Maryland Agriculture Commission hears farm movement ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Movement representatives Maryland Agricultural Wayne Eakin and Richard Commission recently met Carlisle to discuss their with American Agriculture proposals and programs. 1 HOG PRODUCERS! | ♦ Get Top Price for ♦ Your Hogs ot ♦ ♦ New Holland * ♦ | f Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them + J weighed and sold and pick up your check. + ♦ ♦ SALE EVERY MONDAY 8:00 A.M. NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 Daily Market Report Phone 717-354-7288 Abe Diffenbach, Manager Build your own pre-starter ration for half the cost. Feed Creep Wean No. 3 If you’re in the business of farrowing pigs, there is only one sure way to save on feed costs right from the start. That’s why Vigortone developed Creep Wean No. 3. This highly fortified pre-mix makes it possible for you to build your own 18% pre-starter ration for about half the cost of a commercial product. You’ll be surprised how much easier it is to get baby pigs on feed fast with this freshly ground ration and how trouble free they stpy right on through weaning. Save big on Vigortone’s starter, growing and finishing rations, too. The reasons tor the superior per- Over 150 Servicemen in PA alone!! WGORIONE PRE-MIXES Especially Now! PENNA. LEON B. HERSHEY Box 265 Paradise, PA 717-442-4807 RON L. HERSHEY R 2 Gap, PA 717-442-8573 JASON E. MILLER 169 Strasburg Pike Lancaster, PA WM.J. YODER 23 N. Bridge St. Christiana, PA 215-593-2101 RAY E. HILLARD, JR. RDI, Box 220 A Milroy, PA 717-667-2421 ALVIN ESH Box 72 Intercourse, PA 717-768-3128 H. MELVIN CHARLES R 1 Washington Boro, PA 717-684-5783 PETE CALDWELL R 1 Windsor, PA 717-246-1046 RALPH E. BRUNGART Loganton, PA 717-725-2355 ter feed conversion and lower costs. If -you’d like more information, see your nearest Vigortone serviceman soon. Learn why more pork producers are feeding Vigortone especially now. Better rations cost less... with Vigortone. 50 warehouses—over 5400 servicemen 3 manufacturing plants CHESTER SOLTYS. JR. Spring City, PA 215-948-3647 JAMES STUTZMAN SONS R 3 Kutztown, PA 215-683-7198 215-682-2624 SHERWOOD A. WITMER Box 138 Berrysburg, PA 717-362-8823 PAUL L. KREIDER R 2 Palmyra, PA 717 964-3791 WILMERJ. WEAVER R 1 Fredericksburg, PA 717-865-6710 J. CLYDE BRUBAKER 2418 Harrisburg Pike Lancaster, PA 717-898-8984 TA A harmony w T|_lN THE FEED LOT I ■ * WZ' The meeting with the Commission lasted for over an hour and a half. The discussion ranged from the effects of the current low prices on agriculture to specific items such as their proposal that commodity import prices be fixed at 110 per cent of parity. Other topics of con versation included the potential impact of their program on foreign trade and the world balance of payments as well as whether it was realistic to fix milk prices to 100 per cent of parity. The Commission and the Agriculture Movement were in agreement that U.S. agriculture would be best suited if government stayed out of the management of prices and that only by limiting production or ex panding markets would the laws of supply and demand formance of Vigortone fortified corn-soy rations are simple: the pigs are assured the essential balance of amino acids and the proper levels of minor minerals, trace minerals and vitamins all the way to market; and you only pay out-of-pocket for ingredients you don’t grow on your own farm. Better feed conversion means lower cost Each Vigortone corn-soy feeding pro- gram has been designed to promote bet- RUSSELA. FRY 22 W Locust St. Enola, PA PAUL BITTNER Germansville, PA 215-767-7140 CLIFFORD GRUBE RDI Womeisdorf, PA 717-933-8763 THOMAS R. WORTHINGTON RD3 Muncy, PA 717-546-2313 C. GEORGE BOOK RD2, Box 80 Mifflmtown, PA 717-527-2228 DAVID RADWANSKI Box 51, RD #2 Mehoopany, PA 717-833-2752 ELAM G. HOOVER RD 2, Box 531 Reading, PA 215-926-2908 PHILIP A. HAYES Oxford RD2 215-932-8736 CHRISTIAN L. STOLTZFUS R 2 Box 409 Elverson, PA 215-286-5995 function properly for far mers. Other topics of the Com mission meeting included a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages for farms being brought into the Department of Natural Resources Water Ap propriations System. Having recognized several months ago that farmers, because they are currently exempt from needing Water Ap propriation Permits have cloudy standing in times of water shortage, the Com mission has met in the past with personnel of the University of Maryland, the United States Geological Survey and Maryland’s Water Resources Ad ministration. The Commission discussed possible forms an agricultural Water Ap propriations System might take. Considerations in cluded usage that would be automatically permitted, fees involved, reporting procedures necessary and protections a system would provide farmers. The Commission decided to formalize the discussion and then, over the next three DVORAK IRON WORKER SALES & SERVICE BROWNING Belts & Pulleys 4^ WHOLESALE & RETAIL Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 17,1977 or four months, to discuss the situation with the agricultural groups they represent. Two drafts of proposed regulations were approved by the Commission. The first dealt with the definition of “Country Hams” and is intended to protect the in tegrity of those who truly sell Country Hams. The second with rides of procedures for the Department of Pa. BRATTLEBORO, Vt. - A registered Holstein cow owned by Willow Maple Farm, Newmanstown, Pennsylvania, has produced lifetime milk production credits of more than 200,000 pounds of milk. The cow, Willow Maple Reflection Mae 6594935-GP, joins a select group of cows to be recognized as “Iron Grandmas” by the Holstein- Friesian Association of America. At the age of 11 years, five months, her lifetime output stands at 200,300 lbs. of milk and 7,342 lbs. of butterfat. The cow’s highest record in a single David Box 2 MYERSTi Rte. 897 N. Ist I • Gresen Pumps w BENDER V*" leaders Agriculture’s Board Review. The Department of Natural Resources brought proposed Wetland Regulations to the Com mission’s attention. It was decided to defer the discussion of the regulations until the January meeting which will be January 12, 1978 at the Department of Agriculture, Conference Room, Parole Plaza, An napolis. Holstein credited year was started at the age of eight years, seven mon ths. Milked twice daily for 365 days, she produced 37,865 lbs. of milk and 1,276 lbs. of butterfat. “Mae” was bred in the herd of Harold G. Bollinger, Newmanstown. She was sired by Lime Rock Reflection Oscar 1453923- GP. TRY A CLASSIFIED • Hydraulic Units • Char-lynn Motors • Hoses 99 SALES & SERVICE
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