USDA Recommends Merger
Of 3 Eastern Milk Orders
The U.S Department of Ag-Delawaie and all of Loudon tied milk and Class II eoveis
rlculture has recommended that County, Va , would be added manufaetui Inn use milk Cieam
three eastern mdk orders be T hc USDA dec.s.on is based iZe C mX f rlM , \ S ss CI »Ud W ih!l3
merged and that two new a.cas on a public heanng held Aug n®" lul e" of V.'eam milk and
be added to the aieas covered £22 in Baltimore and Kmgol skim milk whKh colUal „ moio
under thc 01 dors. Piussia and anothci hea.im- bulleifill th . in ls noimjl fol
held m Mai >land m Oelobei milk would be undei class II
Under the recommendation,
the Washington D C, Dclawaic
Valley and Chesapeake Bay 01 -
ders would become one. and an
unregulated pait of southern
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ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO.
Grofftown Road, Lancaster, Pa.
Making the lequesl foi the
merger healings was I’enn
maiva Danvmen's Coopeiatuc
Fcdeiation, which lepiesents a
maiouty ol daily laimeis sup
plying the lln ee mnikets Olhei
gioups also suppoited Hie pio
posal
The pioposed meigci oidei
would set minimum puces to
daily famieis foi milk sold to
dealers opeiating in the desig
nated maiket aiea Retail pi ices
would not be set
Under the merged order,
dealeis would continue to pay
for milk according tc how it is
used Milk use classification
would be generally the same as
now provided.
Class I covers fluid or bot-
Top Dress Wheat and Barley
Use 30-60 lbs. ACT. NIT.
TOP DRESS PASTURES
Use 100 lbs. ACT. NTT. or 400 lbs. of 26-13-13 BLEND
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• Custom Applied
392-4963 or 392-0374
As pioposed by the USD
the bottling milk pm _> paid to
faimeis foi milk with 3 5 ne*
cent butteilat would be S7ll
per lumdiedweight plus aii\
amount b.\ which the monthh
Minnesota Wisconsin manufac
lining milk plant pay puce e\
cecils $4 33 foi the piececding
month
The Class II pi ice would lie
the monthly Minnesota Wis
consin manufactuung plant pay
puce, but would not exceed a
buttex milk powder foimula
puce.
The USDA’s decision lecom
mends against the adoption of
cooperative provisions for the
meiged order.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 21. 1970-
Egg Producers Issue
Mandatory
A maml.itoiy option callm«
for 5 per coni of I ho tol.il oy„
pioduclion of tho si\ iejpon.il
coopoi<iti\e mo tube is of L'mt
od Kok Pioduceis has boon in
voked b.v I’ I] I’ s management
Undoi (he nilos of the m.m
datoiy call, each ioeion.il coop
will assign 5 poi oont of its
pioduclion to U E P \ contiol
foi fom sonsecutive weeks be
einnm" Mai eh 30th The tall
may be extended im two moie
weeks if leciuncd.
This histone mandatoiv op
tion call was made on the advice
of UEP’s Executive Commit
tee at a mcetin? held in the na
tionwide coop's offices in A'
lanta last week
The mandatoiy option call
was granted to U E P’s manage
ment at the Boaid of Dnectors
meeting held in Chicago this
past December
The March-Apnl call will give
U.EP.’s management the larg
est trading block of eggs under
the control of one trader in the
history of the industry. U E P.
will use the eggs to fill its cui
rent trading commitments
In further action, UEP’s Ex
ecutive Committee approved a
million dollar budget for the
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5% Option
< itlciultii mm i IJI7O Tlio hud net
"ill he lecommended foi adop
tion In tin full Bo.ud .it the
\nmi.il Moot inn Mlinduk'd 'on
\pnl 24th in Texas The exact
lot.nion 1 01 the Annu.il .Meet
inn Inn not vet been selected
The L.eaitne Committee .il
‘o n.ne n.nth .illention to ‘.lie
.il.i 1 r ti- .i‘l oT inue.i-e m
cinch placement- Finme- .uul
i holt- veie pie-enled "huh
showed .m .ill time iecoi tl C-,-,-
t'pe h.itcn i- loithcommn this
'em unless immediate and dias
lu step- ate taken to a\oul it.
The hatch tiend indicates the
mciustn could suflei a ‘ massne
bust" lasting fiom 18 to 24
months beginning as eaily as
August 01 September of this
jeai Plans weie approved by
the Executive Committee to
wain pioduceis of this danger
ous tiend by every means pos
sible
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