OUR GOAL
Local dairy farmers who are members of
Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative A^^\\\\\vAryilw\
want consumers to pay a fair and
reasonable price for milk despite rising
production costs and government
dairy farmer has requested through his
self-owned cooperative that costs be cut
and that milk marketing be made as ef
ficient as possible. Through Inter-State, the
farmer-members have control of their _
consumers. °
The recent expansion bringing 11 JVV ■■■■ ■■■ ■ ■■■ .
southeastern Pennsylvania counties under /P 11 I I |l||||A 11%
federal milk pricing regulations has IW/ I lIV* I IRf lilt* I I
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few independent dealers in this newly- pa ■ ■ ■■■ ■ pi ■■■ mam
rjslxpectea these deaes voced BIIKIS The f BtVlißt 10 I
strong opposition to coming under federal ■■■mM mm ■■■ mm ■ wm ■■ ■ ■ m ■ ■ m
jurisdiction simply because it will result in 4a
them having to pay their dairy farmer- amm ■ ■ apa a p
producers a greater share of the price ll II mII ■■■ 0 | w^^mmt
consumers pay for milk. mm mm ■ ■ w It ■ I ■ m 0 ■
MILK-THE CONSUMER’S BEST BUY
A FAIR PRICE ... 2001 —j —I —I —I —1 —I —| —I —| —I —I —
But, particularly in southeastern Penn- I®® | - pistes CEREAL... 188.1
sylvama where agriculture has contributed a#***
so much to the socio-economic well-being 18q
of the community it seems only appropriate
for the community to help out the dairy m |\
farmers in their time of need. 170 *** FOOD AT ... 1705
Farmers are improving their production L**** | V] i« fl
by submitting to continuous on-farm in- | j ritunaa...
spections be fieldmen to guarantee daily 160 ■ 1 I—MEAT... 160.5
the highest quality of milk possible for I I I
consumers. To establish this quality testing Mp daipv
program, all cooperative members share 'l5O DAIRY... 1542
equally in the expense. This also results in
increased shelf-life of milk without in- ,„ n
creased costs to the consumer. Here again,
the homemaker reaps the benefits of a
cooperative serving its customers. , oc - .
■■ CEREAL & BAKERY GOODS
—FRUITS & VEGETABLES
ADEACAIIADI C 120 ——■—- FOOD AT HOME —-
KEAMIN ABLE -meat, poultry & fish
■DAIRY PRODUCTS
PRICE •• • I I I I | I] INDEX: 1967=100
In order to bargain for a fair and
reasonable price, farmers’ need* are now
recognized as their cooperative’s staff
presents accurate and dated testimony at
hearings and before regulatory agencies.
With a fair price established, the consumer
benefits immediately. The usual weeks of
waiting for price adjustments through
“jawboning” stops.
Just as non-farm people take economic
action through their unions, dairy farmers
rely on their cooperative to provide them
with a fair price for their commodities.
All dairy farmers who are members of
Inter-State want consumers to know that
in spite of rising costs and ever-increasing
government regulations, they are con
cerned about providing the consumer a fair
and reasonable price for milk. These far
mers would like to urge consumers to sit
down and discuss ways of improving this
relationship. Through a better un
derstanding of each others problems and
needs the farmer and the consumer can
best serve each other
Opfyfii the farmer
DU I n THE CONSUMER
100
MAY JUN. JUL AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR.
Farmer
They’re doing
the Country
a lot of good.
SOUTHAMPTON, PA 189 66
Cooperative
1225 INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY,
215/322/0200, or
(Phila ) 215/HO-4/6666
Lancaster Farmlnj. Saturday. Augusl
The CO-O
SOURCE: Bureau ef Laker StaNrttc*
CHANGES IN FOOD CC
MAY 1974 Thru APRIL
B-BT,
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