V Eastern Milk Producers New Holland Local Holds Banquet New Holland Local 8 of ouet last Friday night at Leola Eastern Milk Produceis Co- operative held its annual ban- Robert E Mai tin, New Hol land RDI, was reelected presi Arcadian Liquid. Now’s the time to top-dress grass. Unlock the profits hidden in mixed grass and legumes and your pastures and meadows, alfalfa stubble after a crop has Top-dress grass with Arcadian been removed. Add weed killers Golden Uran® liquid nitrogen, such as 2,4-D and trace ele- Properly fertilized, grass can ments if needed, to do more jobs produce yields packed with pro- at one time. Arcadian liquid tein and equal in feeding value spreads quickly, gives uniform to a big corn crop. For best coverage, and is economical to results, fertilize several times a use. We’ll spread it for you, or year. Start with an .Arcadian you can do it yourself. Start now SLF mixed liquid fertilizer, to make your most neglected Then follow with Golden Üban crop your most profitable one top-dressing after each cutting or grazing. Use SLF mixed fertilizers for tpp-dressing JOHN L MARTIN New Holland R#l COMPLETELY AUTOMATED DOUBLE DECK CAGE SYSTEM COMBINES LATEST DE SIGN FEATURES WITH PROVEN DEPENDABILITY FOR REDUCED LABOR AND INCREASED PRODUCTION. ARCADIAN See me now. Phone 717-354-5848 BIG DUTCHMAN ; EASTERN BRANCH 215 Diller Ave., iSTew Holland, Pa. 17557 dent Other officers elected rad Luke Weaver, alternate weie: Paul H Bruckhart, dele delegate. gate, Mervin Deiter, vice presi- Bruckhart, of Manheim RD3 ; dent, Meivin Weaver, secre gave a delegate report and Mike tary; Leroy Smoker, treasurer, Martin, of Grassland FPA Chap- |S=-| Qiemfcil A Division oi U.S. Industries, Inc. s * * *•'* I Phone 354-5168 »*. . ***** r •-* Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3,1971 Albert Merrill Eastern Milk President ter, recited the FFA creed. Alfred Wanner, an Eastern director, spoke briefly and-Als*? vin Redcay warned of the im portance of milk inspection. warned that farmers with ratings are endangering both " themselves and their neighbors.. Albert Merrill, Eastern Milk Producers president, was the speaker. Merrill particularly empha- sized the opposition of Eastern to proposals to lower require ments for adoption of a milk promotion law in Pennsylvania. The'present law requires a two-thirds vote in favor by milk producers, while recent pro posals call for lowering the vote to a simple majority and allowing block voting by co operatives for their members. “I still believe in the right of the individual,” Merrill said, adding, “When it comes to the point that the co-op has to vote on something which affects the pay check of the individual pro ducer in the milk, shed, I think something is wrong.” Merrill also indicated some concern about the move of DHIA toward the new Milk-O- Tester system. He said that check tests have indicated that farmers under the Milk-O-Test er system will get a lower but terfat test and therefore will receive a lower price for their milk. Sample tests with his own herd, he said, showed a possi ble $1,700 a year reduction in the milk check from the system in comparison to the creamery test As a result of this, according to Merrill, “There’s going to be some means of checking these (Milk-O-Tester) tests.” In terms of a “fair shake to the producer,” the cost of such precautions will be worthwhile in terms of increased income, Merrill said Speaking on the price farm ers receive for their milk, Mer rill noted that Eastern was ‘laughed at” five years ago when the cooperative asked for a one dollar a hundred increase. But this increase has come about, costs continue to go way up, and “so we’ve decided to ask foi another one dollar.” He stated that Eastern feels farmers are going to have to get this additional dollar or they “can’t withstand the pres sure much longei ” Meirill also stressed the im portance of quality milk. He said Eastern has 20 men pri mal ily involved with quality control work at the producer level Meirill also said Eastern is still basically a bargaining co operative All those who talk about a cow to consumer opera tion, don’t discuss how much it’s going to cost, he said He also said that individual farmers can’t market their milk as efficiently as those who have been in the business all their lives. 23 ’ i fi
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