—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 12,1971
16
Sheep Referendum Ballots Sent
Ballots foi voting in the June
7-18 national leferendum on ex
tending the wool and lamb mar
ket promotion progiam have
been mailed to all known wool
pioduceis in Lancaster County,
announced Fred Seldomndge,
Chairman of the Lancaster
County Agi icultural Stabilization
and Conseivation (ASC) Com
mittee
‘The vote will determine
whether pioduceis will continue
their suppoit foi the wool sales
piomotion program,” Seldom
ndge said, ‘ but it will not affect
piesent wool payment legisla
tion ”
Undei the new agreement, the
US Depaitmem of Agncultuie
and the American Sheep Pio
duceis Council (ASPC) would
set up payment deductions of up
to IV2 cents a pound on wool
maiketed during 1971-73 and 7
cents a hundredweight on the
unshoin lambs marketed Funds
collected would be used by the
ASPC to continue a piogiam of
advertising, sales promotion, and
related activities for wool and
lamb
The Committee Chairman
said a simihar agreement was
approved by 79 9 per cent of the
wool producers voting in a 1966
refei endum
The wool and lamb promotion
piogiam, foi the yeai ending
June 30, 1970, cost about $3 4
million The budget foi the cui
rent year is $3 2 million Because
wool production has decreased,
payment deductions have de
clined to about $2 8 million
ASPC has been able to maintain
Pasture They Prefer-
988
Sorghum-Sudangrass
Strip tests prove it: Cattle
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make more meat or milk.
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1. Treat your cattle to the
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See or coll your
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Salesman
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PIONEER.
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SORGHUM
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its promotion activities by using
reserve funds The Council’s
present wool promotion is on a
national basis in cooperation
with additional oi matching
funds from other segments of
the industry Lamb promotion
now' is concentrated in high lamb
consuming areas
Anyone who has owned sheep.
6 months old oi older, for 30
consecutive days during 1970
may vote in, the two-week refer
endum
Approval of two-thnds of the
total number of producers voting
nationally, or of pioducers hav
ing two thirds of the total vol
ume of wool production icpie
sented in the referendum, must
be obtained before the agree
ment can go into effect
“Ballots may be mailed or
brought to the County ASCS of
fice beginning June 7,” the
Chairman said “Anyone who
believes he’s eligible to vote but
has not received a ballot by June
10 should get in touch with the
County ASCS office
“To be counted, ballots must
reach the County ASCS office
before close of business, Fuday,
June 18 ” he cautioned
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Dairy Heid Improvement As
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Through this local testing
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if not m the country The local
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Russell H Andeison, vice
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New Holland president Kenneth
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Andeison, 2631 Mondamm
Farm Road, joined New Holland
in 1947 as a purchasing agent
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