ClO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 6,1981
What makes 'em do it’
Just what is it that ties these
dairy farmers, these heroes of
June, the national dairy month, to
a bam full of demanding milk
cows?
Coule it be the economic
benefits?
The government sets milk
prices, usually based on what’s
politically expedient rather than
on actual costs of producing a
stable supply of dairy products. So
the farmer takes the wholesale
price he’s given and uses it to pay
retail prices for those things he
buys for his business.
I’m not sure that’s all that much
reason for persisting in the milk
business.
Well then, maybe it’s the job
security, and flex-tune hours.
Twice a day, seven days a week,
365 days a year, the dairy fanner
can set his own hours to milk That
Switch
fertilizer tanks
to a Calumet vacuum tank
with soil injector
Liquid hog manure can save thousands of dollars in
commercial fertilizer costs. So it makes sense to
preserve that value with good management.
That’s why Calumet recommends pairing our
vacuum tank with a 2 or 4-shank Calumet soil injector.
Soil plow down retains about four times the nitrogen
lost with surface spreading, plus reduces odor and runoff.
Stop in to see the full line of
Calumet vacuum tanks in
capacities from 1180 to 4500 gallons
and choice of two vacuum pumps.
And ask about the benefits of using
a Calumet 2 or 4-shank soil injector.
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USED EQUIPMENT
1 • Clay V 2250
1 -10 ft. Badger Pump
1 - 53250 Calumet Spreader w/Auger
1 • Better-Bilt 12 Ft. Auger Pit Pump
CALUMET & NESSETH DISTRIBUTOR
F. ERNEST SNOOK
RD 3 - Box 84, Mifflinburg, Pa. 17844
Phone: 717-966-2736
On being
a farm wife
I - And other
• hazards
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Joyce Hupp
includes Christmas, Easter, bir
thdays and all three-day
weekends. And he can have as
much overtime work as he likes,
after his normal 15-hour day.
And don’t forget his paid
vacation if he wants to take one,
he has to pay someone to take his
place.
Ah, it must be the farmer likes
being his own boss. That’s not
counting the demands of the milk
inspector, U.S. Public Health
Dept., water quality people, OSHA,
Food and Drug, and the farm wife.
Sometimes.
For sure, it must be the plush
working conditions. He can bask in
the sauna-like atmosphere of a hay
mow in late August and be in
vigorated from sliding to the cow
barn at 6 a.m. on the morning of a
January ice storm, or enjoy the
cool dampness of a search for the
shy heifer that hid the calves in the
fog of a November day.
And he can keep those jogging
muscles in shape chasing the cows
that broke through the pasture
fence, and boost his biceps with
vigorous forking out of the calf
shed.
Nope. I still don’t think we’ve put
our finger on what it is that keeps
these dairy farmers plugging
along.
Guess we’ve missed the most
important thing those illusive,
written fringe benefits.
Like the smell of newly-mown
hay, drying down under a cloudless
blue sky. Or the rejoicing over a
calf, wrestled from near death in a
difficult birth, that struggles to its
wobbly feet and nudges to nurse.
It’s the challenge of making a
higher herd average than last
year.
Or a little son toddling behind
while feeding heifers an oversize
feed company hat hanging too far
down over his ears while he takes
extra long steps hurrying to keep
up with Dad.
It’s satisfaction with a barn full
of hay, and silos packed with
winter feed and the affectionate
welcome gaze and lowing from
heads turning to greet him as he
enters the bam to begin another
long day.
It’s the challenge, the way of life,
where a family can still work side
by side, together, toward goals
they can set for themselves.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
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VEGETABLE &
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306 lona Rd , Lebanon, Pa. 17042
Phone. 717-272-8943
Milk’s
soft
LANCASTER - Talking robots,
flavored milk drinks, beach towels
and baseball all figure in the
Federal Order #4 Advertising and
Promotion Agency’s 1981 summer
promotion plans.
The agency, serving the dairy
farmers of the Mid-Atlantic area,
will be featuring the theme
“Milk... The Soft, Soft Drink,” this
summer and complimenting it
with several unique events and
promotions.
The “Soft, Soft Drink” theme
was introduced locally by the
agency in 1980 and featured an
eminently hummable radio jingle
as well as billboard and transit
advertising featuring milk cartons
in a cola-like six pack.
Perhaps the most attention
getting tie-in with “Soft, Soft
Drink” is milky the robot. Milky, a
singing, dancing, walking, talking
mechanical robot, is the star at
traction of the agency’s newest
mall exhibit, which also features
an electronic milk game. Milky,
who can converse directly with
shoppers in the malls where he
appears, questions them about
their milk drinking habits and
spreads the message about the
goodness of milk and other dairy
products.
the
drink
Cooperators are being used
extensively by the agency to ex
tend the reach of the dairy far
mer’s advertising dollar by
securing matching funds for
promotions from advertisers
whose products complement milk.
This was done in a National Dental
Health Month promotion with Py-
Co-Pay tooth brushes and with
Hershey’s Cocoa during the DHiA
“Hot “N Hearty” promotion.
This summer, matching
promotion dollars will be used
again in a promotion commbmg
milk with summer fun items m an
ad entitled “3 Ways to Enjoy Milk
This Summer.” The three ways
being to drink milk and use
“REAL” Seals to receive dollars
off on Foster Grant sunglasses and
a “Soft, Soft Drink” beach towel.
In a similar promotion, with
King’s Dominion amusement park,
children under 12 will be admitted
to the park for half the normal
price if they present a “REAL”
Seal from six different packages of
dairy products. Another promotion
of this type is in the works for
attractions in Hershey.
These are just some of the
highlights of the agency’s plans for
the coming summer.
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