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Who Must Pay the Piper?
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accept the price determined on
an open market in response to
demand.
Wages have risen rather
steadily for more than two
decades, often spiraling.. Faced
with the reality of paying higher
retail prices for what he bought,
while receiving wholesale for his
raw agricultural production, the
farmer has been hard pressed to
make ends meet. Many of them
didn’t.
Efficiency of production has
made it possible for farniers to
produce more on the same or less
Aerial Ladder Equipped
FARM PAINTING
We Spray it on and Brush It In!
FOR FREE ESTIMATES
CALL COLLECT 717-393-6530
OR WRITE
HENRY K. FISHER
2322 Old Phiia. Pike
Lancaster, Pa. 17602
; mhe broad-spectrum soil insecti
cide, Belt, is growing rapidly in
• popularity. Controls the widest
; range of soil insects that at
' tack com.
GUARANTEE
EFFECTIVE INSECT CONTROL
AND FREE FLOW GRANULES
Should Bait 336 fall to effectively control
the soil Insocts listed on the label, when
used specifically according te use direc
tions shown, or should Belt 33G not flew
adequately through a standard spreader
that has been properly adjusted, main
tained, and In good working condition,
Velslcel will refund an equivalent amount
of Belt 336 Insecticide te that used on
acreage where Belt performance was net
satisfactory (verified by paid invoice shew
ing price and quantity purchased) if the
following conditions are met:
A. Grower ha 4 completed end returned the
guarantee registration card available
at his dealer's within 45 days of
Belt 33G purchase.
R. Notice of dissatisfaction of product per
formance and handling covered by this
guarantee must be submitted in writing
within 60 days of application.
C. A qualified Velsicol representative must
be assured that the purchaser used Belt
33G according to label directions. The
Velsicol representative must have the
opportunity to observe insect control or
handling performance to determine
whether or not Belt provided economic
control or was applied with properly
maintained equipment.
(IMPORTANT: Refund is limited to acreage
on which Belt performance or handling was
not satisfactory. Be sure to fill out and mall
the registration card, available at your
chemicals dealer, to verify .your purchase
of Balt 33Q soil insecticide.
acreage. This has kept them in
business.
Farm programs have been
.targeted primarily at keeping
food production slightly ahead of
demand, and also to keep excess
land in reserve to be brought into
production as needed to meet
additional demand or emergency
situations such as the corn blight
of 1970. Whether farm programs
are judged successful or not,
their debate and popular
reporting of the subsidy issue has
obscured the fact that over the,
years, the farmer’s efficiency
has provided a much larger
subsidy to the rest of society in
WHITE GRUBS?
BELT. BASIC SOIL INSECTICIDE
OF THE ’7os. NEW IMPROVED GRANULES
GUARANTEED TO FLOW FREELY.
Demand for food and prices are
going up in other industrialized
nations as well. And their per
centage of spendable income was
much higher to begin with, being
nearly 30 percent in the United
Kingdom and 44 percent in
Russia.
Time conscious Americans
have been willing to pay for many
convenience services applied to
food after it left the farm. Modern
transportation facilities,
refrigerated carriers, processing
plants, pre-cutting,
prepackaging, truckers, tire
makers, machinery workers,
telephone operators, business
forms, printers, etc. are but a few
of the real “middlemen” services
which add to the cost of food.
Other factors contribute ‘to
these “middle costs”. Although
less obvious even than the above,
they are no less real. Issues
raised concerning additives in
livestock feed, resulted in
removal of a considerable portion
of the production efficiency of the
cattle industry, meaning extra
feed and extra time for cattle to
reach market weight. En
vironmental- concerns with
Belt protects corn till harvest, re
gardless of weather. Little hazard
to feed, water, wildlife, when used
properly. Belt is comparatively low
toxic. Its active ingredient is -
covered by a tolerance on com of
0.3 ppm.
; Velsicol guarantees flowability of
Belt 33.3 G granules. Easy to
• handle, it’s applied and incorpo-
I rated at or prior to planting.
the form of a plentiful food supply
with the resulting prices much
lower than anywhere else in the
world.
SEED CORN MAGGOT?
TT-i-
by MARY LEE THOMPSON
According to Consolidated
Edison Co. of New York,
about 80 per cent of electri
cal energy used for heating
and air conditioning is
feedlots are adding additional
pressures, thus effecting supply.
At long last, environmental
considerations are receiving the
attention that an affluent society
should give once its basic needs
are met. But to assume that
reforms can be attained without
cost is indulgence. The physical
and economic laws governing
food production and
distribution cannot be changed
by rhetoric or popular vote
whether we like it or not.
Unfortunately, it will take
more sagacity that we have thus
far demonstrated to separate the
real issues from the fake issues in
our society. And certainly more
courage to admit which is which
so that we may act in our own
best intersts to solve the real
problems. Looking' for a
scapegoat won’t suffice, for, to
paraphrase we have met the
“middleman” and he is us.
In “no-till” planting, a once-over
application proves especially effec
tive and economical. Belt stays in
the 50i1... and works!
The emulsifiable concentrate, Belt
72ECP, is also available if you pre
fer liquid application.
You can have confidence in Belt.
It’s chlordane at its best, for eco
nomical, broad-spectrum control.
At your ag chem dealer’s.
BELT, from
VELSICOL
VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
341 East Ohio StreeLChicago, Illinois 60611
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, ApriH4,l973
it’s o woman’s
wasted. A spokesman for the
company says, “We found
that enormous amounts of
heat and cold are lost through
windows. Depending on the
exposure, 15 to 35 per cent
more energy can be required
to heat or cool rooms with un
shaded windows.”
In winter, shades cut down
on energy use to a surprising
degree. On a sunny day shades
can be raised to let warm rays
in, and pulled down on a
blustry day to keep cold out.
They also reduce what archi
tects call cold-or-heat bounce.
Today’s big picture win
dows also compound the prob
lem. In the summer, a drawn
shade can cut down on the
electric power as much as 35
to 50 BTU per hour. For ex
ample, in a northeast expo
sure, a window with an air
conditioner and no shade
gains 60 BTU per square foot
of glass per house; with a
shade the gain is only 25. On
the southern side, the differ
ence is from 75 down to 35
BTU.
Multiply this saving all
over the house and you’ll find
you have an excellent way to
cut down on electric bills.
However, don’t forget that
windows should be properly
insulated, too. Check the
weatherstripping and seal off
any cracks or openings
around windows and doors.
While you’re at it, how
about the attic ? Is it well in
sulated? Can you close off
rooms that are seldom used?
Is your thermostat located on
a cold wall or where it is sub
ject to drafts in the winter?
Or, in the summer, is it in
direct sunlight or near TV
sets, lights or appliances that
generate heat?
An efficient thermostat and
a well-insulated house not
only save electrical energy,
but conserve your energy as
well
America’s dairy farmers are
such good managers that, since
1912, there has been a 79 percent
decrease in the hours of labor it
takes to produce a hun
dredweight of milk And, during
the last 18 years, gdod breeding
practices and herd management
have raised productivity per cow
an amazing 71 percent
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