2Q-Lanca»tar Farmii
Milk
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percent goes into
manufacturing uaes and
commands a lower price.
The farmer's milk check
shows the blend price, the
price attained by adding the
milk sold for class 1 and that
sold for class 2.
Because utilization and the
Minnesota-Wisconsin price
both differ from month to
month, the market ad
ministrator must wait until
after the end of a month to
announce the blend price.
Milk handlers in Order 4
must report their usage
figures for each month to
Shine’s office by the eighth
day of the following month.
Shine’s office then an
nounces the blend price by
the 13th.
Different dairies use
different amounts of class 1
and class 2 milk. If each milk
handler paid its farmers
according to that particular
handler’s usage, then some
fanners would be paid the
class 1 price for all their
milk, and some would get the
2 price for all their
milk.
That, some would say, is
free enterprise. But Hand
and Shine and other sup
porters of the Federal Order
system say that route leads
to chaos in the milk market
Homeowners cut mowing time
in half with commercial rider
On the Yazoo pictured above, you can Now one man docs it in a day and a half
mow up to 16 acres in a day You don’t on a Yazoo "
follow it with a trim mower It does it all W G “Buck” Siler, who is pro-owner
You can trim under low-hanging shrubs of Longview Golf Club ,n Greensboro,
in a senes of nimble passes, many times NC.says, With the tractor, I was using
faster than a man with a walk mower two hand mowers tnmmmg continuously
You can cut a clean radius nght around dunng the «*s° n After I got the Yazoo,
a tree-lrunk or a pole Tnm the edges of we had one hand mower tnmmmg two
, g. to three hours a week
j* jgm sJjm Commercial vs.“ Homeowner”
Sizr.kJn. hP ~ jliaanHj*** When machines break down, wages go
JOABuBB That's why commercial men don't buy
“homeowner” machines They can’t afford
ponds, embankment, curbs Around flow- to EveryUnng in aV^oo ■«
er beds, pipe stands, under benches, along mmnromie
walls and fences, in and out of ditches In In P resl( jenUal use
corners In high grass or low Evenly layout
Beautifully Without scalping or skipping lifetime *
When You’re Done Riding,
You’re Done Mowing.
State Senator Henry Sayler, of St
Petersburg, Florida, says, “Mowing my What About Price?
one-acre place was killing my weekends
On the advice of some cemetery men, I Most of the best-known homeowner
switched from a belly-slung rider to the makes will cost you more than a com-
YR4I Now I cut all ray grass, including parablc-sizc commercial Yazoo, some
the tnmmmg, in forty-five minutes It’s consK ierably more
fun to dnve, very responsive ” (j ve Yazoo Commercial Riders are
What Commercial Men Say built to the same design
Commercial turf men tell us their vnza mao Y 842 via
operators hate being shifted from the Your Yazoo dealer will be glad to advise
Yazoo to another machine ' you an( j j et you try one for size on your
The Yazoo is specifically designed for ' wn „ ounds
mowing It has front wheel drive It cuts ,
m front, where you can see It steers from One caution Last, year commercia
ihe rear ’ cutters ran the dealers and the factory out
i u . | y.,, of stock in mid-season So act now Don’t
Using a simple short-throw lever, you en(J , n a s h ot g un marriage with a mower
can move forward or backward or stop .y a J ways fed dissatisfied with
with your finger-tips, and steer with your z
other hand It’s that simple TAZOO
trims as it mows.
DRIVE THE YA2OO COMMERCIAL RIDER NOW AT
Ken Schoem, who is Superintendent of
Athletic Facilities at Bowling Green Uni
versity, Ohio, says, about one mowing
job "It used to lake two men three days
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Stauffer
RO2, EAST EARL, PA. PH.215-445-6175
V? MILE NORTH OF GOODVILLE ON UNION GROVE ROAD
lay. June 14. 1975
and haa, in the past, even led
to violence among fanners.
So, all Order 4 handlers
are required to pay the same
price (or all milk they
receive, and that price is the
blend price. For handlers
who sell most of their milk as
bottled product, this
represents a bargain,
because the value of bottled
milk, the class 1 price, is
higher than the blend price.
For handlers who produce
dairy products with the milk
they buy, this price
represents a burden,
because the price for
manufacturing milk is
always below the blend
price.
Therefore, the bottlers pay
into an equalization fund,
administered by Shine, an
amount equal to the dif-
Satun
$ 52 Strawberries
A Lancaster County 4-Her
became $lO3 richer this week
when his boxes of grand
champion strawberries sold
for a record $52 and $5l per
box at the Lancaster Rotary
Club.
Richard Yunginger,
Marietta, sold his grand
champion beauties to Andy’s
Catering and to William
Heyn. Mary Yunginger,
Marietta R 1 exhibited the
reserve grand champion
berries which brought a total
of $37. James Snavely bought
ference between the market
value of the milk • its daas 1
price - and the blend price.
