—Lancaster Farming, Saturday,- Dec. 14,1974 16 Beefmen Western stockmen drove a give Butz 10 steers, but the herd of bawling, mooing secretary said the law range cattle to Agriculture prohibited him from ac- Secretary Earl Butz’s cepting the Herefords. doorstep Thursday in a Leaders of the drive called protest designed to publicize the protest a success, saying their beef over rising costs, it united cattlemen and The stockmen sought to consumers in drawing at- Now! APPLY ANHYDROUS AMMONIA ON CORN FOR 74 P. & K. can also be applied this Fall AVAILABLE CUSTOM APPLIED OR RENTAL SPREADERS Top Dress Alfalfa for Better Over Wintering Qualities Alfalfa Premium 0-12-34 contains Mg., Sulpher 0-15-30, 0-18-36, 0-26-26 also available 1 1 f BULK BLENDS ] ORGANIC plant [ ANHYDROUSAMMOMIAj FOOD CO. I 2313 Norma ■ Rd., Lancaster, Pa. Ph. 397-5152 FEEDLOT DAY CALEB M. WENGER'S ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, December 18, 9:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. 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Speaker for the evening will be Trooper Edward Rowlands of Troop “J” Pennsylvania State Police, Lancaster Pa. Trooper Rowlands has been the Safety Education Officer in Lancaster since 1971. Slow moving farm equipment and oversize loads are responsible for many accidents each year. Trooper Rowlands has many ideas on how to protect yourself while operating farm equipment on the high ways. loped across the Mall. Gulls from the tidal basin wheeled and cried overhead and the sounds of subway con struction and morning ruch hour traffic sounds mingled with the beeve’s bellows. One sign posted on the portable holding pen said: Ranchers can’t afford to feed me, consumers can’t afford to buy me.” Twenty steers were scheduled to be slaughtered Friday, with the meat given to needy families in the The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening December 18 at the Hinkletown Alternative School. 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The cattlemen, allied with the Consumer Federation of America, wanted Butz to SEE PAGE 13 285-453! ELIZABETHTOWN INTERCOURSE 733-2283 ERB & HENRY EQUIP. UK. 786-7351 sponsor 10 more feeders in a similar, government-run test at USDA’s Beltsville, Md., research station. Carol Foreman, executive director of The Consumer Federation of America, said Butz was unresponsive to consumer requests for various actions to expose real costs and profits in the meat business but “he certainly understood the problem of the meat producer.” The secretary’s spokesman said Butz urged the protesters to take ad vantage of their publicity to get ther facts across. In a formal statement, Butz later said most of the 14-month squeeze was due to inflation, although middlemen profits contributed. 4F ■