VOL 23 No. 24
Farm bill goes up in smoke
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The U.S. House of
Representatives on Wed
nesday plowed under a
proposed emergency farm
bill which would have given
government aid to grain and
cotton farmers. The vote
made President Carter
happy since he considered
the measure inflationary,
and also won approval from
several farm organizations
which had opposed the plan.
Garter had repeatedly an
Fertilizer slow in coming
ByKENDACE SORRY
UTITZ - There were
some sonny days'this wreck
and as a result, farmers
could be seen starting to
work in their fields. A survey
across the Lancaster Far
ming area showed that most
farmers were finding then
fields dry enough to start the
plowing, with a stiff breeze
helping the ground dry
faster.
Alfalfa seemed to be the
Hog marketing jeopardized
By DIETER KRIEG
LANCASTER - Lancaster
County swine producers may
find themselves without a
buyer in some cases once
stockyards open their gates
on Monday.
Due to continued
discoveries of swine
tuberculosis, buyers are
threatening to pull out of the
Lancaster area. At least one
buyer who frequents Lan
caster County auctions has
emphatically announced
that he will not come to
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15,1978
nounced he would veto the
bill were it to get passed by
the House. The Senate had
approved the measure by a
vote of 49-41 on Monday.
Even if the proposed
emergency legislation
surfaces again, it is not
given much hope for
passage. Also, were it to
have won in the House,
history records that
Congress has never enacted
a farm bill that was vetoed
by the President. Fur
main crop being prepared at
the moment, with farmers
complaining that* they were
behind in their schedule of
getting the seed planted.
“It’s still wetter than nor
mal,” one Lancaster County
farmer commented,, “and
colder, too. People are
finally just starting with
their* fieldwork, and we’re
quite a bit behind. But if it
doesn’t get too wet over the
next couple of weeks, we
should be in good shape by
Lancaster if market hogs
are not identified with tat
toos.
The Lancaster County
Swine Producers Asso
ciation, which is very
much concerned over the
matter and has for the past
two weeks helped with hog
identification programs at
stockyards, will not continue
to work on a volunteer basis,
a spokesman told Lancaster
Fanning this week.
Up until today (Saturday)
some members of the
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thermore, with Spring in our
midst, time is running out.
The'voting on the bill took
place this week in both
houses of Congress with
striking farmers looking on.
A number of them because
very vocal when the
negative vote was reached m
the House on Wednesday.
Organizers of the American
Agriculture Movement vow
to work for the defeat of
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the time we’re ready to plant
the corn.”
A Lebanon County Farmer
commented that although
some of the ground still looks
wet that farmers are getting
to work there too. Lots of
plowing can be seen, he
commented.
According to a report in
York County, field work
started on Wednesday. And a
farmer in Berks County
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Lancaster County Swine
Producers Association had
given of their own tune to
help with tattooing projects.
The tattooing is necessary so
that market hogs can be
identified and traced back to
farms of origin should
tuberculosis be found in their
carcasses.
While the occurrences of
swine tuberculosis pose no
health threat to consumers,
they represent a financial
loss for packing houses
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