—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 8,1967
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From Where We Stand...
Resnick To The Rescue
Joseph Resnick (D-N.Y.), chairman
of the House Agriculture Sub-Committee
on Rural Development, is probably best
known to farmers for his thankfully-un
successful efforts to “rescue” the poultry
industry from the throes of independence
from government controls.
Well, it’s Resnick to the rescue
again! This time he wants to rescue the
hundreds of thousands of farmer-mem
bers from the clutches of the American
Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). Ac
cording to Resnick, AFBF is nothing but
a giant insurance complex, not represent
ing farmers, but using them to build an
insurance empire. He calls for a sweep
ing Congressional investigation, and a
probe of AFBF’s finances by the Internal
Revenue Service.
Resnick has made his damaging
charges at public hearings and at a press
conference held this week. At the latter,
he even went so far as to attack one of his
own committee members George
Goodling (R-Pa.) a fruit grower and
member of the Pennsylvania Farmers
Association, an affiliate of AFBF.
While we don’t know what truth, if
any, there may be in Resnick’s charges,
we do know that in Pennsylvania PFA
represents farmers, and we do know that
the PFA affiliate in the county Lan
caster County Farmers Association
consists of 1030 of the county’s finest
commercial farm families.
Since making 'his initial charge late
last week, Resnick has soared to new
heights of despotic fury. Among other
things, he has labeled AFBF president
Charles Shuman the “King of all gentle
men farmers whose home is in Chicago”.
According to an AFBF spokesman, that is
'grossly untrue. Shuman’s office is in Chi
cago; his home is a producing farm in
Cook County, Illinois.
AFBF secretary-treasurer Roger'
Fleming has denied Resnick’s charges
one by one, casting doubt as to Resnick’s
general knowledge of farming, and of
AFBF operations in particular.
Although all state Farm Bureau affi
liates do not have exactly the same re
strictions, PFA limits its non-farmer
membership to 10 percent, and non
farmers can hold only non-voting asso
ciate memberships. To be a voting mem
ber, or an officer, in Farm Bureau, a
member must be actively engaged in
farming, deriving 'the majority of his
gross income from that pursuit. This de
finition of a member would certainly
tend to refute Resnick’s charge that
AFBF has more non-farmer than farmer
members.
Policy in AFBF is made from the
county level upwards, and it is impossi-
Dairy Import Restrittlons Set
Imports of dairy products
vill be reduced to one-fourth
he present volume beginning
fuly 1, 1967, under a proclam
ition issued by President John
on placing import quotas on
i number of dairy products
or the first time.
Hailing the action as prom
sing “long-sought relief both
o dairy farmers and the tax
layer,” Secretary of Agncul
ure Orville L Freeman point
'd out that dairy imports would
ut from an annual rate of
icarly 4 3 billion pounds milk
quivalent currently to about
ne billion pounds.
Since Jan. 1 through June
7, the Secretary noted, USDA
urchases under the daily
rice support program were
08 million pounds of butter,
01.9 million pounds of cheese,
nd 379 million pounds of dry
lilk—or the milk equivalent
E 5.5 billion pounds—at a cost
f $ 265.6 million.
Dairy imports have increased
larply from about 900 million
rands milk equivalent in 1965
One of the most important
practices in getting a quality
forage crop from alfalfa is to
cut it in the bud to early blos
som stage; this is difficult with
a large acreage of one variety.
