Al2—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, lime 13,1981
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AND OTHER OPINIONS
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much less dairy farm wives sen- plus would be less,
ding them to you. The Amish Shame on use as dairymen! The
Vanilla Pie uses margarine as does margarine manufacturers must be
the Turkey Tetrazzini, and the laughing up their sleeves —or all
Mississippi Mud Pie uses a large the way to the bank,
container of whipped topping. Mrs. Ellen K. Arwacost
If dairy farm families used more Hickory Hill Farm, Inc.
dairy products, perhaps the sur- Upperco,Md.
Goat story corrections
In our .story about the Dutch
Country Dairy Goat Association
Meeting, in the June 6 issue D 4,
George Haenlein, dairy specialist
for the University of Delaware,
points out two typographical
changes. Pennsylvania is the only
state in the Union with research in
Come what may, we’ll produce
Spring is here again, and, as
usual, dairymen tend to forget
outside worries as they con
centrate on fixing fence and
planting crops. Come-what-may;
taxes, price support levels, high
cost of doing business in general,
all become secondary at this busy
time of year.
Probably that’s a good thing too,
since our heads are reeling after
year-long accusations of over
production and high CCC purchase
costs. A fanner feels the need to
get out in the clear air to refresh
his brain cells and renew his faith
in himself after reading the deluge
of headlines depicting him as a
welfare recipient drinking from
the public trough at the expense of
taxpayers.
Our problem seems to be
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goats milk, not just goats,
currently taking place. Haenlem
also stated that the funding, not
‘finding’ for the goat research
projects was ‘pitiful’. We hope
these corrections will clear up any
misinformation given in the ar
ticle.
productivity, the same challenge
that troubles the rest of the nation.
According to Treasury Secretary
Regan, “American business has to
get out there and be productive.” '
With us, however, it’s not lack of
productivity that bedevils us but
rather, too much. If we were to
follow the example set by the rest
of the work force, we would adopt a
forty-hour week and in a short
tune, the problem would be solved;
lower production and higher prices
to consumers.
That probably is not the goal of
the Department of Agriculture
however, since they continue to
aim at a cheap food policy which
requires abundant food supplies.
The Secretary’s latest recom
mendation is that the new four
year farm bill contain a provision
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giving the Secretary the option of
setting the support level between 0
and 90 percent of parity, the most
discretion ever requested by'any
Secretary up to this phint.
We will oppose-such a policy
since it would have the affect of
practically eliminating the
benefits of the present price
support program and would offer
no guarantees to dairymen.
According to a recent
Congressional Budget Office
study, “Continuing the present
support level would probably
result m no major change in dairy
fanners’ real income or in dairy
prices. It concluded further that a
return to the 75 percent level would
place downward pressure on both
income to increase imports.”
Sounds like something we’ve
been saying and will very likely
turn out to be accurate.
Organizations representing
handlers take an unreasonable
approach when they attempt to
lower dairy farm income to reduce
dairy product pnces to consumers.
It would be as unreasonable to
expect handlers to cut their profits
in order to lower pnces to con
sumers as it is to expect dairymen
to take reduced income for the
same reason.
Consumers cannot expect lower
food prices when all other costs are
increasing. Dairy products are Still
a good buy and we need not
apologize for their cost.
Let’s get our morale up and hold
our heads high as we plant our
crops. Food mil still be in demand
next year and no one but farmers
can produce it. Feeding the nation
is a proud accomplishment.
SQUARE FOOT
Edward McNamara
NEDCO President
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Farm Calendar
Today, June 13
Seventh Annual Horse Show and
Country Fair, sponsored by
Humane League, Lancaster
Riding and Tennis Club
28th annual dinner meeting of
Berwick Vegetable Co-op,
Marta Assunta Hall, Monroe
St., Berwick, registration, 6
p.m., dinner 7 p.m.
Lebanon County Dairy Princess
Contest, Lebanon area
fairgrounds, crowning 8:30 - 9
p.m.
Blue Mountain Dairy Goat Show,
Allentown Fairgrounds
Adams County Dairy- Princess
Pageant,, Biglerville High
School, Biglerville
Huntingdon Holstein Club picnic,
Shavers Creek, Community
Bldg., Petersburg
Sunday, June 14
PA Berkshire Assn, and PA
Chester White Assn, summer
picnic, 1 p.m., Lebanon
Fairground
Tuesday, June 16
FFA week at Penn State, continues
through Thursday
Now Is The Time
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and just about all of the larvae
survive-when the weather is wet
and when there is enough grass to
protect them from the sun. Within
three weeks after eggs hatch, the
larvae have reached the infected
stage. When the animal eats grass
contaminated by larvae, the life
cycle is completed.
The latter part of June and July
is a good time to give worm
treatment to animals on good
pasture. The newer worm
Wednesday, June 17
Southeast Regional Livestock
Judging-Clinic, Downmgtown,
Devereux Soleil Farms, 9 a.m.
Adams County fruit growers
- meeting and tour, 6:30 p.m.,
Rice and Rice Orchard, bet
ween Brysoma and Wenksville
Cumberland Co-op Sheep and Wool
Growers Wool Pool, Carlisle
Fairgrounds, 7-3
Thursday, June 18
PA poultry federaton annual
conference, Host Corral, Lan
caster
Eastern Regional Fitting and
' Showing Workshop, PA Holstein
and Guernsey Assn., Guernsey
Sales Pavilion, 9:30 a.m.
Ceiba Geigy tour, Leroy Esben
shade and Charles.. Hummer
farms, RD Manheim, 10 to 6
Franklin County Extension Oil and
Gas Leasing meeting, 8 p.m.,
Kauffman Community Building
Saturday, June 28
Sevens Valleys Farm, 1(14, Seven
Valleys
Chester County Country Fair,
Nottingham Park, 11-8
medicines are safe, highly ef
fective and easy to administer.
However, the choice of
medication depends on the type of
worms in the animal. This can be
determined by microscopic
examination by a veterinarian.
Sheep and young cattle can be
wormed by feeding them
medicated wormer pellets. Horses
c?ui be wormed through the; feed.
After giving worm medicines,
the animal should be moved to new
pasture;
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