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VOL. 15 NO. 22
Eastern Milk
Robert E Martin, New Hol
land RDI, was re-elected presi
dent of the New Holland local
of the Eastern Milk Pioducers
Cooperative Association at a
banquet recently at Blue Ball
Fue Hall.
The banquet was attended bv
Fieeburn Love. East Wateifoid
piesident, and John Yoik. gen
eial managei, who was speakei.
' Other officeis elected weie:
Wilmer Bennei. Denvei RDI,
vice president Meivm Weavei,
Lititz EDI. secretaiy; Leioy
Smucker, New Holland RDI,
tieasurer; Paul Bmkhart, Man
heim EDS, delegate, and Enos
Weaver, Kinzers RDI, alternate
delegate. Only new officers were
Benner and Enos Weaver.
. In addition, Alfred Wanner,
Narvon RD2, was intioduced as
a candidate for director of a
Farm Calendar
■. Saturday, April 25
14th annual Mennonite Tn-
Cqunty Relief Sale, Twin
Slope Faimer’s Market West
of Morgantown
Tuesday, April 28
6 15 pm—Sew Smait, Channel
33.
Wednesday, April 29
700 p.m FFA public
speaking pailiamentaiy pio
cedure ientests, Gaiden Spot
High School, New Holland
Thursday, April 30
6 15 pm—Sew Smait, Channel
33.
630 pm—Joint bee keenei
fruit grovei meeting man
aging bees foi oichaxcl pol
lination
800 pm—4H office!s’ Lam
ing and new leadei ouenta-,
tion, Faun and Home Cen
ter.
Saluiday. May 2
Lanchester Pony Club Hoise
Show, John Gibson Farm,
Drumere.
Why Aren’t You Getting 150
Bushels of Corn Per Acre?
Mr. 'Parmer, are you produc
ing 150 husnels of dry shelled
corn or 36 tons of com silage
pei acre?
If not, yo-i should be, accord
ing to CharirS Ackley, Ephrata
High School vo-agteachei
At least that’s what Ackley
recently icitl Ephiata Young
Farmers.
Said Ac (Ley, ‘The common
corn yield in our area at this
time should be 150 bushels of
diy shelkd corn oi 30 tons of
corn sriage per acre Is this an
average yield on your farm 7
“If your answer is yes,' keep
up the good work and continue
new district being created by
Eastern to cover Lancaster and
Chestei Counties and part of
Delawaie It will be the 15th
district Oveiall, theie aie
about 200 locals such as New
Holland and a membeiship in
Eastei n of about 9 000, it was
icpoited
Wannei said, ‘ Marketing is
becoming moie and moie im
poitant We have to turn to a
cooperative of some kind and
I think Eastern is the one”
In his talk, Yoik coveied a
wide lange of topics and issues
i elating to the milk industiv
These included federal policy
ielating to milk, geneial piob
lems of milk marketing, includ
ing an over-supply of milk in
the Northeast, difficulties farm
ers have in maintaining an oi
derly market in the face of clos
ing of many milk piocessing
plants, and efforts by Eastern
to insure markets for farmers
Yoik reported he expects the
blended price for milk in 1970
to run about 15 to 20 cents high
er than in 1969
He also noted that Eastern
Milk Produceis has spent $45,-
000 on scholai ships in lecent
years
A general pioblem of agucul
tuie and the dany mdustiy,
Yoik said,-is that “we have a
consumer ouented economy’’
He continued, “The Depait
ment of Labor glamonzes the
rising cost to consumeis, but
the Depaitment of Agiicultuie
doesn’t play up the using costs
to faimeis Somebody has to
tell consumeis that if we don t
have a healthy agiicultuie we
won’t have a healthy uiban aiea
as well ”
He also said, “The Depait
ment ot Agiicultuie doesn’t
seem to have the mtei est in
faimers we think it should
have ”
He indicated that metiopoli-
tan newspapers are running
stories on the high cost of hv
ing based on Department of La
bor statistics, but is not getting
to strive toward highei possible
yields
“Also, share your manage
ment practices with your many
neighbors who end up with
much lowei yields'”
Ackley advised the following
practices and steps for increas
ing yields to the 150 bushel-30
ton level
Take a soil test and follow
all recommendations
Select an adapted hybred and
seed 18,000 plants per acre
Use minimum tillage prac
tices.
