€ 'November milk price $11.54
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Dairy
farmers supplying milk
plants regulated under the
New York-New Jersey
marketing orders during
November will be paid on the
basis of a uniform price of
$11.54 per hundred pounds or
24.8 cents per quart. Market
Administrator Thomas A.
Wilson, who announced
November’s price, also
. stated that the uniform farm
price was $11.45 per hun
dredweight in October 1978
and $10.12 per hun
dredweight in November
1977. The uniform price is a
marketwide weighted
average of the value of farm
milk used for fluid and
manufactured dairy
products.
The seasonal incentive
rd returned $2,095,486.47
$.279 per hundredweight
to the dairy farmer’s
uniform price for November.
This included $344,289.17
interest earned on the fond.
CHARGES!
Until April
Good deals on new Massey-
Ferguson farm tractors are
now even better. Buy now
and pay no finance charges*
until April 1, 1979. This offer
good on all MF farm tractors
from the MF 230 (34 h.p.)
through the MF 4880 Four-
Wheel-Drive (320 h.p.)
Act before year end for big
1978 savings on . ..
• Finance charges
• Depreciation allowance
• Investment tax credit
Personalized MF financing, parts, and service available.
S. G. LEWIS AND SON RICE FARM SUPPLY INC. PAUL J. EICHERT & SON
West Grove, PA
Ph-(215) 869-9440
869-2214
RHODES EQUIPMENT CO., INC. MARLIN W. SCHREFFLER N. H. FLICKER & SON, INC. M. M. WEAVER & SON
1085 Industrial Blvd Pitman, PA Maxatawny, PA N. Groff dale Rd
Southampton, PA Ph (717)648-1120 Ph (215)683-7252 Leola, PA 17540
Ph (215)677-6000 Ph.(717)656-2321
PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT GUS FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. ARNETTS GARAGE
225 York Road Intersection 214-616 Rt. 9 Box 125
Carlisle, PA Seven Valleys, PA Hagerstown, MO
Ph (717)249-5338 Ph.(717)428-1967 Ph: (301) 733-0515
The fund was generated by
reducing' the uniform price
during the high production
sprmg months.
The total amount of milk
received from the 17,787
dairy farmers supplying the
New York-New Jersey
Marketing Area was
750,445,437 pounds during
November 1978. This was
almost 18.8 million pounds
above last year. The gross
value to dairy farmers for
milk deliveries was
$88,973,924.86. Mr. Wilson
explained that this included
differentials required to be
paid to dairy farmers but not
voluntary premiums or
deductions authorized by the
farmer.
Regulated milk dealers
(handlers) utilized
409,953,529 pounds or 54.6
percent of the total amount
of milk for Class I. The Class
I milk is used for fluid milk
products such as
homogenized, flavored, low
1, 1979
*When financed with Massey-
Ferguson Credit Corporation.
Offer ends January 26, 1979
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Rt 220 Bypass RD 1,
Jersey Shore, PA Orwigsburg, PA
Ph (717)398-1391 Ph (717)943-2304
test and skim milks For
November 1978, handlers
paid $12.15 per hun
dredweight, or 26.1 cents per
quart, for the milk used in
Class I products compared
with $10.99 a year ago.
The balance of the milk,
45.4 percent, was used to
manufacture Class II
products including butter,
cheese, ice cream and
yogurt. For this milk the
handlers paid $10.50 per
hundredweight.
The uniform price is based
on milk containing 3.5
percent butterfat. For
November 1978, a dif
ferential of 13.9 cents was
applied to the price for each
one-tenth of one percent that
the milk tested above or
below the 3.5 percent
standard.
All prices quoted are for
bulk tank milk received
within the 201-210 mile zone
from New York City.
Farmers Union officers elected
Newly elected officers of the Lancaster County Farmers Union, from left: Vice-
President, James Spahr, of Neffsville; Secretary-Treasurer, Naomi Spahr, of
Lititz; and Forney Longenecker, also of Lititz, the new President. They will serve
terms of one year. '
LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO.
700 E. Linden St
' Richland, PA
Ph (717)866-7518
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23,1978
Estate planning
workshop set
YORK - A one day con
ference is set for January 4,
1979 for Farm Estate
Planning for estate planning
professionals. The family
farm is still the predominant
production unit in Penn
sylvania agriculture. The
preservation of this form of
business organization
requires very careful estate
planning.
This conference will assist
professionals who are in
volved in estate planning
with farm families to
analyze each unique
situation and enable them to
keep abreast of the latest
legal developments. This
conference is for attorneys,
bankers and trust officers,
accountants, and insurance
agents.
The conference topics are:
Fact Finding for the Farm
Family, by Lyn McGill,
It’s Christmas
again and time to
say how much it
means to have the
**| \ friendship and
f good will of folks
V like you. Accept
\ our sincere thanks
fc sand warm wishes
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WALTER & JACKSON, INC.
Box 168, Christiana, PA
215-593-5195
215-857-2613
Division Manager, Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance
Company; Joint Tenancies
and Associated Problems,
by Donald Waisel, Attorney
at Law; Tax Implications of
Farm Transfers, William
Boles, Certified Public
Accountant; Your
Professional Relations,
Vice-President of Com
monwealth National Bank;
Workshop on Estate Plan
ning Problems, Discussion
Group. Panel Discussions og.
Solutions to Problems.
The conference will be
held at the Embers
Restaurant, Carlisle,
January 4, 1979 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. A registration fee of
$25.00 must be sent to Roland
Freund, Penn State Ex
tension Service, 1100
Claremont Road, Carlisle,
Pa. Reservations must be in
by December 30,1978.
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