Milk support price unchanged WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland has announced that the support price for manufacturing milk will remain at $9.00 per hun dredweight (82.3 per cent of parity) for the new marketing year beginning I & A § LEADING COMPETITIVE RAT BAIT PHONE 717 354-0301 GORDONVILLE PA 17529 MCCRACKEN’S FEED MILL, INC. PHONE 717-665-21*6 2 NEW CHARLOTTE ST MANHEIM PA 17545 FRANKLIN FEED AND SUPPLY CO. PHONE 717 264-6148 CHAMBERSBURG PA 17201 Oct. 1. The announced price is for milk with a milkfat content of 3.67 per cent-the national average. The equivalent support price for 3.5 per cent milkfat content is $8.79. This action was taken as a result of a midyear of the dairy price Purina® RAT CONTROL PELLETS The rats prefer it, Purina guarantees it! - *^: v - s- - >s HIGH BROS. support program which included a public comment period. The Secretary also an nounced that the milk marketing year will be changed to Oct. l-Sept.3o, the first change since 1950 PURINA RAT CONTROL PELLETS ■■S s S \%% ' S s ss s sssv ss V s V* s ‘* s s JOHN B. KURTZ PHONE 717 354-4616 717-665 6023 RD3, EPHRATA PA 17522 IRA B. LANDIS PHONE 717-665 3248 BOX 276 RD3 MANHEIM. PA 17545 WENGER’S FEED MILL INC. PHONE 717 367-1195 RHEEMS, PA 17570 FRESH CORN when the April 1-March 31 marketing was established. According to Department spokesmen, the change will enable the Secretary to make decisions regarding milk price support when more complete information on prospective feed supplies and prices is available for a full year ahead and should allow dairy producers to make better production decisions as they move into the more expensive bam feedmg season. The Department will also increase manufacturing margins used by the Com modity Credit Corporation (CCC) in calculating pur chase prices of dairy products. This will provide better assurance that the average price received by dairy producers for manufacturing milk will at least equal the support price. The monthy average price received by producers has ranged from 28 cents per hundredweight below the support price in April to 20 cents below in August. The margins are being increased by the equivalent of 10 cents per hundredweight. As a result, CCC’s purchase prices are being mcreased 1- 1/4 cents per pound for butter, 1/2 cent for nonfat dry milk and 1 cent for cheese. Cited as possible reasons for the shortfall m prices received by producers are increased manufacturing costs since the last margin s >\ s,, ' Ss V't :A s ’ w< - ss s ** ss Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1977 Bloomsburg poultry show BLOOMSBURG - “Best in Pennsylvania,” was the opmion of poultry show judge, Woodrow McCann, Douglasville, in describing the Bloomsburg Fair’s poultry show. The quality of entries was very good this year, he stated, noting that the local exhibition headed by John R. Klmgerman was one of the cleanest he has seen. adjustment a year ago and the fact the dairy product manufacturers may have been making up for last year’s losses or reduced profits by paying producers relatively less for their milk. Since farmers have not been receiving the support price, the Secretary stated that he will consider the practicability of requiring sellers of dairy product to CCC to certify that dairymen received the support price for their milk. If you aren't completely satisfied that loose bait Purina Rat Control Pellets are more palatable than any other rat bait you’ve used, return the unused product along with a copy of the sales receipt to Purina and we'll send you a complete cash refund. Requests for refunds should be sent to Rat Control Pellets Guarantee, Ralston Purina Company, 13001 St. Charles Rock Road, Bridgeton, Missouri 63044 (Guarantee offer expires May 1,1978). And now PURINA RAT CONTROL PELLETS are available in a con venient place pack. Compare our New PLACE PACK RAT CONTROL with other ‘‘pitch packs” and you’ll be pleased with the results. Your Purina dealer has Rat Control Pellets and other fine Purina Health Products. See your dealer for more information. IZi Purina... planning tomorrow with research today JOHN J. HESS, il. INC. PHONE 717-442-4183 PARADISE PA 17562 UMBERGER’S, INC. PHONE 717 866 2324 RICHLAND PA 17087 UMBERGER’S MILL PHONE 717-867 5161 FONTANA PA 17042 W. E. MANIFOLD & SONS PHONE 717 382-4805 FAWN GROVE PA 17321 a good one Lee Hoch, Zionsville, took top prizes m both male and female bantams. The win ning male was a Light Brahma and the best female, a Bearded Golden Polish. One thousand sixty-five birds were entered in the show and it took Judge McCann just about 14 hours to complete his work. Mc- Cann has been judging the local show for a number of years His activities have taken him to every state of the union as a judge over the past 30 years. He is a past president of the American Bantam Association. Winners in the standard breeds were Boyd Smith, Kunkletown, who showed the best male, a Buff Plymouth Rock, and Cecil Rose, New Milford, who exhibited the best female, a Black Langshang. In the rabbit show, Larry Smith, East Muncy, showed the best buck, a Champagne D’Argent, while William Goff, Jr., New Milford, has the best doe, a Black Checkered Giant. There were 93 entries from six exhibitors. Harry Hurlbert, Binghamton, N.Y., was judge. WEST WILLOW FARMERS ASSN., INC. PHONE 717-464 3386 WEST WILLOW PA 17583 LEHMAN FEED STORE PHONE 717 528-4151 YORK SPRINGS PA PICKERING VALLEY FEED AND FARM STORE PHONE 215 363-8810 RT 113 (GORDON DRIVE LIONVILLE PA 19353 17 Rabbit show
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