—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978 142 Farmers’ future clouded by excess production ATLANTA, Ga.-U.S Sen. Herman E. Talmadge (D- Ga.) warned last week that the economic outlook for American farmers remains uncertain and urged the Carter Administration to put the brakes on excess production. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry said the net farm income is expected to rise about $5 billion this year Fulton Grange holds meeting OAKRYN —Fulton GrHn§6 No. 66 held their semi monthly meeting October 23rd, at the Grange Hall, Oakryn. Overseer, Thomas Chas. Galbreath, presided. Among the thirteen members of Fulton Grange attending the State'Grange meeting were Peggy and Sandra Galbreath who participated in the talent contest. They placed first in vocal competition and were accompanied by Douglas Bonsall. Their selection was “Bless This House.” They had previously taken part m the regional and district eliminations at Kutztown. Mrs. David Knight acted as Flora when State Grange youth filled the State Grange offices for the Wednesday morning session of the Pa. State Grange. Mrs. Charles Tindall Sr. took part in the State Grange art contest. Fulton Grange is spon soring Miss Allison Ap pleget, Peach Bottom, in the Miss Solanco contest. Charles McSparran and Mrs. William Rhoades were selected to represent Fulton Grange at the annual board meeting of the Southern Lancaster Company Family Health Center November 21. Mrs. J. Stanley Stauffer presented the program for w ||*P||Pft"|l Truck Spreading Service Of BAKER'S LIMESTONE AND ROYSTER BONANZA FERTILIZERS, UREA. AND AMMONIUM SULFATE OR TRACTOi? SPREADERS AVAILABLE. We handle fertilizer in bulk and bags, retail and wholesale. - ALSO - ARCADIAN GOLDEN UR AN 30%, Poly-N 10-34-0, or prescription liquid mix fertilizer wholesale or spread. Plus retail Insecticides and Herbicides. Call Us For All Your Chemical Needs MARTIN'S LIQUID SERVICE c/o JOHN Z. MARTIN RD 1, Box 716, New Holland, PA 17557 Phone 717-354-5848 over last, to about 525 billion But he noted that the 1978 figure will be well below the $3O billion farm income peak of 1973. “Much of this year’s in come growth is occurring in the livestock sector - a sector that has suffered for several years from ex tremely low prices and in come,” Talmadge said. “The crop''sector will be receiving a lower mcome this year on average, so the aggregate mcome situation the Lecturer, Mrs. Thomas Galbreath, who was at tending State Grange Program theme was “Oc tober.” Mrs. Tommy Galbreath, Mrs. Dewitt Bacorn, C G McSparran, Irene Zug and Kristen Stauffer participated in the program. Ceres, Mrs. Gerald Kreider, and Pomona, Mrs. William Taylor, will be in charge of Com and Pie Night at the next meeting on November 13. Farmers are asked to bring com exhibits which will be judged In best single ear and best ten ear classes. The Grange ladies are to bring pies in apple, plain or spiced pumpkin classes. Earl Mull, Quarryville, will be the speaker. He will tell of his experiences combining wheat from Texas to Canada and show some pictures he took * y is not as bright as some would suggest ” Talmadge spoke at the concluding session of the National Conference of Farm Credit Directors meeting in Atlanta His remarks came about one year after the start of last Fall and Winter’s nation wide farmer protest against a severe cost-price squeeze that resulted in economic hardship for many producers. Talmadge said that m response to last year’s agriculture crisis, Congress had broadened the new' 1977 farm act to provide the Administration with ample authority to deal with farm income problems. “Unfortunately, the Ad ministration has shown great reluctance to use the authorities we gave it,” Talmadge said. “What has b?en done has tended to be too little and too late. It was only the combined weight of American farmers and Congress that ultimately got any action.” ' Talmadge served notice that his Committee will ‘maintain close scrutiny in the months to come over the agriculture situation.” He also announced that Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland would be asked to present “a full-scale assessment of the state of American agriculture” to the Committee as the first order of business in the new session of Congress in January. “We will be prepared thereafter to take wheatever action may be needed to maintain a viable agriculture and to assure American farmers of a fair deal in the national economy,” he said Talmadge said excess production continues to plague the nation’s agricultural economy. Fears of a possible world food Herman Talmadge shortage has made the Administration reluctant “to use existing authority to meet our most persistent agriculture problem - ex- SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS READY MIX CONCRETE.FOR EVERY PURPOSE A DIVISION OF A. G. 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