16
-Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 2.1968
S. W. White, Jr. (left), president of Oliver Corporation,
presenting honor award to Clydeth Buch, Farmersville
Equipment Co., Ephrata R 2. The presentation was made at
Nassau, Bahamas, at a meeting of the President’s Honor
Council.
Need For Bargaining
JBawer Is Challenge
Says Tony Deehant
■<*T f W
The clear need for bargaining
power to influence prices and
terms of sale for years has chal
lenged farmers and farm organ
izations according to Tony T
Dechant, National Fanners Un
ion
Farmers have always occu
pied a weak and disorganized
position in the maiket,” he said
“Rroducers of farm commodi
ties are one of the few economic
■-groups, if not the only one, that
must sell in markets largely con
trolled by buyers, brokers, com
mission agents, and other buy
er representative ”
Speaking to the National Farm
Institute in Des Moines, lowa,
recently, Dechant said, “Farm
ers Union is taking the back seat
to no one in seeking a workable
and effective and legal approach
to greater farm bargaining pow
er
‘We have put together a pro-
9 MpNEYMAKING ALFALFAS
DnPuit
Vernal
Buffalo
Ranger
Cayuga
Narragansett
Haymor
Northwest Common
Northwest Grimm
Saranac
8 MONEYMAKING CLOVERS
Certified Pennscott
Select Pennscott
Penna. Medium Red
Midw est Medium Red
White Blossom Sweet Clover
yellow Blossom Sweet Clover
Mammoth
Alsike
Fresh seed mixed and Inoculated (FREE)
Save with REIST’S Seeds
. REIST SEED COMPANY
Mount Joy, Pa. Ph. 653-4121
Finest Quality Seeds (Since 1925)
posal to provide farmers with
the legal framework for com
modity-by-commodity bargain
ing for price with buyers, hand
lers and processors
"We insist that farm programs
be continued to guarantee that
the market won’t be glutted af
ter farmers win a decent price.
Too much supply, like we had
in nearly every commodity this
past year, would make bargain
ing for pi ice an unworkable ap
proach
“There can be no effective
bargaining for farm prices with
out effective and consistent sup
ply control,” he said
The farm spokesman said
Farmers Union proposal calls
for minimum participation in
farm bargaining by the Secre
tary of Agncultme or anyone
else in government ‘We want
farmers doing the bargaining,
with government’s role limited
to guaranteeing their ability to
do it,” he said
Quartet A gi oup of fom, each
of whom ‘thinks the oUic-i three
can’t sing
O Farm Woman • the State Convention. The group will go to the County Home in
(Continued from Page 15) voted to support the Mental March to visit the folks there.
Health Association as their coun- Next meeting will be March
Mrs. Leon Schnupp and Mrs. ty project. 28 at the Donegal Presbyterian
Witmer Shcrer gave reports on The Society and Society #1 Church. 1
Perfection Can Put
Pipeline In
WHY BUY A PIPELINE?
For An Average
40 Cow Herd
You Can . . .
sss rs* 292 ' ons 01 rT i
Save 200 hours per year I ] / ' s v^sl,.
on an average herd. | 1/ |
Produce higher quality iST&z4' , r '~'-~ * ~r-i Ifi 1
milk. T - 1
Increase your milk J |
production. ;
Save walking 100 miles a
year.
WHY BUY A PERFECTION PIPELINE?
1. Engineered for the modem dairy farm of today as well as the dairy
farm of tomorrow. Around the bam pipelines and milking parlors.
The only milkhouse control unit that is assembled at our modern new
factory on a stainless steel panel. Pretested for trouble free operation,
self-draining, with patented washing features.
Built and guaranteed by Perfection Milker-Division of Sba-Rite Indus
tries, Inc., of Delavan, Wisconsin, a recognized leader in -home -Water
systems and agricultural components.
TRANSFER STAT
24 Hour Milking
Equipment Service
installation and Service
CALL TODAY AND ASK
FOR AN APPOINTMENT
Agway Bee Line’s Local
Commodity Technicians are:
MR. FRED KERLIN
MR. HAROLD KINSEY
WINCO Traitor Alternator-Generator SAIE
* “ J <u J_ ' ,-i V_; r»-Tj
I 12000 Watt
Winchorger P.T.O. Generator
List Price $Bl9 00
Sale Price $525.00
* H \
Winchorger P.T.O. Generator
- List Price $837.00
Sale Price $.598.00
> - 1 1 *
15000 Watt
Winchorger P.T.O. Alternator
List Price $897.00
Sale Price $&3.5.00
200 amp.
•100 amp.
Agwaj
15000 Watt
Mobile Power Troile
American Double Throw Transfer Switch
■ (Industrial, 'Ram Tight Enclosure)
List Price $100.35 Sale Price $7J>.9O
List Price . .. $ 74.10 Sole Price $56.04
WE SERVICE EVERYTHING WE SELL
BEE LINE SUPPLY CENTER
*
1027 DILLERVILLE ROAD, LANCASTER
24 HOUR SERVICE DAILY PH. 394-0541
, *
3000 Watt
Portable Alternator
Complete with B. & 6 h.p. Engine
List Price $499 50
Sale Price $375.00
A
Any Bern
»■=
~~~9
rf"
$198.50
I 1 r
! *