—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10,1978 96 Heavy milk flow NEW YORK, N.Y. - The pounds oyer 1976’s total volume of milk pooled under nearly tripled the 1975-76 Order No. 2 during 1977 rose increase. for the second year in a row. .... The increase of 144.7 million Although annual producer Class 1 milk $12.03 in July for Order 4 ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle Atlantic Order Market Administrator Shine announced a Class II Joseph D. Shine this week milk price of $9.15 per announced a Class I milk hundredweight for May 1978 price of $12.03 per hun- and a butterfat differential dredweight for July 1978. of 12.3 cents. The Class II Shine said that the price is \ price is down two cents from up one cent from June and is the previous month. 63 cents higher than the July 1977 price. Order No. 4 prices are announced for milk testing 3.5 per cent butterfat, f.o.b. (free on board) plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia, and also within 75 miles from the nearer of Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, Md. There is also a six-cent direct delivery differential ap plicable to producer milk received at plants located AIR CONDITIONING YORK CHAMPION IV THE YORK CHAMPION IV Total Engineering Concept You expect the air conditioner you buy to cool and dehumidify yourentire home In addition you may be looking for a quiet unit and one that will operate efficiently Certainly vou want a system that is easy to maintain or service and one that is built to last Here s how the York Champion IV unit was designed to meet these tour basic requirements I. QUIET OPERATION The Champion IV' unit uses twin fans for low velocity extremely quiet air Mow through the unit In fact air Mow is so gentle it will not harm v egetation located as close is 12 inches from the coil The compressor is positioned below the tw in fans to help disperse its operating sound The Champion IV unit is engineered to give vou as quiet a unit as possible without affecting the other benefits Visit your York dealer and listen for yourself 11. CONSERVE ENERGY In icrms or cncrgv savings the Champion IV unit has been engmer red to give \ ou optimum efficiency without sacrificing quiet operation serviceability or durability Because the York condenser coil uses more fin surface with fewer tubes a large refrigerant charge is not neeoed eliminating the need to provide heat to the compressor The Champion IV unit does not consume power when it s off as do conventional units with constantly operating crankcase heaters rUFFIBL NEW HOLLAND 717-354-4136 within 55 miles of Philadelphia. These class prices are based on the May 1978 Mmnesota-Wisconsm man ufacturing milk price of $9.25 per hundredweight adjusted to a 3.5 per cent butterfat content. The USDA reported that the wholesale price of Grade A butter at Chicago for May was $1.0671 per pound and the nonfat dry milk price was $.7071 per pound f.o.b. plants in the Chicago area. FUEL OIL AND GASOLINE LEBANON 717-272-2541 RICHLAND 717-866-2105 WOMELSDORF 215-589-5513 SINKING SPRING 215-678-7011 > noted in Order 2 receipts of 9,628.9 million pounds were above last year’s total, monthly production did not follow the same pattern throughout the year: Pool receipts were lower for the first five months of the year com pared to 1976 and higher thereafter. Since August, production each month reached the highest level smce 1971. Producer receipts were at their peak in May with 916.3 million pounds and at then low in February when 710.5 million pounds were pooled. The margm between the high and low months, 205.8 million pounds, was the lowest since the seasonal incentive plan was adopted in 1967. More than 97 per cent of the milk pooled each month in 1977 was delivered on bulk tank units. For December, the figure rose to 98.6 per cent. On an annual basis, Why sweat out another season with worn out When you try to make obsolete equipment do for “one-more-season”, you’re asking for trouble. Like inefficient operation, endless repairs and costly down-time. New equipment takes money, but this need be no problem for you Farm Credit loans are readily available ... at reasonable rates of interest ment scheduled at times most convenient to you. See Farm Credit for financing the equip- ment you need today. bulk milk aggregated 9,423.1 million pounds or 97.9 per cent of total pool receipts. According to Order 2 Market Adminstrator Thomas Wilson, the in creased pool receipts were the result of continued producer efficiency as in dicated in statistics on the daily deliveries per producer. With fewer producers in the pool, each one delivered an average of 1,402 pounds per day, a 4.5 per cent in crease over last year. Bulk tank producers increased v ' their daily output by 51 pounds and can producers had an average increase of 16 pounds. Daily deliveries per producer were higher each month during 1977 than the corresponding month in 1976. However, the increases ranged from six pounds in March to 123 pounds in December. machinery? COME IN, LET'S TALK IT OVER! FOR MOKE INFORMATION. CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE. A record high under the Orders was attained in June this year when daily deliveries per producer reached 1,572 pounds. The 1977 low of 1,291 pounds occurred during the first month of the year. Producer receipts from New York totaled 6,970.0 million pounds an increase of 16.9 million pounds over a year ago. New Jersey declined in amount and realtive im portance in 1977, supplying 21.7 million pounds and 0.3 percentage points less than the previous year. ■ SALE ■.'t ON FIDELITY PTO ALTERNATORS See Page 92 For Details. VI Pennsylvania, the thitj major state in the milkshed, increased its Order No production last year by 145 ? million pounds to a total 0 i 2,357.4 million pounds. Mor e significant was its prop 0t tionate share of the pool, 24; per cent versus 23.3 per cem in 1976. Milk from other states stii' constituted less than one. half of one per cent of Order No. 2 producer receipts However, the amount supplied from such sources in 1977 was 4.3 million pounds, more than one-fifti, above last year’s total. . . with repay-
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