>4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Mar. 16. 1974 Mighty Link JContinutd from Pan 53| areas. Thus it may be that fanners in some places have limited choices among feed suppliers. Farmer cooperatives make an important con tribution to the feed in dustry. They handle about a fifth af all the commercial feed business, besides providing improved services and helping to increase the competition among manufacturers. Transportation. Of all the input industries, none binds them together more than the transportation industry. But because agriculturally related traffic accounts for less than a fifth of all freight traffic, agriculture’s requirements often receive low priority in decisions made by the transportation sector. Major issues center on the availability of freight cars to deliver fertilizer and haul grain to export terminals. Also worrisome has been the abandonment of rail lines serving elevators, farm supply firms, and other rural industries. These HOG PRODUCERS! Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them weighed and sold and pick up your check. SAtfc EVERY MONDAY 10:00 A.M. NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 Abe Diffenbach, Manager PENNSYLVANIA'S Ist PERFORMANCE TESTED BULL SALE l:OOP.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1974 At Meat Animal Evaluation Center Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. 16802 (814-238-2527) SELLING APPROXIMATELY 50 BULL* Bulls on test include: 24 Angus 25 Charolais 1 Horned Hereford 6 Polled Hereford 7 Simmental 3 Chianina 1 Red Angus 1 Shorthorn Approximately 75 percent of these bulls sell Auctioneer MORRIS FANNON, Pennington Gap, Va. Son-o-Ray Results will be in Catalogue Average Doily Gain for 68 Bulls after 84 Days 3.32 lb ./Day For more information contact Meat Animal Evaluation Center SPONSORED BY PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, PENNSYLVANIA CATTLEMEN'S ASSOCIATION, AND STATE BREED ASSOCIATIONS. longstanding difficulties are now compounded by prospects of major fuel shortages. While transportation is the physical linkage among the elements of the food and fib er sector, finance is the economic lubricant. As of January 1, 1974, debt associated with assets of the farm production sector totaled $BO billion, or 18 percent of the value of total assets. This was up from only $12.4 billion, or 9.4 percent of total assets, in 1950. In recent years the Federal land banks and production .credit associations—farmer-owned cooperatives—have come under fire from commercial banks and insurance com panies, which contend that breaks in taxation and regulations give the co-ops a competitive edge. Federal land banks, for example, are exempt from interest ceilings imposed by many States but insurance companies are required to comply with these statutes. Rather than loan money for less than the market will pay in the Marketing Chain elsewhere, insurance that allows the banks to companies divert their funds borrow on a seasonal basis at to unregulated markets. Federal Reserve discount Problems of some com- windows. This has made merical bankers in getting added funds available to loan funds have been eased agriculture in periods of in recent years by a policy peak demand. Meat Industry Leaders Discuss Loss Situation What’s being done... what else should be done ... and who should do what. Those three aspects of the current critical loss-taking situation in the livestock market were major topics of review, discussion and decision-making at the recent Midwinter Meeting of the National Live Stock and Meat Board here. Leaders of organizations representing the nation’s cattle, hog, and sheep growers and feeders, meat packers and processors, livestock marketers, retailers, purveyors and restaurateurs joined forces in developing and expanding programs and projects to alleviate the crucial problem and work toward future profitability of the-meat industry. Getting top priority is the acceleration of the Board’s continuing programs of merchandising and promotion at the retail level - to stimulate consumer demand for available supplies and to encourage retailers to initiate more meat features, especially beef, in their advertising and mer chandising campaigns. The Beef Industry Council of the Board has been aggressively pursuing this approach since last summer. The Board’s Directorate approved a budget of $2,846,702 for 1974-75. It includes both immediate and long-range promotion, merchandising, advertising and public relations efforts as well as nutrition and education nroiects also related to maintaining and improving the position of meat in the marketplace. PUBLIC AUCTION ) OF FARM