—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 31, 1973
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Butz Advises Culling Beef Breeding Herds
Secretary of Agriculture Earl stock, cattlemen will be in a
L. Butz suggested today that the stronger position in the years
time is right for cattlemen to cull ahead to handle whatever
their beef breeding herds. economic conditions might
If cattlemen will cull their prevail in the industry,
herds now, while prices are The Secretary cited the decline
strong, they can fill in with in cow slaughter from six million
younger replacements and get in head in 1970 to 5.5 six million
better shape to supply the as evidence of the rapid buildun
markets in the months and years in the national beef cow herd.
ahead. Secretary Butz said. “Live cattle prices at midwest
The Secretary said this would terminals have been holding at
get more total pounds of beef on strong levels,” Secretary Butz
the market to help fill the present said. “The benefits to producers
strong consumer demand, and by selling cull cows at this time
that with younger herds of female are obvious. ’ ’
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The Secretary acknowledged as one would ordinarily expect,
the strong consumer demand for “By culling his beef breeding
beef. He pointed out that while herd now, a cattleman will be in a
beef slaughter in January was better economic position to meet
about eight percent higher than it whatever demands the market
was a year ago, the consumer makes of him in the future,”
demand was so strong that prices Secretary Butz said,
were higher, rather than lower,
Juniata County Farmer
Heads Rural Affairs
Secretary of Agriculture Jim his family will continue to reside
McHale has appointed a 30-year- at Mifflintown, R.D. 2.
old farmer-businessman to be
director of the Bureau of Rural
Affairs
H. Richard Hostetler, Mif
flintown R.D.2, is the first to hold
the $15,387 post which came into
being after the Division of Rural
Development and the Division of
Consumer Affairs; were
separated from the Bureau of
Markets.
■ McHale said, “A bureau
devoted exclusively to rural
development and consumer
affairs will’ enable the Depart
ment of Agriculture to delvier
more services* to all citizens of
the Commonwealth.”
The Juniata County native
operates a cattle feeding facility
and is also treasurer'of the Simon
Publishing Company, Mif
flintown. The appointment was.
effective March 21, 1973. v
Hostetler is a graduate
of Lycoming College, William
sport, majoring in business
administration with minor in
terests in economics and political
science. He has been active in
political circles having served
four years as deputy chairman of
the State Democratic Committee
and is presently a state com
mitteeman from the 33rd
Senatorial District.
Hostetler is married and the
father of three children. He and
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