- Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 6.1970
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Higher Wages, Automation, Fewer Herds, Lower Consumption, One Price?
Educator Reviews Dairying Future
I). \V H lies-*’, line. I'niM -I
Ij ol Del.iw.ne, m.ulo Ihe follow
in:’ comments on Ihe d.iiiv nulu
(i\ .md its futuie .it the N'oitli
e..s>tein Dairj Confeienee annu.il
nuw.ng .it Pittsbuigh in Apnl
1 The pool aic no bcttci off
than they were 10 to 20 years
ago Despite lecord incomes and
stout budgets, they aie still prac
tically 10 per cent of our popula
tion and live from hand to mou
th They lack education and good
judgement in then eating habits
They are not a gieat maiket
potential foi the dairy industiy.
2 We have witnessed a contin
ual de\elopment of new products
and even a moie vigorous com
petition m marketing Competi
tion has become keener with
moie products and stiongei mer
chandising methods
We, as an mdustij, must woik
diligently to develop moie im
pioved products, if we aie going
to keep in this lace
3 Wages have gone up faster
than ha\e living costs, but the
majouty of people spend moie
than evei befoie Competition at
the maiketplace has kept the cost
of living relatively lower
People will have more dispos
able income. The piobletn is °o-
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Phis u-poit In tile Intel-
Stale Milk Piodmeis Coopoi
itne Ruii'ii touches on
m.m> of the issues concerning
danying in publications and
icports coming acioss our
desk
While many of Dr. Hessel
‘me's conclusions conflict with
other repoits we receive, we
think local dairymen—wheth
ei they agiee or disagree with
specific points—will find the
educaloi’s comments woith
while, particulaily because
the statements are interwoven
with numerous facts about
the dairy industry.
mg to be just how to extiact it
fiom them in a lathei gi aceful
manner
Home dehveis will continue to
fall below the 1969 level In 1947
80 pei cent of oui milk was home
dehveied I pi edict that home
delivery will fall below 10 pei
cent by Januaiy 1975 the pies
ent le\el is somewheie aiound
19 pei cent
4 We have seen a steady move
ment in capital, land, equipment
and cows, geneially into the
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h.imls of bi’ttor man.mcis In the 5 Thi'u> seems to be enoiuh help i, expensive help in the
flitiiil sec fewer daily heiils— I'dp in the Tailed Stale', if we long mn. We have lo leam to
peihaps less than 200.000 by the aie willing lo pay competitive mannue belter and handle work
end of 1074. and geneially.' few- wages. ei.s in a beneficial way We have
cr cooperatives; the stlonger nP 10 house people well and take
ones become mightier and they Th d < !Velo P m( -? t of tht mi,k ‘ caic of them just as they would
must be able to deal competently machine is evidence lo prove ip industry We have lo adjust lo
comfortably with the giants of that the dairy industry of the a five-day week, if we are going
industry. fuluie must icalize that cheap (Continued on Page 31)
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