Surplus [Continued from Page 1] with more cattle expected on the market soon.” “Pork prices will probably stay high however as we just do not have the number of hogs as we usually expect,” the agriculture official noted. The Secretary told newsmen that food prices were decreasing although 51 percent of the product dollar was still going for processing and distribution. “The farmer is still only getting 41 percent of the dollar for his goods and I’d like to see him going for the NEW WHEAT IN THE MARKET DAILY FOR TOP PRICES CALL NELSON WEAVER & SON GRAIN RD2 Lititz, Pa. 626-8538 IMMEDIATE PAYMENT! PNEUMATIC TRUCK DUMP! PRIVATE STORAGE! We have a fleet of trucks available to pick-up your wheat on the farm or in the field. BALLY LONGACRE ELECTRIC 845 2261 BEDFORD BENCE FARM EQUIPMENT CAMP HILL ELLIOTTSBURG HAMBURG H. DANIEL WENGER 488-6574 HONEY BROOK ZOOK'S FARM STORE 273-9730 KIRKWOOD LANDIS &ESBENSHADE 786-4158 LEBANON other 59 percent for a change,” Butz stated. Asked whether or not the United States should be expected to feed a hungry world, Butz explained that we as a nation, should be striving to begin a program of “trade not aid” with needy countries. Noting for example that several South American Countries were now in the position to trade with America since being given aid, the official stated, “We must try to help them develop to the point of being able to be trading partners.” Spring-tensioned power cutter trims ail silage rom silo walls high capacity blower handles naximum silage volume easily hardened steel gathering chain with cutters and rakers deliver :he toughest silage optional tripod is available or lifting silo unloader when refilling silo 623-8601 737-4554 CARL BAER 582-2648 MARVIN HORST 272-0871 Questioned on the plight of the dairy fanners in the northeast area, Secretary Butz commented that although dairy had seen rough times in the past few months, he hoped for a brighter future. “Milk has chronic problems,” Butz stated. “The per capita con sumption of milk has gone down and it is a matter of real concern.” Secretary Butz praised the National dairy associations for their promotion attempts in helping to raise the con sumption. “We cannot price milk to accentuate decline, however.” Butz noted as he addressed the audience on milk pricing and surpluses. Answering charges that he was not sympathetic to the small farmer, the agricultural official stated that while his sympathies did rest with the individual farmer, be did not see it necessary or right for those people to starve, striving to keep a farm. “I want to see fanners make a decent income from farming and not slowly starve.” Along the same lines, Secretary Butz told the audience that corporate farming had not in actuality been on the rise as it has been reported but has receded in the last few years. McALLISTERVILLE CLAIR SANER A SON 463-2234 MILLERSBURG LEO LANDIS 692-4647 MILTON LANDIS FARMSTEAD AUTOMATION 437-2375 NEWVILLE 776-7312 PIPERSVILLE JOSEPH MOYER 776-8675 STREET. MD WALTER WEB! 452-8521 THOMASVILLE 225-1064 Milk Has Marketing Problems .1 “Regardless of what you hear,” he stated, “there has been little growth in cor porate farming.” Asked if the farmers in the northeast had been forgotten by the USDA, Butz denied the allegation saying that every sector of the country suffers at one time or another with the ups and downs of agriculture. “Farmers in the northeast have not been written off,” he stated. Stating the ideas that transportation had put farmers in the northeast in a poor position, Butz noted that the Penn Central complications had been a' factor in lower profits. Replying to the allegation that the number of farms were decreasing at an alarming rate, Secretary Butz explained that while farms did decrease at the rate of 100,000 per year between 1965 and 1969, only 11,000 farms had been lost last year which was a measurable difference. Extolling the need for trade, Butz closed his remarks by pointing out that marketing of agricultural products should be carried out with “vigorous trade and exports." Wheat [Continued from Page 1) Hood cited the wet weather as being factors which have delayed the harvest and also blamed it for the reduced yields, which some ob servers claim amounts to only “two-thirds of a crop.” If the crop can’t be brought in soon, Hood indicated, it may result in diseases and insect damage will cut yields even further. “A month ago the crop looked beautiful,” the grain company spokesman said, adding that in regions south of here there are some heavy infestations of scab which are “cutting