APPLY LLYfE
ON FROZEN
GROUND
Don’t hesitate to apply lime, even if the ground
is frozen. The freezing and thawing action of
Winter helps disseminate the lime, assuring you
a properly balanced soil, ready for Spring
plowing. And remember, liming pays in extra
bushels and tons of crops and forage.
MARTIN’S LIMESTONE
Blue Ball, Pa. 354-2112 Gap, Pa. 442-4148
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Dairy
Farms in
Thousands
60,784
__
51,660
47490
' i f 43 786
\ ' > : A Vi :
; ~ v ** 3* ' 4* * . * >
V! A S A /
40
30
1962
(Figures taken each year in October}
Taken from U S Market Administrators Reportand State Commission Reports
low Will a Beefining lairy Industry
Affect YOHR Business?
What would happen to the economies of New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont and
New Jersey if dairymen suddenly stopped buying all items except those
which are absolutely essential to maintaining a livelihood?
Wbuld your business be affected?
Granted, it is highly unlikely that we’ll ever see the day when the dairy farmer
is forced to stop buying altogether. But drastic reductions in his spending
are almost certain, especially with milk production costs as high as they are
today. Dairy farmers in the Northeast have been going out of business at alarming
rates in recent years, because costs are too high and returns too low. Now,
with the introduction of imitation milk into Northeastern markets
even further economic difficulties seem probable.
Support the dairymen in your area in their efforts to obtain a fair price for their milk.
Remember, some 8,000 dairy farmers have gone out of business in the Northeast
in the past two years - representing some $l5O million in milk production
and $435 million in farm facilities! If this trend continues,
local economies will be dealt a heavy blow.
MILK PRODUCERS
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC.
KINNE ROAD, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13214
Bargaining Voice for 10,000 Leading Dairymen
in New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont
NUMBER OF DAIRY FARMS (1962-67)
New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Jersey
1963
1964 1965
• District No. 3
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mil be able to hold this price ”
On filled milk Honan said the
problem is no different than the
problems of competition faced
by any other business He urged
farmers to give a lot of thought
to spending some part of their
income for advertising to meet
the competition of a l'6wer pric
ed product. “You must decide
how much you want to spend,”
he said. He pointed out that
spending for advertising gives
no guarantee how much benefit
you will get but said it is
known that it dues help.
Other speakers on the pro
gram of the District #3 annual
dinner meeting held in the
Quarryville Methodist Church
were Mr and Mrs Clayton Wil
ey, Mrs. .Amos Rutt, Jason Wea
ver and Mark A. Newton, field
representative.
Robert B McSparran, direc
tor, gave awaids to local fam
ilies which have been 50-year
members of Inter-State These
awards went to Mrs. Fannie
Walton, Peach Bottom R 2, and
John Sheets, Peach Bottom Rl.
Awards for 25-y ear member
ships went to Mrs Fannie Wal
ton & Son and Reath Brothers,
Kirkwood.
Everett Kreider, president,
gave 4-H awards to the follow
ing Barbara Kreider, Dale 80l-
1966 1967
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 27,1968 —
linger, Stephen Arrowsmith,
Barbara Aaron, Shirley Aaion
and Charlene Wagner
Leon Kreider was emcee
* DHIA Herd
(Continued from Page 1)
think we know the answer to a
problem and find out that we
were wrong,” he said.
Welk mentioned the fact that
he spends most of the time dur
ing the winter months in the
barn taking care of the cows
“You can observe the cows bet
ter when you do,” he said
Wolf and Welk have not
pushed excessive gram to diy
cows and cows over freshening,
but do give them all they will
nicely clean up for the fiisl
eight weeks after calfing They
feed from 40 to 50 pounds of
silage a day in addition to hay
and will go up to 40 pounds of
grain on the top producers
Welk thought it was true that
you could feed ho more but
feed it at the right stage of the
lactation and increase over-all
production.
The gram mixtuie fed on the
Wolf faim consists of 300 lb
of commercial concentiates; 300
lb oats, 200 lb of 50% soybean
meal, 100 lb. citrus pulp, 250
lb liquid protein and 1300 lb
ear corn The finished product
has about an 18 percent protein
content
They raise their own replace
ments and aie using a son of
:heir 1,000 lb bubterfat, Fran-
Wu'll cow along with some spe-
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cial matings by artificial insem
ination.
In discussing some of the
pi oblems facing the over-all
dairy mdustiy, the men thought
we would he paying moie for
advertising in the future Wolf
sard, “I think 'advertising pays.
It dees for eveiy other pioduofc
so why wouldn’t it for milk?”
He did have some misgivings as
to the benefits from promotion
of dairy products that would
get hack to the farmer. He also
lamented the fact that one
farmer will help pay for adver
tising and another one wall not.
“We are not organized,” he said.
On imitation milk, Wolf
would like to “thiow it out ”
‘‘We’re concerned about it,” he
sard, “but we don’t know what
we can do about it ” Welk said
he thought it would have a
great effect on the mdustiy but
maybe not 'as had as some ai e
sajung
Welk has been with the Wolf
herd for 3Vz years They faim
154 acres of mostly hay, coni
and tomatoes. The farm is lo
cated BVz miles south of Quar
ryv.lle near Fan-mount,
No man needs money and
brains If he has either, the oth
er will soon look him up.
Digging for facts ns a safer
way (jo ani'cive at a decision than
lumping at conclusions.
During trying times, many
people oust stop trying
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