28 —Lancaster Farming. Saturday, September 13. 1975 Grain inspection law submitted WASHINGTON - Legislation designed to update and improve in spection procedures under the 59-year old U S Grain Standards Act was in troduced jointly on Sept 9 by Chairman Thomas S Foley, D-Wash., of the House Agriculture Committee, and Rep William C Wampler, R-Va., ranking minority parity committeeman The bill as introduced was submitted at the request of the Administration, and does not necessarily represent specific viewrs of the legislators. Actually, Chairman Foley on August 1 expressed concern about current grain inspection procedures and scheduled public hearings by the Committee to see what changes in the law may be needed to prevent recurrence of recent scandals in inspection of grams being exported out of the United States. The newly introduced bill, along with others on the subject which have been introduced in the House, will be considered by the Com mittee at hearings beginning Friday, September 19, and continuing the following week, on September 22, 23 and 24. Witnesses the opening day will be Mem bers of Congress and of ficials of the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Spokesmen for the gram Holsteins Harvey T. Bomgardner of Annville reports that his Registered Holstems were classified for body con formation recently. The scoring was done by an of ficial classifier of Holstein- Fnesian Association of America, Brattleboro, Vermont. Dairymen enrolled in this herd improvement program receive a numerical score for each animal evaluated. The True-Type Holstein represents theoretical perfection and has a value of 100 points on the classification score card. Each animal is scored, receiving a rating of Ex- DEALER • Loose Housmi Stalls • Herringbone Milling Parlors • Gate Type and Walk Thru Parlors • Water Bowls • Belt Feeders • Auger feeders • Shuttle Feeders • Conveyors • Silo Unloaders • Protein Meteis • Ventilation Systems • Liquid Manure System Commercial Refrigeration 24 Hr Service JAY M. HORST R D 1 Lebanon. Pa Ph (717)274 1242 Sales Rep in Lane Co Bill Guhl Phone (717| 529 2569 trade, and for existing grain inspection agencies will testify at the following sessions. "All of these measures will serve as a basis for our study.” said Chairman Foley, “and we hope to come up with meaningful legislation that will not only prevent a repetition of past irregularities but will im prove the effectiveness and reliability of the present inspection system.” Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz, requesting introduction and passage of the new measure, said: "We believe this legislation will rectify the concerns now being ex pressed which center upon the ability of certain official inspection agencies to ob jectively inspect grain and to control the actions of some of their employees.” Carried out under the 1916 Gram Standards Act, in spections now are made by employees of state agencies, trade groups or private companies which have been licensed by the USDA. There are 111 officially licensed inspection agencies, 23 of which are operated by states, 41 by grain ex changes, chambers of commerce and board of trade, and 47 through private inspection agreements. The USDA itself employs 226 supervisory-type inspectors, but they do not do original gram inspection. They classified cellent (90 points or more;, Very Good (85 through 89), Good Plus (80 through 84), Good (75 through 79), Fair (65 through 74) or Poor (64 points or below). Including animals previously scored, the Mil- Harv Farm herd has 0 Ex cellents, 14 Very Goods and 47 Good Pluses. To provide a more com plete image of each animal, the classifier also uses comparative terms to describe twelve major parts of the animal’s physical characteristics. This “word picture” serves as a guide for planning a breeding program to improve the herd The information from the classification of l ne herd will be summarized by the Holstein Association on its high speed computer. Returned to the breeder, these reports provide useful information for selection m the herd. The data is also published and available as reference for the herd im provement programs of Holstein dairymen everywhere Charter Oak Perhaps the most famous tree m American history, this frreat oak provided a hiding place lor the charter ol the ( onnecticut Colon\ when Kin(i James II demand id its surrender in 1687 I he tree, which stood neai Harl/ord, ( onn , blew down m i gale m 1 856 supervise licensed in spectors and work on ap peals from original decisions. The newly-introduced bill would retain the Federal- Slate private inspection system, but would authorize the USDA to perform original inspection on an interim basis in certain situations such as in cases ■■Ms, STA-RITE Mfpv i , Tom Lapp, Gap RD , says he likes the simpleness and compactness of the design of the system “It’s pretty simple,” he comments, "as far as getting ready to milk, and wash up are concerned It’s quick and easy Also this 800 gallon round Sunset tank takes up only about the same space as my old 450 gallon square tank ” Tom also says, "the Agway installation and service crews are very efficient, and after installation, the servicemen were always prompt in handling any question or problems that came up " See these men for expert help in designing a milking system to fit your operation. / y - • WIIMER MARTIN Home Phone (215)445-5652 \ where there has been a suspension or revocation of a license of an inspection agency, or in the absence of a designated inspection agency for a particular area. The new bill also contains provisions designed to prevent conflict of interest situations. forbidding licensing of agencies where any of their officials or G ANOTHER SATISFIED USER OF Milking Equipment SUNSET Milk Tank and J* ~ 's ’*^' 1 i <m-M | s*"' '' X > 4 employees have financial Interests in companies engaged in transportation, storage, or merchandising of grain Other provisions call for redesignation of inspection agencies every three years, and for the withholding of a license from firms found in violation of the Grain Standards Act or convicted PPPTi WFW PVV x_ —sJ -2 v f ' * ■■ SUPPLY CENTER 1027 DILLERVILLE ROAD, LANCASTER PA PHONE 717-397-4761 STORE HOURS Open Friday Evenings til 8p m Mon. thru Thurs. 8 a.m. to 5 p m. Sat 8 a.m to Noon I " I J *' •1 z'. MALVIN STOLTZFUS Home Phone (717) 392-0066 of violation of other relevant Federal laws. The estimated annual cost of the program under the new legislation was placed at $9,277,000, of which $7,857,000 would be recovered from fees, and $1,420,000 provided in appropriated funds. The current inspection system costs $:).120.000 annually in appropriated monies. * -«
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