Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21.1968
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Meeting Minutes For The Pa.
Egg Marketing Assn. Retorted
President Ben Burkholder New York and New England
waived the reading of the min- group have pooled money to pur
ules, but called for the Treasur- chase eggs to support the mar
er’s report, which was accepted ket. Pennsylvania appears to be
as presented by Ray Sander. left out of the N.E.M.O. and Na
_ ~ „ . , , tlonal group, therefore we must
e *? a ! n act for our own protection, be
that the Food & Drug Admlnis- we are without a doU bt
tration carton requirements had of the most impo rtant egg
changedsome. and would go mto mnrketing areas in the UiS . H e
total effect October. 1969. In- . ~
stead of the "one dozen" term said that a committee would no
appearing on the lower one third doubt be developed, and we
of the panel, it will be accept- should be ready with a represen
able in any area on the top pan- t u t 0 protect our interests .
el On divided cartons the "one „ , „ ~
dozen” must be in the center so Because of the, many problems
when the carton is divided the
"one dozen” will break at the
right of the "D”. Previously
Esgs had to be prominent, but
this is no longer a requirement
When a name, and address ap
pear on a carton, a zip code must
be included. Duncan advised
that, he was discussing F.D A.
regulations, and no one should
overlook USDA, or state require
ments when designing a carton
A motion was properly passed,
following a coverage discussion,
that the Pennsylvania Egg Coun
cil request the Secretary of Ag
riculture, L H Bull, to take ac
tion to provide that, all state in
stitutions be supplied with eggs
from Pennsylvania producers ox
dealers
Ray Sauder reporting on Ex
change activities, showed by
weekly figures that, the shorts
reported dunng August went
down sharply, indicating that,
adequate supplies were avail
able The longs were 13,000 cas
es, and for the 16 members 7,000
cases, were sold providing an ac
ceptional service to the industry
More recently he stated that,
there were few offers and gen
erally dealer members were
short of supplies. j
The president was requested
to call upon the Executive Com
mittee to appoint a repiesenta
tive from the Egg Marketing As
sociation to work with the com
mittee considering unification.
Bob VanHouten explained
very well the areas on the daily
and weekly reports to watch
closely for market trends He
stated that the industry has been
most cooperative in furnishing
required information to make
the reports effective. He offered
their seivices anytime they
mjght be helpful, and also ad
vised that everyone is eligible to
receive the reports
He pointed out— 1 Watch
cold stoiage holding, 2 Cailot
sales to the Military, 3 Read the
portion “Egg Market at a
glance”, 4 Observe the commer
cial movement report which
shows movement from farms to
assemblers, 5 Check closely on
announcement of the peicent
layer changes, etc
Sam Beienson stated that a
FRUIT PRODUCTION
Estimates of fiuit production
in the Commonwealth on Sep
tember 1 indicate decreases
from previous month’s foiecasts
for the pear and grape ciops
Dry weather limited sizing of
peais and cunenl prospects aie
foi a 3,250-ton ciop, accoiding to
the Pennsylvania Crop Repott
ing Seivice Pioduction a year
ago totaled 2,600 tons with the
five-yeai (1962 66) aveiage at 3,-
050 tons
The outlook foi giapes at 38,-
500 tons indicates a 25 'peicent
decrease fiom last year’s recoid
crop, but only one peicent be
low the average. Fewer and
smaller berries and bunches
than expected are given as caus
es for the delcme.
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of Importance to be carefully
considered, It was decided that a
dinner meeting be held at
Schraffts Restaurant, Denver,
Pa., Friday, September 20, at 6
p.m. Producers, dealers, and oth
ers interested in the welfare of
the industry are invited to at
tend. Members should contact
and bring . others with them.
Should anyone decide to attend,
the" Secretary E J Lawless, Jr.,
4210-A Sussex Drive. Colonial
Park, Harrisburg. Pa,. 17109,
should be notified in order to
make proper arrangements. A
reservation might be made by
telephone at and
advise Mr Lawless or the sec
retary to Mr. Lawless the num
ber planning to attend
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Possible Cost.
House Republican form Task Fprce
Wants Action To Curb Dairy ’lmports
The House Republican Task force.on-Agriculture has called
for immediate action to curb dairy imports to prevent futtkr
income and market losses by-U.S. farmers,
Citing a report just released by the Department of Africa!
ture, Chairman Odin Langen (R., Mint!.) said it is evident that
added restrictions are needed now. He said the report show's e\,i
porated milk imports during the first six months of 1968 are up
527 percent over the same period of 1967: milk chocolate is up
140-percent, cheese and cheese substitutes up 53 percent. Langvr'
said foreign suppliers are circumventing recent import limn,,
tions by changing the form in which dairy products enter the'
country.
The impact of imports,on. hard;pressed U.S. dairymen wns
pointed out by Langem who noted that-dairy producers June
lost more than $6OO million since 1963 dub to imports, the equi
valent of 80.000 farms of 25 cows each, which could produce i;
billion pounds of milk
Said. Langen- “These statistics serve notice on all govern
m?nt officials who administer our dairy programs. What is cleai
ly evident is that inaction at this critical time will only be a du
t-> «viv rural economy which has been con
tinuousiy driven backwards during recent years “
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