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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Jan. 17. 1976 14 Strasburg farm On the Chester Wilson farm at Strasburg R 2, cerebral palsy is a most familiar word. Two of three Wilson sons were bom with cerebral palsy, that is, brain damage resulting in physical disabilities. Nine year old Vincent is receiving his education and therapy at the home of the Mericful Savior in Philadelphia. The oldest, Rodney, pictured here, is 25 years old and works at the Child Development Center in the furniture refinishing department. Although Rodeny is limited by his physical handicaps from helping on the family farm to any ex tent, he is a great helper in the U.C.P. program by assisting in running the projector for showing the full-length movies which are presented during the af ternoon of games, READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL AAARKET REPORTS Pork program okayed DES MOINES, lOWA - A ten cent voluntary checkoff program for market hogs to be used for promotion and research was approved at the recent quarterly board meeting of the National Pork Producers Council held here. The board accepted a plan that would send an ad ditional one cent to the National Live Stock and Meat Board and the remaining eight cents would be proportioned between the NPPC and its member Dairy leader defends milk market orders SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A recent attack on the Federal Milk Marketing Order program, during a December meeting in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Community nutrition Institute, is unjustified and of grave concern to our nation’s dairy farmers, stated John C. York of Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative. Eastern’s General Manager said Tuesday, that during the meeting, billed as a “Conference on Milk Paces and the Marketing System,” it was charged that Federal Milk Marketing Orders increased the cost of milk to consumers “in the range of $4OO million to $1 billion per year ” The co-op leader explained that the Federal Order legislation, enacted by Congress in the 1930’5, was the basis for stabhzmg prices to farmers and assuring consumers an adequate supply of milk at economic prices. Contrary to the charges, York noted, the lack of sufficient returns to producers, occasioned by inadequate prices, has saved consumers many millions of dollars a year socialization, refreshments, and entertainment. Each of the forty or so CP youth attending the program, no matter how severe his handicap, contributes to the success of the afternoon for his fellow handicapped friend. The Saturday recreational program is one of many services offered by U.C.P. of Lancaster County to disabled individuals and their families. An adult day center with therapy classes social and recreational activities, an adult club, transportation in a van equipped with a lift, coun seling, home service nur sing, and whatever sup portive services are ap propriate throughout the individuals life-time are available. Cerebral palsy does not go away, and the needs are continual. states. At the present time, one cent goes to the NLS&MB and four cents is used for state and national programs. The ten cent program will be presented to the delegates, NPPC’s ruling body, at the organization’s annual meeting in March at the American Pork Congress in Indianapolis. Only after approval by the delegate body will the program go into effect “The decision to go to the dime was made after detailed study by the NPPC Policy and Planning Com mittee,” President Gerald Beattie of Summer, Nebraska, explained. “The committee also met per sonally with representatives of the NSL&MB to discuss additional funding to that group.” J. Marvin Garner, executive vice president of the NPPC, explained that if boys stricken Rodney Wilson, Strasburg, is one of two children in the same family to be stricken with cerebral palsy. the delegate body approved the program, the NPPC and its member states would most likely set July 1,1976 as a target date for cooperating markets to change from a nickle to a dune checkoff. At the request of a number of member states, the board also approved a recom mendation of the committee IS THE BOTTOM RUSTED OUT OF YOUR U-TROUGH? 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The butterfat differential is 11.9 cents for each tenth of a pound of fat above or below 3.5 percent. December producer milk receipts totaled 418.6 million pounds, 2.2 percent above November, on a daily basis. Pool handlers utilized 285.3 million pounds or 68,15 percent of total receipts for Giant 318-Bushel New Idea Spreader Gets the big jobs done fast You II be amazed at how fast the job goes when you’ve got a big 318-bushel New Idea PTO Single’Beater spreader You II be pleased with its ruggedness. And the way it handles 2-Year Extended Warranty You II also like the Extra Heavy Duty Conveyor Chain with its 20,000 pound tensile strength so strong that it's backed by a full 2-year warranty And it’s standard on this model! 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Shine stated that the gross value of pooled milk m December was 45 million dollars. This figure Includes adjustments for location differentials. A total of 8,019 producers supplied pool handlers in December, a decrease of 10 from the previous month The average daily delivery per producer was 1,684 pounds, compared to 1,647 pounds in November. Middle Atlantic order pool handlers reported fluid milk f sales of 7.8 million pounds per day within the marketing area during December, an .ncrease of 2.4 percent over November. A C. HEISEY FARM EQUIP INC RDI Jonestown Ph 717 865 4526 STANLEY A. KLOPPINC Bernville Ph 215 488 1500 ZIMMERMAN'S FARM SERVICE Bethel Ph 717-933 4114