88—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 15. 1977
F armer federation
HONOLULU, Hawaii - The history of Farm Bureau!
year 1976 was one of the That was the message as
most successful in the Richard W. Owens,
Best honey chosen
HARRISBURG - The
Chester County Beekeepers
Association placed first in
the collective county honey
exhibit at the 61st Farm
Show. Chairman of the
Chester County group is
Joan M. Schmidt,
association president, from
Landenberg R 2.
Archie Krug, of Eben
sburg, Cambria County,
exhibited the best comb
honey display; and Earl
Miller, of Dover, York
County, showed the best
exhibit of extracted honey.
Miller also had the best
commercial beeswax
exhibit.
The best specialty pack
was entered by Paul G.
Cummins, of 145 East 14th
Avenue, Conshohochen,
Montgomery County. The
best individual exhibit was
shown by Daniel M. Fitzkee,
of Manheim R 6, Lancaster'
County.
Brucellosis
meeting slated
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -
Maryland dairymen and
cattlemen are being urged to
attend a meeting to discuss
the status of current efforts
to eradicate Brucellosis or
“Bangs Disease”, which is
so costly to farmers.
The meeting, sponsored by
the Maryland Agricultural
Commission, will be held
January 20th beginnning at
7:45 P.M. at the Walkersville
Fire House, Walkersville,
Frederick County.
The disease poses a con
stant threat to the livestock
industry in that it causes a
loss of milk production and
effects breeding.
In attendance at the
meeting will be Maryland
Secretary of Agriculture
Young D. Hance; Animal
Health Section personnel
from the Department;
Extension Agents; and
representatives from USDA.
They will discuss the
status of national and state
Brucellosis eradication
programs, testing, and
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Milt Murray, of 101
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the best exhibit of molded or
designed beeswax.
FARM SHOW CHAMPIONS
4-H HONEY
Bill Mack, of Pen Argyl,
Northampton County,
captured two first places in
■4-H honey competition at the
61st Farm Show. Mack won
in the white extracted and
extra light amber classes.
Nathaniel Miller, of Dover,
York County, exhibited the
top amber extracted honey
sample.
FARM SHOW CAHMPIONS
VOCATIONAL HONEY
Donald Gutshall, of
Newport, Perry county, won
first place in the dark comb
class in vocational honey
competition. The winner in
the extracted amber class
was William Sprague, of
Falls Creek, Jefferson
County.
vaccination. Moderator for
the session will be Maryland
Agricultural Commission
member Leon Enfield, a
dairyman from Knoxville,
Frederick County.
In Maryland, the dairy and
cattle industry accounts for
some $175,000,000 in annual
farm income. Figures for
1975 show the state’s cattle
(including milk cows) in
ventory amounted to 460,000
head. These animals that
year produced 1.5 billion
pounds of milk which had a
farm value of $147.5 million
and some 109,000 head were
sent to slaughter producing
118,000,000 pounds of meat
worth $30.8 million.
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Secretary and Chief Ad
ministrator of the American
Farm Bureau Federation
delivered his annual report
here recently before farmers
attending the 58th annual
meeting'of the Federation.
Owens noted that the 1976
membership gain of more
than 171 thousand families
was the largest gain in the
history of the Farm Bureau,
the nation’s largest general
farm organization. He said
“surely it is significant that
these tremendous gains, this
evidence of continuing Farm
Bureau acceptance, came
during a political year.
“All-time state and
American Farm Bureau
membership records were
compiled at a time when
politicians, some consumer
and environmental groups
and some labor unions, at
tempted to discredit the
importance of Farm Bureau,
both to agriculture and to the
nation,” said Owens.
The Farm Bureau family
membership of 2,676,259
represents a full 80 per cent
of the commercial farm and
ranch families in this
country.
The AFBF Secretary-
Administrator told the
farmers present that “the
gains in membership are our
best answer to en
vironmental enthusiasists
who have tried on occasions
to discount farm and ranch
concern over predator
control, and control of such
pests as the gypsy moth and
fire ant.
“The growing strength of
Farm Bureau is our most
positive answer to govern
ment regulators. It is the
best defense possible against
erosion of states’ rights.”
In reviewing the Farm
Bureau year, Owens pointed
out several successes of the
farm organization. He said
“We earned respect when
the Texas, Kansas, and
American Farm Bureau
filed a successful complaint
with the National Labor
Relations Board, following
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pleased with
the maritime union’s em
bargo of American grain
bound ,for the Soviet Union.
“In the complaint, we
charged the .International
Longshoremen’s Association
with a secondary boycott.
“Injunctive proceedings
were brought against the
unions, which signed an
agreement to ’cease and
desist’ from engaging in
similar work stoppages in
the future,” said Owens.
“Further respect was
gained by Farm Bureau in
Congress and elsewhere by
our sustained and successful
fight for estate tax law
reform.
“Farm Bureau helped
sponsor the estate tax
reform package resulting in /
some much needed changes
in the Federal estate tax law.
The old law had become a
severe hardship for many
farm and ranch families.
“Earlier,” said Owens,
“President Ford signed the
prompt pay amendment to
the Packers and Stockyards
Act. This will better protect
livestock sellers, par
ticularly from insolvent
packers. Farm Bureau was
represented by AFBF
President Allan Grant at the
White House signing
ceremony.
“During the year, Farm
Bureau worked on a number
of important transportation
issues such as the Federal
highway program and the
Railroad Revitalization Act.
We supported replacement
of the locks and dmn No. 26
at Alton, Illinois,” said the
Farm Bureau official.
“We are more aware than
ever that farmers and
ranchers must have a
balanced transportation
system. We need the
railroads, the trucks, the
barges, the airlines and
ocean-going ships.
“We also know that to
improve transportation
service efficiency, we must
have state and federal
regulatory reform.
“State regulation of truck
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transportation is so ex
tensive and so variable that
it is a very real hindrance to
interstate commerce. It is a
modern wonder that our
truckers make it across
country to do their job.
“The costs of tran
sportation,” said Owens,
“are reflected in prices
received -by fanners and
ranchers.
“This is why Farm Bureau
launched ’Project Clear the
Road’ in which we are
working with state Farm
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done to 1 reduce state
regulation and to build a
more coordinated system
among states.
“We much prefer this kind
of ’do-it-yourself project to
moving more responsibility
to the federal government,”
stated Owens.
The American Farm
Bureau Federation is
headquartered in Park
Ridge, Illinois, a suburb of
Chicago. Its convention here
runs through tomorrow with
some 16,000 farmers and
ranchers attending.
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