New
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The nation’s food and
agricultural science
programs, now being con
ducted by four U.S.
Department of Agriculture
agencies, will be merged
into one in January, says
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland.
The new Science and
Education Administration
will be created by the
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Research Service,
Cooperative State Research
Service Extension Service
and National Agricultural
Library.
“The new agency is being
created to make our
research, extension and
teaching in the food and
agricultural sciences more
effective,” Secretary,
Bergland said. “Among the
agency’s responsibilities will
be to coordinate, plan and
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The Science and
Education Administration
will become official when a
notice is published in the
Federal Register, now
planned for early January.
M. Rupert Cutler,
assistant secretary for
conservation, research and
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education, said his deputy
assistant, James Nielson,
will be acting director of the
agency until a permanent
director is selected.
No basic change in the
field structure for federal
research is planned at this
tune.
Dr. Cutler said he and
other department officials
have discussed the merger
and the impact it will have
on the nation’s research and
information delivery
systems with officials of
many groups. “We will
continue to seek public
suggestions on the merger,”
he said.
Farmer needs
(Continued from Page 10)
No one around my area or
any area I have worked was
asked if he would want 100
per cent parity, so why do
you choose to treat parity as
something that shouldn’t be
used’
Parity is simply the ratio
between what the farmer
receives for his goods and
what he should receive for
his goods to be equal with
other businessmen around
him. What is wrong with a
farmer receiving 100 per
cent of what is due to him?
Why shouldn’t he receive
just as much as any other
businessman?
As for the government
helping the farmer, there is
some help they could give
him and that is to stay out of
his business. The govern-
4-H holiday
GREENCASTLE - The
Franklin County 4-H Baby
Beef Club recently held their
Christmas Parly in the
Community Room at the
Citizens National Bank,
Greencastle, Pa. It was
attended by 50 members and
parents along with County
Agent William Reagan and
leader Ralph Dice.
The club discussed new
rules and by-laws for the up
coming year. Each member
helped trim the Christmas
Tree by putting an ornament
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 31,1977
“With the change we will
be able to better identify and
complete work on high
priority national objectives
in the food and agricultural
sciences and initiate special
projects to meet those ob-
jectives.”
“Moreover, these changes
will reduce the overlapping
of work. It will help the
smooth operations between
land-grant and other
universities and the
department. I’m confident it
will help the department
remain the lead agency for
agricultural science and
education,” Dr. Cutler said.
ment is doing all it can to
hold down farm prices while
letting others like oil go sky
high. This is why many
farmers are looking for them
to do something to help in
stead of hurt farmers. They
can do it, so don’t kid anyone
about that.
Supply and demand has
been replaced by supply and
control. Whoever controls,
gets the price they want.
Even when the farmer is
losing his shirt, everyone
from the farmer up is
making out just fme. Why?
Because they have a price
which includes cost of
production plus a profit or
once again 100 per cent of
what they feel is due them.
One other thing before I
close. The mam reason you
do not hear of many farmers
party held
on when the roll was called,
and told of his 1978 project
steer. Games were played,
and each member ex
changed a Christmas gift.
Holiday refershments
were served by Mrs. Donald
Upperman, Mrs. Berlin
Stull, Mr Paul Donough and
Mrs. Clifford Lehman.
New members are
welcome to join the club. The
next meeting will be held
January 19, 1978, with
elections being held for
officers for the coming year.
Dr. Thomas B. King,
associate director of the
Pennsylvania Cooperative
Extension Service, told
Lancaster Farming he
believes the reorganization
within USDA will be for the
betterment of programs and
services offered by the
Extension Service and
related agencies. He sees no
significant disadvantages to
the program and assures
that Extension programs
will continue to operate as
they have before. If
anything, available
programs are expected to be
more readily available and
dispersable.
here m Pennsylvania going
on strike is because of the
job market. Just how many
farmers here have off-the
farm jobs to subsidize their
low farm income? Most of
the farmers here drive a
school bus, which pays real
good. Or they have other
jobs off the farm. In the
Midwest off-the-farm jobs
are hard to come by
You either make it on the
farm or you don’t make it.
Whether or not these far
mers get everything they’re
asking for, don’t write off the
fact that farmers should and
can get 100 per cent of
parity. All that is due to him.
If very many go bankrupt,
like your article on page 24
said, the small farmer will
be replaced by giant farms
run by big business and who
will be the big loser 7 You
won’t have to mention parity
then. They will have at least
100 per cent parity by then.
You can count on that.
Yours truly,
Jack Clark
New Hope, Pa.
Farm Calendar
Continued from Page 10
and hay preservatives.
Turn right off Route 30 at
east side of the quarry in
Thomasville. Go to stop
sign, turn left and then
take the first right.
Wednesday, Jan. 4
Lancaster County Corn and
Tobacco Show, Farm and
Home Center, 10 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Lancaster County Con
servation District
directors meet at the
Farm and Home Center,
7:30 p.m.
Hunterdon County (N.J.)
board of agriculture
meets at the Extension
Center, Flemington, 8
p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 5
Mid-Atlantic No-Till Con
ference, Hunt Valley Inn,
Cockeysville, Md.
Pennsylvania Young Far
mers officers meeting,
Host Town Inn, Lan
caster.
New Jersey pesticide ap
plicator training and
certification test,
Somerset County 4-H
Center, Milltown Rd.,
Branchburg Twp. 7:30
p.m.
Pesticide license class held
by Blue Mountain High
School Anculture
Department for adults.
Sponsored by Young
Farmers. Meeting begins
at 7 p.m
Sunday, Jan. 8
Competition underway at the
Pennsylvania Farm
Show
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