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VOL. 11 NO. 13
Milk Marketing Regulations For
Philadelphia Area Still In Dispute
by E\erett Newswanger,
Staff Reporter
A dispute which has raged
quietly behind the scenes, and
threatens to come to a head
soon, pits the U S Department
of Agriculture against most of
the 5,800 dairymen who supply
milk to the Greater Philadel
phia aiea.
Boyd C. Gartley, public rela
tions director of Inter-State
Milk Producers’ Cooperative,
said, “While milk prices to con
sumers are not involved, we
feel that the dispute is the busi
ness of everyone in the Phila
delphia milkshed, which in
cludes Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, Delaware and Maryland,
because action threatened by
the Department of Agriculture
would deprive the milk farm
ers of $10,000,000 a year in in
come.”
The dispute, as we under
stand it, centers about two
Lenten Ruling
Seen Effecting
Egg Industry
The new fast and absti
nence i u'l e s announced by
Pope Paul VI wall have a
propound effect 'on 'the egg
industry, according to' the
iPoultiy and Egg National
Boai d
These new rules, recently
issued by the Vatican, per
mit adult Rom'an Catholics
to eat meat during most
of Lent Previously, Ro
man Catholics between 21
■and fiO jears of age 'could
eat on'y one lull meal, which
could include 'meat, during
■v eekdays of Lent Some oth
ers including Luthei an and
Episcopal groups, followed
.similar rules
« “Long centimes of tradi
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 26, 1966
principal points: 1) the Depart
ment of Agriculture contends
it cannot enforce the present
milk marketing order against
violations, and 2) dairy inter
ests primarily serving the New
York Market want to absorb
the Philadelphia market.
The change which the De
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4-H Baby Beef
Club Members
Earn Awards
The annual banquet of the
Red Rose Baby Beef & Lamb
Club, another victim of the
recent snow storm, was re
scheduled for last night at the
Blue Ball Fire Hall.
Many county 4-H’ers earned
awards for their outstanding
show ring performances.
The County Champion award
went to Marvin Nissley, Mount
Joy Rl, for his Farm Show
.Angus reserve win. He receiv
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Inter-State
Hear Talk
Approximately 100 Inter-
State Milk Producers’ Coopera
tive District 7 members and
their wives heaid economist
Dr Paul E Hand discuss Inter-
State’s effoits in last Fall’s
milk hearing in Philadelphia
The occasion was the annual
dinner meeting of District 7,
held at Hostetter’s Banquet
Hall, Mount Joy, on Wednes
day
Chairman for the program
waa Daniel Martin. He explain
ed that District 7 was one of
three Inter-State districts
which were divided to form
other districts The Lititz local
also was divided to form the
STUDENT AGR. TEACHERS TRAINING IN COUNTY
County Dairy Day
Set For March Ist
The annual Lancaster
Oounty Dairy Day will be
held on Tuesday, March 1,
at 'the Guernsey Sales Pa
vilion, according to the coun
ty extension office.
This year’s e\ent, begin
ning at 9-45 a in. and con
tinuing until 3 p in., will fea
ture talks on producing qual
ity milk, milk sanitation pro
giams, milk marketing, and
dairy herd management Ex
tension 'specialists from Penn
State Umveisity, and a sani
tarian with the U S Headth
SeiVice will handle 'these sub
jects.
'Samuel A Duni, president
of the Red Rose Dairy Herd
Improvement Association, wall
be master of ceremonies.
A number of Ideal equip
ment dealers and suppliers
will have exhibits and dis
plays on hand.
'Dunch wall he available at
a cost of 'sl.lo per person,
with milk, ice cream, and
cheese donated, by the milk
distributors and ■mamufactur
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District 7 Members
On Milk Order Status
new Donegal local Officers
were elected for each of the
four locals comprising Distiict
7
The Philadelphia hearing
lasted for 25 days, and produc
ed 84 major exhibits and 4500
pages of testimony, Hand said
Now, the government has three
alternatives (1) Amend Order
4, but keep it as a handler
pool; (2) Keep Order 4, but as
a market pool, (3) combine
Delaware Valley milk market
ing area with Baltimore- Wash
ington, or with New York-New
Jersey areas. A fourth alter
native, throw out all the testi
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Anderson And
Joines Plan For
Teaching Career
Each year about this_ time
student teachers come to Lan
caster County for the final
phase of their training pro
gram in agricultural education
at Penn State University.
This year’s student teachers
are Robert Anderson, from
Easton, Pa, who is practicing
at Garden Spot High School;
and Gary Jomes, from neigh
boring York County is doing his
teaching at Penn Manor High
School.
Anderson, shown in the
photo on the right going over
an exercise in social security as
it affects farmers with 12th
grade student George Zimmer
man of East Earl Rl, has handl
ed at least one class in each
category at Garden Spot, and
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Citizens Attack Problem
Of Stream Pollution At
Area Watershed Meeting
Appioximately 60 Martin
dale aiea residents turned out
Wednesday night for a com
mumty meeting to protest
pollution on the Big and Little
Muddy Creeks The meeting
was sponsoied by the Lincoln
Independent School District
School board president Ed
win Fox told the gatheiing
that it was not the function
Charles H. Kuder
of a school distnct to initiate
any such program, but that
it “is necessary that the facts
be bi ought to the attention of
the public”. He emphasized the
importance of the small, com
munity sti earns in the overall
pollution problem. “If we can’t
control pollution in the small
streams, how can we hope to
control it in the large ones’”
Local residents contributed
their testimony to the fact
$2 Per Year
that “pollution” exists in the
aiea streams Miles W. Fry,
who descubed himself as “the
oldest fisherman on the Creek”,
reported that as recently as
last year he had “seen piles of
foam near the dam that were
as high as this building (Mar
tindale Fire Hall)”,
Walter Hurst said, “the Little
Muddy runs through our xnea
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Swine Producers
Housing Meeting
Reset For Mar* 3
The meeting of the Lan
caster County Swine Produc
ers Association to discuss
new types of hog (housing
whs among the many county
events postponed 'by the BliE
sard of ’6-6 It has now been
rescheduled for March 3rd.,
8 ipm, at the Farm Credit
Building, 411 W. Roseville
Rd , Lancaster
The theme of the meet
ing wi'W be innovations in
hog housing, and several
aiea farmers will contribute
their experiences along these
lines They include Herbert
Shi'ck, Kutztown, Abram, and
John Zeiset, both of East
Ehrl, Norman Martin, Myers
town, and liwm Martin, Lin
coln.
Penn State livestock exten
sion specialists D'Wigih't Youn
km and Lester Burdette will
also be on ha'nd to discuss
management and housing
practices
All Interested persons are
invited