E22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 23,1980 Carbon Copy You should have guessed when the Minnesota- Wisconsin price for January was nearly the same as December that your milk check would also be a carbon copy or last month but you might not have guessed the uniform or blend price would be exactly the same. That’s what it was, $12.25 for December and also for January. With Class prices almost the same both months and a 35 million pound increase in production in January, you were lucky it wasn’t lower. Class I sales picked up 10 million pounds this month, but your increased production gave you a Class I utilization of only 47.1 percent compared to 47.8 m December. This was the highest montly production since last June, and another four percent jump over last month. It’s just a good thing that nationally mUk production is not increasing as rapidly as it is m Order 2 or we would all be swimming m milk - or powder. The problem is - if you are making money at these prices you will probably continue to increase production and there’s no way to get off the roller • Chops and mixes slurry materials. • Pumps 650 to 1000 GPM • Liquid manure pump 1000 RPM- 100H.P. req. • Designed for use with sprinkler application of slurry materials. Get Full Details From Your Nearest Long Dealer... MAIDENCREEK FARM SUPPLY Blandon, PA 215-926-3851 CLAPPER FARM EQUIP. ROl, Alexandria, PA 814-669-9015 coaster by slowing it down. You have to wait until it crashes. But this is about the pace you can expect through the first half of this year, un fortunately, with the in crease m the support price on April 1 the only bright spot in the foreseeable future. If things go as ex pected, you may even get a carbon copy of this newsletter next month unless some unexpected changes occur. My bet is that nothing different will happen and you’ll be sitting on your support pnces until April and maybe October. Beeferendum Registrations were somewhat disappointing for the national referendum on Beef Research and In formation Order with less than 10,000 farmers signing up in Pennsylvania with over 15,000 dairy herds plus the beef herds. In the northeast corner, the four largest dairy counties turned out less than a third of the eligible dairy farmers, plus again the beef producers which would have dropped the percentage even lower. Slurry Conditioner/Pump LG. AG SALES COLUMBIA EQUIPMENT CO. CANYON IMPLEMENTS, INC. Silverdale, PA 215-257-5136 Howe' \ registered vmu Have a choice in the outcome because the results depend only on the number registered. If a 50 percent of the registered farmers vote and a majority of them approve the order, then it will be organized with a 68 member Beef Board composed of beef producers appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. This Board will administer the order; collect the assessments, two tenths of one percent the first two years, and conduct the beef research and information program. Board members, who serve without pay, would be selected geographically with each area being represented in proportion to its share of the national cattle inventory. Pennsylvania and New York would each have one member and an alternate on the Board appointed for a three year term from nominations submitted by producer organizations. Any organization representing producers may request certification by USDA to participate in nominating Board members. Assessment rates may be raised after two years with USDA approval but not to exceed five tenths of one percent. Even at the lower rate it is expected that about $4O million would be collected annually. Dairy animals sold for milk production or breeding would be exempt and only those sold for slaughter would be assessed. The Order may be ter minated by a referendum requested by ten percent of ' * ? -sSSfe *<«; WENGER’S, INC. S Race St Myerstown, PA 717-866-2138 Bloomsburg, PA 717-784 7456 the producers who voted originally if a majority of the voters accounting for more than half of the cattle owned by the voters favors the termination. uiose who So, there you have it. If you were interested enough to register, I presume you voted. If you didn’t register, don’t beef, just sit back afid wait to see what a quarter or third of the