Despite an unusual amount of testing, the dairy industry reports conditions as normal.- At left, above, is Richard Alwine whose farm is within a mile of the U, nuclear generating plant on Three Mile Island. He is still smiling, confident that At right is Jed Beshore, York County, whose farm is just five Dairy business, shook but going steady By DIETER KRIEG The milk in southeastern' Penn sylvania continues to flow in normal fashion, despite the consequences of an accident on Three Mile Island in- volving an atomic reactor. . With few exceptions, dairymen are taking the Precautionary measures hurt meat plants By KENDACE BORRY ELISABETHTOWN “The most damage was done by rumors and fear” one meat processor located near Middletown summed up the results of the Three Mile Area consumers confident of food products By KENDACE BORR Y ELZABETHTOWN As of Thursday night of this week, those consumers back in the area affected by the Three Mile Island incident were' back to buying If you questioned that wind-driven tractor that appeared on page 1 last week, you can get the real scoop in die form of a full explanation by Dieter Krieg. And this time you can believe every word. It ap pears on page 120. One of the oldest cows in the country is still going [■ strong in a Perry County Serving 7 he Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas VOL. 24 No 3 situation pretty much in stride and they’re happy to know that no radiation has been found in milk samples. Federal, state and local testing laboratories are monitoring the situation daily. There is some concern however, about consumers Island incident as it reflected on his business. “While there were no real problems and no product hurt by radiation, people just panicked. The results were that my sales have gone way groceries and food stuffs as normal, according to the comments made at area supermarkets. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garber, Elizabethtwon, told that they had never stopped farm. She’s 26 years young and gave birth to her 23rd calf in February. Page 148 has all the details. The Lancaster County Farmers Association went to Washington recently to meet with legislators. You may read about some of their discussions and concerns in an article beginning on page 140 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7,1979 being influenced by negative reporting and thus refusing to buy milk and other products which are produced in the counties surrounding Harrisburg. While con sumers in southeastern and southcentral Pennsylvania are generally confident of the safety of Pennsylvania down-I just hope it’s tem porary.” The man was talking about his business which is located within the ten mile radius of the Three Mile Island plant. “The uncertainty of what buying such things as milk, meat, and fresh vegetables. “We have faith in what’s being reported,” they 'commented. “We would have been told if there was In this issue Farm Calendar 35 Editorial 10 53 Homestead Notes 90 Kendy’s Kollumn 92 Ida’s Notebook 95 Home on the Range 96 miles away from the power plant. He too hasn't seen a need for a change in management. Samples of milk coming into the Department of Environmental Resouces laboratory in Harrisburg show no evidence of contamination. Charles High, radiation protection specialist, accepts the samples, above, center. products, consumers in neighboring states have expressed their doubts. A spokesman at the Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture, as well as in formation from some dairy cooperatives, indicate that such negative attitudes are very much in existence. we’ll need is terrible, ” he noted. “I don’t know what to order, and what meats to make. Either I’ll run out of meats this weekend or I’ll have too much.” His business was one of six something wrong with the food.” Mrs. Brenda Herr echoed their thoughts. The lady, who told that she lives in a development 3% miles from Three Mile Island, thought Jr. Cooking Edition 98 Joyce Bupp 104 KutztownFFA 112 Garden Spot FF A 118 Life on the farm 122 Chester DHIA 130 Pequea Valley FFA 150 In Maryland, for example, some stores put up signs indicating that their milk didn’t come from Penn sylvania. Also, a cartoon appeared in Philadelphia, showing a boy at a breakfast table with a bowl of cereal and a mushroom cloud meat slaughtering plants which were told to tem porarily cease their slaughtering of ‘ animals from Friday noon until 1 p.m. on Monday, strictly as a precautionary measure. that the public would be warned if the milk might be bad. She added that she and her family had evacuated their home last Friday and were planning to ret; urn home as of yesterday. The Farmers’ Home Administration has broadened its loan programs. Details are on page 52. Solanco High School’s FFA Chapter won a two county milk products judging contest. Susan Kauffman reports on page 137. $6.00 Per Year coming out of the milk carton. Such negative, un warranted publicity irritate farmers and their marketing representatives, as well as officials within responsible agencies such as the (Turn to Page 28) Also, the plants were to move no meat in or out of their plants, although they could sell what they had available. According to the (Turn to Page 39) “I heard a report that there was no identifiable problem,” Jim Chafin said as he put milk cartons into his shopping cart. He added (Turn to Page 39) Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers held their annual meeting on March 24. News from it still came in this week and we have it on pages 113-115. Inflation may give a boost to the poultry industry, according to reports given at a recent Lancaster County poultry meeting. See page 37.
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