B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 29.1967
Retail Milk Price May Increase
To Match Fluid Raise, I-S Says
An increase in the farm
price for fluid milk of 1.5 cents
per quart, announced by the
U.S. Department of Agricul
ture, may result in a consum
er price increase of from l’/z
cents to 2 cents per quart. This
farm price will increase from
12.9 cents to 14 3 cents per
quart starting May 1, 1967.
This prediction was made by
Dr, Paul E. Hand, economist
for Inter-State Milk Producers’
Cooperative, representing farm
ers in the Philadelphia area.
The increase in farm price
came as the result of a hear
ing held in Washington, D.C.,
April 14-15, at which time area
farmers requested from 1 cent
per quart to cents per
quart increase. Milk farmers
will not receive this increase
for all milk produced because
a portion of milk sold is used
for manufacturing purposes.
Farmers receive only 9 cents
per quart for the milk used
for manufacturing.
F. Bennett Carter, president
of Inter-State Milk Producers’
Cooperative, and Hand attend
ed the federal hearing and
testified in behalf of the milk
farmers, who are members of
Inter-State, shipping milk into
Philadelphia, Baltimore and
New York markets
Hand presented testimony re
questing an increase in the
price of milk because milk
farmers have been in a price
squeeze of high production
costs and an acute labor short
age Increases in farm costs
have forced many dairymen to
“sell out” of the dairy business.
Prior to the announcement
of this decision, the USDA re
leased an order recommend
ing a change from the individ
ual handler pooling to a mar
ketwide pooling for the Del
aware Valley (Philadelphia,
Wilmington and South Jersey)
metropolitan area.
As a result of this change
recommended by the Depart
ment, dairy farmers supplying
this area were forced to go to
a hearing to request addition
al income by way of a higher
price for their milk
Inter-State represents 3300
dairy fanners in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia and West Vir
ginia.
Lanchester
Pony Club
An unmounted meeting of
the Lanchester Pony Club was
held April 23 at the Solanco
High School with 32 members
and many parents attending.
Final plans for the May 6th
open horse show were made.
It was reported more than
200 entries had been received
for the show to date. Rings
have been put up at the Quar
ryville Community Grounds in
preparation for the show, and
members will paint the jumps
on Sunday, April 30th. The
children also received a lesson
on preparing for a horse show
and a demonstration on pull
ing mane and braiding
The club announce i that
four members had made the
“D” rating on their i img
They are: Jon Gibson. John
Weir, Jr, Mary Ann Wale s
and Judy Ann Higginbotham
The Club had nine "D's’
participating in a one-day ral
ly hosted by the Berks Pony
Club in Reading Of the 33 - ‘D”
nders, representing four area
clubs, one of the local mem
bers, Debbie Weir of Oxford,
placed second.
The national headquarters
recently reported that pony
clubs are the largest organiza
tion of riders in the world
with neaily 75,000 members in
22 countries. In the U S., there
are nearly 7,000 riders in 156
clubs. These are grouped into
18 regions, 33 states, and one
territory.
The purpose of the clubs is
to encourage young people to
ride and to learn to enjoy all
kinds of sport connected with
horses; to provide instruction
in horsemanship and the prop
er care of animals; and to
promote high ideals of sports
manship, citizenship, and loy
alty.
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