EQUIPMENT 1 SATURDAY, MARCH 30,1974 ' \ AT 11:30 A.M. * [ Location; 3 Miles South of Danville, along Route 54, | I Rush Township, Northumberland County, Penna.: i DAVID BROWN 1200 DIESEL 1 ' With Selectamatic, Power Shift Wheels, Front i | Weights ' k DAVID BROWN 770 DIESEL < ' With Selectamatic, Power Shift Wheels | John Deere 494-A 4-Row Com Planter with Minimum I ' Tillage Attachments; Insecticide and Herbicide Ap- , I plicators; New Idea Cut-ditioner; John Deere 4-Bottom { ’ 14-inch Trip Plow with Leveling Harrow; Ford 2- . I Bottom 3-Point Plow; Allis Chalmers 12-Foot 3-Point I I Chisel Plow; Multi-piirpose Disc Harrow with 32 Discs ' i on Transport; Ford Rear Mount 2-Row Cultivator; 3- | I Point Spring Harrow; 7-Foot Allis Chalmers Chisel 1 i Plow, 3-Point; Plow Harrow; Land Roller; CASE 200 | f BALER AND THROWER; John Deere No. 9 3-Point i . Mower; Myers Hay Crusher; Ford 3-Point Mower; | | Massey Ferguson Wheel Rake; John Deere No. 896 * Side Rake; Coby Flatbed Wagon; John Deere Flatbed i | Wagon with Hay Racks; Small 2-Wheel Utility Trailer; I 40-Fqot PTO Elevator with Drop-down Apron. J 1 John Deere Running Gear with Gravity Flow Bin; 3- 1 Point Rotary Cutter; John Deere 2-Row 3-Point Corn 1 | Planter; 8-Row Fiber Glass Trailer Type Crop 1 ' Sprayer; 3-Point Tool Bar; 2-Row Cultivator for Oliver J i Cleat-track; Wagoner Loader for AUis Chalmers D-12 I 1 with Hydraulic Dump; Industrial Type Wagoner 1 I Loader; 2 Old Sauder Loaders; 3-Point Hydraulic Fork I Lift; 3-Point Liquid Nitrogen Applicator; Trailer Type J Liquid Nitrogen Applicator; John Deere PTO Corn’ I Binder; Small Trailer for Generator. 1 BS&B-3250 BU. GRAIN BIN | ROUND WIRE CRIB, 12’xl2’ ] 1959 JEEP PICKUP | With Dump Bed and Electric Lift Snow Plow l 50-TON HYDRAULIC PRESS k Soo 15-Ton Truck Hoist; 2-Ton Chain Hoist; 200- 1 Pound Anvil; Acetylene Torch; One New 10-28 Tractor k Tire; Good Used Tractor Tjres; 4 Bin Jacks for I erecting bins; John Wood Portable Heater, as is; 2 k Metal Stairs; 1 Propane Gas Storage Tank, as is; Used I Lumber; Shop Tools and many other items too J numerous to mention. I Sale time, 11:30 A.M. J Sale by 1 JOHN J. HURST { R.D.5, DANVILLE, PENNA. 717-275-5574 J John E. and Paul E. Martin, Auctioneers J 717-733-3511 733-3305 I Refreshments Available J V ' Another input industry of last agricultural census importance to farmers is one some 32,000 firms reported which sells specialized their primary business to be services such as the supplying of services to management and technical farmers. Their gross advice. Little is known about receipts in 1969 came to this industry, although in the more than |2 billion. PUBLIC AUCTION at the New HAUGAVEL WILBUR H. HOSIER JAY M. WfIMAN 306 Owl Hill Rd.. Lilitz, Pa. W B.DJ3, MANHEIM, PA. AUCTION CO. Thursday, March 21,1974 One mile North of Lititz, Pa. along Route 501 6:00 P.M. HUNTERDELL FARMS COMPLETE MILKING HERD - BRED HEIFER DISPERSAL LOCATION - At Farragut, Pa., 5 miles North of Montoursville, Pa., 14 miles Southeast of Williamsport, Pa., Lycoming County. SATURDAY, Wf MAR. 23,1974 Ay j O’CLOCK 32 HEAD HOLSTEIH DAIRY CATTLE 32 (SIRE POWER-CURTISS CANADIAN BLOODLINES) 17 REGISTERED 15 GRADES 30 High producing, milking age animals. Fresh cows, close springers, Summer freshening with size and udders you will like. 2 Registered Bred Heifers due early Summer. Service Sires Sire Power, ABS AI proven bulls. 1972 - DHIA 33 Cows 17,143 M 3.8 T 647 F 1973 - DHIA 32 Cows 14.910 M 3.8 T 573 F (One Third First Calf Heifers) CLASSIFIED—I 972 3 Very Good 2 Good Plus 3 Good- SAMPLE SOME SELLING: Hunterdale Kingpin Favor Classified V.G. Due May 20 - “Elevation” (dtr. Whirlhill Kingpin) 6-8 315 d 23.673 M 4.0 T 943 F 5-7 308 d 22,897M'935F. Hunterdale Ella Vernon - dtr. Favor Fresh by sale date. Sire Walhowdon President Vernon EX 12-3 338 d 13.702 M 4.1 T 566 F. Hunterdell Wallie Favorite - dtr. Favor Sire Walhowdon President Vemon EX. Fresh Jan. 7 2 yr. milking 57M 4.3 T. Hunterdell Fanny Duke Classified VG 87 pts. Sire — Skokee Famous Duke. 5-10 311 d 19.662 M 713 P. Hunterdell Dotty Gent due sale date “Elevation”. Sire—Simpson Farm Tidy Gent. 3-6 327 d 15.528 M 613 F. CERTIFIED & ACCREDITED CHARTS SALE DAY PREGNANCY CHECKED CATALOGUES MILK EQUIPMENT Surge SP 22 milker pump, 400-gal, Jamesway milk tank, 3 Surge milker units. • PRODUCE 2500 bales Good Mixed Hay TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECK SALE DAY EDGAR E. HUNTER, SR.,o„„er CARL DILLER & EVERETT KREIDER, Auc tioneers JEFF WARNER, Clerk Rockwell’s Livestock, Sale Mgrs.. D. O. Rockwell, Prop., Troy, Pa. Phone 717-297-3460 LUNCH AVAILABLE
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