*lB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 23,1982
Federal Order 4
September base jumps 15 cents
Middle Atlantic Order Market
Administrator Joseph D. Shine
announced a September 1982 base
milk price of $13.87 per hundred
weight and an excess milk price of
$12.40.
The weighted average Sep
tember price was $13.89 and the
butterfat differential for the month
was 17.1 cents. The base milk price
was up 15 cents from August but
was 12 cents below last September.
The advertising withholding rate,
which is deducted from the base
and excess milk prices but not the
weighted average price, was 14
cents a hundredweight in Sep
tember 1982 compared with 13
cents last year.
A total of $678.9 thousand was
withheld for advertising in Sep
tember. The gross value of
producer milk during September
was $67.1 million, compared with
$65.6 million a year earlier.
Shine said producer milk
receipts totaled 484.9 million
pounds during September, an
increase of 13.7 million pounds or
almost three percent from a year
earlier. A total of 7,094 producers
were shipping to Order 4 pool
handlers in September, a drop of
151 from a year ago.
The average daily delivery per
producer was 2,278 pounds during
the month, an increase of 110
pounds or 5.1 percent from last
September. Class I producer milk
totaled 238.7 million pounds and
was up over one million pounds
from a year ago. The Class I
utilization percentage was 49.23 in
September, down slightly from a
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year ago but up seasonally by over
5 points from August.
Base milk accounted for 92.02
percent of total producer milk
receipts. The average butterfat
test of producer milk during
September was 3.53 percent
compared with 3.47 percent in
August and 3.57 last September.
Middle Atlantic Order pool
handlers reported Class I in-area
milk sales of 201.0 million pounds
during September, a decline of 1.8
million pounds or 0.9 percent from
a year ago, after adjustment to
eliminate variation due to
calendar composition.
Federal Order 2
September milk nets $13.74
Dairy farmers who supplied
milk plants regulated under the
New York-New Jersey marketing
orders during September will be
paid on the basis of a uniform price
of $13.74 per hundredweight (29.5
cents per quart).
Market Administrator Thomas
A. Wilson stated that the price was
$13.59 in August 1982 and $13.83 in
September 1981.
The seasonal incentive fund
returned a total of $3,879,204.16, or
$.447 per hundredweight, to the
dairy farmers’ uniform price for
September. This fund was
generated by reducing the uniform
price during the high-production
spring months.
A total of 17,479 dairy farmers
supplied the New York-New Jersey
Milk Marketing Area with
867,061,065 pounds of milk during
September 1982. This was an in
crease of 1.3 percent (about 11
million pounds) from last year.
The gross value to dairy farmers
for milk deliveries was
$120,352,631.83. This included
differentials required to be paid to
dairy farmers but not voluntary
premiums or deductions
authorized by the farmer.
Regulated milk dealers used
376.232.154 nounds of milk for Class
Toxic gases
NEWARK, DEL. - Gases in
liquid manure storage pits can be
dangerous for animals and people.
Gases can be present in above
ground, below-ground or open pits,
although most accidents occur in
below-ground storage facilities.
The most dangerous time is
when the liquid manure is being
agitated before or during pumping.
This motion releases the gases.
The four gases primarily
generated m manure storage pits
are hydrogen sulfide, carbon
dioxide, ammonia and methane,
says Ron Jester, University of
Delaware Extension safety
specialist. Hydrogen sulfide may
be the most dangerous, and is often
directly responsible for fatalities.
There is no reliable way to
determine the amount of hydrogen
sulfide gas present except with a
specially designed meter. A low
For Progress
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Milking Technology
the “44” herringbone
parlor stalls
Constructed of hot dipped galvanized tubing
with stainless steel managers.
Both entrance and exit gates are hinged
on easy open/easy close DELRIN bushings.
These no-grease bushings are designed for
tough wear, long life and no-hassle opera
tion.
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Longacre Electric
Service, Inc.
