—Lancnstor Farming. Saturday. May 30. 1970
10
Albert Warns Farmers
Of Need to
Majonly Le.idei C'.n I Albeit
warned fat met s iccenlly that a
•‘confrontation is needed a-, a
springboard for combating f.. 0
spreading mslhology about ag
ncultuie "
“Farmeis ha\c become a too
siient minority, and paitly as a
result they aie saddled with
second-class economic status,”
the veteran House leader wrote
in an article in the May issue
of "Agriculture USA.” a news
letter published by the National
Educational Institute for Agri
culture
He noted that between 1949
and 1968 farm income fell by
$3 billion, and added “In an
era of loudly-\oiced demands,
no other large economic gioup
or profession would have ac
cepted such a staggeung loss of
income without making it a
well known fact to most other
Arnei leans
He 'aid the public is unawai e
that a faint crisis 'might be
simmeiing to a boil In a penod
of using food puces many
Amei leans conclude that laun
eis aie lakmg in huge piofits
. . . getting them to unclei-
USDA Pushes Voccine
Contaminants System
Pioceduies that will lead to
bettei detection of contaminants
In vaccines aie being pioposed
b> the U S Depaitment of Agn
cultuie
Chief among the pioposed
•hanges aie lestuctions on anti
biotics used as preseivatives and
more sensitive tests to detect bac
teria, fungi, and yeasts that con
taminate vaccines Mmm chang
es included contain specifications
lor equipment that may be used
to produce veterinary biologies.
The changes affect Paits 109,113,
114, and 121 ol the Code of Fed
eral Regulations and were sched
uled for publication as a piopos
*l in the Federal Registei on
May 16
Interested pai ties have 60 days
to send comments, suggestions.
Oi objections to the proposal Re
fer to Docket 70-44 and addiess
such icmarks to Dr John M
Hejl, Directoi, Veteunaiy Biolo
gies Division, Agricultural Re
search Service, 215 Fedeial Cen
tex Building, Hyattsville, Mary
land 20782
Most significant among the
changes aie those affecting anti
biotics Recent tests by the Vet
erinary Biologies Division clear
ly showed that antibiotics inter
fere with pioper testing of vac
cines for fieedom from microbes
These tests coveied 27 strains of
known contaminants affected by
Bine antibiotics commonly used
in commercial vaccines
Typical of the i esultmg restric
tions is a limit of 30 miciogiams
of stieptomycm peimitted per
milliliter of vaccine Other anti
biotics permitted, but only in lim
ited amounts, aie amphotencin
B, mystatin, tetracyclines, peni
cillin, polymyxin B, neomycin,
and certain combinations of these
antibiotics
Applemen Vofe Yes
With a vote of 235 to 58, Penn
sylvania apple giowers have ap
proved the extension of an ap
ple maiketing piogiam, the
State Depaitment of Aguculture
reported this week
The program provides foi an
assessment of three cents per
hundred weight on apples sold
for the fresh market, and one
cent on apples sold for process
ing
Commeicidl gioweis with 500
or moie trees each die subject
to the assessment which is used
to piomote sale and use of ap-
Ples. ...AJBIII
Speak Up
stand otheiwise is peihnps the
n.aioi facet of the faim prob
lem And here the sident farm
mmonty might well borrow a
chapter fiom the tactics of con
fiontation so effectively used
o\ei the past decade Dy other
gioups and mtci ests a con
frontation. in this case, of facts
to counter the glowing fiction
about American agriculture ”
“Destructive and disruptive
tactics will not succeed,” Al
bert continued
“Neither will threats of chaos
linked with extreme demands.
But an aggressive, persistent
and systematic confrontation
could work if enough farmers
and farm spokesmen, armed
with the facts, would under
take the task ”
Albeit said he was encour
aged that a new organization,
the National Educational Insti
tute foi Agricultuie. has been
foimed to combat faim image
pioblems He uiged leadeis of
the oigamzation to assist faun
eis ‘in earning icdiess for an
okl and legitimate gueuince
to let the facts be heaid ” Ray pointed out in a icccnt
The Institute announced in Icttei to Secictaij of \giicul-
Alaich, is a non piofit and non tine Haidin that the efiiciencv of
paitisan oigamzation designed the piesent system is such that
to nnpiote m ban undei stand- many feed manufactiu e t s ha\e
mg ot agiicultuial issues sioiage facilities foi onlj a few
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Feed Manufacturers Urged to Cooperate
With National
Feed nmnufacdim s aie in sod
by then national tunic associa
tion, tnc \moiican Feed Mann
factuicus \ssocialion, to coopci
alc with a Civil Defense Smvey
of all feed mills which is sched
uled to be mailed in eaily June
The Smvey is being conducted
by economists and Civil Defense
specialists in the U S Depart
ment of Agriciiltuie. The pri
mary objective is to obtain in
formation which would be vital
to the continued operation of
feed mills if controls and alloca
tions should become necessary.
“In case of controls and alloca
tions there currently would be
no basis for sound estimates of
the industry’s requirements for
labor, utilities, transportation,
ingiedients. etc”, stated Oakley
Ray, AFMA Vice President “We
aie hopeful that such contiols
and allocations will never be ne
cessan " Ray continued “How
evei. the domestic and foieign
situation is such that futuie allo
cations of scaice lesouices is a
definite possibihh due to wai,
inflation 01 some othei national
emeigcncy
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See me now.
Civil Defense
days’ operation In many cases
feed mills would be unable to
open ale even as long as a week
if the supply of ingredients and
transportation wcic disiupted.
lie also stated that most of the
nation’s commeicial livestock
and poultry fanners maintain
only a few days’ supply of feed,
and that livestock and poultiy
would be hungry in less than a
week if producers were cut off
fiom feed supplies.
About 15,000 mills will be con
tacted. The Survey covers such
subjects as production and stor
age capacity, quantities of feed
pioduced, ingredient require
ments, ingredient inventories,
transportation icquirements, etc.
The information provided by
each mill will be ccynbined with
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Ph: 442 4632 Ph 354-0301
Paradise Gordonville
West Willow
Formers Assn., Inc.
.Ph: 464-3431
West Willow
Ira. B. Landis
Ph: 394-7912
1912 Creek Hill Rd., Lane.
WWfIIHW!
Survey
that fiom other mills in the same
stale. The USDA will release no
information which would dis
close data concerning an indi
vidual mill 01 an individual com
pany.
Ray indicated that this wilt be
by far the most complete survey
of feed manufacturers which has
ever been conducted. Although
the Survey is primarily for Civil
Defense purposes, some of the
summary information will be of
gieat interest to feed manufac
turers and suppliers. It will indi
cate the capacity and the output
of the feed industry, and the
size of the market for Industry
suppliers All of this information
will be available on a state and
regional basis.
Wenger's Feed Mill
Inc.
Ph- 367-1195
Rheems
John B. Kurtz
Ph: 354-9251
R. D. 3, Ephrata