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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1, 1972
To Thine Own Self Be True
(Continued from Page 10)
Other questions which should be asked
include Is my livestock operation making
money, or would I be better off simply to
sell my corn and gram for cash 7
Market busts such as the current egg
market present particular problems for
farmers, even veterans who know they can
weather the storm and make profits in the
long run It’s important to be prepared for
these busts and know exactly how they will
be overcome, and how the entire operation
will be financed in lean times
Farmers are frequently warned not to let
their bank statement be their guide on how
well they are doing To show why, let’s take
the case of a young farmer who’s fortunate
enough in the beginning to be able to get
credit to buy a new farm and new
machinery Not wanting to put all his eggs
in one basket, so to speak, he develops a
diversified operation that includes a large
laying operation, some livestock and crops.
Although he has high debt payments, he
proceeds very successfully for many
years—his bank account is steadily
growing But several years later, his debt
remains high, his- machinery is worn out,
he’s losing money on eggs, his poultry
house is worn out and obsolete, and,
because his operation is not really very
efficient, the livestock and crops will not
make up the difference. Suddenly, in order
to keep farming at all, he must make major
new expenditures, because costs were
rising, these expemdtures for building and
machinery may be more than he paid
originally for the farm Thus it is that the
farmer who doesn’t know what he's doing
can have a good bank balance and still be
in serious financial trouble, he can literally
Fix-It Tip
Before winter sets in with
a firm grip, remember to
turn off the water supply to
the outside faucets and to
drain them. Should a pipe
freeze, turn off the water
supply, open the faucet and
applj heat slowly until thaw
ing starts. Use electric heat
ing cable, a hair dryer or a
heat lamp In case a pipe
splits, you should have a
few pipe clamps on hand
and some pieces of rubber
hose These will hold things
until repairs can be made
Ellipsoidal Orbit
Like every orbit in space,
that ol the moon is an
ellipse The eccentricity of
the moon’s ellipse is, on the
average, one part in 18
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Extensive assistance on records and
record systems is available from many
sources. Two of the best known of these
sources are the Cooperative Extension
Service and the Pennsylvania Farmers
Association. Many agribusinesses are also
devoting increasing attention to this im
portant phase of farming.
No matter how private your finances are,
make sure they're perfectly clear and open
to yourself.
go bankrupt making what appears to be a
profit every year
The farmer who carefully evaluates his
operation from every direction and who
makes sure that his operation is stronger
each year than it was the year before will
not make this kind of mistake He will see
the situation developing many years in
advance and will remake his operation to
avoid it
Unfortunately, many farmers who are
good in the fields and in the barn are not
adequate behind the desk. Many are saved
by wives or other relatives who are good
with the pencil.
But we’re sure that a great many far
mers still have not adequately come to
grips with the financial and bookkeeping
side of their operations.
Our advice to farmers is not to un
derestimate the role that good records
properly used can play in your future
A good accountant who appears to be
expensive may save you many times his
cost. This is particularly true at tax time;
many farmers fail to take advantage of the
tax laws, as other businessmen do. Tax
laws change from year to year and most
farmers cannot spend the time it takes to
be competent on tax law.
New DES Rules Adopted
A new certification program
imposing additional restirctions
and controls on the use of
diethylstilbestrol (DES) becomes
mandatory January 8, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture an
nounced recently.
DES is a synthetic growth
promoting hormone used in
livestock feeds. Under the new
program, Federal meat in
spectors will hold all cattle and
sheep from slaughter at least
seven days unless the animals
are certified as not having been
fed DES, or as having been with
drawn from DES at least seven
days before slaughter
The new program provides
three alternatives for handling
cattle and sheep at slaughter:
(1) The animal may be
slaughtered if certification
requirements have been met; or
(2) The animals will be held
alive for the required seven days;
or
(3) The animals ' could be
slaughtered, with samples sent to
a USDA-approved laboratory for
testing. Meat from the animals
could not be marketed, until the
tests prove they are free of DES
residues.
The new program will help
provide further assurance that
DES residues will not be found in
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R. D. 1, East Earl
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the nation’s meat supply, of
ficials of USDA’s Consumer and
Marketing Service said.
Violators will be subject to
criminal prosecution by the Food
and Drug Administration.
The new program, officials
said, is essentially the same as
the one USDA proposed in the
Federal Register November 9
Changes in the certification
procedure were made, however,
to provide for sale of livestock by
farmers to packing houses
through marketing agents. Some
of the comments USDA received
on the proposal pointed out that
the proposed regulation provided
only for certification of livestock
sold by the farmer directly to the
packinghouse.
USDA received 74 comments
on the proposal, including
comments from consumers and
consumer groups, farm and
livestock organizations, a
member of Congress, meat
packer .organizations, a state
agency, a local government
agency, and an ecology group
Details of the new program
were slated to be spelled out in
the Federal Register December
24. Copies of the amendment are
also available from the Meat and
Poultry Inspection Ad
ministrative Group, C&MS,
USDA, Washington, D. C. 20250.
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R. D. 1, Stevens
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INC.
Stevens, Pa.
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Leola, Pa.
FOWL’S FEED SERVICE
R, D. 2, Peach Bottom
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS, INC.
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