Farmers’ Association Group Visits Congressman Eshleman
Four farmers from Lancaster percent of the farmers’ Income is
County Farmers’ Association derived from this source. The
were among more than 150 farm- numb « r of is declining
j _ > i > < annually and faim income is
s to a tend the annual legisla- i a g ßin g drastically in compari
tive tour of the Pennsylvania son with other segments of the
Fanners’ Association this week economy ”
in Washington, D.C.
The four visited with Congress- Association is a general farm oi
lman Edwin Eshleman and Sena- with 11,549 faim fain
ter Hugh Scott. ilv membe. s. and it has 47 local
affiliates encompassing 51 Key
stone counties.
The four weie James Gaibei.
Mount Joy RD2; Jay Newcomei, “Pennsylvania ac;ri c u 11 me,
Mount Joy RDI; John Oiofl, along with olhei noilheaslcin
Quairyville RDI, and Ivan R slates, has a unique pioblcm it
Yost, Christiana RDI. 13 a giain deficient slate,” PiUei
said. “A laige amount of oui
A banquet was held Tuesday gum supply must bo shipped in
evening for the legislators at to the state foi feed and manu
the Hotel Sonesta with 18 legis- factuung of food stuffs,
lators and Senators Scott and ,
(Richard Schweiker in attendance. , agribusiness thins will
(Both legislators spoke to the s< : nous y damaged if piesent
farm delegation ti ends continue The 575 million
s ’ to SBO million ictail mdustiy lo
“We need a new appioach to cated m Pennsylvania could be
federal farm progiams,” Presi- lost, because production acreage
dent John R. Pitzer told the na- devoted to wheat has diopped
bonal legislators at the banquet, more than 50 per cent since 1950
Our members are being hurt by QC o
ij.t- nru-Lfjint p. j j i * ii om 863 thousand acies to 394
the present Food and Agncul- _. . .
tore Act of 1965,” he said, point- thousand acres. Officials of the
ing out "the inequities of the pro- pretzel industry fear a shortage
gram and its failure to help raise of Pennsylvania wheat, a neces
farm income. sity for pretzel flour.
duction each year in 1971 thiou- controls, base aci cages, maiket
“Ttfafinnailv farmpi« , , gh 1975, or at least 50 million mg quotas, processing taxes, and
«n avpraffp of mm-p ihan 20 The legislation supported by acres from production by the end direct payments for wheat, feed
cent of their total income from the PFA would dlrect the Secre ' of the five year penocL grains and cotton By 1975 theie
government subsidy programs, tary of Agriculture to retire at it also calls foi a phase out would not be any payments, or
while in Penna. less than seven least 10 million acies fiom pro- over the same penod of acreage controls of these commodities
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Four Lancaster County Farmers’ As
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Edwin D. Esh'eman in Washington D. C.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7.1970—9
Jay Newcomer, Mount Joy RDI; Congress
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