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have more room to handle the milker units and you reduce the
risk of splatter and kicking. Surge Power Gates take the work out
of changing cows you merely move the handy lever switch to
open or close stall gates.
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RDI, Lititz, Pa
Ph. 717-626-6198
BRANDT'S FARM
SUPPLY INC.
601 East High St.
Elizabethtown, Pa
Ph: 717-367-1221
GLENN E. HURST
RD2, East Earl, Pa.
Ph. 215-445-6865
Cochranville, Pa. 19330
Ph. 215-932-9179
GROFF EQUIPMENT
2 W. State St.
Quarryville, Pa.
Ph. 717-786-7225
Ord, PFA Official,
Sees Food Disaster
Consumers will face much
higher food prices and possible
shortages if the federal govern
ment continues to interfere with
food marketing, an official of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association said Monday during
a Pittsburgh news conference.
Charles R. Ord, PFA ad
ministrative secretary, warned
that the stage was set for a
“major food disaster because of
the price freeze.”
“The price freeze is a purely
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14,1973
political approach. It cannot
succeed,” Ord said
“Farmers are facing a collision
with bankruptcy if drastic ac
tions are not taken,” said Ord He
explained that some farmers
already have become frozen into
unprofitable positions by very
rapid rises in ingredient and
supply markets.
4-H Calendar
Saturday, July 14
11:00 a m -- 4-H Soil and Water
Conservation Club annual
summer picnic, Pinchot State
Park.
Twin Valley FFA - Meeting, farm
of Mr and Mrs. Frank Houck.
Monday, July 16
Eastern Regional Junior Angus
Heifer Show, Harrisonburg,
Va.
4-H Horse Judging Practice
Session, residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Ressler.
Tuesday, July 17
9:30 a.m. - Holstein Judging
School, Ivan Hess’ Hy-Vue
farm, Royersford.
District 4-H Demonstration Day,
Owen J. Roberts High School.
Wednesday, July 18
7:30 p.m - 4-H County Council
meeting, Farm and Home
Center
Thursday, July 19
Boots and Saddles 4-H Club swim
party, home of Dianne Reese.
Saturday, July 21
9 00 a.m. - Lancaster County 4-H
Horse Show, Lancaster
County Riding Club Show
Grounds.
Young Children arc
Main Poisoning Victims
The National Electronic Injury
Surveillance Systems, a
statistical monitoring of hospital
rooms, reports that about 90
percent of pesticide poisoning
cases involve children under five
years of age. This is why
pesticide containers should be
locked up and out of reach of
children, says Dr. L. C. Gibbs,
chemicals-pesticide safety
program leader, Extension
Service, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
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Several PFA members agreed
with Ord’s observations Jerry
Poder, a dairy-beef farmer from
Bedford County, said that under
present conditions, he will lose
$ll 46 for every 1,000-pound
animal he sells. In the past, he
said he made a $75 gross profit
per animal
Willis Greaser, a Blair County
dairy farmer, said there will be a
milk shortage by September
because production has fallen
about 2 per cent per month while
demand is rising about 6 per cent
per month over the past year
Several other farmers pointed
out that some dairymen are
finding it more profitable to sell
their dairy cows for beef, thus
adding to the potential for a milk
shortage
Ord said PFA representatives
were to meet with state
congressmen this week in
Washington to discuss their
plight.
“We will also be asking for an
investigation of the grain shor
tage situation here in Penn
sylvania and the Northeast, he
added.
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1070 Stemmetz Rd
Ephrata, Penna 17522
Ph. 733-1206
LOCAL DEALERS
Frank Snyder
Akron
Caleb Wenger
Quarryville
Landis Bros. Inc
Lancaster
Carl L. Shirk
Lebanon
Sollenberger Farm Supply
Centerport, Pa. ,
Ph. 215-926-7671
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859-2688
548-2116
393-3906
867-3741