—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 4.1968 24 Banker Says All Delmarva Could Be Marketed Under A marketing organization for all Delmarva poultry could ap ply industrial concepts and set quality controls, said a banker at a regional poultry meeting and short course last week in Salisbury. Md. Willis Hancock of the South ern National Bank, Lumbcrton. N C. told more than 150 poultry industry representatives and gioweis that he believes the Del man a Peninsula would benefit from setting goals and organiz mg to maiket the entile poultry production through one organi ze tion He added, “At ptesent all the bioilers on Delmarva are maiketed by about. 12 compan ies " One organization could estab lish quality controls and regu late production on the same ba sis as industry does He cited one large hog raising MAKE EACH HOG YOU RAISE MAKE MONEY! RED ROSE SWINE FEEDS will produce the results you expect. Call your dealer. Order what you need . . . and place good feeding on your farm. Walter Binkley & Son Lititz Brown & Rea, Inc. Atglen Elverson Supply Co. Elverson Henry E. Garber R. D. 1, Elizabethtown, Pa. L. T. Geib Estate Manheim I. B. Graybill & Son Refton Strasburg E. Musser Heisey & Son R. D. #3, Mt. Joy, Pa. Heistond Bros. Elizabethtown A. L. Herr & Bro. Quarryville David B. Hurst Bowmansville corporation organized and man aged by his bank. He said this corporation is successful because it has a large enough volume to be able to bargain in the mar ket place. He said he believes that the corporation principle is a sound way to finance agricul tural production. "One deterrent to farm financ ing is the rapid ups and downs in agricultural prices." he said ‘ Rut a corporation can borrow capital and put it wheie it will return the most income " He added. "The cost of credit has continued to rise just as the cost of equipment and labor has risen and I don't see much change in the futuie ” Marketing Association “We are here to stay.” said Dr Kenneth Hood of the American Agricultural Marketing Associa tion ed Rose MNE FEEDS PIG PRE-STARTER PELLETS Pigs accept them early, Contain sugar concentrates and high levels of antibiotics. PIG STARTER PELLETS Supplement the son s milk, PIG & SOW MEAL Meets the exacting nutrition al requirements during late gestation. PORKMAKER Complete . . . balanced . . lor finishing hogs. 40% HOG SUPPLEMENT Mi\ w ith your grains for that ‘■nutritional balance”. Martin's Feed Mill, Inc R. D. 3, Ephrata, Pa. Mountville Feed Service Musser Farms, Inc. Musser's Mill The Buck Chas. E. Souder & Sons Ammon E. Shelly L. M. Snavely E. P. Spotts, Inc. H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Mountville Columbia Terre Hill Lititz Lititz Honey Brook Inc. Witmer Poultry One Label VWe are not out to wreck any existing organization. We are go ing to be fair, but we are going to *be firm.” he added. In explaining the Farm Bu reau's Broiler Program, he said the marketing organization will help growers negotiate new con tiacts ana help them understand present contracts. He said the Farm Bureau be heies it is impossible 10 “corner any phase of agricultural pro duction”, because of imports, substitutes, other agricultural products and consumer prefer ences. “Rather, we believe there is merit in contracting ahead and gearing production to meet the need ” He added, “A bargaining or ganization can do only two things, get the best price possi ble by knowing as much as those on the other side of the bargain ing table, and help growers earn more by producing better qual ity mqre efficiently ” Packers & Stockyards Act James Toggle, chief of the Poultry Branch, Packers and Stockyards section U S. Depart ment of Agriculture, said a very small percentage of the com plaints reaching his office result in formal action Since 1962 his office has issued only eight formal complaints Five of these came, he said, from farmers complaining against integrators while the other three were from integra tors complaining against others The farmer complaints were failure to pay the agreed price, failure to remit proceeds to con signors, inaccurate and false ac counting on weights and pay ment, and boycotting of farm ers by integrators because the farmer joined marketing organ izations The integrator complaints Don't plant for the BIRDS! ORTHO Crows, blackbirds, pheasants any bird that steals seed won’t come back a second time for seed treated with ORTHO Bird Repellent. They spit it out and fly away. It’s easy to get this kind of protection for your seed. All you do is pour this repellent right in with the seed in your planter box. were for unjustified rejections by a chain store, false and in accurate records under a con tract and predatory pricing (prices below costs to drive out competition). All but one of these complaints resulted in a "cease and desist order” from the courts. He said the Secretary of Ag riculture last fall announced a five point program for the poul try industry; 1, The P. and S. recognizes the problem and jvill meet with poul try organizations including farm er groups. 2 The P. and S will immedi ately investigate all complaints of boycotting because of belong ing to any organization 3 -The P and S will conduct random audits of integrators’ contracts 4 The P and S will give im mediate attention to any com plaints of unfair competitive practices 5 Formation of a poultry ad- T&yster BONANZA GET CORN STARTED RIGHT WITH 8-24-8 BONANZA Guarantees All Essential Plant Foods • Nitrogen • Calcium • Copper • Molybdenum • Phosphorus • Sulfur • Iron • Zinc • Potash • Magnesium • Boron • Manganese KIRKWOOD FEED and GRAIN Kirkwood, Pa. Ph. 5E9-EI3E See us now for BIRD REPELLENT Actually, you’re getting more than bird protection with this product. The full name is ORTHO Bird Repellent and Seed Protectant. It also contains an insecticide to control soil insects such as wireworms, seed corn maggots and corn rootworm. And a fungi cide for extra protection against diseases like seed ling blight, damp-off, and seed decay. This is the only bird repellent that combines all these protections. So this year, don’t plant for the birds. When you get your seed, ask us for ORTHO Bird Re pellent. P. L ROHRER & BRO., INC. Smoketown, Pa. T M Reg US- Pat off; ORTHO, on all Chemicals, Read Directions And Cautions Before Use. vlsory committee to work wittV the P. and S. r Placement Zoning Stokes Homan of Eshara Farms. Inc., Parsonburg, Md.j told about his committee's plas for a broiler Placement Zoning program. i This system would set target dates for placement of chicks ij o geographic area so that aU chickens in the zone would be o{ the same'age. The theory is that younger chicks would not be like} ly to pick up diseases if then! were no older broilers in the area. ,* He said the disease problem was so bad on Chinqoteague Is} land that, some companies weris thinking about "quitting”. But after the storm and flood in 1962 rot a chicken w’as left alive or' the island After this forced-'de} population" and sea water sten ilization of all poultry houses, “Chmcoteague produced the best broilers ever for about three cycles ” 397-3539
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