12—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 3,1967
Electric Gates Speed
Livestock Movement
Electrically operated gates,
developed by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and the
Missouri Agricultural Experi
ment Station, speed the move
ment of livestock through mar
kets. reports a new USDA pub
lication.
Two men can do the work of
four with the gates designed
by agricultural engineers Her
man F Mayes of USDA’s Ag
ricultural Research Service,
and J. S. McKibbcn and James
H Obeimem of the Univer
sity of .Missouri, Columbia.
These experimental pates
should be useful at livestock
auctions, stock yards, and other
sites where laue numbers of
Iheslock must be moved rapid
ly. the en°ineors icport
In commercial-scale tests in
a livestock auction market, ani
mals were mocecl through the
sales i mg faster, thereby speed
ing up the sales operation.
The gate has several safety
features to avoid injut mg ani
mals and is stiong enough to
stand up undei rough use It
can be opened eien when ani
mals aie leaning against it.
• Inter-State
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though such decisions are
somewhat late m coming Our
concern however, is that, with
1968 being a piesidential elec
tion year the political sources
that will be existing in 1968
rnav well change the powers
and attitudes of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to the
point of calling foi. oi attempt
ing to. bring about agricultur
al price ieductions so that con
sumers’ pi ices may be held in
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If goes to the roots of troublesome
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Dacamme packs ail the killing
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as an amine Its non-volatile, so
there’s no danger to nearby crops
when used as directed Tes*s show
that Dacamme is as safe as water
soluble amines Dacamme is oil
soluble and emulsifies in water for
easy spraying Spray it just as you
would an ester No special equip
ment is necessary. It will not pre
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weather while stored.
When you use Dacamme, you do
not put valuable crop land out of
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you need is a very small amount
of Dacamme per acre
Nov/ is the time to set up a three
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line «s a politico* weapon in
the presidential election year.
2. Following a two-year pro
cedural fight, the Philadelphia
Federal milk marketing order
was changed only recently
from what is called a handler
pool to a market pool. Repre
senting our members. Inter-
State sought the continuation
of the handler pool, which was
the method of distributing mon
ies to daiiy farmers for close
to 50 years in our area. The
main reason given by the De
partment for this change was
their inability to enforce Fed
eral Order No. 4 with a hand
ler pool. It appears to us that
such inability was apparently
a policy decision on the part
oi certain levels of the Depart
ment’s administration “not to
enforce.” The effectuation of
the policy “not to enforce” be
came a ically effective tool in
the hands of the Department
to impose its will on a group
of cooperatively organized
farmers to their long-run mone
tary detriment.
We believe that the long-run
policies of the Department of
Agriculture should hew to this
line of the democratic form of
government The people should
still be more important in the
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direction followed by the gov*
eminent policies than the views
of a few individuals within the
government.
3. For over six months now,
dairy farmers across the Unit
ed States, with the support of
other general farm organiza
tions, have been making every
effort to tighten the interpre
tation of the current import
regulations on dairy products.
We have asked the Secretary
of Agriculture to stand firmly
behind the daily industry in
protecting our present price
levels by strongly urging the
proper interpretation of the
current import legislation. We
strongly urge the Department
of Agriculture to impose the
current legislative efforts in
volved in S. 612 wherein def
inite limitations by the law are
established with reference to
importing dairy product items.
4. We are strongly in favor
of legislation which will pro
vide opportunity for dairy
farmers to strengthen their
bargaining efforts. We would
like, however, to urge one
word of caution as the Secre
tary and his Department may
move along the line we now
read about We hope that any
legislation, which is developed
and ultimately passed, will not
bypass the currently established
cooperative institutions and we
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Thanks to our Dairy Farmers and
Their Modem Feeding Programs
Joanne Bowman
Resigns County
Extension Post
Mrs. Joanne Bowman, for
merly assistant extension home
economist, resigned her county
position effective Mny 31st, ac
cording to Mrs. Doris Thomas,
extension home economist
Mrs. Bowman joined the
certainly hope that it will not
be so written as to cause "any
great amount of jurisdictional
dispute as between groups of
farmers now established in co
operatives. or any ones brought
about by the language, in. Uie
law. Commodity cooperatives,
particularly in milk, have,
through the years, done an ex
cellent job and have relied
primarily upon strong market
ing agreements with their mem
bers. Any such new legislation
should not disturb these rela
tions because, if they are dis
turbed, the long years of ef
fectiveness of these organiza
tions will be completely de
stroyed.
Dahy farmers’ views and
questions on future farm in
come, farm programs and op
erations, and the entire farm
food economy were discussed.
It's our privilege to work with
and for the Dairy Farmers of
this area. To them, our thanks,
and a hearty salute for a ,jo6.
well done.
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county staff in 19M« following
tier graduation front SttonHlU-
College, Greensburg, Ft., where
the. earned a degree in home
economics.
While on the extension staff.
Mrs. Bowman was primarily
responsible for 4-H home eco
nomics activities, end also
worked with the adult program.
Mrs. Bowman and her hus
band David reside at Manheim
HI. where she plans to be
come a full-time homemaker.
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