VOL 22 ■OO dairymen ■ faced with Want closing ■ By KENDACE SORRY ■BAREVILLE - Ap- Hoximately 300 farmers in He Lancaster County area Hceived the unwelcome Bros recently that the New Holland Farms, Inc. would Hop taking milk after Hovember 12, and be Rscontinuing services. Hconomic reasons were Hated for the notice. ■The cut-off was made to all Hnners using the services of Hew Holland Farms, Inc. Recording to some farmers Hvolved with the company, ■us involves about 275,000' ounds of milk which had een processed daily at the lant. A meeting of the dairy irmers involved was held Ictober 24 at the Bareville I'ire Hall in Lancaster lounty. Representatives rom the Eastern Milk ’reducers Co-op attended he meeting and spoke of ilternatives and plans to lelp the farmers affected by he closing of the plant. Arden Tewksbury, president of Eastern Co-op spoke to the approximately 225 people present at the (Continued on Page 28) Resolutions adopted by Grangers DANVILLE - The Penn sylvania State Grange, in a senes of resolutions ap proved by delegates to the 105th annual convention, held here this week, opposed the dumping of sewage sludge on open land, mined areas and farmland until it can be proven that “this sludge is harmless to the environment.” Citing proposals to dispose of sewage sludge, especially that from cities, in this manner, pointed out that the material “may contain elements and minerals detrimental to the en vironment, and to air and water. A second resolution called tor continuation of “valuable sludge treatment research at Pennsylvania State University” with periodic reports of the work to the Department of En vironmental Resources. A third resolution opposing the dumping of sewage sludge as long as un lesirable materials at un safe levels, recommended hat: “Companies dumping (Continued on Page 39) and Soufheastern Pennsylvania AreaS*- Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware Farm Calendar 10 Editorials 10 Grange convention 17 Medicine&Mgmt. 18 Lancaster Famine, Saturday, October 29,1977 A walk in the crisp Autumn air along country roads offers scenes not viewed in any other season. The rustic fence along a sleeping pond pleases the eye as wett as the souL New farm bill 20-21 '* err 5 r Webb 22 Outstanding farmer 25 4-H Round-ups 29,34,36 Chester Holstein dub 33 In this issue Homestead Notes 4243 Jr. Cooking Edition 48 Kiddie Page 52 Joyceßupp 54 Ida’s Notebook 54 Lancaster Farming photo by Dieter Rrieg Farm Women Calendar 57 Classifieds 58 LebanonDHlA 86 Farm Labor 95 Lifeonthefarm 112 $6.00 Per Year Ag interests may change at USDA PARK RIDGE, 111. -Allan Grant, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, has called upon Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland to withdraw or effectively modify his proposed reorganization of some USDA functions. Grant noted specifically the changes proposed for the Packers and Stockyards Administration, the Agricultural Extension Service, and Department’s Office of Communications. Noting that the P&SA has a good record of en forcement actions since becoming an independent agency, Grant said that it should remain a separate agency responsible directly to one of the assistant secretaries of Agriculture. “We believe,” Grant said, “that putting the Packers and Stockyards Ad ministration under the Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service would diminish its effectiveness.” Noting that the proposed reorganization of the Department included the (Continued on Page 35) Surpluses squeezing area dairymen By DIETER KRIEG NEW PARK - Members of Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers meeting here Thursday night were told that the most difficult problem facing dairy far mers throughout the country - especially in the Middle Atlantic States - is the “tremendous increase in milk production which oc curred during 1976 and 1977 and coupled with flat fluid milk sales.” It’s been a really significant problem for the Baltimore based dairy cooperative due to the closing of the Koontz Dairy in that city. That left MCMP, which las approximately 1000 dairy farmer members in three states, holding thousands of extra gallons of milk, in the one hand, and an empty bag in the other. The proverbial empty bag came when Koontz went bankrupt and creditors, including MCMP, are now sharing in losses, as well as proceeds from the sale of Koontz property. “It would be foolish to speculate when partial and final settlement (Continued on Page 14)
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