VOL. 27 No. 18
Record sale highlights PH A convention
Hi-De-Ho Bootmaker Rocket, a 5-year-old
dry cow, consigner) by Dale Hoover of Mar
ftnsburg, brought top price for a live animal
during the .record-breaking 70th' Annual
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Holstein Con
vention in Harrisburg, Thursday. Curti Farms
of Waukena, Calif, paid $14,700 for the Very
U.S. Senators sponsor mushroom
paid-promotion bill
KENNETT SQUARE - On
Tuesday, Senators John Heinz (,R-
Pa.) and Richard T. Schulze (R-
Pa.) introduced a bill which would
the Agncultural Marketing
Act of 1937 and permit paid ad
vertising for mushroom
promotion.
According to Deborah Snyder of
the American Mushroom Institute,
while this bill is being considered
m Washington, AMI will be ap
proaching the U.S. Dept, of
Agriculture with reasons why the
mushroom industry needs a
tederal marketing order. At the
same time, AMI will be
providing USDA with an estimate
on how much money would have to
be collected for a marketing
program.
The push for the federal ’
marketing order and a permit to
allow paid advertising are the
result ot AML’s efforts to help the
ailing mushroom industry get back
on its feet again in the wake ot
increased mushroom imports.
"Our marketing program is
moving away from processed
mushrooms which make up "the
oulk of the imports,” said Snyder.
‘And we’re homing in on the fresh
mushroom market, where imports
cun t compete because mushrooms
are too perishable.”
It the mushroom growers
receive the federal governments
support tor paid advertising and a
marketing order, they will be well
on their way to recovering from
the effects ot the 115 million pounds
ot mushrooms that V''ere absorbed
Good Rocket daughter, bred to Coag-Bunny
Colonel Lyle. Thetop-selter is joined by bidders
Richard and Virginia Yule, center, ringmen
Harry Bachman and Bill Nichol,. left; auc
tioneer, top row, Charles Backus, Michael
Weimer, PHA rep, Horace Backus, pedigrees,
Tom Sheaffer at halter and others.
mlo the U.S. market in 1980. As a
result of these massive imports,
domestic mushroom growers
found themselves unable to
compete in the processing market.
So, in November 1980, the U.S.
growers convinced the federal
government that it would be m
their best interests to impose a
tariff until the growers could
regroup.
‘‘The U.S. mushroom growers
Walker blames deficit, unemployment
BY SHEILA MILLER
HARRISBURG - President
Reagan’s proposed 11183 budget has
been drawing fire from a lot of
people recently. And on Tuesday
U.S. Congressman Robert Walker
added his criticism and comments
Robert S. Walker
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 27,1982
had wanted a quota restriction of
86 million pounds,” recalls Snyder,
“but the tariff brought imports
back down to 88 million pounds.”
What led to this reduction was.an
increase charge tacked onto un
ported mushrooms which
amounted to 28 percent on top of
every dollar’s worth in 1980, 33
percent in ’81,23 percent m ’B2, and
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For U.S. economic woes
concerning the new federalism and
budget deficits during the Dekalb
seminar for egg producers, held
here at the Marriott Inn.
“You have come through a tough
period,” said Walker, as he ad
dressed the 300 farmers and
agribusiness representatives.
“Most o£ us, looking at the
economy over the next few weeks,
would say that there is gomg to be
a tough period ahead in the
national economy^
“But 1 believe that we are
beginning to see the turn around
that is gomg to bring the kind ot
economic growth that is gomg to
benefit you as egg producers and
benefit this country as a whole.
Those ot you who are in a business
that is as capital intensive as yours
are, that have-as much stake in the
agricultural and economic growth
of this country as you do, should
BY DONNA TOMMELLEO
HARRISBURG - A 5-year-old
dry cow and an unborn embryo
commanded $14,700 and $17,500,
respectively, to help push the
Pennsylvania State Holstein
Convention Sale to record levels
Thursday night, here, at the
Marriott Inn.
