\ Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Jim McHale last week -urged the Penn sylvania Grocers Association to go along with an appeal from the National Association of Food Chains to make meat a bargain for consumers. McHale, addressing a convention of the Penn-, sylvania Grocers Association at.the Taminent Resort and Country Club in Taminent, said slumping consumer demand for high priced meat has caused a backlog in the live beef markets, threatening to put If you need a new, larger bulk milk tank—investigate the new Model "Seventies" ZERO! For it’s the only farm bulk milk tank on the market today that has a completely-automated, built-in, "push button” self-cleaning and sanitizing system. Other bulk milk tank manufacturers have copied ZERO’S round design and vacuum. But there’s still no bulk tank cleaning system that cleans as thoroughly as ZERO'S patented, built-in SPATTER-SPRAY Automatic Washer. 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But retail beef prices have remained high, discouraging consumer purchases. You can help both producer and consumer by promoting the sale of meat with lower prices." , McHale said he “was not WATCH FOR Lancaster Tractor, The Home of The Friendly People 1655 ROHRERSTOWN ROAD LANCASTER, PA. PHONE (717) 569-7063 here to pull any punches with the Grocers Association. I have been on record many times as saying there is too much fat in the middle between farmers and con* sumers. It is up to you to prove me wrong by letting your retail prices reflect the drop in sliding live beef prices.” McHale noted that nationally caglemen have reported losses totaling billion since prices began&tfe slide early this'year. : According to a States Department -'laß Agriculture study,' Mcl&le • pointed out, the price spread between farm retail prices widened 16 percent between April, 1973, and April, 1974. “Either you people are receiving excessive profits or yon should take lessons in efficiency from family fanners,” McHale told the gathering'of retailers. McHale further noted, that a survey of prices in Selected " stores across the country, conducted by the American National Cattlemen’s ' Association, showed that in the month ended June 10 retail prices of five cuts of beef had averaged about the same as those of the preceding month. During that period, cattle prices were dropping about $5 a hundredweight. Recently Clarence G. 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