To Observe Before Expanding We suggest that several varie-
Many livestock and dairy es included in the acreage
farmers will expand their opera- so that some will reach cutting
tions if they plan to continue time a week or so earlier than
As described by a representative of the specialization trend. Good the others. For earlier maturing
Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative planning is essential to erect n p .. ~ 3 °
this week the base-excess nronosal which the most efficient type of struc- vve suggest Vu^ults or Saranac
this week, the base excess proposal Which ture with the ap p ro nriate equip . and for later cutting Vernal,
would amend federal milk order 4 sounds ““rr„ «
like a good deal for Lancaster County t- Farmeis Wlth expansion Cody ’ or Cayuga
dairymen
Inter-State recommended such a yond Statistics
plan to the USDA at hearings last month, when Paul and Barnabas re
with the suggestibn it would help even ned from what is called their
out the flow of milk and income. It is rst missionary journey,” the
now up to individual dairymen in order ngregation at Antioch who had
4 to approve or disapprove the proposed “‘tWs^ew^ntaefTherewerl
amendment by indicating their prefer- obably people in the congrega
ence on a special ballot Which they will on who were anxious to know
probably receive fr'om the market admin- vhcther it had been a "success”
fl- , _ or a "failure.” Perhaps there were
istrator s office next week. _ _ others who wanted a statistical
Will the measure pass? Boyd Gart- Sllltpaefi Fllftlllllll report: Number of sermons
ley, director of information for Inter- UllWilßwß LIIUHI|II* preached? Miles traveled? Con-
State, believes it will if dairymen realize _. r , n ver «n. ei l rc)lled n' tc ; a-a ■.
the advantages sueh I MW |,„ 'S£SS. t S*S‘?SSSZ
would give them. The cooperative is i suits of Christian,witness, how
holding seven public meetings to be sure UtiiwWii-*. * «an we 'judge success
dairymen understand the value of this -One day several years ago as re , we , to assume success means
proposal, and vote accordingly. SSSS^**3S%S
In addition to reducing milk sur- f
pluses by spreading them out over the to be successful in your ministry, be ?i ) Yi ous? ....
entire year, Gartley notes the amend- but faiflifid. K you are faithful, Mh^VTul
ment would help dairy income by reduc- that wIU be succ “ s “°«g h - I Ld Barnabas could not be said
ing the amount of milk for Which farm- rds a nd have to be "successful.” Though they
ers would receive Class II prices. It at them on my had won a fair number of people
would also eliminate outside milk being ik ever since, to Jesus Christ, they were also
dumped in our market during surplus nnea^mVb^ great^Srity’ 7i p P eo°ple°4om
periods, unless the outsider wa's willing ise, although I they approached. Although thev
to take a manufacturing milk price for now they are were well-received in some cities
his product. ?, I still have w « e violently-attacked in
hard time re- others. They started Christian
We urge county dairymen to sup- membering this c °ngregations at some places, hut
port Inter-State’s effort in getting USDA ® ev * Althouse truth from day to hiey were small and were hardly
to offer this amendment. Vote “yes” on dRY* I need to be constantly re- assured of either continuance or
your ballot; help keep the Delaware minded, for lam repeatedly set-success.
Valley area the best-paying milk order Sofhf judges it for The Ri B ht Q ue StlOll
in the east. which lam striving. Success as a No, it was not sufficient to ask
pastor is "sweet,” as it is for any them if they had been successful.
_ D D , profession, hut it is not this to It was far better for the people of
“ ■ d. rOrk which God has called me. What Antioch to ask if they had been
(Continued from Page 1) he wants from me as well as all obedient. The answer to this ques
»» —* t us is obedience. If we are obe- tion, of course, was " yes. ”
veht 6i i a oflS ~taEe‘ v cafe* oT’ffie ’ * work Sad J b een
to 2 8 billion pounds in 1 966 the field day activities, will not question of success or failure. dangerous and discouraging,
and are running at lan annual take place. It is reported that PallpH Tn“ Fail” they had not flinched from ren
rate of nearly 4 3 billion none of the counties,or districts ° . ra “ denng their witness. They pro
pounds during the first half of in the state will be sponsoring This is true for all Christians, claimed their message and left it
1967 Most of the increase has Queen candidates because of a ? 0 j 3 ust P as ‘ ors - Too often we to God to determine the results.
