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FARM TRENDS
anxious, to accept the assessment.
Milk Production Down Slightly
Milk production in Pennsylvania during April was
586 million pounds, 1 percent less than a year ago,
according to the Crop Reporting Service.
The number of milk cows in the Commonwealth
during April was 670,000,1 percent more than a year
ago. but 1,000 less than last month.
Milk-produced per cow averaged 875 pounds in
April, compared with 850 pounds in March and 890
pounds in April last year.
United States milk production during April is
ENEP I Continued from fife 1|
Capital Region is Marion
Deppen.
The job of an aide is to
reach out to families that
need help in nutrition
planning, Miss Garber said.
They go into the homes and
work with the individual
homemakers to teach them
more about meal
preparation, food preser
vation, shopping and getting
them more out of a restricted
food budget. Aides counsel
needy eligible familes on
attaining and "using food
stamps. One current goal of
the aides is to reach families
eligible for supplemental
social security payments, to,
tell them about the program
and to help them get the
money they’re entitled to.
“The average aide,” Miss
Garber said, “works with
maybe 35 to 40 individuals if
she’s in a rural area, and as
many as 75 or 80 if she’s in an
urban region.”
During the five years of
the program’s existence,
Pennsylvania nutrition aides
have worked with over
840,000 low-income families.
Most of these families had
incomes under $3OOO per
year, 65 percent were from
minority groups, and 51
percent lived in urban areas.
Some of the aides specialize
in working with youth
groups.
Miss Garber, who is
responsible for directing all
extension programs - in
cluding county agents - in
her program, said, “Ex
tension is charged with
Strasburg
Bank Sets
Dividend
The board of Directors of
the First National Bank of
Strashprg has declared a
semi-annual dividend of 40
cents per share payable June
28, 1974 to shareholders of
record Jane 3, 1974.
Earlier this year the Bank
completed a four for one
stock split and the sale of
50.000 additional shares of
stock. This action mcreased
the number of shares out
standing from 50,000 to
250.000 shares.
The 40 cents dividend then
represehts an increase over
last year’s semi-annual
dividend of $1.50 per share
since the four for one stock
split provided past
shareholders with four tunes
as many shares of stock.
Last year’s semi-annual
dividend restated to reflect
the mcreased number of
shares would amount to 37 Vi
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looking out for everybody’s
welfare -in the areas of
agriculture and family
living. The ENEP program
gives us a chance to reach
the people we wouldn’t get
to, otherwise. I Jtiiink ex
tension is a logical way to get
this job of nutrition
education done. We’re an
educational arm of Penn
State, we know how to talk to
people and we know how to
get them to use the in
formation we give them.’’
Some of the cases the aides
deal with are almost un
believable in an affluent
society. A report from Tillie
Gibson, who supervises the
nutrition aides in Lancaster
County, is an example.
“People living in a tent with
four small children,” she
said. “People living in a car
with one small child and a
pregnant wife'. Yes, even
after almost three years,
we are still finding these sit
uations in Lancaster County.
Children stealing food
because there was nothing to
eat. Child abuse to the point
that I had to report it. A
prenatal mother living on
cereal and dry milk, because
she had four dollars a month
left out of her check after she
paid $129.00 rent. Through
referrals to other agencies,
these situations have been
improved and the aides are
working with the
homemakers.”
Miss Garber said the
ENEP program isn’t meant
to compete with other social
agencies but to work with
them. “We’re all working
together to help the disad
vantaged families,” she
pointed out. “We get
referrals from other
agencies, and we pass
referrals right back to them
when we find there’s a
need.”
The aides themselves often
leave the ENEP program to
go into better paying jobs in
industry. Miss Garber said.
“I’ve gained a great deal of
respect for the aides, what
they stand for and what
they’re trymg to do. They’re
really trying to help the
families they work with.”
About 60 aides were at
Tuesday’s meeting for in
service training and a for
mal meeting of the Penn
sylvania Paraprofessional
Employees Association.
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estimated at 10,084 million pounds. 2 percent less
than a year ago. U.S?average milk production per cow
was 901 pounds, compared with 887 pounds in March
and 899 pounds in April 1973 During April there
were 11.2 million milk cows on (arms, down 3 percent
from the .same month last year.
American Eggmen Balk a{ .
Canadian Import Restrictions
The Canadian Government has adopted regulations
restricting the importation of eggs from the United
States. A quota system limiting imports to a monthly
five-year average will be imposed any time Canadian
egg prices to producers for Grade A large drop below
60 cents per dozen (estimated production cost in
Canada.) import restrictions will continue until the
Canadian egg producers price goes above the cost
figures.
United Egg Producers President John Wallace and
General Manager Gene Masters visited Canadian egg
officials in Ottawa to urge continuation of free trade in
eggs between the U.S. and Canada. The U.E.P. officials
pointed out tliat during the historical period under
consideration, Canadian egg imports to the U.S. were
more than three times greater than U.S. shipments to
Canada.
U.E.P. sent telegrams to U.S. government officials
requesting immediate action urging Canadian officials
not to adopt the proposed restrictions. Telegrams
went to Maynard W. Gljtman, Director of International
Trade, State Department: Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz; Russ Strobel, Director of the 'Poultry
Division, Foreign Agricultural Service; Sen. Herman
Talmadge, Chairman t)f the Senate Committee on
Agriculture and Forestry; and Rep. W. R. Poage,
Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Telegrams stated:
"Canadian government is expected today to amend
legislation limiting U.S. egg shipments to Canada to a
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Limitation- to be enforced any time Canadian,egg
prices to producers, drop below production edits.
Historically, Canadian'egg shipments to U.S. have
been over three times greater than. U.S. egg ship
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strongly oppose this selective discrimination in trade
practices by urging the Canadian government to
reconsider this Act of restraint of free trade between
our countries."
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