education act to be
MARUNSBUEG, W.V. - same main provisions as the
A Freestone Peach research one which lost on the House
and education act., slightly floor in 1976. At that time
modified from the bill which totally unexpected opposi
was before Congress in 1976,- tion surfaced from a small
is expected to be introduced group of peach producers in
in the House of Represen- one state,
tatives early in May. “This is just enabling
The bill, which is to allow legislation and will not have
the peach industry to set up suy effect until growers ap
self-help programs, has the P™ve a plan which will be
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introduced
presented to them in a na
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and
are fine in theory, but do not
work well in practice.
“Under provisions of the
enabling legislation which
we are backing, there would
be an involuntary assess
ment program though
growers would be able to re
quest, and obtain, a full re
fund if they do not wish to
participate.”
Proponents of the proposal
say the peach industry is
badly in need of research
funds to fill some of the gaps
left by losses in state and
Federal funding, and pro
gram cutbacks caused by in
flation.
Under provisions of the
proposed act states could get
50 per cent of their contribu
tions back for specific in
state projects, with the re
maining funds to be
allocated for projects which
.would be regional or national
in nature; and for necessary
operating expenses.
“With many of our
pesticides either being taken
off the market or put on
restricted use lists, we must
have research which will
show how to make better use
of available materials,”
Jones remarked. “We also
must have funds to pay for
research needed to keep
registration under EPA
regulations for materials
which private industry does
not want to reregister
because they cannot expect
to recoup their costs.”
Integrated pest manage
ment, which is becoming in
creasingly important both
because of environmental
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considerations and the need
to reduce use of increasingly
costly spray materials, is
another area where there
can be major returns to
growers for relatively small
expenditures for research,
according to backers of the
proposed legislation.
With occasional market
gluts causing severe losses
to growers, some growers
are pointing to a need for
checking on export
marketing possibilities for
fresh market peaches, as
well as the need to team
more about how to get
peaches into supermarkets
in a condition that will cause
them to sell quickly, pro
viding faster turnover for
the stores, better satisfied
customers, and better
markets for producers.
“We need to not only have
the proper quality of fruit
available in the super
market,” Jones continued,
“we need to have more
materials which will show
the customer how to use our
delicious fruit. Futhermore,
those materials should be
available at the same place
in the produce section that
peaches are displayed.
Grange meets
VIRGINVILLE - The
Virginville Grange put on a
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Master was Todd Miller;
overseer, Robbie Schappell;
assistant steward, Barry
Mengel; lady assistant
steward, Debbie Sheetz;
steward, Charles Seidel;
gatekeeper, Kenneth Ker
shner; - secretary, Sheila
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Many consumers don’t know
anything more than eating a
peach out of hand, or
possibly slicing it over
cereal.”
Speaking of how the pro
grams will be administered,
Jones said they will be under
the direction of a board con
trolled by peach producers,
and not by government ap
pointees.
Wide Congressional sup
port is being sought for the
proposed legislation, with a
number of interested per
sons having already con
tacted their Congressmen to
ask their help in getting this
enabling legislation through
the House of Represen
tatives.
A hearing on the bill is to
be scheduled in the near
future before the Domestic
Marketing, Consumer Rela
tions and Nutrition subcom
mittee of the House
Agriculture Committee.
Congressman Frederick
Richmond of New York, sub
committee chairman, has
said the hearing will be
scheduled as soon as possi
ble after the appropriations
bill is out of the way.
Merkel; Ceres, Lillian
Milisock; Pomona, Brenda
Mengel; Chaplin, Judy
Bower, matron Jane Hill;
and assistant matron, An
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