NFO Reports Hog Lift Success Dechant Hits New U.S. Parity Report Formula back home to the district level Gene Potter Director of The national president of the reported to be the result of by the directors The “Lift” op- NFO’s Meat Department, states Farmeis Union, Tony Dechant,Picssme fiom the Office of eiation was then fine-tuned by a “We aie now well into “Opera said rPPPn tiv that the Nivnn Mana S ement and Bud § et session of administrative leaders tion Hog-Lift” which is proving, <<A7 representing all 50 of NFO’s co be one of the most effective Adimmstiatlon s newly an ‘ Nixon Administration offi marketmg areas across the US tools evei used by farmeis to llounced ehan § e ln reportmgcials aie embauasseo over the and scores of veteran action men improve their geneial pncethe parity latio is “an obvious 1 ' 6^01 *' showed f arm income that will make up the “Hog-Lift ’ levels The NFO is going to give effoi tto camouflage the de- 1S 6 1 p * r Cen , t the , fair ‘P llce staff personnel have been biief- aggiessive leadership to the low tenoratlon of pilce and inC ome»They should be Ttls tte low' ed and assigned areas of respon- h °S P nee problem because un- , I s.hiiitv” less hog prices are iaised, it will Jeveis 01 ttie ±c,imeis 1933 no amoUld: _, mean bankruptcy for farmers Madison Avenue public re “ and in turn, the same for rural n ewly announced proce 1 ation gimmickeiy will gloss it businessmen” dui ’e for reporting parity ovei ” would substitute a base period —— Potter indicated NFO has done of 19 6 7 for the 1910-14 period -r A .r ; , AJ its homework when he declared piovlded m federal law - “ wai Y A V , ® ss,t,ed Ad ‘ Operation Hog-Lift” is designed ann< T C f d A by tha U S D ® part - lt Pa Y^ to disiupt normal market andi ent of A S ncultuie and was supply patterns, this disruption forces buyers to be more aggres sive in an attempt to maintain their supply, thus increasing the general price level As the pres sure on the buyers build we ex pect they will try every means to bleak up the NFO block of pio duction Fiom experience we know the buyers will try to buy off NFO members for a few cents per hundredweight in an attempt to break up our volume moving through our collective bargaining stiuctuie We have warned producers not to be sui pnsed if buyers resort to short weighing o fhvestock to recover weighing of livestock to iccover the amount they’ll have to pay in day by day ” A statement issued from the organization’s home office of the National Farmeis Oigamza tion at Coining, lowa, reports a flurry of preparations for NFO’s commodity “lift ” According to that report, “The Hog, Cattle, and Gram “Lift” structure was hammered out at a three-day national boaid meet ing and those plans were carried FOUR-BLAD IMPELLER Unloads Silage in Volume Fast Volumatic 11 Silo * Big Capacity Unloading * Power Circle Drive * True Three-Point Suspension * Two Machines in One YOU CAN COUNT ON Reliable Products - Installation • Service R. 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Shelly US Lititz The NFO leader stated, ‘ NFO’s intentions declared at the national convention plus the cuirent activity has already caused consideiable strengthen ing in the hog market ” Potter concluded, “And as the main thrust of the Hog-Lift gets underway, NFO members recog nize that they are waging a battle for the survival of the commer cial family farm and that the NFO production block is their security for the future, and they will not betray themselves by i being suckered into selling out then way of life for two-bits'” We have one to suit your particular need. Walter Binkley & Son Lititz Brown & Rea, Inc. Atglen Elverson Supply Co. Elver son L. T. Geib Estate Manheim I. B: Graybill & Son Strasburg E. Musser Heisey & Son R. D #2, Mt Joy, Pa. Heistand Bros. Elizabethtown Red Rose Farm Service, Inc. N. Church St, Quarry ville David B. Hurst Bowmansville E. P. Spotts, Inc. Honey Brook , „ * fi » ; H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 13,1971—1. 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