Among those honored at the .-annual
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative Chirstmas
banquet this week were: left to right, front
row, Mrs. Betty M. Swanger, Manheim RD2,
payroll and insurance; Mrs. Eileen K. Groff,
Lititz RD3, five years, communications
secretary; Miss Beverly Y. Johnson, East
Petersburg, sales secretary; back row, J.
Floyd Weidler, Lancaster, in charge of
production at the Lancaster facilities, 25
years of employment; Harry F, Roth, -
Landisville, assistant manager and director
Wentink Explains NEPPCO Reasons
Hendrik Wentink, of Pennfield fowl “sell-off” will be required to
Corp., NEPPCO vice president, correct the current over
summarized NEPPCO’s reasons production, little more than
for supporting the Egg Industry would normally be sold off. And,
Adjustment Act in a talk before 'the 10,000 bird exemption will
the New Hampshire Poultry protect the small producer while
Growers Association December being of little help to the big egg
15 as follows: complexes. Statistics, also show
—Marek’s vaccine and the
cholesterol scare stories have
greatly intensified the current
“low” period of the industry’s
supply-demand cycle to the
extent that both large and small
producers are experiencing
unexpected and severe financial
problems.
—Regardless of who or what is
to blame for this depression,
everyone needs and deserves
some relief, particularly the
smaller producer.
—Statistics indicate that a
relatively small percentage of
A FRESH ANSWER FOR
POULTRY PRODUCERS
The Big Dutchman Bilt-Rite Fresh
Air Cage System arrangement permits
complete mechanization without inter
ference of one part of the svstem by
another. Feed and water are found in
separate areas of the cage to reduce
competition and stress. The location
of feed and water also eliminates
spilling or dripping water into the
feed. Egg roll-out and collection areas
To complement the Fresh Air Cage
System, we offer Big Dutchman auto
matic feed, water, egg collection, ven
tilation and waste removal systems,
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that the first UEP “Action Now”
(fowl sell-off) program did some
good even though only about half
the industry participated. It
would appear, therefore, that a
mandatory, nation-wide fowl sell-
T off would be much more ef
fective
—No one looks upon this
program as “controls”, but as a
simple one-shot emergency
program to quickly give all
producers a financial
“breather”.
—Everyone who participated
in drafting the Act appears to be
the finest available today. Call or see
us today for a fresh answer for your
poultry operation.
of breed programs, 15 years with Atlantic;
Earl W. Landis, Lancaster, barn man, 15
years, and Lloyd B. Denlinger, Lancaster,
barns and maintenance, 10 years. Charles
Sherr, Lititz RD3, was also honored for 20
years as part-time maintenance. In
presenting the 25 year award to Weidler at
Hostetter’s Dining Hall in Mount Joy
Monday, David Yoder, ABC general
manager, commended Weidler for his
record as a field technician, laboratory
assistant and supervisor.
honestly putting the industry’s
welfare above selfish interests.
—lf a majority of the nation’s
producers favor the Act, as it
appears they do, NEPPCO will be
helping its members by sup
porting it, helping to enact it, and
being represented on the Egg
Industry Adjustment Board that
will advise the Secretary on its
implementation.
Meanwhile, NEPPCO officials
said egg producer members’
views on this Act are earnestly
solicited. On' a matter of such
economic importance to all
producers, your Board and your
Staff want to represent the
position of the majority, indeed, a
substantial majority Write or
call your state NEPPCO director,
any Council officer or Dick
Ammon at NEPPCO
headquarters
are also separated from feed and
water, resulting in cleaner eggs and
fewer under grades. A metal litter
shield provides additional protection
for the eggs and egg collection area.
As with all Big Dutchman cage sys
tems, Fresh Air cages are “double
dipped" (galvanized after welding) for
long life.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1,1972
Japanese Beetle Spreads
The Japanese beetle
quarantine area is being ex
tended to 21 previously
unregulated counties in eight
States because of additional
natural spread that occurred this
year, the U.S Department of
Agriculture (USDA) announces
Notice of the extension will be
effective upon publication in the
Federal Register, which was
scheduled for December 17
Counties in Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,
Ohio, South Carolina and Ten
nessee are affected
The Federal interstate
Japanese beetle quarantine is
designed by USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Service (APHS) to
retard the artificial spread of this
destructive insect through
shipments of infested articles
The beetle spreads naturally by
flying and the quarantine lines
must be adjust each year
Articles that might carry
Japanese beetles must be in
spected by a plant protection
official, treated if necessary and
certified free of beetles before
they can be moved to an unm
fested area. Shipments can move
for Egg Adjustment Act
Hearings on the new act have
been promised early in the
second session of the U.S 92nd
Congress that convenes in
January. The proposal was in
troduced before Thanksgiving in
the House by Rep John Dow (D-
N Y ) as HR 11913 and in the
Senate by Sen Herman
Talmadge (D-Ga ) as S 2895.
Both bills contain the basic
provisions previously reported
with two exceptions The
requirement that birds to be
slaughtered be between 20 and 40
weeks old was removed because
the USDA held that such
restriction was unenforceable,
and the sentence specifically
excluding contract producers
from the definition of an “egg
producer” was dropped
In addition to the lIEP and its
seven regional co-ops, the act is
now supported by some 24 state
poultry and egg associations and
two regional trade associations
Also, the American Farm
Bureau Federation approved a
resolution supporting the act at
its annual meeting recently in
Chicago on conditions that the
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within the quarantined area
without regulation Soil, plants
with roots, compost, grass sod,
plant crowns, roots, true bulbs,
corms, rhizomes, tubers and used
mechanical soil-moving equip
ment are regulated
Japanese beetles attack more
than 275 kinds of trees, shrubs,
field crops and garden plants To
date, established infestations
have been confined to an area
stretching from Maine to Georgia
and west to Illinois—a total of 22
States
Counties to be regulated in
clude Bibb, Elbert and
Oglethorpe in Georgia, DuPage
and Kankakee in Illinois, Parke
in Indiana, Breathitt, Casey,
Clark, Edmonson, Hardin,
Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley and
Wolfe in Kentucky, Allegan,
Berrien, Cass and Oakland m
Michigan, Allen, Champaign,
Clark, Defiance, Delaware,
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Logan, Madison, Montgomery,
Morrow, Union, Van Hart,
Williams and Wyandot in Ohio,
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Blount and Weakley in Ten
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proposal be amended as follows:
to include a limitation on
replacement of liquidated birds,
require a producer referendum,
and redefine producer to include
a representative voice for con
tract egg producers
Pa. Apples in
Storage Up
Pennsylvania apples in cold
storage as of November 30
totaled 211,342,000 pounds, an
increase of 8,650,000 pounds from
last month and 21,742,000 above a
year ago, the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service said recently
The 211,342,000 pounds converts
into 5,032,000 boxes of 42 pounds
each
In thousand pounds, the apples
by brand in cold storage are as
follows York, 66,105, Stayman,
30,304, Rome, 42,924, Red
Delicious, 31,850, Golden
Delicious, 29,465, Jonathan, 717,
Mclntosh, 927, and others, 9,050
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