Letters To
The Editor
Dear Editor:
The June 14 Sheila’s Shorts
gave very good advice to the
fellow who wanted to start
farming.
I think you should have
mentioned that although
things start looking good,
when you think everything is
going all right, that is the
tune things start going
wrong; like cows get sick,
and die for no reason and
your equipment you think is
m good shape, breaks down
and many other little things.
Also in this week’s issue
(June 21st) you should come
to see those pretty white
tags in our heifers ears, and
all the flys we have on them.
We also mix Rabon in the
feed and the flys seem as bad
as last year.
Ed Brown
R 3 Littlestown
Don’t letfem put holes
in your apple profits.
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Dear Editor:
I was disappointed to see
the article, “Will diet change
prevent heart attack?”, in
your paper that is dated
June 14. It implies or states
as facts those things which
are unproven and are very
likely false. With a farmer
publication which should be
supportive of the Animal
Agriculture - dairy, meat
and poultry I would hope
you would do a front page
story on the recent report
disputing the American
Heart Association stand.
I do enjoy your paper and
many of our staff find much
useful information m it.
Grant W. Sherritt
Associate Professor
of Animal Science
Penn State
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Dear Editor:
Congratulations on your
editorial Independent
Dairymen Need a voice.”
Well done.
Nothing has demonstrated
this need more than the
recent fight on the Milk
Security Fund, which you
mentioned.
The proposal for the fund
originated in New York, as
you know, where the
cooperatives bragged about
their success. They are not
so sure today since it ap
parently is not working as
well as expected.
After the Louden Hill (“I
can sell for less and still
make money”) bankruptcy
efforts were made to put m a
fund in Pennsylvania. I
believe the State Grange
first came out with a
recommendation that it be a
farmer-financed fund paid
for and controlled by them.
It didn’t sell. Then, the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association came out with
the split payment dealers
and farmers each paying
half. This was on its way
until the co-ops got
organized.
They virtually took control
of the “policy sessions” for
both organizations and both
groups came up with the
“dealer pay all” concept.
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Oh, yes, the co-ops did not
have to pay unless they
wanted to There are few
betting they will.
It was interesting to note
at the recent meeting of the
Agriculture Committee of
the House of Represen
tatives the “organizations”
named by visitors to the
meeting. Many said
“Cooperatives for the
Security Fund”. “Let us not
permit outselves to be
charged.”
We talked to many far
mers who told us they would
be happy to participate with
the payment to assure
adequate money and
protection. Many legislators
have heard the same but the
pressure form the organized
cooperatives does not permit
any action.
There once was talk about
a statewide referendum on
the subject with
cooperatives not having bloc
voting privileges. Ap
parently this has been
squelched, too, lest the in
dividual and/or independent
farmer might have a voice.
No one likes dealer
bankruptcies but, in reality,
losses to farmers from such
failures are far less than
losses due to co-op dues, co
op assessments, co-op
reblending and the like. It
Apple maggot
would appear that a call by
you to the Milk Marketing
Board for the figures might
make an interesting story
as a follow-up to your
editorial.
I am labeled at “Anti-Co
op Geisinger”, but this is not
true. Cooperatives when
properly run have a
purpose. Unfortunately,
some gears must have
slipped since so many are in
trouble. Eastern tries to say
its latest $5OO assessment is
due to dealer bankruptcies
which is not totally true. At
tunes part of the blame is
due to continued deliveries
of milk to dealers who have
not been paying.
The Grandview (New
York) failure is listed with
the comment that Eastern
would not have lost that
much if Pennsylvania had a
Security Fund. This is un
true. It was an out-of-state
company which did not buy
milk itself in the state and
thus was “unknown” to the
Milk Marketing Board. It
bought through Eastern.
And there have been
allegations that the Grand
view milk was shifted from
New York producers to
Pennsylvania when Grand
view could not or would not
pay into the Empire State’s
Security Fund. We don’t
know whether this is true,
but we have read it in the
public press again and
agam.
We read with interest your
paragraph stating that “the '
only serious challenge to co
op ideas” came from our
organization. I do not agree
that I was working totally for
“the dealers’ interests and
not the producers’ in
terests”.
Unless farmers are happy
and satisfied (They should
be with today’s prices) the
industry cannot continue on
an even keel. My one big
concern for farmers was
those belonging to
cooperatives who might not
have protection (note
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assessments and the like).
Also, with dealers only
putting up the money there
does not appear to be
protection for a goodly
number of Pennsylvania
farmers shipping milk out of
state.
True, some “foreign”
dealers do pick up their own
milk in the state and do file
bonds and pay license fees.
These farmers would be
protected. Others do not.
Milk is picked up by in
dependent truckers and title
does not change until the
farmer-paid tanker drops off
the milk at the platform of
the buying handler all this
despite some provisions in
Senate Bill 1287 relative to
“Title Change”.
With 1.5 billion pounds of
milk reportedly being sold
out of state there could be
many farmers unprotected.
At current blend rates this
could be all or part of some
$l5 to $2O million worth of
milk a month. We thought m
farmers should have the
privilege of protection.
Henry R. Geisinger
Executive Vice president
Pa. Assoc, of Milk Dealers
Dear Editor
The “Journal of Soil and
Water Conservation”
contained an editorial which
presented 10 land ethic
prescriptions which follow.
They aie of particular
interest to this region since
so much of our farmland is
being lost or threatened.
1. You ought to consider
land as a resource that may
be yours for a time but is
also held in trust for the
future. Land is not a
commodity that any of us
can own in the ordinary
sense of the word.
2. You may be a trustee of
the land and that will often
confer private benefits on
you, but you ought not to
seek benefits that incur
disbenefits on the com
munity or other individuals.
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