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A 50-50 CHANCE FOR FROST
The Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture announced thin
week that there in an even
chance of not getting hurt by
frost in Lancaster after May 3.
Vegetables most apt to be kill
ed by freezing temperatures arc
snap beans, lima beans, sweet
corn, cucumbers, pumpkins,
squash and tomatoes.
Asparagus, celery, cauliflow
er, cabbage, lettuce and green
peas are less susceptible to frost,
while broccoli, beets, carrots,
onions and spinach are the har
diest of vegetables grown in
Pennsylvania.
The information on the state's
freeze risk was compiled by Nel
son M. Kauffman, state climatol
ogist. Statistical data covering
a 30-year period were used in de
termining freeze risks.
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ing, simple and unpretentious
are the nearest to virtue.”
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Farmers Vote Yes In First
NationalPollOnßargaining
PHILADELPHIA—NearIy nine
out of 10 farmers voting in a na
tionwide poll conducted by Farm
Journal over the last 40 days bc
lir\e that they should Join farm
bargaining associations to obtain
better prices from processors
and buyers.
Nine out of 10 also want Con
gress to create a legislative cli
mate that would allow farmers
to use bargaining power on their
own behalf.
Nearly 70% of those voting fa
vored holding farm products off
the market to try to win higher
prices and get processors to sign
long-term contracts.
More than 60% opposed a plan
whereby the government would
certify farm bargaining associa-
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Ph. 354-9221
Lancsfrter Farming. Saturday. May 4.1968—1
Horn and require the processors
and handlers to bargain with
them. And 67% voted against
having farm prices and produc
tion determined by a govern
ment board made up of farm,
processor, and consumer repre
sentatives.
Nearly eight out of 10 opposed
the present law which authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to
void farm bargaining agree
ments if the government feels
that they unduly enhance prices.
These results were revealed
this week in the May issue of
Farm Journal, the nation's larg
est f a r m magazine with three
million circulation. The maga
zine printed a list of 19 farm bar
gaining choices in its March is
sue. By last week, more than 12.-
500 readers responded—the vote
reported in the May issue is bas
ed on 5,000 representative re
turns from active farmers and
the results computed in propor
tion to Farm Journal’s circula
tion in each of its six regional
editorial editions.
Results printed in the maga
zine are shown by differences in
age, income, region, and mem
bership m the four major farm
organizations; Farm Bureau,
Farmer's Union, Grange, and
National Farmers Organization.
Farm Journal claims that this
is the largest such survey ever
undertaken on the nationwide
sentiment of farmers toward
tarm bargaining The magazine
also stated that the results are
highly indicative of how farm
ers, in general, feel However,
individual findings cannot be
taken as precise measurements
as some readers may have vot
ed because of strong feelings for
or against certain of the 19 bar
gaining choices listed. But be
cause several of the choices
were favored or opposed so over
whelmingly by all those voting,
there can be little question where
tanners, in general, stand on
major bargaining options
The magazine also added that
they were surprised at the size
of the response Experienced
staff members anticipated any
where from a few hundred to
possibly four or five thousand
it plies
In an editorial in the same
May issue, the magazine said
that it interpreted the survey re
sults to mean that the nation’s
farmers favored 'bargaining that
included seven procedures - 1)
Programs would be farmer in
spired instead of arising from
political compromises in Con
gress 2) Plans would be flexible
so that if a program failed farm
ers could vote it out quickly 3)
Farm prices and income would
come from the market, farmers
would rely less on direct pay
ments from the government 4)
Farmers would elect their own
commodity representatives to
run their programs 5) Farmers,
instead of the government, would
decide how much freedom they
would give up for the gam they
hope to achieve 61 Program
choices that farmers would vote
on would be more realistic than
typical government-held referen-
in the past 7) Farm pric
ing would be an exciting, fast
moving affair with commodities
vying with each other to see who
could come up with the best pro
gram
The editorial concluded by say
ing “We hope that official Wash
ington will take the cue Politi
cians have long despaired that
farm programs are nothing but
trouble: and they have com
plained that tarmers never‘get
together ’ Well, here’s a chance
to let farmers wrestle with their
own problems That’s what farm
ers want—and they are remark
ably together.
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