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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Nov. 16, 1974
US Meat Imports
I Continued On Pagi Is|
EC beef production is expected to
rise more than 13 percent, as slaughter
accelerates beyond earlier expectations.
This high slaughter has been made pos
sible by several years of herd building
that saw cattle numbers as of January 1,
1974, some 6.4 percent above those of
January 1973.
Should cattle numbers now stabilize
for a couple of years, beef production
could still remain at an unusually high
level, exacerbating the EC oversupply
problem.
At the same time, the EC is adjusting
to stagnating beef consumption because
of the combined impact of inflation,
which has reduced consumer purchasing
power, and higher margins to farmers,
which have kept retail prices high.
The weighted average retail price of
table cuts of beef in September was
almost 4 percent above that for Septem
ber 1973, whereas the wholesale price
was off 5 percent from that of the previ
ous year.
EC authorities believe the cost of EC
cattle and hog price supports will exceed
$5OO million in fiscal 1975, compared
with $lOO million in fiscal 1974. How-
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CALL OR WRITE
R.D.I, Marietta, Pa. Phone (717) 426-3286
DEALERS WANTED
AUTHORIZED DEALERS
Hostetler’s Hardware, Inc, Mt Joy, PA
Zarfoss Hardware, Inc . Elizabethtown PA
Farver’s Country Store, RD2 Elizabethtown PA
Brandt’s farm Supply Inc, Elizabethtown PA
George Mummert, RDI Dillsburg PA
Grant Gordner, Millville PA
Ivan Burkholder, Danville PA
Clyde Vogel, 949 N 9th St Reading
Jules Meliodon, 1176 N Middletown Media
Aaron S Groff & Son, RD3 Ephrata Pa Hmkletown
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ever, this increase will be partly offset
by lower costs for grain support. More
over, EC officials feel that since live
stock farmers have smaller operations
than grain farmers, the cost of support
in this area can be justified as a social
program.
The situation is complicated, how
ever, by the EC Council’s move to in
crease the cattle orientation price again
this year and resulting German com
plaints. The EC Commission submitted
to the Council a 5-percent upward ad
justment, which was approved on Sep
tember 20 but then vetoed by the Ger
man Parliament on September 28: The
Germans, who contribute the most to
the Common Agricultural Policy
(CAP), wanted a smaller price increase
and want it to come into effect next year
instead of this year.
Even now, high support prices are
keeping EC cattle prices about 26 per
cent above U.S. levels and there is a
larger gap than usual between them and
pork prices—Bs percent higher com
pared with 54 percent last year. As a
result, pork is more attractive than beef
as a consumer product.
CONSUMER
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LOWER APPLIANCE COSTS
Fifteen years ago, a good
price for a gleaming white
washing machine and dryer
with all the up-to-date fea
tures then available would
have set a sharp shopper back
about $4BO.
Today, such a shopper
could easily come up with
leplacement units with more
convenience features, a larger
motor, longer-lasting parts
and a wide range of colors .
all foi $350, about one-third
less than in the good old days.
What’s the story''
In pait, it’s the free enter
puse system at work Manu
facturers ol major appliances
are a competitive bunch and
they can’t affold to pass on
to consumers then rising labor
and material costs Instead,
they lely on improved prod
uct engineering and highei
pioductivily to offset mount
ing costs
“Without a doubt, one of
the leasons the appliance in
dustry has been able to hold
down pioduction costs yeai
altei yeai is the mcieased
use of plastics,” savs an ap
pliance mdusliy executive
Scollois at the “plastic
society" may he suiprised to
leain (hat the appliance in
tluslry which builds parts
to last is a majoi customei
ol the plastics industiy, ac
coidmg to a lecent issue of
“Exxon Chemicals Magazine ”
Others using plastics for du
iable end uses include the
automotive, communications
and consti uclion businesses
By fai, styienes are the
plastics most widely used in
majoi appliances In 1973, ap
phances consumed 403 mil
lion pounds of this material
ABS plastics were next with
nearly 106 million pounds
and then came polypropylene
Thought For Food
Tortas Compuestai
Drain 1 can (11b 40z.) kidney
beam, saving 3 Übleipoona
liquid. Combine beam, bean
liquid and; 1 teaspoon chili pow
der, V 4 teaspoon salt, V* teaspoon
(round black pepper and *4 ten
spoon garlic powder. Bring to
boiling point Place in blander
Jar and blend until smooth —or
force through a sieve. Cool. Cut
4 French rolls in half length
wise; tear out soft centers and
discard Spread chili bean mix
ture over bottom halves of the
rolls. Sprinkle with *4 cup finely
shredded lettuce. Top with. I
large thinly sliced tomato, ); i
pound thinly sliced cooked pork,
tongue, turkey or ham and 1
peeled and thinly sliced avocado.
Pour Vi cup French dressing over
each sandwich to moisten. Sprin
kle lightly with chili powder
Yields four portions.
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RDI, Gap, Pa. 17527
Phone 717-442-4171
NOVEMBER 21, 1974 8:00 P.M.
2 Miles East of Wakefield Along Route 272
TRIPLE H FARMS
Presented By A Factory Representative
Use the Farm Calendar
To Publicize Your Meetings.
Start ’em right
finish right!
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Start ’em right. No matter what time of year,
put cattle on a good feed with AUREO S 700*
for 28 days. Maintain gains fn the presence of*
shipping fever!
Finish right. After 28 days put all your cattle
on a feed containing AUREOMYCIN to mar
ket. AUREOMYCIN increases gains, improves
feed efficiency, helps prevent liver abscesses,
bacterial diarrhea and foot rot.
This season use cattle feeds with AUREO S 700
and AUREOMYCIN. Tests show an average
return of $6 to $8 for every dollar invested.
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Denver, Pa. Elizabethtown, Pa.
PENNFIELD FEEDS
711 Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster, Pa.
FULTON GRANGE HALL
717-548-2640
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