24—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 22.1969
Co-Op Says Farmers May Be
Opposed To Gov. Collecting
Compulsory Deductions
‘‘lt would appeal that many cd undei a stnte-maiketmg or
farmers in this aiea are opposed der Under the prooos.il, eggs
to compulsory deductions for would be assessed fiom one
promotion where the govern- twelfth to one-third cent a dozen
ment acts as the collection agen- to piovide a fund foi adve: Using
cy”, a dairy leader points out the pioduct to promote sales
John C York, geneial man- The refeicndum was lequest
ager of Eastern Milk Pioduceis cd by State Poultry Industry Co
Assn, stated. “The rejection by ordinated Effoit (SPICE) a
New York poul'rymen last week laige industiy gioup Each
of an assessment pioposal and faim regardless of Size was en
the overwhelming disappioval titled to one vote and it was
in a recently concluded survey necessary for the mcasuie to be
of our Eastern dairy members approved by two-thirds of the
indicates that government col- voters
lection of funds may be the big- Thei e has been considerable
gest reason why farmers turn discussion in the dairy industry
down some of these proposals on whether deductions should
“A large majority of our mem- be mandatory in Older to pro
bers are already subscribing vide moie funds for the pro
funds for milk promotion pur- motion of milk and other dairy
poses, and the Eastern organiza- pioducts Among the big un
tion has endorsed the positive settled question are—how much
letter and other voluntary me- would the deductions be, and
thods of collecting funds. How- who would be the collection
ever, in a most successful survey agency?
just completed among our mem- “
bers, 85r c of those answering Prices received by Pennsyl
said they were opposed to com- vania farmers for their products
pulsory milk promotion dues during February were one per
where the government was the cent higher than in January, the
agency at a rate of 3 State Crop Reporting Service
:o 5c per hundredweight has announced.
“We felt that the way the New Hogs were up 70 cents a hun-
York poultry referendum was deadweight while steers and
conducted is the proper way to heifers were up 50 cents Oats
handle such matters—to let in- were up one cent a bushel,
dividual farmers express their corn up two cents and wheat up
opinions. It is an excellent ex- three cents. The broiler price
ample of the democratic process of 17 cents a pound remained
at work”, noted York unchanged
State Agnculture Commission- The hundredweight price of
er Don J Wickham reported milk was five cents less in Febr
that New’ York State poultrymen uaiy than a month earlier while
cast 230 votes against and 105 eggs at 42 cents a dozen weie
for a proposal that eggs be plac- down five cent
Beef, Dairy Farms To
Hold Joint Open House
On Tuesday, March 25th. a
combination Open House will
be held for Lancaster County
Farmers on the John Xissley
and J Harold Musscr Farm of
Ml Joy. Pennsylvania The
Farms are located about l l i
miles apart.
The pin pose or the Open
House will be to show area
fanners the iccent mechaniza
tion installed which enabled
them to expand their opera
tion. Nissley feeds out of 400
500 head of Prime Cattle while
Musser has a 50 Milk Cow Dairy
Operation
The Nissley Farm of 165
acies utilizes two 100‘ non-auger
type feeders to distribute a ra
tion of corn silage, crimped
corn or barley and protein con
centrates. Corn Silage is stored
in a 24’ x 80’ concrete silo. John
buys *750 lb. feeders and finishes
them out to prime (1100-1300
lbs ). His total investment in
the System is approximtely
$75 00 per head.
The Musser Farm of 150 acres
recently expanded their opera
tion through remodeling. Six
teen stalls were added to the
existing Barn along with a 600
Gallon Bulk Tank, Pipeline
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