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.uman Likens Government Farm
ayments To Welfare Checks ™‘“" Z
Ihnrlcs B Shuman, president "to add farmers to the welfare 1
the American Farm Bureau rolls." P ovcr, y fo ‘ American farmers
id
F
oration, this week said that Shuman, addressing Farm Direct payment provisions,
organization would “fight Bureau members from 49 stales “themselves an admission that
:h every resource available" and Puerto Rico attending the thc nct cffcct of government
empts by supporters of pres- Golden Anniversary annual meet- m B n *>ged production, pricing and
; government farm programs ing of the nation’s largest gen- marketing was to reduce thc
CLEARANCE
OF USED EQUIPMENT
WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING EQUIPMENT.
BIGGEST SALE OF USED EQUIPMENT EVER
AT THE GREATEST SAVINGS TO YOU
FARMALL CUB with Fast Hitch
w/Mott Hammerknife Mower. This is
a late model tractor and in excellent
condition. Was $l5OO. NOW $1275.
FARMALL 300 TRACTOR with T.A.,
1.P.T.0., Fast Hitch. This tractor was
completely reconditioned.
Was. $1550. NOW $1365.
FARMALL 400 TRACTOR with T.A.
Standard Drawbar, 1.P.T.0. This
tractor was completely overhauled
and reconditioned and repainted.
4 ' Was $1750. NOW $1675.
jL XT' 1
% 'ALLIS CHALMERS C TRACTOR,
overhauled and repainted. A real
buy. Was $5OO. NOW $395.
-FARMALL 300 TRACTOR with T.A.,
' 1.P.T.0., Fast Hitch, in good condi
tion. Was $1350. NOW $l2OO.
FARM ALT. M TRACTOR. This is a
good solid tractor.
Was $950. NOW $875.
INT. 46 BALER
INT. 33 LOADER for Utility tractors
(Unmounted) Was $250. NOW $195.
INT. 2001 LOADER for Utility tractor
(Unmounted) Was $685. NOW $5OO.
INT. 10-A DISK HARROW
Was $l5O. NOW $llO,
JOHN DEERE SPRING TOOTH
HARROW (Reconditioned)
Was $250. NOW $2lO.
5 - I.H. 311 3-F TRIP BEAM PLOWS
Was $350. NOW $275,
3 - I.H. 9-A DISK HARROWS
Was $325. NOW $195.
411 4-F 14” TRIP BEAM PLOW
Was $465. NOW $375,
44 4-ROW CORN PLANTER
Was $450. NOW $350,
9 FT. SOIL PULVERIZER
Was $2OO. NOW $165
37 12 FT. WHEEL CONTROLLED
DISK HARROW
Was $B5O. NOW $7lO,
I I International Harvester
in ' SALES AND SERVICE '
1054 S. State St., Ephrata
END OF THE YEAR
TRACTORS
Was $685. NOW $485,
FARMALL 300 TRACTOR with F.H.,
1.P.T.0., TA. A real buy.
Was $l4OO. NOW $1275.
FARMALL 350-DIESEL with Fast
Hitch and 1.P.T.0.
Was $l6OO. NOW $1495.
FORD 9N TRACTOR with loader.
Was $750. NOW $5OO.
FARMALL CUB TRACTOR with
Standard Drawbar and Touch Con
trol. Was $895. NOW $750.
FARMALL 460 TRACTOR with Fast
Hitch, 1.P.T.0., TA.
Was $2600. NOW $2400.
INT. 460 UTILITY TRACTOR with
Fast Hitch, 1.P.T.0., T.A. with U-34
H.D. Loader. Was $2475. NOW $2275.
FARMALL 656 HYDROSTATIC
TRACTOR, loaded {Demonstrator).
Was $7865. NOW $5BOO.
H & M 240 CULTVATOR
Was $75. NOW $25.
255 CULTIVATOR for 300, 400, 350 or
450 tractors Was $l5O. NOW $75.
J.D. 4-F TRIP BEAM PLOW
Was $4OO. NOW $295,
OLIVER 3-F TRIP BEAM PLOW
Was $325. NOW $250
BRADY CHOPPER
Was $5OO. NOW $250.
PAPEC FIELD HARVESTER
Was $495. NOW $375.
MF 16/7 GRAIN DRILL
Was $325. NOW $225,
J.D. DISK HARROW
Was $450 NOW $330,
I.H. 10 FT. SPRING TOOTH
HARROW Was $125. NOW $B5,
#9l SELF-PROPELLED COMBINE
Was $1845. NOW $l5OO,
503 SELF-PROPELLED COMBINE
w/14 ft. Header
Was $B7OO. NOW $7200,
H & M 7 FT. MOWER
Was $65. NOW $25
Ph. 733-2283
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1909—1
prices to faimors," have caused
farmers lo be dependent on
Congressional appropriations for
much of their income, Shuman
explained
"Consumers and laxpa.veis
look upon these payments in the
same light as they look upon
welfare payments to the poverty
stricken. This means that limita
tions on the amount paid to any
one producer will be imposed
and eventually ASC ‘case work
ers’ will supervise the spending
of these ‘welfare’ checks,” he
said.
The only practical way of
“getting unhooked” is "to phase
out the government programs
over a period of time and to
cushion the impact on farmers
during the adjustment period,”
the farm leader said.
Shuman expressed optimism
for the future of agnculture, pre
dicting that “the next few yeais
will bring a change in direction,
a change 'in the attitude of peo
ple toward government and new
hope for faimers as they seek to
produce for consumer maikets
rather than government stor
age.”
Farmers have found the solu
tion to the problem, he said
“The challenge that confronts
us is to use our resources in
such a way as to capture the
initiative to take the authority
for production, pricing, and mar
keting decisions away from the
federal government and place
these responsibilities on the
shoulders of farmers.
“Until farmers themselves or
ganize in such a way as to be
able to adjust supplies to the
needs of the market, they will
be plagued with recurring sur
pluses and wide price fluctua
tions.
“Supply management is a valid
objective but government supply
management has failed miserab
ly because the politicians in
charge always try to please con
sumers rather than farmers
95 percent versus five percent,”
he said.
“I believe that we are on the
verge of developing the capacity
for farmers, through their Farm
Bureau marketing associations,
to manage supply,” he said.
Experience already behind the
organization in the use of con-
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tracts, and the rapid expansion
ol contractual piodnction, has
pioved the need for a stiong
oiganl/ation of produceis “to
negotiate for price and other
tcims of sale" with buyers, he
said
"Market power cannot be se
cured by arbitrary or revolution,
ary action. It comes gradually as
producers gain better under
standing of the market factors
and develop the skills which are
required to balance the price
making powers of the buyers
“Farmers must develop the
ability to take their full share of
responsibility in the price mak
ing process In this way, the com
petitive market will function
more effectively and there will
be decreasing demands for gov
ernment intervention to manage
puces,” he said
In developing “market power”,
Shuman warned of the tempta
tion to seek an easy way by “let
ting the government do it” Re
cent experiences in other coun
tries has shown government mar
keting boaids and other market
ing control devices to be inef
fective and unsatisfactory from
the farmers’ standpoint, he ex
plained.
Building market power “throu
gh voluntary membership in the
marketing association is a slow
process, but it will prove more
effective than any compulsory
marketing arrangement,” he
said.
Shuman described attempts to
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