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. Operating Capacity
COMPARE THE FEATURES:
0 PERFORMANCE
1000 ib capacity with dump reach up
to 36" When you work a Bobcat you'll
feel the power at the wheels for
manuverability and stability
throughout full load cycles
0 DURABILITY
Compare operating weight to load
capacity, compare drive chain size axle
thickness steel, welding protection for
hoses engines radiators and the
superior Bob Tach system for at
tachments Inside and out Bobcats
feature fine tuned engineering
0 SERVICABILITY
Tip up rollover protection structure for
easier accessability to hydrostatic
components & steering linkage 3/8"
steel rear door on pin hinges makes
routine maintenance a snap bigger
batteries and starters dual element air
cleaners
0 SAFETY
Seat bar for additional operator safety
convenience and comfort Rugged
rollover protective structure con
struction, pedal locks dual headlights,
rear road and work lights spark
arrestor muffler
0 PRICE
CHIRK BOBCAT DEALERS:
BOBCAT...# 1
13 Models Up To 3700 Pound Capacity
farms.
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. DUNKLE t GRIEB BARTRON FARM SUPPLY
Si SUPPLY CO. 717 933-4138 717-726 3115 717-836-3740
717-564-3031
Picture perfect Jersey
ip-Up Guard
ieets HOPS & FOPS
Requirements
For SAE
Engines 641 - Deutz Air Cooled, Diesel
642 - Ford Water-Cooled, Gasoline
13 Gallon Fuel Tank
Lilt Arm Stops Available
Good Radiator Protection
Slatington, PA
SCAT ENTERPRISES INC.
215-767-1711
ment regulations and interference
in our free market system. Ii
would lead to costlier food and a lot
less variety.
Eugene Cayman,
Vice President
Pennsylvania Farmer's Assoc.
Maybe this year your
photographer would visit one of the
Jersey farms in Lancaster County
or a surrounding one and get a
picture that better promotes the
Jersey.
The “queen” of protein and
cheese deserves better billing than
she received last year.
In case you don’t have or get a
better picture, I’ve enclosed an
artist’s picture of the ideal Jersey.
Feel free to use it. Please, just
don’t rerun your 1980 model.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Elaine Sollenberger
Ralaine Jerseys
Everett, PA
>park Arrestor Muffler
Isolated Hydraulic
Reservoir
Keeps Oil Clean
■able,
i-Tsrpe Hinges
'8 Inch
•1 Door
uidal-Proof
\t«h
ing Life. Low
iainte nance Battery
Easily Accessible
Oil Drain
Quarryville, PA
GRUMELLI’S
FARM SERV.
717-786-7318