USD A Alters Wheat Export Payment Plan f= —
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture last week announced
that it is changing its wheat
export payment program to meet
the wheat supply and price
situation created by unex
pectedly large purchases of U.S.
wheat made so far in the 1972-73
marketing year by the USSR and
other customers.
The U.S. Wheat export
payment program has been
extremely helpful in facilitating
large sales of U.S. wheat in world
markets. These sales have
permitted farmers to secure a
larger portion of their income
from the market, and have
reduced treasury outlays by
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facilitating the sale of CCC
owned wheat at higher prices.
The sales may also reduce the
cost of next year’s wheat
program.
The Department said it may no
longer be able to hold U.S. export
prices at world market levels
that have prevailed so far in the
marketing year if domestic
prices increase further. The
action is being taken to maintain
ample supplies of wheat at
reasonable prices for domestic
consumers, while assuring that
the needs of traditional export
buyers are also met.
To bring about a transition
from the old export payment
program to the new, the
Department said that the
following actions are being
taken;
A dual export payment system
is being adopted, affective at 3:31
p.m., Friday, August 25 and will
remain in effect until 3:30 p.m.
September 1, 1972, at which time
it will expire.
Export sales made prior to 3:31
p.m. August 24 will be eligible for
payment rates based upon earlier
prevailing world market prices.
Sales made after 3:31 p.m.
August 24 will be eligible for
payments under a new schedule
of rates that may reflect a
somewhat higher world market
f price
Farm Women
Calendar
Saturday, September 9
1:30 p.m. Farm Women
Society 1, home of Mrs. Paul
Kurtz, Lititz RD4
6:30 p.m. Farm Women
Society 25, Anniversary
banquet, Highville Fire
Company.
Farm Women Society 19, home of
Mrs. Lloyd Rohrer, Lititz
RD4.
Monday, September ll
6 p.m. Farm Women Society 6,
entertain patients, Harrisburg
State Hospital.
Thursday, September 14
Farm Women Society 14 meeting,
Red Caboose Lodge.
Saturday, September 16
1:30 p.m. Farm Women
Society 12 meeting.
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non-dieters, according to
Stephen J. Slage, Jr., a New York
food chain executive.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9,1972
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This summer our family has
visited several State Parks in
other counties It is an inex
pensive way to spend a day away
from the farm, provided of
course that you don’t drive the
long distance to Somerset County
as we did
Similar accommodations are
available at most of these areas
and include camping, boating,
swimming and picnicing
However, we do favor a few that
have larger beaches and nicer
buildings
Even adults can have fun
building sand castles and
following nature trails. We saw
chipmunks and also hoof marks
along a stream but not the deer
that made them
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The other morning the police
awakened me by knocking on the
front door and asking if we owned
a pony. I said “No”, and they
asked if our meadow could be
used over the weekend to keep
the animal.
I suggested several other
families in the neighborhood who
did own a pony and they were
contacted. The owner was found
and everyone was happy except
my children who blamed me for
not keeping the animal long
enough for them to ride it.
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August seems to be our month
for breaks. This year, after a
busy summer of helping his
father, Philip broke his arm.
No, not in the line of duty but
fooling around with his big
brother. Guess they must share
the blame for the accident.
Mother wasn’t even told about
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Ida Risser
the fall until the next day when
the pain was very bad
At least he can still write his
school papers as it is his left arm
His younger sister has trudged
along all summer, when he did
the calves and pigs, and now can
be a big help to him Although, I’ll
bet he manages to drive tractor
and do a lot of other work with his
cast on
Green Oranges O.K.
Orange growers from
California and Arizona are
sending a special alert to shop
pers to explain about the green
tinged oranges now on the
market, says June Wilke, Chester
County Extension home
economist
If you haven’t seen a special
sign above the orange counter in
the produce section of stores
where you shop, you might have
hesitated to buy them thinking
they weren’t fully ripe
Miss Wilke explains the
greenish-tinge this way While
most of the country was suffering
from record cold weather, severe
ram and floods, the western part
of the country was experiencing
an unusually warm spring These
unusual climatic conditions
caused the Valencia oranges
grown in California and Arizona
to color early before they were
fully ripe. Then as the fruit
ripened and became sweet and
flavorful, it began to turn green
again on the outside This is an
unusual phenomenon of nature
called “regreening.” It is caused
by warm ground temperatures
which actually cause
cholorophyll the green sub
stance - to return to the skins
Oranges are never picked until
fully ripe inside, regardless of
exterior color. With conditions
such as this year’s, the longer
they remain on the tree, the
greener they become So ac
tually, instead of being unripe,
these green-tinged oranges are
fully ripe
Horse’s Height
The height ot a hoise is
measmed in hands A hand
is lout inches Hoises aie
measured tiom the giound
to the highest point ol the
withers, which is the ndge
between the shouldei blades
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