—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 27,1968
12
Farmers Union
Speaks For
Base Plan
Ton ’ T Dechant, national
piesident of Faimeis Union
said MonJiv that h s oigam/a-
tion w ill fight to i e t a i n the
Class I m.lk base plan in any
bills that come befme Congress
to renew faim piogiams
“We woiked with Congiess to
get the Class I base plan into
the 1965 Faim Act and we will
woik haid to retain it,” he told
a farm audience at a luncheon
in New Stanton
“We take the poo‘ion that
Class I base plans should be al
lowed in all milk oidai areas
so pioduceis and then coopeia
tivcs con decide whc'hai us. ng
them \v 11 be to then advan
tage ’
The fr n lead:i is appealing
at a senes ot events in west
ern PennsUvama jomtly spon
soied by Fn’msis Union and
Dan j men’s League (Another
luncheon w as scheduled the
next clay in Butlei Pa
Appealing With Dechant is
Lestei Maitm, a Miltoid, NY,
dany faimei who is piescdent
of Danymen’s League It is a
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taimei at Carlton, Pa, is pies
ident
Dechant said a campaign is
needed to get nd of the maze
of conflicting and aibitiary
sanitary regulations imposed on
dairy faimeis acioss the coun
try
“These regulations aie ad
ministered by so many public
agencies that the farmei is not
sure what he should do oi
whose msti notions he should
try to follow,” he said
“One inspector tells him the
screen door on his milk house
should swing one way, anothei
tells him it should swing an
othei ”
Although AAA standai ds gov
ern milk cooling equipment, De
chant said, individual health in
spectoi s st 11 insist on excep*
tions that cost money and con
tuse producers
“We need to do whatevei is
rtecessaiy to get one national
health rnspeo'ion code fo> d.uiy
farmeis, both to get a workable
code and then to convince the
Christiano, Pa.
Jim Mimm
'thousands of local irispeotois
that they should be consistept
m following it,” he said
“This would be one of the
biggest gains the milk produc
er could make ”
Dechant also discussed the
pricing pioblem that has de
veloped with intioduction ol
fluid mJk substitutes m manj
aieas of the countiy He said
Faimeis Union had U'ged the
Depaitment of Agucultiue to
take action on thus pioblem to
protect the intei est of dnny
fai mers
“We told the (USD\) D..ny
Branch people in Den\ei that
all federal order markets should
be amended to guaiantee that
all dauy pioduots used in these
substitutes aie paid foi at the
Class I price,” he sa'd
“If a product is gom~ to com
pete with tiaiv' milk, then -ts in
gredients should be paid for at
the Class I pi ice ’
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(Continued from Pace 2)
ceipts 140,100 compared with
174,000 last week and 172,100
last year
SLAUGHTER STEERS On
Wednesday Prime 1150 1325 lbs
Yield Grade 3 and 4 28 25-29 25,
two loads at latter price, highest
since late September High
Choice and Prime 1100-1350 lbs
28 00-28 75, Choice 925-1300 lbs
Yield Grade 2 to 4 27 00-28 00,
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(Continued from Page 2)
Receipts of 240 head sold
steady Riding horses 125-305;
Driving horses 135-280, Mules
(single) 120-165, (pair) 290-
350, Work horses (single) 170-
300, (pair) 365-580, Pony mares
30 40, Geldings 25-35, Killers
89
Receipts of 1014 head of hogs
sold $l-1 50 lower Retail 20 50
22 25, Wholesale, No 1-3 19-20;
Heavyweights 1825-19 25, Sows
13 50-16 50
Receipts of 131 head sold ste
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48, Good and L Choice 32 50-
42, Standaid 32-35, Common
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HORSES
HOGS '
January 23, 1968
CALVES
January 22, 1968
Elizabethtown
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& Sons, Inc, ,
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