3 Cent Hundredweight
Assessment Considered
For Milk Promotion
Initial steps to seek a rofoi
endum among Pennsylvania
milk producers on a pioposed
self-assessment program to pio
mote the sale and use of milk
have been taken by the state’s
dany industiy
Plans to seek the refeiendum,
and toi a proposed pio, r iam to
raise approximately 51,600.000
for adveitising, promouon and
reseaich have been recommend
ed by a special committee ieme
senting a cioss-section of both
daily coopeiatives and indepen
dent milk pioducers of Penn
sylvania The proposal will be
presented Match 24 to a Milk
Maiketmg Piomotion Commit
tee which was appointed last
year by Slate Agricultme Secie
tary Leland H Bull
The report of the special com
mittee an innei working
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gioup of the main committee
also will lecommended a plan
foi iais mg piomotion funds
thiough assessments amounting
to one half of one pei cent of
each pioducoi's gioss milk
cheek, or about thiee cents per
hundi cd weight of milk sold
Such a piogiam would be coi
ned out undei the Pennsylvania
Agncultuial Commodities Mai
keting Act of 1968 which pei
ir.ita a commodity group to call
foi a vote among affected pio
duceis who would have the op
poitunitv to vote foi oi against
self-assessment
All commercial milk pio
duceis would be affected by
such a maiketmg program if it
is approved by two thuds of
those casting ballots
Spending of funds raised in
this mannei would be undei the
direction of an advisory board.
The Agricultural Commoditic;
Marketing Act provides that the
advisory board shall be made up
of members appointed by the
State Agriculture Seeietary
fiom nominations submitted by
pi oducers
If the pi oposal is approved by
the Milk Maiketing Pi emotion
Committee at its March 24 meet
ing. a public heanng on the
lecommcndod piogram would be
held in Hairisbuig July 15, with
voting scheduled foi Novcmbei
25 If appioved by voteis, the
piogiam would get undei was
Januaiy 1 1970
Cunently Pennsylvania pro
duceis support on a voluntary
basis such national milk promo
tion piogiams as those of the
Amei ican Dan v Association and
the N'ational Daily Council, as
well as icgional piomotional ac
tuities of these oiganizations
The special committee has rec
ommended continued support of
these piogiams
Pennsylvania has appioxi
mately 22 000 daily f aimers
v hose annual cash leceipts from
milk total moie than ?350 mil
lion
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 29.1969
Garden Spot Young
Farmer Meeting Set
The Gaidcn Spot Young Farm
eis Association meeting will be
held at the Garden Spot High
School, New Holland, Wednes
day. April 2 at 730 P M
Speaker will be Robot t L
Kimble, dncctor of Meat Animal
Evaluation Center at Penn Stale
Umveisity
Meeting will concein woik of
fhe evaluation ccntci, icsulls
that they have received and how
this information can be used by
swine and bc n f in thi®
area
T..a i. tir. is n t o .
mteieste, *w:no and beef pio
ducers A slide presentation
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Repair Damaged Trees Soon
Strong winds with heavy ice
ot snow on tree branches some
times causes breaks and split
ting Trees having soft, buttle
wood, such as soft maples, wil
lows and poplars mav lie
damaged Ciaig S Olivoi ex
tension hoi ticultui ist at The
Pennsylvania State Umveisity.
suggests that biokcn blanches
be cut off and damaged areas
be healed Wounds and cuts
should be coveied with •‘wound
paint’ to i educe decay For
more detailed infoimation see
your county agent.
.liJ Oi tilC
cva'uation center test will be
discussed
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Phone: 768-8231