I(>—Lancaster Farming.
Saturday. May 30.1970
Secretory Bull Opposes
New Freight Rote Hike
State Agiicnlluic Secretary
I,eland H Bull today went on
lecoid as opposing the i.ii'-
load industiy's request for a
loin th fi eight late inn ease
since 1967
He chaigcd that the piopos
cd incic.ise now being consid
cied bv the Intcistate Com
mcico Commission will add to
the "st.uthng death toll” in the
number of faims in the slate
He said Pennsylvania now has
73 000 fauns compaied to 88,
000 six yeais ago
Societalv Bull pointed out
that Pennsylvania farmeis aic
foiced to nbsoib inflalionai:»
costs without having the means
ot lecoveung the higher costs
He also chnigod that faimeis
m Pennsylvania and othm
Xoitheastem states aie victims
of disci nninatO' v lieight Kites
which peisiot on giain and
giain pioducts shipped liom
the Mid West Lov ci iates pic
vail he said on giam shipment °
to the Southeast
‘As I h.ne said befoie
ac loss the boat d uk teases in
fieight Kites continue to aggi .
late this deploiah'e situation
b\ placing an unfan bin den on
Pennsihanu useis of giain
Bull said
Bull who lecenth expressed
Ins opinions on the pioposed
fi eight inciease when he testi
fied befoie the ICC in Washing
ton D C said he believes a
fouith fi eight late in less than
thiee yeais is unjustified
He called foi an investigation
and the suspension of any pic
posed freight iate mcieases
Leaf Tobacco Stocks
Show Substantial Drop
A deci ease of 168 million
pounds in the Apnl 1 leaf to
bacco stocks in the United
States and Pueito Rico was an
nounced recently by the Con
sume! and Maiketing Seivice
of the U S Depaitment of Agu
cultuie
Based on quaiteily stocks ic
poits of dealeis and manufac
tuieis, mventoues of leaf to
bacco in the United States and
Pueito Rico totaled 4 837 mil
lion pounds (faim sales-weight)
as of Apnl l, 1970, compai ed
with a total of 5,005 million
pounds Apnl l, 1969
Flue cmed and Maryland leaf
tobaccos showed the laigest de
clines Fue-cuied, daik au
cuied cigai filhu, and cigai
bindei stocks leached iccoid
lows foi the Apnl quaitei Only
two domestic types bmlev
and Geoigia-Flonda shade to
baccos had lai gei im entoi les
than on the pienous Apnl 1
Impoitecl cigai ette and cigar
tobacco was also highei
Mai keting fi om the 1969 ci on
was completed by Apnl 1 ex
cept fi om Mai\ land and some i
cigai tobaccos
Stocks ol leaf tofucco nuclei
Government loan as of Apnl
1 totaled about 1,277 million
pounds ( fai m sales weight), 28
million pounds hit, mi than a
seal ago Bui lev and daik ai -
cmed loan holdings accounted
foi the entue me ease Them
loan stocks weie dueled as fol
lows Flue cui eel 772 3 million
pounds builes 469 0 million
in ft mod 13 2 million daik
an ciiiod 19 0 million and
cigai leal 2 7 million
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Amount Required
15 to 20 lbs per pig.
Feed Per Lbs. Of Gain During This Period
1.25 to 1 50 lbs
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