eligible voters decided for you. Most farm organizations are in favor of an approval in thq referendum. Beef producers contribute on the average only two cents toward promotion programs for every $lOO worth of sales. Compare that to dairymen who contribute 42 cents. Even two tenths of one percent or 20 cents for every $lOO would still put them pretty far down on the list among farm product promotion campaigns. With dairymen producmg about 18 per cent of the total beef supply, they will cer tainly have a stake in the results of the referendum. Everyone has heard the comment that there’s nothing so good for milk prices as good beef prices. If that’s still true then in creasing demand for beef should indirectly help the dairy business. More importantly if the Order is approved the beef producers may have enough money to join the cholesterol fight with the egg and milk producers and really make an impact on the consuming public. In addition, farmers generally will have to get used to the idea that research to improve the marketability of their products will have to be financed by them. Public funds for agricultural research have been nearly cut m half m the last 12 years and what is left will go to improve productivity. Besides every farmer is ROORKS FARM SUPPLY INC. RD3, Hwy No 77 Elmer, NJ 609-358-3100 RDI, Rt 6 Mansfield, PA 717-724-2731 Don’t Beef competing with every other farmer for a'share of the consumer’s purchases and considering the limits of the capacity of the human stomach it can be tough competition. It’s even tougher when the opposition spends so much more than you do and makes your product sound more like a AUCTION A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF 53 PCS. OF GOLD COINS 14 PCS. OF MEDINGER POTTERY 2 PCS. OF CAMEO GLASS GROUPING OF FINE EARLY CHINA GLASSWARE, FURNITURE, SWISS MUSIC BOX, BOOKS, BIRTH CERTIFICATES, 25 ORIENTAL RUGS & OTHER USUSUAL COLLECTABLES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1980 At: SKIPPACK FIREHOUSE Rt. 113 (V* mi So. of Rt. 73) Skippack, Pa. Sale will begin w/Fine Collectibles, Furniture at approx. 12 Noon, remainder of China & Glassware, Gold Coins at 2:30 P.M., Oriental Rugs at 4:00 P.M. FINE POTTERY includes 14 pcs of Medinger Pottery i.e. 4 water pitchers, creamer, 8 plates; Shpware & Sgraffito, & other valuable pottery. 53 GOLD COINS include 6 - $2O, 40- $lO, 2 - $5 and 5 - $2%; very fine or better Request Catalog. 25 ORIENTAL RUGS - Various type and sizes, Persian, Caucasian, Turkish, Pakistan, Chinese; 6 room-size i.e. 1 Maylayer (Sarouk), 1 Ivory background Antique Sereband. GLASSWARE includes 2 -4%” CAMEO GLASS VASES signed Galle & D’Argental; Enameled Stegal type 3” flip glass, Vaseline Castor Set, approx. 12 pcs. Thousand Eye in clear, amber,green, etc.; Set of 10 Cut Glass Wines m 4 colors; 3 sets of me Stemware, 18 old paperweights, Tiffany Type Table Lamp; CHINA & PORCELAIN includes 2 - 19th Century vases w/cupid, serv. for 12 Lenox China Dmnerware, 12 Dinner Plates L.HS Bavaria w/gold; Haviland, Clews, Flow Blue Plates & others; Masons Ironstone, Wedgewood, Early and Late Adams Rose Dmnerware, etc., IRS Prussia bowl, damanged. FURNITURE, BOOKS & OTHER COLLECTIBLES Include Set of 6 arrowback Chairs, 3 Mantle Clocks, 1 Schoolhouse Clock, Pine Blanket Chest, Tiger Maple Lamp Stand, mm. chest, candlebox, field desk, SWISS MUSIC BOX w/8 tunes, 3 Toleware Trays, Ig. brass kettle, and other old brass items, 2 Silver-lined Candy Molds; 10 Pocket Watches in gold & silver cases; in door bells, sleigh bells, fine homespun, needlework; Stereoptical Viewers with approx 400 cards; Framed Dauffchem from 1802-1845; Books include family history of the Moyers, Freeds, Stauffers, Alderfers; Books on Antiques, old ledgers & Deeds in the 1850’s; sm Enterprise COFFEE MILL TERMS-CASH SANFORD A. ALDERFER. INC. Real Estate Brokers And Auctioneers Harleysville, Pa. - 723-1171 poison than the nutritious food that it is. There are inherent risks in advertising as well as research but the cost of information that’s needed to increase beef consumption may be well worth the price for dairymen if it will also turn the tide in declining fluid milk consumption. 10:00 A.M LUNCH
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