Notional Formers
Union Calls For
Export Certificates
Members of the National Far
mers Union Executive Commit
tee meeting in Denser said the
need for an export certificate to
(he United States wheat farmers
has become impel alive as a re
sult of the movement of the
United States into the interna
tional wheat war
The price cutting, plus a i educ
tion in acreage allotments could
reduce income to the point of
bankruptcy for many of our
wheat farmers. The most feasible
way to replace reduced income is
through expoit certificates
The members expiessed grave
concern because the United
States is engaging in this price Only through the immediate The nation’s interstate high
war They said, “This will not action of the United States to uay system, about two thuds
benefit the price leceived by take the leadership in solving completed, accounted for 1 per-
U S farmers, and can only dam- world wheat surplus over the cent of the nation’s street and
age trade relations with other conference table can the wheat highway mileage last year, but
wheat exporting countries” farmeis of the world be saved carried almost 18 percent of the
The members of the NFU Ex- fi om financial disaster. total traffic.
Start here. New. improved Red Rose Milk
Replacer gives calves more vitamins and
minerals than their dams' milk That gives you
more milk to sell for profit
And grow. Then in the 3rd or 4th week
introduce your calves to Red Rose Calf
Starter (While they’re still being nourished
with Red Rose Milk Replacer).
And grow. In the 12th to 20th week begin
mixing in a little Red Rose Calf Grower with
the Starter so that at approximately 16 weeks
of age your calves will be on Calf Grower
■•entirely.
And grow. After 20 weeks gradually change
to Red Rose Fitting Ration to assure continued
vigorous growth and development.
And grow. Top-dress or mix in Red Rose
Rummator for the absolute maximum in
vitamins, energy and feeding efficiency.
Walter Binkley & Son E. Musser Heisey & Son
kitit* R, D. #2, Mt. Joy, Pa.
Brown & Reo, Inc.
Mglen
Elverson Supply Co.
Elverson
Henry E. Garber
B. D. 1, Elizabethtown, Pa.
L. T. Geib Estate Mortin's Feed Mill, Inc.
Manheun R D Ephrata) PjL
I. B. Gro-ybtll & Son Mountvilife Feed Service
Reiton Strasbnrp Monntville
uffd c s c .' , .r i .r c,llc<, ' or,hc *•"
Penno. This Yeor
1. Cease price cutting;
2 Provide export certificates
to U S gi owers to compen
sate them foi disastrously
low world prices
Further, the NFU Executive
Committee will urge President
Nixon to call a meeting of the
International Grains Arrange
ment (IGA) member nations and
other wheat exporting nations to
1 Resolve price differences,
2 Avoid dumping of wheat in
woild trade,
3 Prevail on exporting nations
to make a cutback in wheat
production comparable to
that being made in the
United States
Start here and grow.
Heistond Bros.
Elizabethtown
Red Rose Form
Service, Inc.
.V. Church St., Qnarryville
David B. Hurst
Ecwmansulle
Indications me 1,987.000 tur
keys will be raised in Pennsyl
vania this year, 23 percent more
than in 1968, but one percent
less than the 1967 ciop This
would be the second largest
cop in the Commonwealth since
1956
Broken down, it is estimated
1 731,000 heavy breed buds will
be laised 29 peicent more
than last year, and 2 percent
less than in 1967 This is the
second laigest crop raised in 11
yeais
Light breed birds will make
up the balance of 256,000 birds,
5 percent less than last year, but
6 peicent more than in 1967
Put them all together and you have over 127
years of feed knowledge from one of the
most advanced dairy herd management
centers in the countiy—Lancaster County,
Pa , the home of Eshelman and the location
of one of Eshelman’s leading mills.
Red Rose
DAIRY FEEDS
Musser Forms, Inc.
Chos. E. Soutfcr & Sons
Ammon E. Shelly
HL M. Stauffer & Sons,
Columbia
Musser's Mill
The Buck
Terre Hill
Lititz
E. P. Sports, Inc.
Honey Brook
line.
WStmer
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 30,1969—7
Dennis Ginder, of Manhiem R 2, shows his grand
champion pig of the Lancaster County 4-H Pig Roundup and
sale Tuesday.
• Dennis Ginder
(Continued from Page 1)
Buckwalter also had the York
shire champion which was sold
for 31 5 cents per pound.
Winning the most honors was
Eugene Bollinger, of Ephrata,
who took four of the top 10 first
places
Bollinger won firsts in Re
serve Pen of 10, Duioc cham
pion, Hampshire champion, and
Spotted Poland champion
Other top winners were Ker
ry Boyd, champion Pen of 10,
Wesley Geiber, Berkshire
champ, David J. Landis, Land
lace champion, and MarLn Bol
linger, Poland China champion.
Sales Total $9,556
Sales this year totaled $9,556,
and averaged 28 34 cents per
pound Last year the figure was
86,055, or an aveiage of 2138
cents per pound
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The giand champion was sold
last yeai for 159 72, or 71 cents
pel pound
The 28 34 cents pei pound this
year was about two cents per
pound more than the general
market price Tuesday.
A total of 158 pigs was enter
ed by 40 youths. Last year 35
youngsters enteied 140 pigs.
The highest pi ice paid for an
animal outside of the champions
was 29 5 cents per pound for two
230-pound animals The lowest
price was 24 75 foi a 150 pound
pig.
On the average, highest prices
went to pigs between 210 and
230 pounds
The champion animals fell
mostly within this range, run
ning fiom 195 pounds for the
leserve champion and Landrace
champion to 240 foi the York
shire champ.
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