gs& * »»=;* 'f as m«* aJ /% o*m~~ <: J|3*» !f !**•* -W V j-»«♦-> 7 f SSSSiS*" ■* 3V* «g«" «* «K3s«*s \ S-te* * 2 | * * J as«- s {SKS-* £ SKK-- 1 SEJ»«* ' 5n«5P* rt * • ***** r» SS\ <&:** *» zTr * »55«--.p «*#*' sjfaw** C' £T i * ' j Ph. Lane, 397-3539 S'" . rr t. price protection for the Del aware Valley Marketing Or der.” He said that dairy farmers in this area can not sec why Order 4 is not en forced and kept in to keep order in the market. Carter presented petitions signed iby 2500 dairymen from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware, whose milk is sold under Or der 4, He closed by saying, “This will demonstrate to the Secretary how firmly we stand (behind the position taken by our Cooperative in this proposed termination of Order 4, which we vigorous ly oppose ” Dr. James E Honan, gen eral manager of Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative, in his testimony, said “We are threatened to be execut ed and, from what we have been told, we are being given a few minutes to speak our last thoughts ” Continuing, he said, “The only charge against Order 4, that is, what is wrong with Order 4, is that it has had too great a monetary incen tive ” Dr. Honan asked, “Does the 'Secretary (of Agricul ture) mean by this charge that our farmers are getting too much money’” Dr. Honan made no apol ogy for cooperatives and in addition stated how this issue could have been prevented. 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NEW PROVIDENCE ” 786-7351 tt y- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 12, 1965 will enforce this order.” Dr. Paul E. Hand, assistant secretary-treasurer and econ omist for ilnter-State also testified. He said, “Inter- State was organized in 1917 as a bargaining cooperative and has operated as a bar gaining cooperative ever since. We have supported the Fed eral Order program and the use of Federal orders since their first adoption in this area ” He continued by testi fying, “Thioughout its his tory Inter-State has followed the handler pool philosophy ” Dr Hand said, “The ter mination of Order 4 could mean the end of level pro duction programs for the dany farmeis and, of course, would substantially weaken Interstate ’ He concluded his testimony by stating, “The termination of Order 4 will mean the loss of approximately 50 cents per hundredweight and about $10,000,000 to rural economy of the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Del aware and New Jersey.” Wilbur Seipt, vice presi dent of Inter-State, cited some of the problems faced by dairymen and the addition al burden that would be placed upon them by termin ation of the order. Testimony was presented by about 15 dairy farmers, either as individual dairymen or as representatives of dairy farmer organizations, also by several other co-ops operat ing under Older 4, individual dealers and consumers John Scott, Master of the International Harvester Sales and Service EPHRATA 733-2283 Kauffman Bros. MOUNT VTLUE 285-9151 Pennsylvania State Grange, presented testimony for the Granges of the four states, and Carl Empie, vice picsi dent of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association testified for that organization and the Farm Bureaus of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. John B. Martin, counsel for the Milk Distributors Associa tion of the Philadelphia Area, presented testimony on be half of 39 milk dealeis opci ating under the order • Have You Heard? (Continued from Page 9) ry sherbet and vanilla icc ci earn in youi prettiest serv ing bowl Keep in the freez er until just befoie seiving. Spoon on chilled and drained, canned fruit cocktail and serve with wedges of angel cake Mix coarsely cut ripe olives, chopped walnuts, and crum bled crisp cooked bacon into cottage cheese, then serve on crisp lettuce. Mix equal parts of liquid honey and crunchy peanut butter and use for a sand wich spread Avocados and Some Things ito' Know About Them Summer 'avocados from southern California may be green-skinned like their win ter cousins, or they may have pdblbled, purplish black skins. But the color of the skin has no effect on the fruit under it The fiuit is light gieen yellow summer and winter A simple test to find out whethei the thicker-skinned summer vaneties o' Califor- nia avocados are ready to eat, insert a toothpick in the stem end If it slides in easily, the fruit is ready to eat Ilf you wish to keep a ripe avo cado a day or two, store it m the refrigerator once the fruit has softened Always cut California avo cados lengthwise into halves unless you want rings To form rings, cut around the fruit crosswise with the tip of a knife, then remove the skin. Cut the fruit into slices of the desired thick ness. Wheat Support Prices And Discounts Set By County ASCS Office It was announced by Miss Doiothy Neel, office manager of the Lancastei County Ag ricultural 'Stabilization and Conservation Service, that farmers who have em oiled and complied with the 1965 Wheat program will also be eligible for wheat price sup port on any faim that is elig ible for certificate payments. Price Support for No 1 wheat under farm-stored loans is $144 per bushel. The suppoit rate for No 1 warehouse-stored wheat is $1.35 per bushel until July 14, and then advances one cent every 26 days Stoiage will be available at Nelsoni Weaver’s at Lime Rock and New Providence and 'Cangili line, at Mai letta The following discounts will be made on grade No 2 -1c; 3 -3c, 4 -6c, 5 -9c, L. Smutty -2c, Smutty -6c, L, Garlicky -sc; Garlicky -10 p. BARLEY Support price for barley grading No. 2 or better it. $.90 per bushel-? Only those .farmers participating’in Feed Gram program are eligible. RYE Support price foryrye grad ing No 2 or better is $ll7 per bushel. 7