been in the form of butter general lack of interested ap- “as disciples of Isn’t this something we all
oeen in me lorm oi ouiie . p Jesus Christ by popular norms: need to remember; We cannot win
fat/sugar mixtures used in ice • , , f large memberships, impressive everyone to Christ nor can we ex
cream manufacture, and Colby P 6^or f Sunday attendances, "live-wire” pect that the fruit of our work will
cheese, a cheddar-like cheese ctioose a queen to lepresent organizations, etc. There is noth-always be apparent. "You are not
used mainly in manufacturing Pennsylvania s pork industry. ing necessarily wrong with this called to be successful, but faith
processed American Cheese. ______ kind of success, so long as we do, ful. If you are faithful, that willbe
The proclamation, issued un- „ Tf tamnmmi • . re S a rd it as our primary ob- success enough.”
der the authority of Sec 22 of p eimitted Wl th the American J Asfa matter of fact sometimes! t cT*? *" F *j llin,! c *py rl a t > , » J b * ,h * Qivnion
Act as Sl amend r e e d ht t 0 infol ’ m and be when «
Act, as amended, ui es x ed, this nation will be m grave commands, the world will judge Comm '--''ty Pr. !s s.mc.)
in an overall annual level of danger »_ Sen> Evere tt Dirksen. ™as failures. Sometimes an obe-!
dauy imports of aiound one dient congregation will scarei Lancaster nsmiio
billion pounds of milk equiva- ‘ people away because they take 1 Lancaster county’* Own p«na
lent, Freeman claimed. This 22, the President directs the mission seriously. The man Weakly
will bring imports to less than Commission to investigate the in ‘ he P ul P if > instead of attracting, p 0 Bo * 266 - Lititz, Pa. 1764*
one percent of domestic milk impact 0 f imports on domestic Srnln^ r ma?^ P - PerS J Wlth hiS ° fflCe ‘ Luuz 17543
pioduction, which currently is farm programs, and to report Phone: Lancaster 3911047 or
running at about 121 billion lts findings and recommenda- SnLar but bSILe they areS Do „ 626 ’ 2191
pounds annually tions to him. The Commission turbing’ and all too lucctss! RoberT 1 Adverusm.
Freeman emphasized that the report, which was made pub- is fine if it doesn’t get in the way 1 Director P
Presidential proclamation will h c June 30, recommends quo- of being obedient. By the world’s Subscription price: $2 per year in
result in a volume of imports tas under which total imports standards, even Jesus was, as Lancaster County; 33 elsewhere
substantially below the over- would have been around 2 8 one son g writer has put it, "a November 4, 1955.
all level recommended by the billion pounds milk equivalent, flo P at thirly-three.”_ . LSSSS jbZS2b/j32S? pZ
Tariff Commission. Under Sec. or about the 1966 level. Second Class postace paid at
» ‘ ' f - - . - s r ~ , , s - , . . . Ditita. P*. 17S«t '
ble for anyone at the national staff level
to set policy; they can only implement
it, the spokesman notes.
Policy proposals by county dele
gates go to the state level. If accepted
there, they are presented for national
consideration.
While we may have some minor
areas of disagreement from time to time
with Farm Bureau at county, state, or
national levels, we feel that they largely
represent the best interests of the Ameri
can farmers. We very much like the fact
that policy is initiated at the grass roots
level. Lancaster County farmers must ap
prove of this organization also since ap
proximately 25 percent of our farm fami
lies have made LCFA the state’s largest
county unit.
We think Joe Resnick may be grind
ing 'his personal axe in this matter, and
would remind him that that
ed blade can bite in both directions.
Milk Base Plan Can Help
To Mow Grazing Areas
Good pasture management re
quires regular clipping of the
area every 4 to 6 weeks during
the season. This encourages new
growth and keeps weeds from
maturing. Livestock producers
using Sudan grass, or one of
the sorghum hybrids, for graz
ing purposes should also clip
the old growth after a period of
grazing. This will give more
uniform growth for the later
grazing times.
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
in mind are urged to consult
various concerns in the business
including our extension engi
neers to become acquainted
with the various alternatives.
Also, the inspection of existing
operations will be of great help.
To Spread Alfalfa Harvest