Pennsylvanians get
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania taxpayers will be
required to pay ap
proximately $27.7 billion in
Federal taxes as their share
of the cost of the federal
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MODEL 70
HOG
SHELTER
AREAS WHERE MODEL
70 s HAVE BEEN
DELIVERED
Manheim, Mill Hall, Middleburg,
Newville, Bowmansville,
Southern New Jersey,
Bambndge
MODEL 70 HOG SHELTER
CAPACITY - 70 Hd. to 220 Lb. Ea.
SIZE -14'x 40'
SLATS -14'x 20'
TONGUE & GROOVE -14* x 20'
ROOF AREA -14'x 24'
MODEL 40 HOG SHELTER
CAPACITY - 40 Hd. to 220 Lb. Ea.
SIZE - 10'x30'
SLATS -10'x 15'
TONGUE & GROOVE -10' x 15'
ROOF AREA - 10'x 16’
Portable on Skids
Load Out Door
Insulated Ceiling Provides Year-Round Use
Nebraska Slant Roof Design
Rear Hinged Door Ventilation
Wood Floors Mean Better Feed Conversion and
Health
Less Than Vz The Cost of Permanent Structures
Not Taxable
Built To Last 10 Years Or More
Ideal For Leased Properties
Delivered Fully Assembled
2V2" Pipe and Weld Structure with Painted Steel
Fencing Welded Hog Panels
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spending budget of $5OO
billion proposed by
President Carter for the
federal fiscal year beginning
October 1,1978, according to
an estimate by the Penn
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ALL HOG SHELTERS FEATURE:
$27.7 billion tax bill
sylvama Chamber of
Commerce
This estimate was based
on the State Chamber’s
calculations that Penn
sylvania’s taxpayers bear
5.54 per cent of all Federal
taxes.
In 1868, just ten years ago,
President Johnson’s
proposed budget was $lB6
billion, and Pennsylvania’s
estimated share was.sll.2
billion
The State Chamber
pointed out that any change
Prize awarded
MYERSTOWN - A
Lebanon County farm
equipment manufacturing
firm recently received
national recognition for its
new promotional piece
featuring the Little David
silo unloader.
Weaver Star Silo, Inc.,
here along with Van Dale,
NOW AVAILABLE-MODEL 70 KIT
SAME AS MODEL 70 BUT UNASSEMBLED. EVERYTHING IS
INCLUDED EXCEPT PAINT. ALL PIPE IS PRE-CUT, LUMBER
MUST DE CUT TO LENGTH. WIRE FENCING A METAL
SIDING IS PRE-CUT. ALL NAILS, BOLTS, SCREWS. HINGES
INCLUDED. 30’/. OFF MODEL 70 LIST.
NOW AVAILABLE -
MODEL 40 KIT
SAME AS MODEL 40 BUT UNASSEMBLED. EVERYTHING
INCLUDED EXCEPT PAINT. ALL PIPE IS PRE-CUT, LUMBER
MUST BE CUT TO LENGTH. WIRE FENCING A METAL
SIDING IS PRE—CUT. ALL NAILS, BOLTS, SCREWS, HINGES
INCLUDED. 30% OFF MODEL 40 LIST.
2" x 8" OAK SLATS
TREATED TONGUE AND GROOVE
SOLID FLOORING
which President Carter or
Congress may make in this
budget will reduce or in
crease the amount that
Pennsylvania taxpayers will
have to bear.
The $27.7 billion share,
which would be borne by
Pennsylvania taxpayers to
support the President’s
proposed budget, is over $l2
billion more than the amount
of wages and salaries paid to
Pennsylvania employees of
manufacturing industries in
1976.
Inc, Minneapolis, Minn, the
national distributor of the
local firm’s unloader,
received first place at the
1978 National Silos
Association Convention held
in Phoenix, Arizona. The
brochure entered in the
national contest won first
place in the two-color
division,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1978
Poultry inspection
shift opposed
ATLANTA, Ga. - The
board of directors of the
Poultry and Egg Institute of
America (PEIA) has
unanimously voted to oppose
any move of poultry and egg
inspection from the
Department of Agriculture
to the Food and Drug Ad
ministration.
Kenneth Longacre, chair
man of the board, said the
Instute has been active in
the passage of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act and
the Egg Products Inspection
Act. “The association
supported Congress’
decision to place authority
for these acts under the
Secretary of Agriculture and
the directors have reaf
firmed that position today in
opposing any transfer of
authority to the FDA,” said
Longacre.
Egg marketers to meet
LANCASTER - Luke
Souder, traffic and safety
director for Victor F.
Weaver, Inc. of New
Holland, will be the guest
speaker at the Feb. 10
meeting of the Pennsylvania
Egg Marketing Association.
The group holds its meetings
at the Sheraton-Conestoga in
Lancaster.
Souder is in charge of
OSHA laws and inspections
and can fill his audience in
on what they should know
about safety and health
regulations.
The Feb. 10 meeting takes
the place of the January
The board also expressed
its concern over an apparent
plan by USDA to reorganize
its Food Safety and Quality
Service along functional
lines instead of its current
commodity approach.
Though details of the
planned reorganization are
not available to industry,
there was unanimous
agreement that PEIA op
pose any move away from a
commodity-oriented organ
ization of FSQS
Longacre said the board
held a lengthy discussion
over the current concern of
farmers for a fair return on
their products. The Policy
Subcommittee of the board
of directors has been asked
to review this matter. PEIA
currently has a policy of
opposing government
regulation to achieve
production controls.'
meeting which was can
celled due to inclement
weather. In addition to the
presentation by Souder, the
group will hold an election of
officers. Activities begin at 7
p.m.
Maryland agriculture’s
busiest workers are its bees
which are put to work twice
in their role as “the wings of
agriculture”. Bees are
essential on pollinating the
state’s vast apple, peach,
pear and other tree fruit
crops as well as many im
portant vegetable crops.
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