—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 19,1977
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COMMENTS
FROM
READERS
(Continued from Page 29)
is everybody’s business", an
article “Dairymen’s lack of
concern blamed in part for
surplus milk dilemma”, and
finally an ad on page 88 by
Agri-King presenting
congratulations and awards
for high milk production are
conflicting and difficult to
understand!
First off we have proven
we can over-produce our
selves in to the poor house
with what land we have!
Preserve ag land 7 What for?
Use it for jobs, since all the
do-gooders and keepers of
the world will see that cheap
food prevails and the farmer
loses on all ends!
We pay dues to co-ops and
if not a co-op member we
oay dues to Federal Order 4
in our area. We advertise
and still are stuck with
overproduction of milk!
r i.ie on now, someone is not
heir job or jobs, and
. ner is taking it in the
, and I mean a big hole
in the pocket!
Save Land, Over
production is the farmers
fault, and then present
awards for high milk
production all in the same
issue!
Perhaps I am stupid, for I
do not see anyone really
concerned enough to
demand an opening of ex
ports with the farmer
benefiting, nor do I hear of
anyone fired from the job of
a co-op worker for a job very
poorly done in the promotion
of dairy products!
I’m sure someone of your
subscribers has an answer,
usually everyone has an
answer to the fanners
problems, from saving land
to overproduction, which all
boils down to the farmer!
Wouldn’t it be great if we
could strike for 365 days and
be paid for it?
I am a distraught farm
wife, and farmer!
Sincerely,
JoanC.Byerly
Warwick, Md.
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find out, vo-ag instructions
Bob Woods and Cliff Day
asked their students to
summarize highlights of
each day.
Maxine Messner continued
with her essay as follows:
“I was fortunate enough to
participate in the milk
quahty and dairy foods
contest. There were 93
members in my contest,
which was held at the
downtown Holiday Inn. I
found the contest both ex
citing and a challenge.
“Pennsylvania’s team
consisted of Ron Good and
Barry Herman, both from
Ephrata, and myself. Ron
received a silver medal;
Barry and I each a bronze
medal for individual com
petition. Our team earned a
silver plaque. Mr. Donald
Chattm from Philadelphia
was the team’s coach.
“At Kansas City I had the
pleasure to see a cham
pionship rodeo held in the
Kemper Livestock Arena.
There was plenty of fun and
excitement. To entertain us,
country music star Crystal
Gayle highlighted the rodeo
with her beauty and talent.’ ’
Maxine’s twin sister,
Eileen, was impressed with
the American Royal, which
she decnbes as “a very
complete livestock
exhibition with beef, swine,
sheep and horses.” In ad
dition, the New Holland
Heinz
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$2.3 billion, and that was
thought of as a give-away,
said Heinz. The final costs
are expected to be around
$6.5 billion, he revealed.
In concluding remarks,
the senator assured the
dairymen that Congress is
not about to attack
cooperatives. Despite some
criticisms which have been
leveled against them as a
result of “a few bad apples,”
Congress appreciates what
the cooperative way of
business is doing for
American agriculture and
the consumer, Heinz said.
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student npted listening to
“four well-written
speeches” which were a part
of the National FFA Public
Speaking Contest.
Craig Sheaffer sum
marized a day’s activities
prior to the group’s arrival
in Kansas City. The highlight
of that day, writes Sheaffer,
was a trip to Lincoln’s New
Salem State Park. “Here, in
this 19th Century village of
log houses, barns, cabins
and other miscellaneous
buildings, is where
President Lincoln spent a
good part of his early life,”
Sheaffer reported.
Another highlight, ac
cording to Sheaffer, was
crossing the Mississippi
River, and inspecting a
gram-laden barge at Han
nibal, a town which is almost
synommous with Mark
Twain. Naturally, there’s a
museum there which bears
his name, and the Grassland
FFA Chapter took the op
portunity to visit.
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“We drove then to the
Linton Charolais Ranch,”
Sheaffer continued, “and
after a tour of the LCR, we
got back on the road towards
John Campbell’s farm at
Cowgill,Mo.”
John Campbell is a former
Garden Spot FFA’er, and a
1964 Keystone Farmer who
presently farms 800 acres of
soybeans, milo and corn
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He’s one of several farmers
from the Garden Spot to
migrate westward. Another
former Lancaster Countian
who hosted the group is
Isaac Hoover. Coining to
Missouri from Bowman
sville, Hopver now operates
a dairy farm near Ver
sailles.
Other highlights of the trip
(other than convention
activities themselves) were
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the Truman Library, the
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Speedway, the Agriculture
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City Municipal Building, the
Hereford Association
headquarters, and the
famous Gateway Arch in St.
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