*>»*** OUTSIDE CALF HUTCHES - WAGON BEDS TAPERED LOCUST POSTS FENCE BOARDS BARBED WIRE AND WOVEN WIRE FENCING. STOLTZFUS WOODWORK RD Gap, PA Box 183 1 Mile North Rt. 897 From Gap I , . ■■■ Profit-Maker Sires USDAII/761 - 215 Daus. in 138 Herds Ave. 16.626 M 3.50% 582 F Predicted Difference 192% rpt.l +2.196M +sls6 +44F -No. 1 sire in the U.S. for milk and S-value PD’s- Type; 54 Cl. Daus.Ave. 77.9[act.] 78.6 [age-adj.]; 39 Pr. -1.70 PDTI79% r.] USDAII/761 - 75 Daus. in 38 Herds Ave Predicted Difference 176° « rpt.| Type; |no official summary to date) Now in daily service thru our Professional Technicians. BREEDERS COOPER ATT VE vd) m 'V* NAAI?V‘ 24-Hour Toll-Free Phone Nos. for Service Pennsylvania 800-732-0391 Lancaster 569-0411 MADE TO ORDER >*iL LIVESTOCK SERVICES United Egg Producers approve market co-op In a special conference telephone meeting May 6th the U.E.P. Board of Directors unanimously endorsed the organization of an egg marketing cooperative to market and bargain for prices of member eggs in a designated area of the United States. Jim Rich, U.E.P. President, hailed the unanimous action by the Board as a “milestone for U.E.P. members and the egg industry.” The action gives total support of U.E.P. member cooperatives to the formation and operation of the cartoned-egg bargaining program which was discussed and approved in the Southeast last week. Rich quoted the official motion as follows: “U.E.P. approves the organization of 3 33 4 $36 13.382 M +SI4M Member NAL Affiliated Breeders an egg marketing cooperative to be affiliated with U.E.P. through U.E.P. and regional participation on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of such cooperative.” The cooperative will be organized under the Capper- Volstead Act and the co-op laws of the State of North Carolina. Offices will be in Charlotte, N.C., with Maurice Pickier as its Managing Director. Under the proposed marketing plan, individual egg producers who are members of any one of the U.E.P. regional members may participate in the cooperative by assigning to the program eggs which go into the designated market area. Membership fees and a marketing fee will also be required. Members will be 15H123 Whittier-Farms Apollo ROCKET Good Plus (84) & Prod. Qual. (ian./76) Sire: Hilltop Apollo Ivanhoe VG (89) & GM Dam: Hill-N-Dale Harry Lass —EX - 3E 8H69 Knob-Lick KINGPIN Good Plus & Prod. Qual. (Jan./76) Sire: Whirlhiil Kingpin VG & PQ Dam Knob-Lick Ivanhoe Liza VG & GM 445 F +IOF Del. &Md. 800-233-0216 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 22,1976 guaranteed at least their normal sales price, less commissions, as the program gets under way. According to Pickier, the cooperative’s objectives include; 1) to stop premium erosion on cartoned and nest run eggs; 2) to restore correct pricing relationships between market quotations and actual prices received for members’ eggs sold in both carton and nest run form; 3) to sell members’ eggs for the highest price consistent with supply and demand; 4) to establish a uniform credit policy; and 5) to spread the risk of bargaining over a broad base. Pickier said he is currently visiting egg producers who have indicated an interest to participate. He said sign-ups in the program must be on a one-to-one basis in order to insure producer un- Waste recycling endorsed WASHINGTON, D.C. - A national commitment to return valuable organic matter to agricultural land through recycling was en dorsed by five candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination. The an nouncement was made by Congressman Fred Rich mond (D-NY), the major sponsor of the National Soil Fertility Program within the Democratic party. (Rep. PjjTjTnrjL *ARC WELDING SUPPLIES* HELMETS CABLE HOLDERS ARC TORCH GROUND CLAMPS ★ ELECTRODES ★ E-6011 AND E-6013 *24.00 Box 50 LBS. 225 AMP WELDERS *115.00 Each FOR ALL YOUR WELDING SUPPLIES SEE US AT Farmersville Equipment, Inc. RD2 Ephrata, PA 17522 derstanding and to acquire needed market information to make the program work for individual participants. Participating members will make up the organization’s Board of Directors and they will name their own five man Executive Committee. U.E.P.’s -General Manager, A 1 Pope, states that the U.E.P. Regionals will be playing a crucial role in the success of this bold and exciting program. The Regional members’ role will be the marketing of nest run eggs, informing producer members of the benefits of a carton bargaining program, and actual coordination with Maurice of the program itself. Interested producers should contact their Regional Cooperative for additional information. The Regional member in this area is Northeast Egg Marketing Assn., Paul Fischer, Manager, P. 0. Box MM, Durham, New Hampshire 03824. 603-868- 2824. James M. Jeffords (R-Vt.) is the Republican sponsor.) The five Democratic hopefuls, Governor Jimmy Carter, Representative Morris Udall, Senator Henry M. Jackson, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Senator Fred Harris ex pressed support for the in clusion of the National Soil Fertility Program in the platform of the Democratic Party when it is drafted in July in New York City. 21
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