— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5,1977 36 Dairymen’s lack of concern (Continued from Page 1) milk and eggs, aren’t good.” the speaker added. Imitations of dairy products such as cheese and milk drinks were also blamed. “Imitation moz zarella cheese may not taste the same to an Italian person but it is good enough for pizza,” Jurchak com mented. Supply management was another problem area that the speaker discussed. “We need a good program and we don’t have one,” he told the diary men. “ Hoard’ s_ Dairyman” has predicted that the next five years will hold the same problems,” Jurchak warned. Prices are another problem. October 13 marked the first an niversary that butter and cheese prices dropped to support levels and they haven’t budged since, the speaker stated. “You should be looking at these butter and cheese prices the way you look at gram prices,” Jurchak warned, “they are your milk prices too.” More milk is being produced than can economically be marketed, and we are guilty of sending surpluses to other areas. “Hauling milk all over the country is not economical,” the specialist told the area dairymen. “Milk all goes to More spent on cars than food UNIVERSITY PARK - The average American family is spending more on its automobiles than on food according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Americans are spending about 20 per cent of their income for food and 21.4 per cent for autos, say experts. For the typical family, car costs to buy, maintain and fuel reached $1,566 m 1972. With rising prices, car ex penditures run a few hun dred dollars above this now. An estimated 100 million cars use 14 per cent of all the energy consumed in this country. The car is probably the most expensive item in a personal energy budget. There are many ways to improve one’s car’s energy efficiency in order to save gas and money. Fuel economy depends on the weight, engine, and size of the car. A 5,000 pound car can use twice as much gas as a 2,500 pound car. All new car dealers should have a copy of the Federal Energy Administration’s “Gas Mileage Guide” in their showrooms. Copies are available for free by writing “Fuel Economy,” Pueblo, Co., 81009 Optional accessories on a car also add to fuel con sumption Air conditioning reduces fuel economy by 10 to 20 per cent when used in stop-and-go traffic Automatic transmission and power steering use more fuel than standard transmission and steering Power brakes, windows, seats and radios don’t add much to fuel consumption directly but, because they add weight to the car, they increase fuel consumption Too many extras also can be a han market, not so with vegetable or fruit growers.” If it is uneconomical to get a crop such as cabbage out of the field, it is left there, Jurchak said. There speaker also said that there was no such thing as a “Spring flush” this year. Production has been up all year “This is the 24 consecutive month of in creases from the same month a year earlier,” the Lackawanna County Agent stated. And next year’s production is predicted to be 2.5 per cent higher! “The milk is coming, it has to go somewhere.” he added. Tom Jurchak, Lackawanna County Agent, and Berks County’s own Penn sylvania Dairy Princess, Sandy Miller, both believe strongly m promoting milk. __ g4e OttytHot-ttUl efM’U aAeadf ♦♦♦Adaptable, Versatile, Efficients SWINE AND POULTRY FEEDING WITH THE FLEX-AUGER SYSTEM FLEX-AUGER-THE ORIGINAL ONE-PIECE SPRING TYPE AUGER THAT SIMPLIFIED AND REVOLUTIONIZED DELIVERY OF FEED FROM BINS TO FEEDERS FOR POULTRY, DAIRY, CATTLE & SWINE. Jurchak also explained the Milk Marketing Board and Federal Orders to the area farmers. The differences in prices between the Federal Orders were also explained. Part of the difference in prices is because of the differences in utilization, the requirements for the producers and the number of receipts in a certain order, as well as the differences in the co-ops of the orders, the dairymen were told. Berks County which has 475 dairy farms, is not in a marketing order. Twenty five per cent of the farms are shipping into Order 2, 46 per Q E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. R.D. 3 Sprecher Road Willow St. Pa. Lancaster Co. 717-464-3321 cent are shipping to Order 4 and approximately 29 per cent of the producers are shipping to Milk Marketing Board handlers, Jurchak said. “Producers are the only people who can change Federal Orders,” the speaker stated. “You are close enough to handlers to know their problems, but in many areas the producers are too far away.” There is a need for closer relationships. State Dairy Princess, Sandy Miller was also in attendance, along with her alternate for Berks County, Martha Herbert. Sandy did a skit for the dairymen which she had preformed at the state pagaent. The state dairy princess POULTRY SYSTEMS AND HOG SYSTEMS fee WE SELL, SERVICE AND INSTALL also told the area farmers how lucky she was to have had all the help she was given during the pageant. Sandy attributed her success in becoming the State Dairy Princess to the Berks County Dairy Princess Program and all the training she had received from the county coordinator of the pageant. So far Sandy has already traveled over 1000 miles in the past four months as the Berks County Princess. Also noted during the evening was the fact that the county co-ordinator for the Dairy Association, Sue Reese, will be leaving her position at the end of the year. Sue reminded the dairymen that the 1978 County Pageant has already been scheduled for the week of June 12th. She encouraged the dairymen to get their daughters interested, and to encourage other eligible girls as well to participate. Flex-Auger System with twir boot adapts easily to house; with multiple floors
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