Why 31 Cent Steers Cost $1.39 (Continued fiom l’.i«c 17) niuliU. In cause they jjeimalK ... . ... .. , bus ii fi< sh .md take it homr and Neigh believes, will .1 im/« j[ amuae. “branded" product which the consumer c.m rely on This is ic- Huy Specials quired, he said, because the con- \s k . d , lbollt b( ., lf sl , u . li)!s ?L W ° nl J ‘‘ 10 , r? Pl ’ Cl loc '" MO.es. \‘.«h said. the frozen product as ie.ul.ly as ••!»,,sonalK I think the smt.aK the present unfrozen beef. .11 e a bu> , iou should «ii Neigh said he doesn't undei- 111 ,lu ’ h,lbll of ,)llvm « '"rat on stand wh, c0n5,,,,,.,, would u- 1 1 , J' sist the move lo frozen beef, as special and live out of the free/ long as they could icly on its ei M most IASSOW the Job done... Vrlth or without incorporation, without crop dam age and without carryover; in all soil types from sands to clays P. L ROHRER & BRo!, INC. Smoketown, Pa. aWolgemuth Bros., Inc. MOUNT JOY, PENNA. PH. 653-1451 versatile earl/ grass and key broadleaf weed killer on the market for CORN! ORIN •AIRY FEEDS Y OFF IN SHEA ILK PRODUCT! ND BIGGER M CHECKS! Y. ,1 - V Ilf i.nd (10m UO to .*() nns ,i pound (mm nl ( I 1.1. s 111 c out i line S|u 11 «i I s .11, |,K, si.mips Cmisiumis h.n, kimu lo I'Npcfl )1 " He noli cl lh.it some Los \ngel cs stoics .u»• “c\|km mu ntmg with wcik long low pi iced beef" When beef pi lets foi the f.iuu ei (J 1 op. why don t me.il puces chop in the loe.il stoic’’ he was asked. Theu’s a consideiable lime lag between a change in puce to the faimei and passing of that puce change along to the con sumei What generally happens, according to .\eigh. is that when faim puces go up, the letailcr's meat costs go up fastci than his puces to customcis and he takes a loss But when fai m puces go down, the icUnlci’s puces stay up foi a time o\ei the long mn, it av eiages out, he said i But Max SmUh, county agent, lemindcd that from June to Sep tembei 1969, cattle puces went fiom 35 to 28 cents, “but I didn’t notice any deciease in the ictail puce.” Besides the noimal letailer’s lag in diopping puces, Neigh said, consumei demand foi beef remained veiy stiong in 1969 and retaileis appaiently didn’t feel it was necessaiy to diop puces In slides, Neigh illustiated some of the key changes m beef production in lecent yeais He said 30,000 head lots on the eastern slopes of the Rockies aie now common These large feeder lots, which conti ast with the much smaller opeiations in the east, have brought changes in maiketmg. One slide showed a big term inal market at Denvei vacant Theie used to be small feedei lots and big teiminals with near by packing houses as collection centeis, he said, but now the teiminals have been dispeised to the big feed lots High leal estate values, high taxes and labor pioblems have hastened the demise of the laige teiminals. 397-3539 Time Lag Big Feed Lots Lancaster Farming, Suturday. March 2fl. 1070- 111 lllllsli .1), || ,| Coloi ,1(1(1 I illl it son bid pi (Kissing opi. ,on lll.l! Si. lltlll Oil! |IIOU 'MIU Hu i,'till llu\ i.null .mil now li.is miisluoonii il niln.i n.m pniu n nu pi.ml h.iiulliiu 2(10 OHO In ,ul of i.itllc ,1 (l,l\ Now Toclinlquos He s.nd manv of the packing opeialions have inlioduced mam iuw tcchimiues to keep costs down One plant, he said, has been gelling a 27 pci cent lelinn on its investment as a lesul of eflicicnt methods But he noted the Turn has inn into labor pioblems and is in the midst of a six month sli ike aftei attempting to install assembly line techniques one cut pci pc 1 son and pay meat cutlet tales instead of the highei butch ci’s wages Pennsylvania, whcic smaller feed lots exist, pioduces onlv 50 pei cent of the veal and 27 pei cent of the beef consumed in the state. Beef Consumption Up While thcie’s a tiend towaid fcwei, but moie efficient, milk cows, the beef cattle numbeis have been met easing lapidly 'Birds of Pennsylvania 7 Available from Penn 7 U 7 Eaily spung is the best time to keep track of bird species leturn ing to Pennsylvania fiom the south, says Men ill Wood, author of “Birds of Pennsylvania ” The “bud traffic pattern” is not con gested at this time of the year like it is in May, he claims Mr Wood wrote “Buds of Pen nsylvania” for the agncultuial experiment station at Pennsyl vania State University. The guide book contains pen-and-ink draw ings of the 156 most common species found in the State A paperback volume, it de scubes briefly the 423 bird spec ies reported in Pennsylvania In cluded is a calendai of bndlife, listing species migiating into, or through the state, duung each month Included on 120 pages aie the migration habits of each species “Buds of Pennsylvania” is available foi $1 00 a copy plus 6 cents sales tax from Buds, Box 6000, Univeisity Paik, Pa , 16802. While fid huf .((counted for «n!v ,’U pi 1 (in* o( Hie nation's (.title in 1947 hu f had an ovu v.lu lining (if) pei cent of the uumliv’s cattle maikd in 1969. The 'nne mvolvid in fmlmg out lu i f eat tie has been spudul up "11 iimil to lake foui to (he ,u .11 s to fuel cat He hut now only about two .\e.lls." Neigh said In the H)4o\ consumption of poik and beef wcic about (Veil, hut since Hun poik has staved ulativcl.v stable while beef and veal consumption is up shaipl.v. In 1955, beef consumption per pci son was 82 pounds, but by 1969, it was 110 pounds. Beef as a pciccntagc of the na tion’s total meal consumption has climbed fiom 44 pei cent in 1950 to 60 pel cent in 1968. In the face of (his growing de mand, beef puces have been up shaiply, paiticulaily in lecent years In 1960, beef cost an aver age of 81 cents a pound, it had moved up to only 81 6 cents by 1965, but it was 87 2 in 1968 and jumped sharply to 95 6 in 1969. But while some of the Increas ed beef puce was due to using demand, cost of living has been a factoi Cost of living went up 27 pei cent fiom 1957-59 and ■wages weie up 60 per cent. “We (as consumers) would like to see food prices take a smaller share of oui income and it will,” Neigh said Food accounts for an average of only 16 cents out of dollar of U S. spending. Mrs Dons Thomas, home ex tension economist, who introduc ed the speaker, noted, “Many shoppers are not being honest. 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