18—LrtncnMcr Farming. .Saturday. October 31.1070
PFA President Speaks on Farm Unions
(Continued f «m Pa a U)
providing ‘■uppoii because
“faimeis niihl hr lecmtm/ed .it
a potent loiee within the uoiio
my ot Pennsylvania and the
United Slates ‘
Uc said he believed that mo'l
of the US C’onyiossmen and
two US Senalois who lepie
sent the l.nmei know that agn
cultui e deseivcs lecogmtion at
local, stale and national knelt
John R. Pitzer
PFA President
and their \oli g recoids show
it. But, Pitzei -aid Let s face
jt. We aie a minouty in this
State and e\ei\ other state
Terming today's farmei as a
“new bieed the PFA head
described those who woik the
.soil as coming liom geneiafions
of independence and hai d vv ot 1-
PATTERN FOK
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JU-Ll5-CHALME*S
hut hive lelameil leaped loi
honestv and haul woik
"Like vnlnalh iveiv olhei
businessman in oni nation, the
Ameiican fainiei hat lelined
to opeiate on nan own mat gins
ol pioftl - and with vntualh
no m.ngin loi enoi
(’dine coin as an example
I’U/ci said piodtulion hetc
leaped fioni an aveiage ol less
than 30 bushels pei aue in 1040
to the all time high of 114 hush
els in 1969 Wheat he said,
showed a similai tump, doub
linu in vields since 1940 while
sovbeans lose ovei 50 pei cent
to moi e than 27 bushels pei
aue
Turning to livestock pioduc
tion. the speaker cited statistics
showing that meat pioduction
lose fiom 19 billion pounds in
1940 to 35 billion pounds per
year today Dairy cows, he said,
give 72 per cent more milk than
they did 20 years ago.
Despite the increasing de
mand. farmei s still have been
able to proMde for the needs,
he said, while keeping prices at
a reasonable level "Food pur
chases have accounted for a
smaller and smaller poition of
the American workei’s pay
check. despite spiralling wages
and prices in nearly eveiy area
of our economy.
He continued. "Todav it takes
loughly thiee million farmei s
to feed 200 million Amei icans ’
Yet, Pitzei emphasized faim
eis m this countiy pm chase
goods too S4B billion in pio
duction and household supplies
each veai moic peti oleum pio
ducls than anv other mdustiy
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Nissley Form Service
Washington Boro, Pa
Farm Service
Grumelli
Quan jville, Pa,
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Clyde Wivell
Chairs Co. Banquet
Foity thousand jobs in the
steel industry aie piovided by
the farmer’s need for steel, he
said
Faimeis spend $lO billion pei
year for feed, seed and assoit
ed farm chemicals, and use 32
billion kilowatt hours of electu
city enough to supplv Bos
ton, Detioit. Chicago, Balti
moie and Washington D C , he
said
Pitzer cited moie icasons
why legislators should listen to
farmers statistics that show
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NO MORE DAILY FEED CHORES!
takes only minutes to pump in a 7/10 day burning ’em, cleaning up the spills—l’ve
supply of Mol-Mix Liquid! gone Mol-Mix Liquid!
CUT MY FEED COSTS! ... and locked-
in my winter feed prices with a Mol-Mix freeze . . . emulsifiers keep ingredients in
booking!
Unci' oi l l of cvciy 10 job. in Hut. the I*l'A p.esldent In
piimltiMiy or business (United the best reasons Icklslu.
b;i\e somethin)’to do with milt tois should listen I* to cuso
ciilluie lie s.dd fin men buy some of the presstne fiont in
-3GO million pounds of mbber flotion th;it has foued faint
each vear. enough to place tlics costs foe machinery and needed
on nearly eight million eais maleiials higher. "The fanner
Eight million people 100 ate |s ), ecomr . caught between the
employed m pio-essinr Mot f tl , ;lllcnlll); cost pi ice
mg. tianspoitmji and selling , ‘ l '" ... .
f.n m products, .squeeze, he sai .
3,518 Animals Entcrcdln Livestock Exposition
A total ot 3.518 animals has
been entcicd m the Pcnnsvlv.m
ia Livestock Exposition schedul
ed foi the Farm Show complex
Nov 7-14.
Thomas W. Kelly, exposition
manager, said the entries come
from 22 stales, Canada and
Washington, DC States enter
ing animals for the first time
are Florida, Missouri and Rhode
Island The District of Columbia
Polaris ’7l
INTRODUCES A DIFFERENT CONCEPT
IN SNOWMOBILE DESIGN.
. SEE THEM AT
GERMAN BROS.
SALES & SERVICE
215-445-6272
1 Mile Noith of Terre Hill on Route 897
HOURS: Monday • Wednesday - Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday & Thuisday 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Satuiday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
YES, IT WAS MY LUCKY DAY
WHEN I DISCOVERED
Mol-Mix»
JOHN Z. MARTIN
l'
New Holland R#l
also has mines for the fust
lime
Kelly cn\c this breakdown o£
entiles beef cattle. 732; sheep,
1060. swine, 771: horses,9ss.
The exposition’s competition
nets under way Nov. 8 with
Quarter hoi sc halter and per
formance classes.
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