emotion Vital from Page 10 policy so the of unthinking will vote them lain stores ad- They say they sale at a certain don’t promote bow good it good it is for ° \ 2008 Horseshoe Road LANCASTER. PA. 17601 TCHIE & HOG ERERS OUR STOCK SILAGE OR GRAIN WEIGHER Models to weigh silage, grain or other feedstuffs in continuous flow. No elec tricity required... easy to move from one location to another. Also a fufl fine of protein meters, bin flow switches and other automation accessories. STARLINE ROLLER MILLS FOR SHELL CORNS SMALL GRAIN a cfumbM, fluffy BE, LOW HOPPER WITH SHAKER PAN Complete with p.T.O SPECIAL PRICES ON ABOVE ITEMS THRU JUNE ) l i/ * Ribstone Silo with roof, pipe and *neck Hiestand Ken Groff Sales fice 299-3721 Office 299-3722 273-7394 Home 687-6668 us. They might advertise beef, but they sure don’t promote it. Advertising and sales promotion are but two facets of merchandising. Much more than this is envisioned when this program is im plemented. To mention a few: - Better packaging and ? handling of beef since in dustry methods have changed little in 100 years. - Research in the human nutrition field, as more is, known about poultry and swine nutrition than human. - Scientific, not emotional, investigation into the cancer and cholesterol con troversies as far as beef is concerned. - Material for diet and nutritional education in the schools. - Better cattle and beef statistics, as USDA figures are notoriously unreliable and manipulative. - Public relation cam paigns to counter future consumer beef boycotts that are sure to come when prices rise, as rise they must if we are to stay in business. This program gives cattle producers a chance to get a hold of their own industry o ,} < If lIRAID® The In-Between EUIDUIH TRACTOR sh^b^^^4L22s B6OOOT ■ This tractor is big on work small on fuel Liquid cooled, 2-cylmder diesel, 2-wheel drive Takes a full range of implements DKUBOTr 85 yaars of customer satisfaction FREE DEMONSTRATION KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO. Buffalo Sprint* Call (717) 949-6501 10 Miles North of Lititz and affairs and to run them for their better benefit. Another correspondent moans about the voting procedures. The present voting procedures are not those originally advocated by the Beef Development Task Force. They were arrived at through negotiation and compromise with USDA and ASCS. It was this or nothing and three years of hard work would have gone down the drain with the opportunity for such a program probably never arising again. Another of your letter writers sent me a copy of a brochure on the Beef Referendum put out by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU). Their literature was true to form, full of half truths, outright falsehoods and not even clever in nuendoes. ">3* * >V ■ New Kubota workhorse can be depended upon to perform efficiently, eco nomically day after day SEE US FOR THAT EXTRA SPECIAL DEAL Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 25,1977—25 I don’t think that in telligent cattle producers in touch with today’s economic realities can vote any other way than “yes” in the Beef Referendum July 5 through 15. Sometime ago a letter writer from lowa in another ag publication' stated that farmers and cattlemen are being ground down by the millstones of increased costs, controlled markets and many other things. We all know this, but he added “...you will have to find a way out from between the millstones....lf you don’t you are doomed to a future of peasantry, and you had Farm Calendar Continued from Page 10 Sunday, June 26 Red Lion Area Young Farmers Picnic, Ellis Growl farm, Airville, 12:30 pjn. Adams County fruit growers’ tour to western New York. Depart 10 a.m. from Athletic Budding of Upper Adams High School. Monday, June 27 Lancaster County 4-H practice for physical fitness team, 7 p.m. at the Farm and Home Center. Penn-Ag Industries Association hosts grain meeting at Sheraton- Conestoga, Lancaster. Seminar 2 to 4 p.m.; meeting follows dinner at 6:30. Pennsylvania Poultry Federation Youth Day, tour bus leaves Lan caster Farm and Home Center at 8:30, stops again ' at Agway Warehouse between E town and Middletown at 9:15. Tuesday, June 28 Hunterdon County (N.J.) dairy princess pageant. Lancaster County 4-H Demonstration and Public Speaking contest at the Farm and Home Center at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 Regular monthly Board of Directors meeting of the Berks Co. Conservation District at the Ag Center, Leespoct, Pa. at 2 p.m. J- better give up the idea of saving the old family farm and save the children instead by sending them into the city.” Maybe so, but there are a whole lot of us who believe very strongly that The Beef Market Development Plan will go a long way in preventing what that lowan fears. Vote “yes” in the Beef Referendum July 5 through 15. Sincerely, John W. Stump, Chairman Maryland Beef Development Task Force Thursday, June 30 York County 4-H Demon stration Days, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the 4-H Center in Bair. 1977 Com Contest entries due today for Elizabethtown Young Farmers. Friday, July 1 Deadline for fanners to have submitted plans in ac cordance with Sedimentation Act. Deadline for Montgomery County fanners to apply for Act 319 for 1978 tax assessments. Alfalfa looking [Continued from Pace 24] seedings as an established stand,” Baylor advised when he began to talk about the management of newly established stands. He recommends letting the crop come to full bloom during its first year to eliminate any undue stress factors. That gives the roots a chance to strengthen and develop and will boost yields in future years. The Penn State agronomist also says that there is no harm done in allowing a field of alfalfa to stand over Winter. “Smothering is not a problem,” he asserted. “It’s more of a question of whether you need the feed and whether or not rodents will harbor in the field if you don’t cut it,” Baylor said. In another part of the field meeting, Nate Buckwalter, representative of a feed additive manufacturer, explained the use of hay preservatives. According to Baylor, this relatively new practice might save a field of hay if weather threatens. The cost of the applicator is $350 and the propionic acid retails for $1.30 per pound. The rate of application is two pounds per ton of hay baled. The treatment enables a farmer to bale his hay at a higher moisture level, which often times represents greater protein content since the sun has not drawn the nutrients out of the hay while
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