According to PHA executive
secretary William Nichols, the sale
of 43 registered Holstems, which
took place before a capacity-crowd
in the Marnot’s ballroom, finished
with a $227,600 gross and a $5,293
average, for the highest figures in
the convention’s 70>year history.
Curti Farms, Waukena, Calif,
had the f mal bid on the dry cow, Hi-
De-Ho-Bootmaker Rocket, Very
Good 86. She was consigned by
Dale W. Hoover, Martins burg.
Sired by Rocket and out of a
Very Good Bootmaker, the 5-year
oid boasts a top record of 24,870
pounds of milk and 981 pounds of
fat on 342 days as a 3-year-old. She
is bred to Gold Medal sire Coag-
Bunny Colonel Lyle-Twin.
American Breeders Service,
DiForest, Wi., was high-bidder for
the evening with their purchase of
Inside
This
Week’s...
It you’re feeling swamped with all the recent talk of wills,
taxes, farm debts, etc., then you're not alone. Specialists from
Penn State were on hand this week to answer some farmer's
questions..-A29.
The time has come once again for at least three counties in
the Commonwealth to hold their annual dairy day, this past
week. For news on Berks...A22, Y0rk...A24, and Franklin...A27.
Two Pennsylvania breeders will be celebrating the news of
their Holsteins receiving All-American honors this next week as
the Holstein convention continues in Harrisburg...D2.
feel good about what is going to
come within the next several
weeks to the next couple ot mon
ths.”
Walker went on to explain his
optimism about the economy even
though he acknowledged public
pessimism of the President and the
future' abounds. He compared the
present situation of the Ad
ministration’s economic program
to a court strategy m the game of
basketball, a sport that boasts
Walker as a fan and his brother as
a professional player.
"There is no doubt at the present
time that the Administration and
the economic program are under a
full court press,” he said. "A full
court press is the kind ot thing
where, it you cave into the
pressure, you’re likely to lose the
game and give the opponents an
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$7.50 per year
an unborn embryo consigned by
John Gilliland, Warriors Mark.
By paying top price, ABS can
choose either a heifer or a bull, due
in September, from a strong
pedigree. On top, the embryo is
sired by Gold Medal sire Sweet-
Haven Tradition, an Elevation son.
Below, the embryo’s dam is a Very
Good 88 Bootmaker daughter with
a top record of 32,569 pounds of
milk and 1,301 pounds of fat as a 6-
year-old. Her second dam, a 3E 95
is sired by Wilbar Pride Admiral
Peachum, and carries a top record
of 31,225 pounds of milk and 1,139
pounds of fat as a 6-year-old.
Gilliland paid $B,OOO for the
sale’s opener, a 3-year-oid Jet
Stream daughter. Trans Miller
vale Jet, Excellent 90, consigned
by Stardeil Farms, Inc. arid E.J.
Doebenener, Jamestown, finished
her first lactation at 24,371 pounds
of milk and 853 pounds of fat. Out of
an Excellent Transmittter
daughter, she was fresh in
December and recently recorded
98 pounds of milk and 5.5 percent
buttefat for the tester.
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Dairy
PA All-Americans, D 2; Coop
Milk Referendum, D 6; Berks
DHIA, Dl5; Berks Dairy Day, A 22;
York Dairy Day, A 24; Franklin
Dairy Day, A 27.
Home end Youth
Homestead Notes, 82; Home on
the Range, BB; Kid’s Korner, BIO;
4-H news, BIB; FWS news, B2B;
FFA news, 834 and 37.
Columns
Editorials, A 10; Now is the time,
A 10; Ladies have you heard ’ B 8;
Farming's Future. B 30; Brockett’s
Ag Advice, B3B: Ask the VMD,
B 38; Farm Talk, B 40; Ida s
Notebook, 842; On being a tarm
wite, 843; Milk Check 844.