J/OL. 26
Pa. unveils milk
marketing program
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
HARRISBURG - The
initial draft of a proposed
Pennsylvania Milk
Marketing Program, which
calls for a mandatory three
quarter of one percent
assessment on all producers,
has been distributed to co
ops and other farm
organizations for their
consideration
Members of the informal
advisory committee, which
«et prior to the drafting of
e proposal by the
Department of Agriculture,
will reconvene on Friday m
Harrisburg to review the
draft and consider any
changes
In addition to the three
quarter of one percent
assessment, which would
yield about $7l million
based on last year's milk
volume, other major
National FFA convention
honors local Cloister chapter
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
EPHRATA Right now, all
across the country, chests
are swelling in pnde for the
numerous representatives to
Ve sent to the National FFA
Convention, Kansas City,
November 12 to 14; and
parents, teachers and
friends at the Ephrata High
School are no exception.
The Ephrata Cloister FFA
has every reason to be proud
of their chapter. They are
How Reagan will change farm policy
LANCASTER Some cynics may claim it’s unfair to
hold a politician to promises made while campaigning
But the election of Republican Ronald Wilson Reagan as
President should bring about many changes in national
policies
Many farmers supported
Reagan and agriculture
received a fair amount of
attention in the campaign,
including a last minute
swing by Reagan’s farm
advisor through rural
Pennsylvania
Reagan made many
promises to farmers which
go far beyond his pledge to j
save them from “the brink of
disaster and the hardest
tunes they’ve known since
the Great Depression.’’
It’s our 25th birthday
provisions of the proposed
program include
, --Only non-brand ad
vertising and promotion, as
required by the Penn
sylvania Agricultural
Commodities Marketing
Act
-A 25-member Advisory
Board which will work with
the Secretary of Agriculture
in administering the
marketing program
--Membership on the
Advisory Board to be
determined on a percentage
basis of the total number of
producers coming
program.-Each member will
represent four percent of
producers under the
program.
-Smaller coops may
combine membership to
reach the four percent
qualifying figure for a
member
sending an Honorary
American Farmer Degree
recipient (one of four in the
state), a state secretary, an ~
American Fanner Degree
winner, a poultry judge, a
proficiency award winner
and six other members to
claim their Silver Emblem
National Award for Chapter
Excellence.
Charles Ackley, Ephrata,
will receive the Honorary
American Fanner degree
BY CURT HAULER
Ronald Reagan
See pages C-13 C-2G
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8,1880
-Provisions for the
naming of board members
representing independent
producers and smaller coops
who don’t elect to combine
membership through
nominations requested by
the Secretary of Agriculture
-The Marketing Program
to become effective on July
1, 1981, if a majority of
producers approve it in a
referendum to be conducted
by the Department of
Agriculture
Duties of the Advisory
Board would mciude ad
ministration of the program
subject to theapproval of the
Secretary of Agriculture,
program
regulations, receive and
report violations, recom
mend admendments. help in
the assessment of producers,
establish subcommittees
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for teachers of vocational
agriculture. He has been
teaching at Ephrata for 16
years.
This degree is FFA’s
highest recognition given to
adult supporters. Honorary
membership is bestowed to
individuals who have given
service to youth,
agriculture, education and
the FFA organization.
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Farmers should remember the specifics of his cam
paign and see how his actions tally against his promises
First order of business will be to choose a Republican
U S Secretary of Agriculture
At least three possibilities present themselves former
Farm Bureau President Allen Grant, like Reagan a
Californian; Robert Ray, the Governor of lowa, a major
farming state, and Richard Ijng, formerly Reagan’s Ag
Secretary in California, and his campaign farm advisor
who made the Pennsylvania swing
An ag secratary probably will be named around
December 1
The basis of Reagan's ag platform was a promise to
restore profitability to farming and ranching ’’
During his campaign he said his farm program would
begin with an infusion of new ideas into the 1981 Farm
Bill that will be considered by Congress next year The
first step is to have the federal government stop robbing
American farmers through inflation ’he said
York County’s; Lauxmont Farms has emerged as one of leading new Stan
dardised horse farms. One of their studs, Tarport Adios, will be standing at stud
on the 1400-acre Wrightsville breeding complex. See story on page A-20.
Filly brings $425,000
HARRISBURG - A new
national yearling sale record
has been set in the Stan
dardbred horse industry this
week. During the annual fall
sale held from Sunday to
Wednesday at the Farm
Show Complex, a Hanover
Shoe Farms, Inc con
signment brought the fan
tastic price of $425,000
Dia Hanover, a trotting
filly, broke the previous sale
record set in 1978 when
Cobra Almahurst, a pacing
colt, sold for $385,000 in
Kentucky
What makes this filly
special’ She is a half sister
to the World Champion,
multiple Stakes and In
ternational Winner and the
Harness Horse of 1974,
Sets nat’l record
Delmomca Hanover whose
winnings at the track came
to over $BOO,OOO.
According to Bowman
Brown, president of the
publication, The Harness
Horse, Inc , Delmomca
In this Issue
SECTION A: Editorials, 10; Agway annual meeting,
15; MCMP District 14,18; Lauxmont Farms, 20; Letters
to editor, 26; Gook-a-mal-doh, 32; Agri-women to meet,
36.
SECTION B: Photos vs. cattle rustlers, 2; Ephrata ag
club, 8, Sheepmen’s 25th, 9; Sheila’s shorts, 11; Poultry
feed quality, 15.
SECTION C: Homestead notes, 2; Bread baking, 6;
Joyce Bupp, 12; Our 25th anniversary, 13; Lancaster
women meet, 24; Supreme champ cow. 26.
SECTION D: Hunterdon 4-H, 4, Broiler air inlets, 6;
Farm talk, 9; Raised vegetable beds, 12; Franklin 4-
H’ers, 16; Berks DHIA, 27; Top FFA speech, 31
The President-elect said he would increase net farm
income by supporting and refining programs to bring
profitable farm prices with the goal of surpassing parity
levels in a market-oriented ag economy.
Reagan said he would control inflation by adopting
sound fiscal and monetary policies and by eliminating
excessive and unnecessary federal regulations.
He said he would expand domestic markets by ef
fectively utilizing advantages of the energy potential for
farm, forestry and other biomass products
The President-elect promised to expand exports by
using Food for Peace and revolving credit incentives,
working to remove foreign restraints on U S products,
and encouraging development of dependable new
markets
The Republican promised to assure that all rural
utizens whether farmers or not have the same
opportunities as those who live in towns and cities in
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$7.50 Per Year
Hanover raced as an Aged
horse in the Pnx
D’Amenque, held in France,
and won this most famous
international race in 1974.
She was the World Champion
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