E) :B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3,1982 The Milk Check TOM JUBCHAK County Agent Suggestion Box As 1 have participated in meetings to explain the milk marketing proposal to producers, it has been interesting to hear the suggestions on what should be done to correct the current marketing problem. 1 should have taken a “suggestion box” to the meetings to get them all but I can easily’ remember those that were most often made. Of course, there are still some producers who don’t believe there is a marketing problem and others who concede there’s trouble but believe it isn’t their problem Whether or not the marketing proposal is approved, I hope the producers will remember FARM INSURANCE * Farm Liability & Fire * Fleet, Auto and Truck * Long Haul Truck * Filings and Fuel Oil Bonds Free Survey GOOD'S AGENCY 236 E Mam Street New Holland, PA 17557 717-354 9641 See The Pafz Dealer In Your Area For Products And Sendee... DISTRICT MANAGER GEORGE HEATH 472 Woodcn*st Dr . 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The idea I that somehow, some way, producers will have to do something to keep milk production in line with sales even while they are expanding markets. Solutions suggested include everything from production quotas as part of the price support program to in centives for culling cows. Most interesting is the idea that any or all of the suggestions made could be part of a dairy promotion program now or in the future but only if producers want them and work for them. The idea of cow culling in centives came up so often along with the question, “what would it cost,” that I was tempted to find out. Here in Pennsylvania, we’re producing 26 percent more milk than we’re consuming, so we would have to cull 187,000 of our 721,000 cows. Proven Dependable Glitter Cle Patz gives you str plus reliable long performance. Examine the Patz features that provide dependability. 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If a $lOO incentive on top of the beef price would be enough to get the ]ob done, then the cost would be about $26 million more than the money expected if the marketing proposal is ap proved. So it doesn’t look as promising in Pennsylvania as expanding markets. However, if you could sell the idea nationally, it might work. Here you have only a 10 percent surplus, so you have to sell only 1.1 million cows and 2.5 million heifers for onlj $3OO million That’s a lot of Heavy-duty link (left) and extra heavy-duty link (right) for extra-long chains Four-tooth drive sprocket drives every link ... not every other one or every third one but, every link Each sprocket tooth drives each link behind the hook, the link’s thickest and strongest point The 4-tooth drive sprocket reduces stress on the drive unit 1 mm mam mm mmm wmm mmm « LF 4/GC ! 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