. <s> - _ The area of the Pacific Ocean is nearly 64 million square miles. ~/>/4 - «=3> : With the help of a 32 million pound increase in Class I sales the blend price in Order 2 for October went to $12.64, a 13 cent increase over last month and $1.19 better than last year. The higher fluid milk sales brought your Class I utilization up to 50.8 percent which was 2.5 percent better than September but still far away from the 53.2 percent you had last Oc tober. Your Louisville Plan pay back contributed 44 cents to the $12.64 and that The Milk Check TOM JURCHAK County Agent Higher Blend was about the same as last month. Your class prices were very good with $13.34 for Class I and $11.31 for Class 11. That Class II price peaked at $11.38 last month but you have another in crease for Class I when it goes to $13.57 next month before dropping to $13.50 m December. This is all part of that drop in the Minnesota-Wisconsin price last month that lowered your Basic Formula Price by seven cents to $11.25 for October. This Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 24,1979 would be reflected in the October Class II price and the December Class I price. So altogether a pretty good month price wise with these fluid milk sales in Order 2 going over the 400 million pound mark for the first time since last January, or before the Teamsters Union strike m New York City last Spring. It was predicted that it would take a long time to recover the lost Class I sales. It is now six months later and we still aren’t back to the fluid milk sales of a year ago. Adding to the problem is a new misalignment in Class I pnces between'Order 2 and Order 4 with the increasing costs of hauling milk. PFA—OK The Pennsylvania Far mers Association at their annual meeting in Hershey approved the plan proposed by the Pennsylvania Dairy Cooperatives for Milk Security. This is the proposal by six milk marketing cooperatives that would amend the present Milk Marketing Law to expand the bonding requirements and options for handlers and establish a security fund for producers financed by the handlers and administered by the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board. The PFA had previously favored a fund paid for fay the producers but in recent months many county associations had voted to support the cooperatives plan. A lot of discussion and debate proceeded the voting by PFA delegates but the proposal to adopt the cooperative plan as PFA policy was passed in two votings required for ap proval. This action certainly strengthens the position of the cooperatives in their efforts to have the necessary legislation introduced. In fact it seems to present an ideal combination of agricultural interests with the political savvy of PFA and the dairy marketing know how of the cooperatives. This is about as much unity as we’ve seen on this issue since it became prominent three years ago. Del. growers schedule meeting DOVER, Del. - The second annual meeting of the Delaware Vegetable Growers Association will be held Tuesday and Wed nesday, January 29 and 30, 1980, at the Sheraton Inn in Dover. The two-day meeting is being planned in cooperation with the Delaware Potato Growers Association and the Delaware Cooperative Extension Service. A trade show will again accompany the meeting. For further information, contact University of Delaware extension vegetable specialist Mike Orzolek (302/856-5250) or Kent county agent Ed Kee (302/6784675). Farm Women Societies (Continued from Page 108) Mrs. Naomi Cashner, a new member. Committee reports were given and program and favor committee discussed the Family Christmas banquet to be held December 8, 6:30 p.m., at the New Way Restaurant, Strinestown. The Pennsylvania State Convention will be held January 7 & 8 in the Forum building, Harrisburg. The Society officers will attend the convention as delegates. Games were played and prizes were won. The December meeting will be held Tuesday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. al the home of Mrs. Calvir Wilt, York Haven. Auditors will be asked to audit th« books for the new year. 109
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