215-845-2261
BELLEVILLE
Byler's Diesel ft
Refrig. Service
Daniel Byler
CHAMBERSBURG
Cumberland Farm A
Dairy Supply, Inc.
Larry Hughes
717-263-0826
800-692-7406
COCHRANVILLE
Farm Construction A
Equipment
Robert L. lanney
215-593-2365
WESTFALIA
DESIGNED FOR:
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• Greater operator
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LWESTFALIA SALES CENTERS
COUDERSPORT
Corner Electric
814-274-9634
HAMBURG
Shartlesville Farm Service
Daniel & Dale Wenger
215-488-1025
JERSEY SHORE
Tom L. Dunlap
717-398-1391
Saner Farm Systems
Orlyn Saner
717-463-2606
MIFFLINBURG
Penn Valley Cropstore, Inc.
Wehr’s Dairy Equipment Dale Stutzman
Mai* Wehr 215-287-9650
717-966-1396 215-287-7315
I, 43.4 percent of the total. This paid 312.52 for this nulk.
milk is used for fluid milk products The uniform price is based on
such as homogenized, flavored, milk containing 3.5 percent but
low test and skim milks. For terfat. For September 1982, a
September 1982, handlers paid differential of 17.1 cents was ap
-314.67 per hundredweight (31.5 plied to the price for each one-tenth
cents per quart) for Class I milk of one percent that the milk tested
compared with 314.78 a year ago. above or below the 3.5 percent
The balance, 56.6 percent, was standard,
used to manufacture Class II All prices quoted are for muK
products including butter, cheese, tank milk received within the 201-
ice cream and yogurt. Handlers 210 mile zone from New York City.
in manure pits dangerous
concentration produces an odor
similar to rotten eggs. But con
centrations above 200 parts per
million cannot be detected by odor
because the sense of smell is
deadened by the gas. Hydrogen
sulfide at 500 to 1,000 ppm causes
dizziness, nausea, respiratory
paralysis and unconsciousness.
A concentration higher than
1,000 ppm causes immediate un
consciousness and death. Lethal
concentrations of 1,000 ppm or
higher are possible during
vigorous agitation.
The specialist says a farmer
should enter a pit only when
wearing a self-contained breathing
apparatus. A gas mask and
respirator are not adequate
because of the potentially high
levels of toxic gases.
Another precaution is a “life
line.” The person entermg the pit
Westfalia leaves your milk
ing parlor less cluttered,
with under-the-curb in
stallation and no overhead
plumbing or controls.
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MILLVILLE
Bower Surge Service
Sheldon Bower
717-458-6106
717-458-6521
MONTROSE
Ted Hirsch Comm, ft Farm
Refrig. Service
717-278-3607
MT. BETHEL
K.C. Dairy Service
Kevin Correll
717-897-5283
REBERSBURG
Tim’s Diesel Service
Tim Stoltzfus
wears a harness connected to a
rope being held by at least two
people outside the pit. These
people should be strong enough to
pull him out if he becomes in
capacitated by the gases.
If someone is overcome by
manure gases, Jester says to get
him to open air immediately and if
the victim is not breathing, apply
pulmonary resuscitation.
He said self-contained breathing
apparatuses are expensive and
require training for proper use and
maintenance. A group of farmers
could buy such equipment jointly
so individual costs would be
reduced. It is also possible to rent
the equipment from safety
equipment firms.
When possible, animals housed
above an open pit should be
removed before agitation. If this
can’t be done, all ventilation fans
should be set on maximum.
BACKFLUSH
SPARTANSBURG
Brenner Dairy Equipment
Albert Brenner
814-654-7309
TROY
Dairyland Sales & Service
Jim Kelley
717-297-4128
FREDERICK. Ml
Circle C Surge
Paul Clemson
301-898-5500
SYKESVILLE. MD
Dairyman Inc.
Mid-Atlantic Division
301-795-2727
301-781-7020
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R.D. #l, Box 11
Aspers, PA 17304
717-677-9301
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28 Petroha St.
Bradford. PA 16702
814-362-3933
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