Plant when soil temperature
reaches 50 degrees (May 1-10)
Plant one inch deep in cold.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 25, 1970
Coop Holds Banquet
While daddy and mommy listened to
all the talk about milk at the Eastern ban
quet, these little girls had to entertain
themselves as best they could. They were
off-sotting cost figures from the
Departmem of Agriculture
He noted that Eastern has
“been fighting Washington for
appiopnations for the school
lunch piogiam A study m Ro
chester (N Y ) showed six to
eight pei cent of the milk is
sold in the schools
John C. York
wet, and heavy soils and 3 inches
deep in warm, dry, and light
soils
Use proper planter plates and'
a planter that is kept in good
condition
Considei 20-30 inch rows for
populations over 18,000 plants
pet acre
Opeiate plantei under four
miles pei horn
Use recommended weed and
insect controls as needed Des
troy old com stalks in the Fall
Obtain a Penn State “1970
Agronomy Guide” from the
bounty agent and study the
recommended practices.
somewhat restless and inclined to eye
things closely, but well-behaved. Cute lit
tle milk drinkers, wouldn’t you say?
“This affects the sale of class
one milk and therefore the rate
of pay to milk producers We
hope to get these school milk
progiams continued because
this is essential to you ”
Many farmeis have been los
ing their milk markets as milk
piocessois go out of business in
iccent years and, as a result, a
majoi function of Eastern has
been to find new maikets By
mid-Api il Eastern was faced
with finding new or alternative
maikets for 150 danymen Yoik
said
He indicated the ti end to lew
ei piocessing plants will con
tmue (A majoi move m this
duection was the lecent closing
of many facilities by Bordens )
A hearing is pending in New
Yoik because they won’t ex
pand then bonding he said
He thinks there will be some
problems in the future and
“that’s why Eastern is here ”
While Eastern is taking on ad
ditional responsibilities, costs
have gone up and a one cent
across the board increase in the
firm’s fees may be necessary,
he said.
He noted the move underway
to make dairymen participate ’
in marketing promotion A re .
ferendum on this issue was de
feated in Pennsylvania and it is
uncertain, he indicated if it will
be revised Such a proposal was
defeated in Minnesota
Eastern favors what York
terms a “positive letter” in
which farmers are sent a letter
If they keep the letter they
agree to participate in a mar
keting program, if they return
the letter, they refuse to par
ticipate
York noted that the new fed- ;
eral milk order for Philadelphia ,
which puts Baltimore, Wash- :
mgton and Philadelphia in one ]
market, will 'probably become i
effective m the near future and
“can have a long range beai- ’
mg” on milk marketing A '
clause in the new order says if ]
farmers are not in a cooperative
52.00 Per Yew
the feds deduct a sum and per
form certain services, but if the
farmer is a member of the co
operative, the cooperative per
forms these services
On the contrary he said, New
York has coop payments and
Eastem is opposed to that
(New Holland farmeis market
milk in New Yoik’s older two.)
Some coops wanted maiket ser
vice payments of five cents and
other payments of two cents for
the Philadelphia aiea, but East
ern successfully opposed that,
he said
Speaking on the factois that
make milk maiketing a compli
cated process, York said, “Milk
is haid to stoi,e, it can’t be
tianspoited fai there is a sea
sonal pattern oi production and
sales, and vaiying sanitary re
quirements Milk is an extreme
ly complicated product to mar
wet and a lot of people don’t
appreciate this ”
In the New York market Tpufa
(Continued,on Page 9) ;/‘V
Ayrshire Convention
Has J.argo Attendance
The National Ayrshire Con
vention in Lancaster County
April 14-16 had the largest at
tendance of any convention in
the past five years, with 300 at
tending the banquet and a total
of about 400 participating in
various segments of the conven
tion, Milton Brubaker, a Lihte
Ayrshire fanner, leported.
Among actions of importanco
to state faimers at the conven
tion was the election of Boh
Craig, owner of Cra ayr Farm,
Waynesboro, as region 3 direc
tor Region three includes
Pennsylvania. Maryland, New
Jeisey and Delaware The Penn
State graduate replaces Clifford
Rice of Reedsville, who stepped
down
Ardrossan Farms, Villanova,
won the second Place French
Trophy for high Ayrshire herd
production in the nation in the
100 cows or over category.