Letters to the Editor (Continued from Page 8) stores. Also contrary to Mr. Lickert’s letter, there is no evidence that home delivery service has disappeared in any state without milk price controls and only 10 still have, state-wide consumer milk price-fixing. Likewise, there is no evidence of any hospitals, schools or other institutions being unable to obtain milk in any state without milk price controls. That is why Mr. Lickert could give no specific examples to support his claims. As for loss of jobs among Bull market in Soybean!— Still Hliue & Well? Unlike many a bull market of the past, strength in soybeans is currently being fueled by tight supply—not surging demand. How long will strength in beans last? What price could begin to cool the demand for meal? Is soybean oil emerging from the doldrums? 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Looking ahead to what Penn sylvania might really expect if consumer milk price-fixing is ended, let .us look at the ex- Magntsium Oxidt Calcium Oxidt perience in Mississippi. Mississippi; is the most recent state to eliminate controls in mid -1970. Under its controls, the lowest half-gallon price allowed was 62 cents. Without price fixing, the price dropped to 49 cents and is now 51 cents. These consumer price reductions oc curred while the farmers’ Class I price rose from $7.30 to $7.40 per hundredweight. Below-cost selling is now prohibited in Mississippi, as Louden Hill Farm has proposed for five years in Pennsylvania. The same dire warnings about the fate of the Mississippi dairy industry were cited there before controls were ended, just as those being voiced in Pennsylvania now by Mr. Lickert. But chaos did not happen there, it has not occurred in any of the 40 free market states, and it will not happen here. Let us have a little more faith than Mr. Lickert and his associates do in the American free enterprise system. New Form Show Parking Two parcels of land, steeped in the history of the capital city, have been transferred by the General Assembly from the Department of Welfare to the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Jim McHale said the newly acquired five acres of land will be developed as ad ditional parking space for the Farm Show. Although the site already has 60 acres of parking space, 45 acres paved, State Police estimated that 85,000 cars were turned away on Wednesday of Farm Show week this year when attendance reached a record-breaking 205,000 and the temperature soared into the 60’s. History buffs will be interested to note that the smallest parcel, less than an acre, was sold to the trustees of the Pennsylvania State Hospital in 1869 for $1,500, , 'i ' ■Jfc < Sincerely, Peter H. Sandfort, President Louden Hill Farm, Inc Dimock, PaJ \ ss Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25,1972 Livestock Exposition This year’s 55th Little In ' temational Livestock Exposition at The Pennsylvania State University will be held Saturday, April 29, in the campus Ice Pavilion. The show will be presented by the Penn State Block and Bridle Club. The Little International is patterned after the famous Chicago International Livestock Exposition. The basic difference between the two is that students in the Little International are judged on their ability to groom and show the animal and not on the animal’s merit. Students at Penn State may choose from four species of purebred livestock beef cattle, horses, sheep, or swine. The livestock with which the students work are those in the University herds and flocks and are chosen by a drawing. This year over 130 students in various courses of study will be while the larger tract was acquired in 1893 for $1,221. The main exhibit building at the Farm Show stands on part of the original plot acquired for the erection of the state hospital. XXX Coffee consumption in the U.S., which totaled 17.6 pounds per person in 1949, declined to 13.6 pounds by 1970. Several factors may account for the decline in cluding the age distribution of the population, flavor, increased cup yield and competing beverages. putting in many hours of work preparing their animals for the show. Judging will take place on April 29 beginning with cattle and sheep at 8:00 a.m. Swine will be shown after the sheep. Horses will be shown in the afternoon. Selection of grand champion showman will follow the judging of these individual classes. A banquet will be held that evening at the Nittany Lion Inn, State College, at which time trophies and awards will be presented. Students in charge of organizing and presenting this year’s show include Abram K. Fisher, Lancaster, and Joseph Strittmatter, State College, meat raffle chairmen and William McAllister, Oxford, horse superintendent. Glenn R. Kean, associate professor of animal science, is faculty advisor to the Block and Bridle Club. Fix-It Tip Once a fancy picture frame has been cleaned, you can properly determine if any refinishing is needed. Gener ally, a touching-up will take care of blemishes and scratches. Use a color stain in a matching color for any wood frame. Use a fine brush or cotton swab and put on only as much as needed. Painted frames can be touched up in the same way, using the proper color of paint. A fine brush dipped in gold paint will take care of scratches on a frame finished in gold leaf. 9
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