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Is Mervin Miller
RD2, Keener Road, Lititz, Penna.
Phone 626-5204
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This U-trough auger was designed specifically
for handling high-molsture corn in a feed system.
The components of the unit heavier shaft and
flighting, 16 ga. steel trough and special bearings
are “big equipment" features and add much
to the flexibility and durability of this unit.
• The compact chain reducer drive is fully guarded
and trough covers provide safety as well as weather
and dust protection.
• Drive can be mounted on either intake or discharge end,
either above or below the trough on intake end.
(Above the discharge end is recommended.)
• Hanger bearings are split wooden type, permanently
lubricated, low friction, quiet running and
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R.D 1, Willow Street
From Local Ag Teachers:
By: Cliff Grebe
Agriculture Instructor
Warwick High School
This la election time, and it
is now more than ever that
we hear the candidates
promise to ease our woes.
One of the overwhelming
concerns today is food
prices. Some candidates are
calling for a halt of
agricultural exports and
relaxed import restrictions
so that food will be plentiful
and cheap.
I doubt, however, that food
will ever be cheap again for
when live cattle prices
dropped the middleman
picked up the slack and little
of this decline was realized
on a retail level. IF raw farm
prices increase, a much
larger increase results on
the retail level giving the
middleman a convenient
scapegoat. This difference
between the farmer’s price
and what the consumer pays
is called the “price spread”.
This widened by an average
of 21 percent between 1373
and 1974.
It js the food industry who
wants exports restricted and
imports relaxed because
they- want to further their
margin at the farmer’s
expense. We are the ones
asked to make a sacrifice
while others fatten their
profits. We can tell our story,
we can ask for compassion.
We can slaughter our calves
to bring attention to the
problem, but today’s buyer
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is too far removed from the
farm scene to really un
derstand. They are three or
more generations removed
from the land and have no
idea what hogs are worth,
what fertilizer costs or even
that cows must be milked
every day, and they
probably don’t care as long
as their food bill levels off.
My point is this, tf the
farmer doesn't look after the
farmer, no one else will. We
have no guarantee of fair
prices for our products, and
our markets are being
eroded by government
policy. We have been asked
to shoot for all out production
next year in order to lower
food prices. I want you to
think about that statement
for a moment. In other
words, during a time when
our costs are skyrocketing
we are supposed to work
harder so that we can
receive less. I think this is
more than “biting the
bullet”. The American
Farmer has been the most
productive worker in our
nation and our efficiency
surpasses anything in in
dustry, and this is how we
are rewarded.
Most farmers I know love
to produce, and we measure
our proficiency by that of
yield, but I think the time has
come that we must exercise
a great deal of caution or
we’ll once again produce
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ourselves into poverty. This
has happened many times in
the past especially with hogs
and poultry. For once in
history due to the low
carryover of grain, the grain
farmer has some leverage in
the market place. The Texas
wheat growers showed real
strength and unity last
spring and held their grain
off the market until the price
suited them. The livestock
producers can do the same
by cutting back on cow
numbers etc. although the
effect will be slower to
realize.
Most Lancaster County
farmers are livestock
feeders and are purchasers
rather than sellers of grain.
Therefore,- it is not un
common to hear one say
“corn is too high”. I don’t
NELSON WEAVER & SON
RD2
Lititz, Pa.
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367-1319
285-4538
733-2283
think thla If thf real problem
at all I think meat, milk and
•g|s are too f low. The grain
fanner nerar made much
money and at today*! costa
of land, fertilizers,
chemicals and equipment he
never again can afford to sell
corn at $1.85 per buahel.
We must be guaranteed
good market! and fair prices
in order to produce, and if
our government won’t back
us up when prices drop, we
have no choice other than to
limit production rather than
expand it.
COWARD: one who In a peri
lous emergency thinks with his
iep.
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EVERY MONDAY
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New Holland Sales
Stables, Inc.
Phone 717-354-4341
Lloyd H. Kreider, Auct.
Equipped with a- massive 466 cu. in.
turbo engine, the 4366 handies like a
much smaller tractor. Turns in a 15-ft.
radius. Front and rear frames oscillate to
keep tires in contact with ground. 10
speeds forward, 2 reverse.
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INTERCOURSE
COPE & WEAVER CO.
NEW PROVIDENCE
ERB & HENRY EQUIP. INC.
22-26 Henry A we., New Berlinville, Pa.
1 Mile North of Boyertown
Phone; 215 - 367-2169
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