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The true measure of Agway’s
size is the scope of services it
provides to individual farmers
through its many retail and
production facilities across the
Northeast.
This evaluation of the
cooperative was made by its
board chairman, George Steele,
Pocopson, Pa,, dairyman, at the
opening session of the Agway
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Coop’s Program
Annual Meeting last Thursday in
Onondaga County War Memorial,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Steele commented that
Agway’s size is a "recognizable
asset,” and having outlets in
hundreds of rural communities
works to the advantage of far
mers.
As an example, he cited
Agway’s participation in the
State
MACHINERY STORAGE
BEEF BUILDINGS
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service’s
emergency livestock feed
program following the poor
growing and harvesting season of
1972.
Steele noted that Agway
processed or distributed more
than one-third of all the ASCS
grain allotted to northeastern
farmers under the program.
"This amounted to better than
260,000 tons of feed,” Steele said,
"and saved farmers an estimated
$ll million on their feed costs.”
“Without the network of Agway
stores and facilities and an ef
ficient distribution system, we
would not have been able to get
that feed to the farmers who
needed it,” he added.
“Statistically, Agway is a large
business organization, but it is
the sum of local stores, plants,
petroleum, feed, fertilizer, and
service that make the whole of
Agway,” Steele continued.
“Without those vital parts, the
organization would be nothing.”
Elaborating on the meeting’s
theme, “Large Enough to care,
Small Enough to Serve,” Steele
pointed out that activities on the
local level enable farmers to
influence the operation of retail
stores and contribute ideas to the
18-farmer board of directors that
guides Agway.
“I cannot speak too highly of
the Agway committee system,”
Steele stated. “Members doing
business at a retail point elect
their fellow farmers to serve on a
store committee which develops
sound local policies.”
The chairman of each com
mittee, in turn, is a member of
the Agway Council, a body that
meets annually to advise Agway
directors, he explained.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 2T, 197%-
Most people have not been a
railroad passenger for many
years. Maybe that fact helps
explain why the public has not
gotten very excited about the
prospect that the Penn Central
could be shutting down in the
near future unless government
action is taken to keep the trains
running.
The general attitude seems to
be that if you don’t ride the trains
regularly, you really don’t have
to be concerned about the Penn
Central problem.
However, a railroad shutdown
would disrupt far more than
passenger service. It would have
an immediate and adverse effect
on us all.
For example, you may not be
aware of how much our electrical
power is dependent on railway
transportation. The great
majority of electric generating
stations are powered by coal, and
that coal is shipped in by
railroad.
The only alternative available
to power companies if the Penn
Central goes under would be to
ship the needed coal by truck. But
that is really not a reasonable
alternative. The number of
trucks needed to haul coal equal
to that now brought in by rail
would literally clog our high
ways. One company estimates
that on a road directly in to a
power plant, one truck would
have to pass every two and a half
minutes for twenty-four hours a
day seven days a week. Of
course, the roads and bridges
couldn’t withstand that kind of
abuse, let alone the in
convenience to people living
along the roads..
Ant that’s just one industry
we’re talking about. Another
area hard hit would be
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agriculture and the'result would
be dwindling food supplies.
Obviously, the; hugfe quantities
of grain and - livestock tran
sported by rail cOul?l not be
adequately replaced by truck
convoys. Therefore** perisffable
agricultural supplies §dgn would
be bottled up* in.
storage bins, and feeding lots;
and grocery stores'-would quickly
feel the pinch. '•
Therefore, we oan-’t permit any,
major rail line like die Penn
Central to close doivh even ‘for a
matter of weeks. Jhe results
would be disastrous.
But, the problem is - that
Congress and the president are
having trouble getting together
on a plan to keep .the trains
running. The Administration
favors a solution that would
encourage private enterprise to
invest in shaky railroad
situations without any use of
Federal funds. The major bill
under consideration in the House
of Representatives would
establish a National Railway
Corporation that could eliminate
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