—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 10, 1976 68 Air your views on government regulations WASHINGTON - Govern ment regulation - how much is too much? You can help answer this is extending this special question by citing specific Farm Line to two days and examples of government doubling the telephone hook regulation that you approve up to ten WATS lines in and or disapprove of via the anticipation of an extremely Agriculture Council of large volume of calls. America's (ACA) toll-free A unique panel of experts Hog statistics released HARRISBURG - There were 675,000 hogs and pigs on Pennsylvania farms on June 1,1976, according to the Crop Reporting Service. This was an increase of 75,000 or 13 per cent from a year earlier. Breeding stock, at 94,000, was up 12 per cent and market hogs, at 581,000 were up 13 per cent. The Spring (Dec.-May) 1976 pig crop of 525,000 pigs was eight per cent larger Farmers appreciated Speaking before the an nual meeting of lowa Beef Processors, Inc., com mentator Paul Harvey pointed out, “We’re so outproduced in most all other things that we would be begging for handouts in the world marketplace, except that our nation’s most un derappreciated minority, our farmers, is keeping us both fed and financially The $6 million man Harold Morowitz has struck a blow for all us normal mortals who only thought our bodies were worth 98 cents. Well, folks, we’ve been shortchanged all these years. Morowitz is a biochemist at Yale, and for many years has been laboring under the delusion that the popularly-used 98 cent example (value of our simple raw materials water, air, lime, iron, etc.) was valid. With a keen knowledge of what chemicals make up our system, Morowitz resear “Farm line” (800424-3510) on July 21 and 22 between noon and 4 p.m. E.D.T. ACA than the Spring 1975 crop of 485,000. Although there were 70,000 or 11 per cent more farrowings, litters were smaller. Fall farrowing intentions at 60,000 sows jf realized, would be up 22 per cent from the 49,000 farrowings last fall. Nationally, inventory of hogs and pigs on June 1,1976 is estimated at 52.6 million head, up nine per cent above last year but 11 per cent less secure. We city dudes could never feed ourselves. You know there has been some gardening these last couple of years, folks trying to supplement the family groceries. But do you sup pose we could feed ourselves that way? During this lifetime, the average American is going to eat 6.2 tons of meat. There ain't nobody got a backyard in Chicago that big!” ched a supply company catalogue to determine what these chemicals would cost on the open market. Acetate kinase a rare substance that activates an enzyme is $8,860 a gram, prolactin the hormone that stimulates milk production in the breasts is $17.5 million a gram, hemoglobin is $285 a gram. There are others. Morowitz calculated what percentage each chemical represents in the body, figured the body’s dry weight, multiplied and came up with approximately $6 million! ACA Farm Line on the subject headed by Senator Carl Curtis (R-Neb.) and other members of Congress, administration officials representing regulatory agencies, and spokesmen for leading in dustry and consumer groups will man the phones. All calls will be tallied by panelists than June 1,1974. This is the second lowest June 1 total since 1965. The breeding herd is up 11 per cent from last year and contmues its upward trend that started last December. Because of the larger pig crop produced in the six months, the market hog inventory in creased nine per cent from a year earlier. The December 1975-May 1976 pig crop in the U.S. totaled 41.4 million, 16 per cent above last year’s small pig crop but eight per cent less than two years ago. This crop is the second smallest smce 1937. Hog producers in the U.S. intend to farrow 5.8 million sows during June-November 1976. This is an increase of 17 per cent from the corresponding period m 1975 and six per cent above the same six-month period it 1974. 6i(j Putchman, CONTROLLED CAGE FEEDING SYSTEMS Contact us for additional personalized information on these Big Dutchman feeder benefits. • HIGHER PRODUCTION • REDUCED OPERATION COST LESS WASTE SPILLAGE LIMIT FEEDING HERSHEY EQUIPMENT Co., Inc. 215Diller Ave. New Holland, Pa and later compiled into a documented report. Farm Line programs in the past two months featuring “Estate Taxes” and “Problems of Young Farmers” received a capacity number of 20 call an hour per WATS line. During each session, the telephones rang continuously from beginning to end as callers spoke directly with those affecting their future in the decision-making process. “Agriculture is very concerned about the growing role of government regulatory agencies. This Farm Line will allow, people at the local level to express their opinions and share their insight with key decision-makers on this important issue,” Slug Hatcher, Chairman of ACA, said. “We expect our report on this program will shed light on the impact government regulation is having on agriculture as viewed by those directly affected. It will be made available to everyone - Federal agencies, Congress, the media, in dustry as well as the general public.” As a non-profit, non political, non-legislative organization, ACA does not advocate any positions of its own and operates the Farm Line strictly to provide a forum to discuss issues of major interest in agriculture. 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