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Dairymen
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said, wc have the crops which
Europe needs and wc should
trade them for the dairy products
wc need.
The much publicized grain deal
of a year ago received strong
criticism from Lewis but at the
same time he made it clear that
the Farmer’s Union is in favor of
expanding trade, and agriculture
must have this trade. He
proposed a number of guidelines
for the trading of agricultural
commodities.
First of all, Lewis wants the
farmers income protected at no
less than 100 percent of parity.
Imported products should be
allowed into the country at a
price equivalent to about 105
percent parity and never at price
below parity. If subsidies are
necessary then trading should be
suspended. Subsidies, for
agricultural trade items should
be dropped by all countries.
Being concerned about
sanitation standards in foreign
countries, one farmer in the
audience questioned Lewis and
others on the panel about
regulations in other countries. It
was learned that the government
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says inspections arc equal, but
that in fact regulations abroad
arc not as stringent as those in
the U.S. Nevertheless, the
Federal regulations placed on
domestic dairy products are also
applicable to the imported goods.
It was pointed out that one
problem which comes up in this
area of trade is the different
standards set by individual
states.
- Continuing his speech about
current problems facing dairy
farmers, Lewis went on to say
that the primary reason for the 4
percent decline in milk
production during the past year is
a lack of confidence on the part of
farmers. “They’re afraid they
might have the ground cut out
from under them’’. Consequently
we have the dispersals and
hesitations. “Once confidence
is restored, we’ll have increased
production” he said.
Praising farmers for an
swering one of the highest
callings on earth, Lewis em
phatically stated that “Farming
is an important and noble
calling.”
“But this feeling of importance
and nobility is not enough of a
reward . . . The doctor does not
provide his services for free, why
should the farmer?" "We must
support our mutuol interests and
responsibilities." Lewis feels
industry-wide cooperation is the
only way dairymen will achieve
the prices and trade policies they
want.
William S. Docring of the
Foreign Agriculture Service
USOA, presented the trade and
marketing positions taken by
government agencies. Agreeing
with Bob Lewis, he said the U. S.
dairy industry will not be traded
off to Europe. He stated that
committees of Congress are
concerned about the farmer, and
dairy farmers would not be "sold
out” by the government.
Doering claimed that many of
the fears of the dairymen are due
to “mis-information or non
information". At the same time,
however, he considers the
dairymen’s feelings an important
factor to consider in formulating
trade policies. Understanding the
farmer’s desire for protection
from imports, Doering said, “The
hard fact is that under the law
there is no ground for import
quotas.”
(Editor's Note: Space
limitations prevented the in
clusion of this entire story in this
week’s issue of Lancaster Far
ming. We will conclude the ar
ticle next week.)
Christmas Program
Planned Thurs.
A Homemaker’s Christmas
program sponsored by the
Lancaster County Extension
Service will be held on Thursday,
November 15 at the Farm and
Home Center.
Exhibits and bazaar tables of
decorations, food, gifts and
holiday items will be on display
from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and
from 6 to 7 p.m. These items were
prepared by the Farm Women
Societies of Lancaster county.
They will be displayed in the
Extension Training Center at the
Farm and Home Center.
At 10:30 a.m. there will also be
a demonstration, “Holidays With
Nature” conducted by Mrs.
Francis Graeff using natural
Agway
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management had become the
single most important factor in
running a successful farm
program today. “Every farmer
must carefully plan his financial
arrangements. He should get
advice from one reliable source,
and he should plan as far in ad
vance as he can."
The energy crunch is much on
the minds of Agway managers,
according to Elwin Peet, who’s in
charge of the local petroleum
marketing effort. "Our
petroleum business, retail and
wholesale, was up a million-and
a-half gallons over the year
before,” Peet said.
Peet said Agway recognizes its
obligation to all its customers,
but added that the coop’s fuel oil ‘
supply may be cut back by some
12 percent this year. He also said
that homes and farms were first
in line for LP fuel supplies under
the federal government’s
allocation plans. "But an
allocation doesn’t improve the
overall supply picture,” Peet
observed.
A report by James Esbenshade
on Agway’s Bee-Line equipment
and budding materials business
showed a healthy increase of over
$200,000 in sales volume for the
past fiscal year. “Most of the
increase came from our building
materials operation,” Esben
shade said. “It was our first year
in that business, and we sold
$158,000 worth of materials, or
$BOOO more than our goal.”
Esbenshade said Bee-Line
management’s goal for next year
was to increase sales volume
items for holiday decoration.
At 2:00 p.m. and again at 7 p.m.
Mr. Gray Sellers of Millersville
will speak on “Holiday Gifts
From Your Kitchen”.
A highlight of both the lectures
will be the awarding of door
prizes of foods prepared during
the demonstrations.
The Public is welcomed to
attend. Donations are requested
to cover the expenses. For more
information call the Lancaster
County Extension Service at 394-
while decreasing inventory, but
■aid the task would be com
plicated greatly by the difficulty
in obtaining supplies. Lead times
for ordering some equipment
items are currently running six to
nine months, Esbenshado Mid,
and steel is taking a good three
months. "If supply problems
continue, farmers will have to
start looking farther and farther
ahead ond placing their orders
well in advance of delivery if they
want to keep up with their
building and equipment needs,"
he concluded.
Other reports came from R.
Arthur Cochran, Agway area
manager, Ralph Hoffer, recently
elected to the board of directors,
and Enos Heisey, Syracuse,
Agway’s field manager for public
relations.
Heisey recalled the windy
November day, just 27 years
earlier, when he’d first started
working for Agway, in the
Manheim store. "My first job
was unloading a bulk shipment of
peanut hulls, half of which blew
away,” he said. Heisey com
mented on Agway’s growth to
nearly $1 billion in annual sales.
He said the coop now has many
publics - legislatures, allied in
dustries, farm organizations,
youth groups, the press - all of
them important. Heisey detailed
the increasingly important role
that environmental con
siderations will play in farming,
'.’’d he explained some of the
.'lems the coop was having
wun rail transportation.
Three members of the Garden
Spot l v it’s 12-man board of
directors were reelected at the
meeting, and one new member
was named to the board.
Reelected were Melvin R.
Stoltzfus, Ronks RDI, Paul M.
Herr, Quarryville RDI, and
Amos H. Rutt, Quarryville RD2.
The new member is John L.
Beiler, Gap RDI.
Beiler occupies the spot for
merly held by Morris Zook, Jr.,
Honeybrook RD2, who stepped
down after many years of ser
vice. He had been on the local
board since Agway’s formation in
1964. Zook was presented with a
certificate of appreciation for his
efforts by R. Arthur Cochran.