Al2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 6 f 1981 OUR READERS WRITE, AND OTHER OPINIONS (Continued from Page AlO) have increased dramatically, from 1% of the 77 million pounds im ported in 1955 to over 80% of the 150 million pounds imported last year. Perhaps the saddest part of this issue is the fact that existing law gives authority to cover this situation. Section 22 of the Agriculture Adjustment Act directs that duties or import quotas be imposed when “any article or articles are being im ported into the U.S. under such conditions and such quantities as to render or tend to render inef fective, or materially interfere with, any program or operation undertaken under this chapter. ” Because of its artificial price, caseinates produced from im ported casein have become a displacer of U.S. produced non-fat dry milk. It has also reduced the number of jobs in the U.S. dairy plants and has diminished the number of family operated dairy Wishful Cornucopia The Cornucopia Project report published by Robert Rodale on Pennsylvania’s food system is one man’s wishful thinking disguised as an analytical report. It’s not so much a report as a promotion for organic farming. Rodale’s report tells everybody we're in trouble because we have a nationally integrated food system. We’re able to buy oranges, peanuts, potatoes and beef produced in other states just as 600 CETDICC Cooled Diesel «jCI\ICI3 IHHB «««««««««««««««««««<«««««««««««««(«««««««««««««««««< 642-Air Cooled Gasoline The Farmers Favorite. 1000 lb. 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Casein was produced domestically through the 1930’5, 40’s, and 50’s, however, imported casein through subsidized price competition has halted domestic production of casein. While it may be true that complete substitution of casein by non-fat dry milk may not be possible due to functional and nutritional reasons, the two could be interchangeable in many food products, if prices were comparable. Continued violation of Section 22 results in increased treasury expenditures which bring severe criticism of price stabilization programs. It also reduces income to U.S. dairy farm families and could bring eventual dependence on unreliable-foreign sources of food priced at the whim of foreign governments. Ardath DeWall, Judy Erb Representing American Agri- Women people elsewhere able to buy milk, apples, mushrooms and eggs produced here. What the report ignores is that we have that interdependence because people want it and because of economic factors, soil conditions, climate and other realities. It’s simply cheaper and easier to produce a nationwide supply of vegetables in California’s spacious Imperial Valley, for example, than m the rolling hills Jm m Auxiliary Hydraulics. I jp 1 * ’ } Standard I|H * »60 HD Drive Cham I For Fasti Attachment Change | rj^ Capacity |s **®! Diameter Axlel— Axle I -^' Housmgl e Bolt Wheels!- —I and valleys of Pennsylvania. From time to tune bad weather or a transportation breakdown forces a temporary inconvenience on consumers, but that’s no reason to undertake the massive changes recommended by the Rodale report which would, in effect turn back the clock hundreds of years. Following the Rodale report’s recommendations for so-called self-sufficiency would result in a major disruption of long established national markets for our dairy products, California’s vegetables and Florida’s citrus. And what would happen to con sumers in the area of a local drought if they can’t depend on farmers elsewhere. Following the Rodale report’s recommendations for so-called self-sufficiency would result in a major disruption of long established national markets for our dairy products, California’s vegetables and Florida’s citrus. And what would happen to con sumers in the area of a local drought if they can’t depend on farmers elsewhere. In short, what the Rodale report is really interested m is changing our eating habits. It wants us to cut our red meat consumption 80 percent and eat a lot more vegetables. It also suggests replacing fertilizer with manure while at the same time telling us to do away with our livestock. It’s senseless. I think it’s an attempt to create a market for organic farms. While farmland preservation and soil and energy conservation are serious concerns of the agricultural community, we don’t think decisions in these com plicated areas should be based solely on their effect on our country’s integrated food delivery Tires Standard 1 7 00x15) 54 L--* Flotation 10 00x16 5)54 Widtl' t Carlisle. PA PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT 717-249-5338 Chambersburg PA Palm. PA CLU6STON NORMAN D CLARK WENTZ IMPLEMENT INC. TsoN iHC FARM SUPPLIES INC. 717-263 4103 717.734.3682 215-679-7164 HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT Martmsburg. PA Centre HaM PA puMK S P 'n V KlRvflll EfflHP INC & SUPPLY CO . BURCHFIELD’S INC. DUNKLE t GRIEB ™ODESEQUim INC. AIRVLLEEQUIP IHC. 717 /88-1127 814 793 2194 814 364-9109 215-677-6000 717-862-3358 system as the Rodale report suggests. We believe the Rodale report’s scattershot recommendations for state action are in some cases not new, in some cases not worth the tune and expense and would ultimately lead to more govern- I’ve noticed that Lancaster Farming will again, quite properly, be saluting June, the Dairy Month. Being numbered among those in the dairy industry, I appreciate and applaud your fine promotion of the great product, milk. UNLESS... One year ago, May 31, 1980, in section A of Lancaster Farming, page 46, there was a page of pic tures-Looking Forward to Dairy Month. It included pictures of the five major dairy breeds. Among those was a picture of an animal, allegedly, a Jersey cow. That one set the breed back at least 50 years or more. Non Glare Charcoal Gray HOPS Finish Lights, Standard * ✓ „ ** Harrisburg, PA Myerstown. PA Mill Hall, PA Tunkhannock, PA HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT SWOPE tBASHORE INC. 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