Letters To
The Editor
Dear Editor:
Joyce Bupp’s article on
workmen’s compensation in
the June 21st issue of Lan
caster Farming certainly
hits the nail on the head and
all I can say is Amen and
Amen.
P-L-E-A-S-E keep writing
more articles on this subject.
We dairy farmers have
ONE MONTH SPECIAL
«
# POUND
WHY PAY MORE
WHEN YOU CAN GET
THE SAME FOR LESS
★ Special Ends July 31,1980,
Take Delivery in August
WHAT IS SILA-PRIME?
It is a Probiotic fermentation aid containing
dried, viable Lactobacillus bacteria that aids on
lowering pH to control heating, and retain
moisture and reduce spoilage in hay, haylage,
corn silage and high moisture gram It also
reduces the danger of nutrient burn-out so hay
can be put u at higher than usual moisture
levels.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING
SILA-PRIME?
The major benefit is simple economics. Under
NORMAL CONDITIONS, Sila-Prime significantly
increases the dollar-value of baled hay, haylage
and silage.
HOW IS SILA-PRIME APPLIED?
Silage: Through a mechanical applicator
mounted at the cutter bar or blower, or by
hand-broadcasting evenly over the top of each
load of silage.
Hay: Sila-Pnme must be applied from the
inside out on large round bales. A mechanical
applicator mounted on the baler is the
recommended method On small bales, top
dressing each layer as the bales are stacked is
an alternative method
NITRATE LEVELS IN EXPERIMENTAL
FIELD TEST SILAGES
CONTROL PIT TEST PIT
1. COLORADO
2. MINNESOTA 39% REDUCTION
3. NEW YORK STATE.... 64% REDUCTION
4. OHIO 37% REDUCTION
-000*** AGRI
GORMAN BEITZEL LEVI G. HIGH
Bittinger, MD. 21522
Garrett County
301-245-4121
enough aggnvation ito
contend with without any
unnecessary aggnvation.
May I take this op
portunity to tell you how
very much I enjoy your
articles each week.
Ona M. Atkison
Box 157
Churchville, MD.
eooeoaeeeeeeeeoe
Sila-PriiiiG
ON
44% REDUCTION
Amos King
513 Mt. Sidney Road, Lancaster, PA Phone 717-394-2389
Dear Editor:
Your editorial comments
about independent dairymen
needing a single united voice
is very interesting. Do you
realize that cooperatives are
made up of independent
dairymen who see strength
in unity?
Cooperatives are not
entities apart from the
members. Some dairymen
combine their voices only for
legislation, bargaining,
market orders and other
common problems; these
are called bargaining
cooperatives Other
dairymen provide capital
money to acquire plants to
process and manufacture
their milk for a greater
assurance of market.
Independent dairymen
have made a choice to ac
cept the risk of going it alone
Sila-Pfhais
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Controlled Research of Inoculated Silage
Or M E McCullough, University of Georgia
Inoculated
Corn Silage
Moisture In
pH Ensiled
Crude Protein
Dry Matter Per Ton
Dry Matter
Retained
Shrinkage
Difference
Protein Retained
Fiber Retained
N F E Retained
Energy Retained
Digestibility of
Protein
Dry Matter
Energy
Crude Protein
Per Ton
Crude Protein
Retained
Digestible Protein
Retained
Difference Per Ton Preserved by Inoculation
96 00 lbs Dry Matter Per Ton of Silage
18 84 lbs Total Protein
12 34 lbs Digestible Protein Per Ton of Silage
18 lbs Total Crude Protein Compares to 42 lbs of
Soybean Meal
BASE CORP.
RD #1
Ephrata, PA. 17522
717-733-7213
★ ALFALFA
★ CEREAL GRAINS
★ CLOVER
★ CORN SILAGE
★ FORAGE SORGHUM
★ GRASS
★ BALED HAY
★ HIGH MOISTURE CORN
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
72%
39
9 4%
560 lbs
455 lbs (83%)
95 lbs (17%)
96 lbs
(D M /ton)
94%
83%
80%
88%
58%
70%
70%
52 64 lbs
49 48 lbs
29 19 lbs
AARON RIEHL
4911 Mrytle St.
Lynchburg, VA. 24502
804-239-5143
m exchange for a few cents’
higher price. Then when
calamity strikes, there is a
public outcry of sympathy
for the poor lone dairymen
with no voice.
People came to this land to
be independent but soon
found they needed to join
together to protect this in
dependence - the result we
call our United States.
There are responsibilities
that go along with trying to
protect markets. Who do you
think provides the legal and
technical service to call
market order hearings,
provide and present
testimony, file briefs, and
inform producers’ Who
provides plants to
manufacture week-end milk,
holiday milk, and school
vacation milk? Many
handlers buy milk direct
eosccooooqg
No Inoculation
74%
4 1
8 3%
520 lbs
369 lbs (71%)
151 lbs (29%)
71%
82%
67%
75%
55%
68%
67%
43 16 lbs
30 64 lbs
16 85 lbs
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 5,1930—A13
from producers and also
from cooperatives.
When a handler does not
need all the milk produced,
who do you think gets backed
out of the plant - the in
dependent producer or the
co-op? Who bears the ex
pense of their balancing? I
think you will find the an
swers to be almost ex
clusively the cooperatives.
Where were the in
dependent dairymen during
the development of the
proposed security fund? If it
had been left up to them,
they would probably be
providing their own security
fund, which is essentially no
security at all.
The cooperatives provided
the personnel, the time and
expense, to help develop a
security fund that will give
some protection to the in
dependent dairymen, as well
as to the cooperatives who
market their members’ milk
to handlers The
cooperatives who process
their members’ milk and sell
to stores may participate m
Tewksbury 9 s Eastern
job still up in the air
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -
According to Eastern Milk
Producers Cooperative, no
official action was taken at
the June 24 meeting of the
Co-op with regards to Arden
Tewksbury’s continued
employment.
Tewksbury retired from
his duties as Co-op president
at the June 4 annual meeting
of Eastern. According to Co
op rules he was allowed to
serve only nine years on the
Board, and he had com
pleted a full term.
Tewksbury then was
reported to have been hired
by Co-op General Manager
Howard McDonald, at an
annual salary of $30,000.
Tewksbury’s title was to
be Assistant to the General
Manager.
An Eastern Co-op
spokesman said there was
discussion on the ap
pointment but no motions
were delivered to the
meeting and nothing was
made firm.
He said that included no
action on firming
a cooperative fund or opt
out.
A cooperative does not buy
its member’s milk, but
markets it, pays the ex
penses, including those
outlined above, and retumes
the balance as payment. If a
store account goes bad, it
becomes an expense which is
shared by all members m the
co-op.
I believe most
cooperatives, insofar as
possible, are balancing out
each month’s income and
expense, which sometimes
yields a price less than the
administrator’s price for
that month. If any expenses
are allowed to accumulate to
the end of the year or longer,
they assume the unpleasant
term of assessment. To build
a security fund with
members’ money against
the failure of the cooperative
to balance out the milk
returns would be a
duplication of expense to the
members. Thus the option
for cooperatives.
Robert F. Pardoe
El Milton
Tewksbury’s proposed
position as Assistant to the
General Manager nor on any
move to prevent him from
holding such a post.
He did say there had been
discussion of the matter.
Reports that Tewksbury
would have to give up the
annual salary and be
retained on a per diem basis
by the Co-op were not ac
curate, Eastern said.
With Howard McDonald on
vacation, no official action
was possible, Eastern said.
The Eastern spokesman
also said nothing else of
interest happened at the
Board of Directors meeting.