—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 24, 1966
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Hearing Asked
To Clarify Milk
Information
The need for an immediate
hearing by United States De
partment of Agriculture Was
apparent in the release from
the Market Administrates of
fice that showed dairy farmers
in Order 2 were paid .60 cents
a hundredweight more for
their milk this November com
puted to November 1965, but
loss than they would have If
ceitnin provisions had been
made, according to John Slit
ei. assistant manager of Amer
ican Dairy Association and
Dairy Council of New York,
Inc ’
In making the announcement
Slifei said “After a cooidin
ated analysis the economists
of Daily men’s League, East
ern Milk Pioducers Coopera
tive and Northeast Dairy Co
opeiative Fedeiation, along
with United Milk Pioduceis
Association of New Jeisey,
have jointly said “The 4 4 pe’-
cent decline in fluid milk sales
foi November was due pn
manly to the adoption of the
legalization of standaidization
in New York State, which took
place on November 1, and
amounted to some 13.000.000
pounds of milk not included
in fluid sales
However the depiessing ef
fect of standanzation is a tem
poral y one and will be cor
rected at a heaung that is
scheduled for January Such
a request by the four milk co
operatives was made to the
USD A as eaily as last Sep
tember.”
Sliter further said, “lit is
gratifying to see the milk co
operatives were - among the
first" to realize that figures can
be deceiving to dairymen, un
less they know the true pic
ture The program of fluid
milk promotion and the con-
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350 Strasburg Pike, Lancaster
3, Litit/, Pa.
R.D,
Phone: Lancaster 397-5179
tinning job of nutrition re
search conducted by theAmer*
lean Dairy Association and
Daily Council of New York,
Inc. is one that will continue
to work for the dairy industry
to help in the sale of fresh
fluid milk However if we are
to meet the competition for
fluid sales head on, than all
dairymen in the milkshed must
have a part in the program.”
State YFA Holds
Training Session
Five members of the Man
heim Young Farmer Chapter
last week wore among 50 per
sons attending the one-day win
ter executive meeting of the
Pennsylvania YFA Forney
Longenecker, Lititz R 3, presi
dent ol the state association
opened the moiuing business
session of the Snyder County
meeting This was followed by
lunch in the West Snyder High
School cafetena.
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A leadership training con
ference occupied most of the
afternoon session. T. M. Malln,
Lancaster-York vocational agri
culture supervisor, led the
group in a lively discussion on
parliamentary procedures. This
was followed by talks and dis
cussions on public speaking by
H. B. Gerhart and J. C. Fink.
The subject of etiquette was
discussed by W. W. Schrock.
SOLANCO FFA PLANS
SPRING ACTIVITIES
The Solanco Chapter, Future
Farmers of America, held its
regular meeting recently in the
school’s vo-ag room.
Plans were discussed for bas
ketball, the Parent and Son
Banquet to be held m spring,
and the possibilities of the
chapter sponsoring a roller
skating party.
Delegates elected to repre
sent the chapter at County
FFA meetings were: Fresh
man, Charles Smith; Sopho
more, Donald Swinehart; Jun
ior, Donald Young; and Senior,
Fred Kreider
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Christmas be with all
of our many friends.
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