Dairy Business ' By ' Newton Bair WARNING SIGNALS What’s ahead for the dairy business? All kinds of omens, signs ‘ and signals are oozing out of the woodwork. Some are good, some not so good it all depends on the mood you’re in when you see them. Anyway, the signs we are seeing raise some pretty serious questions that every thinking dairyman should try to answer. I don’t have the answers, will try to point out some of concern. First, let’s look at ex pansion. Milk production is actually expanding faster than milk consumption. The surplus that must result and is, in fact, building up right GARBER OIL CO. [texaco] Fuel Chief HEATING GIL « OIL HEATING EQUIPMENT AIR CONDITIONING MOUNT JOV. PA Ph 653 1821 m /bonanza] • AAtrex 4L • Basagran • Butyrac 200 • Bladex • Cygon 400 • Counter 15G • Dual 8E • Eptam • Furadan • Lasso 4EC • Princep • Paraquat CL • Supracide 2E • Roundup • Sencor4L • Bicep • Tolban 4E • Weedar 64 • Weedone LV4 m_ _ a m apn opa ■ m 500 RUNNING PUMP RD. R/K AGRI-SERVICE now must either find a home somewhere else or be purchased and stored by Uncle Sam. Will the Com modity Credit Corporation be willing and able to maintain the purchases of powder, cheese and butter that our American con sumers can’t, or won’t, buy and consume? Of course, the laws are still on the books requiring the CCC to maintain the support prices but what are the limits? Do we want to produce milk products too far m excess of our U.S. consumer’s market’ Can we expect to sell our surplus on the World Market? A little sidelight on this is the thought of whether our Third World neighbors can afford to buy or have the appetite to consume our surplus dairy products. Many of our Vietnamese, Cambodian and Cuban refugees need the excellent nutritious food that can be supplied by dairy products. But, they are not ac customed to eating them or even drinking fluid milk. They have to be “trained” to drink milk and eat cheese! The same can be said of SEE R/K AGRI-SERVICE NOW * Sutan • AAtrex Nine-0 • Dyfonate2oG • Eradicane 6.7 E • Lorox SOW • Tlllam many citizens of the poorer, developing countries. Our total milk production on an average daily basis so far this year is nearly three percent higher than last year. The production in crease is due to relatively large increases in output per cow. The decline m cow numbers has also been slowing down. Combine these efforts with the decline m consumption, and it adds up to milk surplus which CCC must buy and cope with. While the support price for milk is now $12.07, let’s not lose sight of the fact that consumer groups such as the CNI are beginning to seriously lobby against government support of the dairy industry. 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Young dairymen starting out might take over an already established herd and try to cull and manage it more efficiently than the original owner. 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Avoid over investing in machinery, equipment and land. Good cows and good management will pay off the debts faster than items that depreciate in value. And, it’s high tune that all dairymen get behind a good advertising and promotion Chicken dinners to lure the hungry at Delmarva GEORGETOWN, Del. - Any successful festival needs plenty of good food and that’s exactly what you will fmd when you visit the annual Delmarva Chicken Festival in Milford, Delaware next weekend, June 6 and 7. 746 807 826 There will be fried chicken platters consisting of a fried chicken quarter, ap plesauce, baked beans and roll for the bargain price of $2.25. For just $2.75, you can enjoy a half of barbecued chicken, potato chips, pickle and roll. Supplementing the platters, there will be com on-the-cob, french fried potatoes, cold drinks, homemade baked goods and ice cream. 737 713 780 807 747 728 830 In addition, you will find chicken franks with all the trimmings, popcorn, snow cones, funnel cakes and homemade fudge. All will be reasonably priced to appeal to the family budget. 832 757 769 771 708 712 743 Food concessions will be • Granular 20% Super Phosphate • Borate • Potash • Urea • Zinc * Triple • 4-44-0 Micronutrient Mix • K-Mag WANTED! DEALERS FOR FERTILIZER, AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND SEED CORN campaign. Like it or not, we are competing against Big Money for our share of the consumer’s food and beverage budget. Inflation and ever higher costs make us want to in crease production to stay in the game. But the market is signaling for caution in building surplus. We must try to avoid the possibility of severe criticism for not looking ahead. Chicken Festival open between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday, June 6. They will reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, and will remain m full swing through Saturday evening. All concessions will be operated by civic organizations from the Milford area. Site of the 33rd Chicken Festival is Milford High School, 10th and North Walnut Streets, Milford. Plan to include this weekend of family fun and activity in your early summer schedule. m I BONANZA/ MATERIALS: • DAP • 30% • Ureaform RIDOML LEBANON COUNTY CALL: 717-866-5701
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