—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1977 40 104 York County I Continued from Pose 1| sorbed the production. Some dairymen at that time spent considerable amounts of cash to upgrade their facilities, adding milk tanks and in some cases building milk houses, to qualify for the Grade A New Holland market. New Holland Farms is a subsidiary of Queens Dairy, Brooklyn, New York, owned by Jules Kotcher. Kotcher also operated the former Graybills plant. The farmers hit by the area cutoffs report that Queens Dairy just a few weeks ago closed down a similar operation in northern New York state, which af fected 200 shippers. And, about four years ago, several small dairies in the northern tier counties of Pennsylvania were bought up by the Brooklyn firm, and then shut down within a year. Eastern Milk Cooperative absorbed the farmers hit at that time with the loss of their market. Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Kent Shelhamer, contacted in his office Tuesday by Lancaster Farming, indicated deep concern over the plight of the dairy farmers.' “I’m always unhappy and distressed when I see any farmer losing his market,” said Shelhamer. “Could these shippers get together and see if providing their own hauling would be feasible? I would hope that they may be able to work something out through joint efforts.” Shippers among them selves are questioning the hauling charge reason given by New Holland Farms for pickup stoppage. Under the Federal Order 2 regulations which govern this market, shippers were only paying ten cents per hundredweight toward hauling costs which were actually costing 35 cents to the dairy. But, there is a good deal of speculation that a major contract for manufacturing milk might have been lost to the parent company. Pumps Have: • Slow Speed. • Rugged Design. • Operate at High Vacuum Levels. CFM* at IS in. of vacuum Pump Size HP 3 6t) ‘ 5 ' _ 100 ‘ ' •New Zealand Standard, American Standard is 50% of N.Z. Come in, Write or Phone for Full Information! W & J DAIRY SALES R.D.2, Oxford. PA 19363 Call Bill Guhl 717-529-2569 Dairymen indicate that they have been in touch with representatives of several cooperatives and in dependents, but no concrete plans to take over the block of shippers had been for mulated. Federal Order 2 markets were being deemed more attractive because of the yearly milk base structure in Order 4. “This is a bad time of the year to be looking for a market,” admitted Earl Fink, head of the Penn sylvania Milk Marketing Board. “And this year seems to be exceptionally bad because of heavy produc tion.” Notification of the farmers about the cutoffs was well within PMMB regulations, which require a three-week notice of pickup stoppage. Area independent dairies were not looking around for milk either. “We certainly don’t need any extra production,” in dicated M. Ebert Rutter of Rutter’s Dairy in York. “We have to take a loss of 75 or 80 cents a hundredweight on our excess milk now.” - Meanwhile, 104 anxious southcentral Penn sylvanians milk their cows and await word of the future of their livelihood. “If you’ve dropped out of a cooperative, get back in!” That advice comes from Edwin Zeigler, Seven Valleys Rl, on the heels of the letter from New Holland Farms, Inc., informing him and 103 other dairy farmers that after April 5 they would no longer have their milk market. Zeigler is the District 18 director from Federal Order 2 to American Dairy Association. Included in his area of representation are the three counties affected by the discontinuance of milk pickups by the Lan caster dairy west of the Susquehanna River. We’re just sitting and waiting now,” indicated Zeigler earlier this week. MY PRICE on Complete Assemblies Not Installed “There is just no market at the moment.” He, and other fanners active in the Order 2 market, were uncertain whether they should all begin looking for milk buyers on an individual basis, or try to hold out collectively for a market that will accept the entire group. “I contacted Senator Ralph Hess immediately to let him know what had happened,” offered Nelson Brenneman, Spring Grove Rl. Brenneman had located a market that was willing to take him on immediately, but he was waiting to see if it was possible to find an outlet for the other farmers who had also been notified of the impending market loss. “Even the cow dealers in the area are upset,” added Brenneman. “Orders were being cancelled for replacement animals because of the uncertainty of finding new outlets for the production. John Krone, Glen Rock R 2, milks a herd of 26 cows. He recalled that when the Graybill plant in York County was closed about 14 months ago, there was some discussion that the milk transferred to New Holland Farms, Inc. might only find a market for a year. “But we haven’t heard that possißility mentioned since that time, and in dications were that as lona The PROVEN Fickes MASTER SHJ SYSTEM Master-Mane is the proven automatic silage handling system first introduced in the eastern United States by Fickes over a year ago There’s no longer any need to enter the silo Once filled, the silo can be unloaded from top to bottom—automatically The Silo-Matic Continuous-door Unloadcr moves down the continuous doors to unload haylage, corn silage or high moisture com It operates effectively, efficiently and without mechanical problems 7ft# Fickss-Msster-Matlc Site System often you: CONVENIENCE—Puts an end to the chore of climbing the silo every few days < TIME-SAVING—Keeps you out of the silo so you can spend your time to more profitable advantage CLEAN ENTRY CHUTE—Continuous door chute used for unloading Second chute doors remain in place always clean SUo-flfaGc TRAVELING BELT FEEDER FAST. 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