V 01.21 No. 33 3 <4 Public supports jug milk operators WASHINGTON, D.C. - One hundred thousand consumer signatures on a “Freeman proposal” petition against assessments on consumer milk and against oppression of family farmers, were delivered recently to Penn sylvania Senators Hugh Scott, Senator Richard Sch weiker and the Pennsylvania congressional delegation by representatives of the Pennsylvania Milk Juggers Association, Inc., a group that produces and markets milk directly to consumers at prices below super market prices. The petitions were signed m 20 congressional districts by people from all walks of life including housewives, workers, ministers and businessmen. In some districts the signatures exceeded 14,000. Frank Bertovich president of the association said, ‘"These petitions represent an outpouring of public fear and anger against Washington bureaucracy. Some people waited in line 15 minutes to sign the petition. The signature rate was over 95 percent. I think my $11,000.00 fine convinced a lot of people something whs wrong.” Soviets boost soybean prices; wheat is good By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER Soviet grain purchases during the past week have caused soybean prices to skyrocket by more than 50 cents per bushel, and the impact has caused prices for other grain commodities to go up as welL Lancaster’s grain prices for Thursday (printed on one of the market pages) illustrate the effect: Thorny rose bushes in pasture of concern LANCASTER - That vigorous thorny rose with clusters of small flowers is being attacked in various parts of the country, with the latest battle shaping up in southern Pennsylvania counties. The multiflora rose, long used as a plant for wildlife’and land management, and York County farm wife receives top prize PARK RIDGE, lU. - A 30- year old York County farm woman Joyce Bupp has been named national winner in a year-long Bicentennial essay project involving farm and ranch people. Winners in the contest were announced on July 4 by the American Farm Bureau Federation, which sponsored the essay writing. Co-winner along with Mrs. Bupp was a Tennessee farmer, John K. Maynard Rothenberger a family farm retailer from Montgomery County whose plight was reported in U.S. Pennsylvania's twosenators, Minority Leader Hugh Scott second froln right, and Richard Sch weiker, right; receive petitions signed by 100,000 consumers from throughout Pennsylvania from Charles Dodd, left, a family farmer from Corry, Erie' Control requires caution [Continued on Pace 18[ Ferrell. Each will receive round-trip air fare to Hawaii and $250.00 in expense money for authoring what were considered equal top entries. Trips will be taken in conjunction with the 58th annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation, to be held in Honolulu, January 9-13,1977. In announcing the decision of a national panel of judges, American Farm Bureau Serving The Central and Pennsylvania Areas I*ancaster Farming, Saturday, July 10,1976 News and World Report, earlier this year, said “Everyone sympathized with me because I got a Average ear com prices are up a dollar per ton compared to a -rf.ago, opd over *lO per ton, compared to Mo; 7. Shelled corn, now averaging a selling price of just under $3.50 per bushel, sold for $3.34 bushel last week and $3.02 on May 7. The pattern holds true for oats, barley and other com modities as well. Soybeans, which were quoted at $7.15 per By DIETER KRIEG president, Allan Grant, noted that the 206 entries in In this issue life on the farm 10 Farm Calendar 10 Classifieds 24 My Thoughts 42 Homestead Notes 42 Dairy Princess Ponderings 44 Home on the Range 45 Crafts feature 47 $2,400.00 assessment for doing business just thewajrl always have for years. The audits are something else County. With, them 1$ Frahk!?crtOVlfch, president of the Pennsylvania Milk Juueif Association, Inc. The petitions, seeking ameiroitoents tb federal milk regulation orders, were presented to the two senators in Scott’s office at the Capitol. HARRISBURG Hie multiflora rose is still considered to be a very beiiehcial wildlife plant by the Division of Land Management, Pennsylvania Game Commission. As such, the state agency still makes plants available to those who want the stock, although » spokesman forth* CnmmlMinn notes that they will “make every effort not to contribute to the problem.’' > the contest billed as a “thinking - writing cam- Extension Datebook 48 4-H features 49,77 National Holstein Sale 53 Kutztown Folk Festival 56 Womens’ Calendar 60 Jr. Cooking Edition 60 Thoughts in Passing 64 Public Sales Register 79 Sale Reports 82 too. It is getting hard to tell the difference between communist control and this type of oppression. Soon bushel on Thursday afternoon, were $6.57 last weeh, and just price thio wo* Is up f our cents from last Thursday, and nearly 30 cents higher than two months ago. (The wheat harvest in southeastern Good qualities defended (Continued on Page 19| paign in the spirit of those farmers who fought at Lexington and Concord” were written by farm and ranch people from 35 states. Each entrant was to outline in a limited number of words . . positive programs of personal in volvement which will spread to include others and are designed to keep our Republic on a sound con there’ll be nothing left to fight about.” The battle has already had political repercussions upon the tight race for the Republican presidential nomination. Charles Dodd, a family farmer from Cony, and a delegate to the National Republican Convention said, “I saw Secretary Butz. He said he would free us, but he didn’t because be can’t control the bureaucracy. Common sense and fairness are unknown to these bureaucrats. Its strange because they can find ways to help the Co-ops involved in Watergate, and who pay millions in political con tributions. I switched to Reagan on account of this and I told the Pennsylvania delegation why I did. I'got a lot of support and I believe more will follow.” i Language accomplishing I some of the objectives of the r petition has been drawn by attorney John Benjamin Carroll of Syracuse, New Ycrtt and wassubmitted to a Senate Agriculture com mittee hearing but said Carroll, “No one paid any attention because we were [Continued on Pace 17} [Continued on Pace 15] stitutiooal coarse for the next 200 years.” The rules called for the essays to: stimulate an awareness of individual worth build national pride and strength —. identify incentives which tap the creativity of a free people, and analyze the con stitutional soundness of local, state and national [Continued on Page 16) $4.00 Per Year
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