(> -Lnncnstor Farming. Saturday. March 21. 1970 U.E.P. Pledges Egg Supply, Demand Data “We me going to assemble and maintain on a continuous basis the most compiehensive bodv of supply and demand mfoimation that the egg mdustiy has eu-iy had," Jenv Fulknei, Un.ted Egg Pioduceis geneial mana u i said i ecently “It will cover cvei> phase of the industiy and eveiy p.at of the counti.v We call it the Total Infoimation Concept" he con tinued “We intend to make it the most piecise measunng tool loi de tei mining the t'ue value ot eggs that the industiy has yet seen We aie stai ting immedialelv ’o expand oui staff and facilities here in Atlanta. Geoigia to ac complish this, and if necessa’v we will go into a computei pio giam “As a result of this program, the future role of UE P in the egg industry will be more vital than ever This data will giv e us Farmers Warned Stolen Herbicide May Be Sold CIBA Agiochemical Company has repoi ted that sizeable quanti ties of the product COTOEAN (R). have been stolen fiom waie houses in Memphis, Tennessee Company offiicials in Summit, N J expi essed concern that the heibicide may appear on a chem ical black market Some of the stolen COTOEAN (R) was piopeily weighed, pack aged, marked and stored, ready for shipment, at the time of the theft This materials bears iden tifying maiks In addition, other quantities of COTORAN(R) in bulk drums were stolen It has been detei na med that certain icceiveis of the bulk COTORAN(R) have pack aged the pioduct in plain brown papei bags and in plain corrugat ed cartons Handling 01 shipping pesticid es in unmaiked or impiopeily labeled containeis is illegal The company has aleited USDA Reg-_ ulatoiy officials, Fedeial and lo cal police agencies, who weie actively investigating the thefts CIB \ wained potential buyers that the stolen bulk COTOR\N (R) had not undeigone final pio cessing undei the companies con tiol and supei vision and, theie foie, may not meet specifications and quality icquiiements CIB \ Agiochemical Company advices all gioweis that, foi then own piotection they should in sist on pui chasing (R) Bom ieh able and leputable chemical dealeis only Local Honey Producers Plan for New Bee Year The lust meeting oi local honey pioduceis of the Spnng season was held Thiusday even mg at the Faim and Home Cen tei On hand to give bee line topics of timely intei est was W W Claike, Jr extension agi icultunst Seveial items le lating to activities and plans foi the coming yeai weie levicwed • Editor's Desk (Continued fiom Page 1) that Allied Chemical is no long ci one of the companies seeking a dela\ m the DDF ban ” Lancastei Fainnng appicciates IMi Ileimgton’s effoit to keep the iccoid stiaight Vvc hope to heai fiom othei s who wish to claufy 01 comment on items we publish nioie flexibility and piecision foi our opciations and enable us to make a biggci conti ibulion to the welfaic of om membeis" United Egg Pioduceis is a na tionwide coopei alive lepiescnt ing 60 pet cent of the U S egg pioduction Faulkners statement was made at a special meeting to considci wavs and means of fill ing the infoimation gap caused by the sudden termination of spot egg trading on the New Yoik and Chicago Meicantile Exchanges Ml UEP Daectois and Alteinates except one weie in attendance Aftei reviewing the tiaditional exchange tiading and its effect on price deteimination, the U E - P Boaid concluded that the clos ing of spot egg hading on both Exchanges was inevitable and probably to the best inleiest of the industiy and the public in the long mn SYSTEMS FOR EVERY SIZE FARM TAKE THE SYSTEM APPROACH... SEE N. G. Myers & Son L. H, Brubaker Roy H. Buck, Inc. Rheems, Pa. Lititz, Pa. Ephrata, RD. 2 Grumelli Farm Service Allen H. Motz Farm Equipment- Quairjville, Pa New Holland They did, however, conclude that the void left by the Ex change closings must be filled by a “total infoi motion” system cov enng eveiy legion of the coun tiy. and one that would enable the mdustiy and the consumei lo moie acculately measure egg values in iclation to the supply demand balance The Boaid voted unanimously to fill this void by gieatly ex panri.ng the L E P data gathei in a nctvvoik and amended its 3970 budget to provide the saiy funds foi that puipose The Boaid mstiucted UEP manage ment to begin the piogram im mediately The Board ol Duectois recon fumed that the basic policies of UE P. would not change and that the national office, and its regional membeis would con tinue their dealing house activi ties PACKED WITH POWER! Im ■IiHMIN TO TMS WHY GOING ORANGE IS GOING GREAT! 78F FORAGE ■Higher Yields ■ More Nutritious ■ Faster Regrowth ■ Drouth Resistant A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC. Landisville, Pa. Nissley Farm Service Washington Boro, Pa. L H. Brubaker Lancaster, Pa. FUNK'S 898-2261
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