Other Activities Reported from Inter-State Annual Meeting Shuman Hits U. S. Consumer ‘Subsidy’ American consumers are be ing subsidized in the form of low food costs at the expense of farmers and government pro grams are making the farm price-cost squeeze worse. That was the message of Charles B. Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation at the annual ban quet Tuesday night of the Inter- State Milk Producers’ Coopera tive at the Marriott Motor Hotel, Philadelphia. He noted that the food cost Is at the lowest percentage of take-home pay in the histoiy of the world. Shuman told his audience, “In terms of parity, the Oct. 15, 1970, figure was 70. This is the lowest since the depth of the Depression, December 1933, when the parity- stood at 67. It reflects the cost-price squeeze in which farmers are caught.” Parity is the relationship of prices farmers pay for produc tion items as campared with prices received for their prod ucts. Shuman said, “Government farms programs with their an nual cost of $3.5 'billion have been little help to family farm operators as the principal ben efits have gone largely to the big operators. “These subsidy payments have been made in lieu of fair market prices, and are part of a We’ve removed the fear of nitrogen loss from fall fertilization! »• j Start an Ortho “Green ’n Easy” program this fall. nitrogen deficiency next spring, We say that with “Green ’n Easy” there will not be enough nitrogen loss to effect your crops next spring. And ' we’re so confident that we’ll make up the loss if any shows. Come see us soon and learnlf your fields qualify for an Ortho “Green ’n Easy” Fertilizer Program. You’ve got nothing to be afraid of now. ORTHO Charles B. Shuman. Farm Bureau President cheap food policy under which government farm programs are used to depress prices and make farmers dependent on payments for an increasing share of their net income. “I’m sure,” he continued, “that many consumers think farmers want-government farm programs and believe their tax dollars are spent in this area are aiding agriculture. “Nothing could be further from the truth. Most farmers TM’s ORTHO, CHEVRON DESIGN, UNIPEL - REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. Been holding back on fall plowdown of N-P-K because you were afraid of nitrogen loss? You’ve just lost your last excuse! If your corn shows sidedressing is on us! Smoketown, Po. are not looking for sympathy or government handouts, all they want to do is stand on their own feet and be permitted to seek a fair price in the mar ket place.” In addition to costly and inef fective government farm pro grams, Shuman said, govern ment-fed inflation is aggrava ting the farm income problem by increasing costs of farm pro duction items such as machin ery, trucks and fertilizers. “The overall farm economic picture is discouraging,” Shu man told the more than 750 per ' sons attending the annual ban quet of dairy farmers. Other Business Problems as general as the U S. Import Policy and as specific as extending the shelf life of milk at the store level were discussed at the 53rd an nual meeting of Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative on Tuesday and Wednesday. The 117 official delegates and an equal number of alternates represented more than 3,000 dairy farmers from 79 locals and voted on.resolutions at the business meeting during the Wednesday session. These dairy farmer delegates recommended that Inter-State take the initia tive in studying milk hauling problems and promotion of their product for improved eon- Ph. 397-3539 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 28,1970 sumer understanding of the world’s “most nearly perfect food” milk. Wilbur Seipt, President of In ter-State, opened the annual meeting with the challenge to the delegates, “I want you to be awaie of the challenge that is be fore you, not only as dairy fax m ers and membeis of Intei-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative, but also as citizens of the United States The challenge is one that is economic, spmtual and moral Be open-minded, keep your thinking flexible, so that when you look back at the end Longeneckers Celebrate 50th Wedding Day The three children of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Longenecker, Eliz abethtown, held a special 50th wedding anniversary celebration for their parents on Thanksgiv ing Day at the fellowship hall, First Church of God, Elizabeth town. About 200 persons attended, mostly family, former neighbors and friends. They were given an ear. of red corn, symbolic of the way they met 52 years ago when the former Mary Strickler found a red ear of corn and threw it at her husband-to-be. Both of the Longeneckers still work. Retired after 40 years as a farmer, he still works part time at the Clearview Bowling Alley and she has work ed as a “hobby” for the past 25 years at Elizabethtown College from 5 a.m to 10 am. She is also a gardener. They plan to leave soon for Sarasota, Florida, to spend the winter. Included on me program was the Holstein Quartet, a former Lancaster County singing group which was accompanied by Mr and Mrs. Longenecker to the National 4-H Club Congress in 1955. Membeis of the quartet piesent were; Aaron Landis, West Wyomissing, John D Ston er, Leola, and Stanley Long enecker, Lancaster. Raymond Denlmger, Harnsonbuig, Vir ginia was unable to be present. USD A to Tighten Tapeworm Rules The U. S. Department of Agri culture has issued a proposal to tighten meat inspection regula tions on beef carcasses that show evidence of tapeworm in fection. USDA’s Consumer and Mar keting Service officials said the proposed, changes are based on recent studies by the Depart ment of Health, Education and Welfare’s Public Health Ser vice. Anyone wishing to submit written comments on the pro posal may do so by sending two copies to the Hearing Clerk, Room 112-A, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250. Dec. 7 is the dead line for comments on the pro posal, which was published in the Nov. 7 Federal Register. Copies of the proposal are available from the Consumer Protection Programs Services Staff, Consumer and Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250. of the next 10 years you can say that you made ourself, your cooperative and our countiy a little better.” Dr James E Honan, general manager, emphasized, “The new agncultuie facing dairy farmers today that has been descubed as large-scale, specialized, indus trialized faiming units to pro duce an increasingly significant share of the nation’s total food production makes a demand upon you ‘to build a bigger mountain’ ” Honan told the members, ‘ This description of tomoi row’s aguculture may not sound like farming as most of us still think of it, yet the matteis with which we have worked this past year and the planning we must do for future years will begin to use a numbei of the terms I have mentioned. 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