This money la then turned
over to the manufacturers
who had to pay more for
their milk than it was ac
tually worth to them as
manufacturing milk.
Most handlers have some
class 1 and some dais 2 uses
every month, so in one
month a particular handler
may pay into the pool and the
next month he may draw out
of it.
While the seminar was
held to introduce farm
writers to the complex
subject of milk pricing,
many of the speakers there
pointed out that there are
still a few farmers that don’t
understand how milk is
priced under the Federal
Order system.
one box at $27 with the
remainder being purchased
by Clair Sinuneral for $lO.
Edward Nissley had the
third place entry which was
purchased by Dr. Chuck
Gaige. Glenn Shenk, Lititz
R 2 sold his strawberries to
Dick Nissley. Cynthia Erb,
Mt. Joy Rl, sold two boxes to
Mike Moore and Steve
McDaniel respectively while
James Stauffer’s, Lancaster
R 2 went to Sam Altdoerffcr
and Clair Sinuneral.
B Obtho
TIPS ON MAKING
DOUBLE CROPPING PAY.
Paraquat stubble planting is the moisture-saving way
to get soybeans off to a fast, vigorous start. There’s no
plowing or disking, so soil at planting depth isn’t dried
by sun and wind The moisture saved improves chances
of getting an early, uniform stand Your beans will
probably emerge to a full stand well ahead of your
neighbor’s conventionally planted crop.
You get the above advantages .. . and more . . by
planting directly into undisturbed crop stubble and
weeds A pre-emergence application of ORTHO Paraquat
CL is all you need to prepare your seedbed. Paraquat
knocks down even heavy surface vegetation, killing
annual weeds and grasses and burning back perennials
Soybeans emerge without competition for moisture
and nutrients and there’s more moisture to get ’em
on their way Eliminating preplant tillage also holds
cockleburs in check You don’t turn under cocklebur
seeds on the soil surface .or turn up seed that can
germinate later.
Using Paraquat (alone or with Lorox®) instead of
plowing and disking also saves time, labor and equip
ment . conserves fuel . cuts production costs by
$5 to $lO per acre reduces compaction and improves
chances of early planting
TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL STUBBLE PLANTING
Field Selection. Select fields with heavy soils Avoid
fields that are deeply rutted or infested with Johnson
grass, Bermudagrass, Smartweed or Marestail If
there are top many of these weeds to spot treat, use
mechanical tillage and rotate between conventional and
stubble planting
Before Planting. Apply 2,4-D if fields are infested with
broadlcaf weeds Spray at least 90 days before planting
At Planting. Use a no tillage planter or similar equip
ment that can penetrate stubble and untilled soil Seed ’
must be covered with moist soil Use a packer behind
SAVE TIME AND MOISTURE
WITH NO TILLAGE USING
ORTHO PARAQUAT CL.
IMS ORTHO CHEVRON AND DESIGN HELPING THE WORLD GROW BETTER— Rtb 0? HAI OLE LOROX IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF E I DUPONT CO
AVOID ACCIDENTS READ THE LABEL AND USE ONLY AS DIRECTED. PRINTED IN US A PROJECT NO 74188 028
Just like picking up pieces of Sporting Valley Turf Farm after it’s
carpet. This is a field of sod on the been cut up by a machine harvester.
////// FRONT WHEEL
I k BEARINGS
1111 // /A]) REQUIRE REPACKING,
/// /if & 1 mtw at
\\*7 J/H 111 APPROXIMATaLV 16,000
fafL k /// MILE intervals amp
/ whenever brakes are
X, /// OVERHAULED NEW GREASE
SEALS ARE ADVISABLE
£ACH TIME THIS IS
PONE.
the planter if needed to properly cover seed.
After Planting. Apply ORTHO Paraquat CL before
soybeans emerge. .or apply Paraquat plus Lorox® SOW.
After Soybeans Emerge. Cultivate as soon as possible.
Use a single sweep for first cultivation. Direct spray with
Paraquat when soybeans are 8-inches high. Make a
second application 7 to 14-days later.
Additional Tips. Get added stand insurance with a
planter box treatment of ORTHO Soybean Seed
Protectant.
GET ARIU,
UNIFORM STAND
WITH
ORTHO PARAQUAT
STUBBLE PLANTING.
P. L ROHRER & BRO., INC.
Phone Lane. 717-299-2571
Turf
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also in New Jersey. Those
growers aren’t able to
compete here, though,
because turf is very heavy
and expensive to truck.
Hummer is also involved
in another crop which is not
quite as unusual here as it
once was. He has four acres
of wine grapes, and before
another week has passed
expects to double that.
SMOKETOWN, PA