A*2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 19,1982 OUR READERS WRITE, AND OTHER OPINIONS (Continued from Page AlO) managing their own affairs. We Farmers have done this numerous wan * l ess governmental in times in the past both relative to tervention and less bureaucracy, milk check offs and other issues. David R.Harrop They are unwilling to be the vic tims of high pressure snow jobs. Farmers are capable of When will we learn Pennsylvania dairymen have voted! For the third time we have had the opportunity of supporting a unified marketing program in an effort to sell our product and have voted against it! The message is slow getting through to us, that we have a 10 percent surplus of our product! Milk production is climbing and consumption of milk is decreasing. Statistics show that the average American drank forty gallons of soft drinks compared to twenty nine gallons of milk last year in comparison to the opposite just a few years ago. The news media is continually telling the consumer about the high Editorial support Senate Bill 1283 passed the sold for tood and fiber production Pennsylvania General Assembly Governor Dick Thornburgh is thanks to you. Lancaster Farming expected to sign the bill into law gave editorial support to this mthin the month. concept. Thanks again tor your editorial Ihis legislation places sup port restrictions in deeds of state owned lands when being sold to the public. These restrictions will assure us that these lands will be Greatest “farm crop ” raised Lancaster Farming over- apprehensive! whelmed this mother with the Our family is the greatest “farm article about our family in your crop’’ we have produced I’m June 5 issue. very proud of them as you know. When I was told you had taped a My thanks to you. conversation with our four Tri»h Hallowell children, I must admit I was a bit Ottsville, Pa. Farmer Boy Comes Tlirough Again... TRUCKLOAD SALE WOVEN WIRE FLOORING Check Our Price Before You Buy 5 GAUGE GALVANIZED LOW CARBON TOP QUALITY STEEL Complete sales, service and installation of: Gestation, Farrowing, Nursery Grower and Finishing Systems FARMER BOY AG. 457 E MAIN AVE MYEKSTOWN PA 17067 BEST IN DESIGN, PRICE AND EXPERIENCE dairy price supports. Price sup ports will probably come to an end, as taxpayers object to this burden I am very disappointed in the results of the referendum! When are we going to leam to accept some responsibility of marketing our own products? Ten cents per cwt. would not solve all our problems, but it certainly would have been a step in the right direction! Hopefully, the “Milk tax boys,” who worked so hard to get the referendum defeated, will come forward with their “better idea!” A disturbed dairyman, Ralph G. Sanner f «. .*. »V. ** •* «i> J * ’ ' r77*/fil iS.jy**** - - -** -*-*■ *****•*£ - *v«jp -*■- -*• --*-**■—* - V,~.'***-'*-'-'<*- ’•■**• '"*>'*■ •*«»-*■ 4»M SWINE S POULTRY SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS Mifflin Co. No Milk Tax, dairy fanner, county commissioner Kutztown Keith W. Eckel President Pa. Farmers’ Assn. INC PH 717 bC6 7565 Milk surplus solution After reading the June 12 editorial on the defeat of the milk referendum, I feel 1 have to write and tell you my solution to the surplus problem. My solution is: let the milk companies lay off all the new shippers they have taken on in the last three years and make all the herds that have doubled and tripled their size cut back to where they were three years ago. Why did the milk companies keep taking on new shippers’ By a new shipper, I don’t mean where a son took over on a farm that was set up in dairying for years and he stayed on the farm. I know of a man that sold his cows, bulktank and pipeline milkers two years ago and now wants to start milking cows again. Would you believe it-there is a milk company that will take him on. 1 also know of a farm that is Musty advice I just want to tell you that I read Joyce Bupp’s column in Lancaster Farming each week and I ap preciate the way she says it in her own words as to how it is in far ming. I’m sure many of us farm wives identify with her in a lot of the things she says. For my way of saying thank you I want to give her a household hint that works. Last week in her column, Joyce commented on the weather and what it does to old farm houses. Well we also live in an old stone farm house and bat tled the musty smell for years. Till last fall we heard that if you take the charcoal that is used in outdoor (Turn to Page A3O) Coming . . . FIELD DAY Wednesday, July 14, 1982 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. You will see Gehl Forage Harvesters perform in the field beside competitive milking 200 cows and wants to put in 70 more cows to milk. It is not fair to us who have stayed the same size and have been milking for years to have to be penalized for the surplus when we didn’t help create it. There are farms where no milk was shipped for 10 to 20 years and now they have milk cows on them - during all this talk about surplus. Also I’ve been reading that the U.S. government isn’t spending as much money for dairy supports as it is spending on grain storage and other farm produce. A dairy farmer’s wife Now is the Time (Continued from Page A 10) sure to table all cans plainly so there is no danger of mix-up. Diesel fuel and gasoline must be kept away from flame or heat. Strictly enforce NO SMOKING rules. Always refule outdoors whpre vapors cannot accumulate. If you spill some fuel, wipe it up before starting an engine. Storing any fuels in glass jugs or bottles is inviting trouble. It is also dangerous to use them to start burning trash, leaves, barbecue pits or stoves. Gasoline should not be used as a cleaning or degreasing agent. During this busy season, take time to be safe. XXX To Keep Pesticide Records Today’s battle with insects, Featuring Gehl Forage Harvester brands of similar size. BINKLEY & HURST BROS., INC. 133 Rothsville Station Road, Lltitz, PA 17543 PH: 717-626-4705 Hours: Daily 7 A.M. to 5 P.M.; Sat. 7 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. Details To Follow fungus, rodents and weeds requires the use of many different chemicals. It is important to keep an accurate record of any chemicals used. This would in clude the date, name of material, application rate, field number and even the direction the wind is blowing. This might save a lot of trouble and loss of income in case there is some question. Many food items are being checked by Food and Drug representatives for pesticide residue. It is possible to fmd residue even when the producer followed regulations and every recommended practice. Your record would be very important in these cases. XXX To Feed Shrubs After Flowering Period Most people know that their i plants do better if they’re fertilized l but many ask when is the best tune to feed shrubs. One important thing to remember is that shrubs need feeding immediately following their flowering period. For small shrubs, use one half a handful of a complete fertilizer such as a 5-10-10 or similar analysis. The fertilizer should be place on the surface of the soil around the plants and lightly raked in. After you’ve applied the plant food to the soil, it should be soaked in with ram or a healthy watering. Larger plants, of course, may be given a larger amount of plant food. Once a plant is firmly and fully established... and in good growing condition., then it may not need regular fertilizer applications.
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