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—'Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 17. 1973
Council Meets
(Continued From Page 11)
Placed on the program for the
day were the title discussion on
how to get more cooperation
among the cooperatives. Much of
what was said previously by
either Lewis or Healy was em
phasized again by the par
ticipants.
The human element was
blamed for (he hesitation of
cooperatives to get together One
speaker from New York,
however, gave an example where
several market organizations got
together and through their
combined efforts were able to
raise their milk price from $B.lB
to $8.78. This was a price higher
than that set by the Federal
order. Such action requires large
blocks of farmers unified in their
goals and methods. It was ex
plained that the dairymen did not
merely want to obtain higher
prices, they also wanted to slow
down the number of farmers
leaving the business for good.
The point was made that $9.41
would be the price for 100 lbs. of
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percent of parity.
Charles -Dull, Commodity
Director of Pennsylvania For
mer Association cited the im
balance of expenses vs. income
as a major reason for cooperation
among dairymen. "In the 12
month period that ended June 30,
1973, expenses rose 16 percent
while prices for the farmers'
product rose only 7 percent,"
Dull said. Some of Dull's
guidelines for obtaining greater
unity among cooperatives are: 1.
Opportunity for all views to be
held. 2. Allowing for changes
without risk of being ridiculed. 3.
Concentrate on areas where
there is agreement.
Throughout the day, there were
comments from the floor, also.
One man in the audience rose to
challenge the panelists claiming
that if dairymen receive high
prices for a year or so, they would
end up overproducing anyway.
A second gentleman responded
that he had been farming for 27
years and never had less money
left over than this past summer.
He did not think milk could be
priced too high.
American Egg Board
Announces Budget
“A $2,075,000 Budget for the
American Egg Board has been
approved for 1974," announced
Edward D. Murphy, chairman of
(he Board of Directors of AEB.
The approval came at the recent
fall meeting of the group's Board
of Directors.
Chairman Murphy noted that
the expanded budget will be used
in broadening AEB’s promotion
activities to include more ex
tensive advertising, mer
chandising, education and
publicity.
AEB President Richard L.
Kathe stated that a new point-of
sale campaign was launched at
the Board meeting with the ap
proval of National Creative
Merchandising Corporation as
the merchandising agency to
begin work on the new point-of
sale material for retailers. It is
anticipated that such materials
will be made available in the next
few months.
Also approved was another new
program consisting of
educational and promotional
carton inserts. The first of these
proposed inserts will also be
available shortly.
“American Egg Board is going
to have a brand new look in 1974.
A year of considerable expansion
is ahead for us. Our plans for
entended promotion will benefit
the whole egg industry,” con
cluded Murphy.
Several farmers took the floor
to air their grievances. Many,
one in particular, received an
enthusiastic round of applause
when he mentioned that dairy
farmers were “sold down the
drain” on the wheat deal and are
now being plagued by shortages
of fuel, fertilizer and even baler
twine. Some farmers wanted to
know why the milk-feed ratio is
down to it’s lowest point since
1963 and why something isn’t
being done about it.
One individual received more
applause than anyone else when
he compared the price he pays
for farm machinery with the
price he receives for his milk. “If
the milk price had increased
accordingly, he charged, then we
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