yields terribly.” Asked about potential damage from grain insects, Hood noted last year was the first he had ever seen the pest in this area, and so far none have been sighted in 1975 that he knows of. They still could come, however. Local millers and grain dealers acknowledged that last year’s lack of cover on the fields may have injured Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 12,1975 young plants, but most of the Journal revealed that blame for the lower-than- bumper crops are a strong expected crop is being possibility this year. Com is placed on the wet spring and expected to break the six summer experienced in the million bushel barrier for the Northeast. There have also first time ever, and wheat been isolated reports of scab production is likely to be and lodging problems, ac- around 1.62 billion bushels cording to area observers, up 17 per cent from last year. Pennfield’s A 1 Landis sees Soybeans are also doing very the 1975 wheat crop as well, with the second largest “being down somewhat,” crop in history being likely, but believes the average if bumper crops of com, number of bushels harvested wheat, soybeans, barley and per acre in Lancaster County sorghum do materialize will still be between 55 and 60 and indications are they will bushels. He made the then the prices of these estimate based on the commodities will sag condition of the wheat which significantly. The average he described as “still cash prices being forecasted standing real well.” Total after harvest by the number of bushels of wheat Milwaukee securities harvested this year j* brokerage firm of Robert W. southeast Pennsylvania. »s Baird and Co. are; com - likely to be above last yjftr’s 2.10; wheat - 3.00; soybeans - total due to the that 4.00. considerably monvacreage Wheat in Lancaster has been planted. County is reportedly The United States bringing anywhere from 2.60 Department of to 3.17 per bushel, reports that total wheat acreage in the <J.S. this year, IVT at 74.4 millidn acres, is the 11CW highest since 1953, five per 1 cent above last year, and 26 per cent over that planted two years ago. Winter wheat pl*pn f-pf] is up seven per cent over last '-'wICU year; the 1975 Duram acreage exceeds last year’s by 13 per cent, and by more than 50 per cent if compared to 1973 statistics While these reports point to possibilities of a bumper crop, sharp drop in prices, and even a farm recession, the local grain scene is nevertheless unanimously described as being not much better than fair or average. One grain dealer judged the yield per acre to be as low as 38 bushels “two-thirds of a crop.” He blamed the situation on present wet conditions as well as the bare fields last winter. This year’s wheat crop was also listed as having smaller kernels of grain, but it wasn’t definitely deter mined whether this was due to the variety or poor development because of rains. One spokesman noted the crop was not as advanced as a year ago, again blaming excessive amounts of moisture. “What we need is some low-humidity weather to get the wheat in before the grass covers it,” concluded another dealer. A story appearing in last Monday’s Wall Street Lancaster Under a recent reorganization, the Agway Service Center at 1031 Dillerville Rd., will now fall tinder a new department called Motor Transportation Services, it was announced this week. Agway’s four other Ser vice Centers, in Cortland, N.Y., Batavia, N.Y., Mid dletown, N.Y., and West field, Mass., will also be included in the new depart ment. Previously, the centers were operated by Waymark, an Agway department which manufactures, fabricates, and services specialized truck bodies for Agway and other customers. Named to head the Agway Motor Transportation Services department is Thomas McClelland, an economics graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He practices transportation law before the In terstate Commerce Com mission and is currently on the Syracuse University graduate staff where he teaches transportation law. McClelland said the Agway Service Centers “will play an increasingly im portant role in the overall maintenance of the Agway truck fleet,” under the reorganization. COMPLETE FARM PAINTING WE USE BROKING QUALITY PAINT AND IT DOES STAY ON!!! AERIAL LADDER EQUIPMENT: * Modern and Efficient Method * Reasonable Prices * Spray-On and Brush-In Method 'Sandblasting if Necessary FOR FREE ESTIMATES WRITE: HAMEL S. ESN (C RALPJLMiLLER) 717-68f9155 SPRAY-ON AND BRUSH-IN PAINTER BOX 350 A RONKS, PA 17572 13
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