VOL. 27 No. 52
4 Directors elected
Lancaster Assn . plans
Poultry Day program
BY SALLY BAIR
Staff Correspondent
LANCASTER Four directors
were elected by unanimous ballot
at the annual banquet of the
Lancaster County Poultry
Association held Thursday at the
Good and Plenty Restaurant,
Smoketown.
Richard Meek, New Holland,
currently serving as the board
president, was re-elected. He is a
salesman for HyCross, Lititz.
Also re-elected were Stanley
Musselman, Quarryville, who is
treasurer for the Association and
Walter Mowrer, Rl Columbia, who
has a 102,000-layer operation.
Newly elected was Richard
Zimmerman, R 3 Mount Joy, who is
manager of Warren Miller’s
260,000-layer operation.
V: County Extension Agent rj Jay
' Irwin gave a cbnsoHdaWcbm
mittee report, reviewing various
activities throughout the year. He
Gov,, Grange send letters to Block
HARRISBURG One of the
hottest topics at this week's State
Grange annual session held here at
the Scottish Rite Cathedral was the
federal 50-cent assessment that is
scheduled to tax dairy producers
for each hundred pounds of milk
they sell beginning Dec. 1,1982.
On Wednesday, members of the
Pennsylvania State Grange Voted
to oppose the 50-cent assessment
Reserve champ gets high bid
Reserve grand champion but high bid winner of the annual Dairy Show and Sale at the
New Holland Staples on Wednesday was this dry cow of Mel Kolb, Inc. She brought
$21,500 and went to J. Mowery Frey, of Fultonway Farms, Willow Street. At halter is
Dennis Kolb. See story on page ASS.
Four Sections
complimented the education
committee for a series of three
meetings held to imform the.
membership of current problems, '
which included topics such as
right-to-farm, poultry health,
poultry testing, poultry, meat and
egg promotion and farm crime and
security.
Irwin announced that the
committee is planning to organize
a Poultry Day, which will feature
educational speakers and industry
displays.
The promotion committee again
provided information to home
economics teachers and has
developed a slide-tape presen
tation which is available for use
with service clubs and other
organizations.
The Association also par
ticipated in the recent Parmer’s
Associationweek at Park Cityand
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Urging delay of 50-cent tax
because “it will not solve the
surplus problem.”
One day after Governor Dick
Thornburgh fired off a letter to
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John
Block, asking for a “substantial
delay" in implementation of the
program, the State Grange
followed suit and sent a letter to
Block with copies to Congressman,
asking for a similar delay untO a
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 30,1982
Directors elected at the annual banquet of the Lancaster County Poultry Association
include, from-left, Richard Meek, New Holland; Richard Zimmerman, Mount Joy; Stanley
iMusselman, Quarryville; and Walter Mowrer, Columbia.
“more effective plan can be for
mulated."
In the Oct. 27 letter, the Grange
also suggested that each dairy
producer receive a share of the
national market at a support price
between 75 and 90 percent of
parity. “Each producer is free to
produce more than his share at a
price that will clear the market,”
they suggested.
Also on Wednesday, the grange
sent a telegram to both President
Reagan and Secretary Block
calling for a reduction in case in
imports to the U.S. for food and
feed use.
In other dairy issue action, the
State Grange members approved
resolutions: to oppose the “phase
out” of Penn State’s colored breed
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PMMB examines changes
in accounting system
HARRIBURG hi order to
comply with a Commonwealth
Court judge’s directive, the
Pennsylvania Milk marketing
Board has begun a review of the
Board’s record-keeping system,
PMMB chairman George
Brumbaugh said Wednesday.
“As a result of Judge Craig’s
order, it is necessary for us to
completely review our accounting
system used to generate in
formation for pricing,” explained
Brumbaugh.
Craig’s ruling, in October 1981,
resulted from his reversal of a
price increase ordered by PMMB.
The commonwealth Court judge
overturned PMMB 12-cent per
gallon retail price hike in Bucks,
Chester and Montgomery Coun
ties.
Last year’s unanimous decision,
handed down by Craig, capped a
15-month battle spearheaded by
consumers and Lily Penn, which
operates a chain of convenience
markets in surburban
$7.50 per year
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Philadelphia.
In his decision, Craig explained
the Board’s use of unit costs is
essential in price determination
and that the profit-loss statements
of the four dealers who requested
the increase did not reflect those
costs.
According to Brumbaugh, the
PMMB already has contracted a
public accounting firm to draft a
revision of the current accounting
system, which reflects average
costs. When completed, the
change-over will indicate unit
costs on a product by product and
container size basis of fluid milk.
Brumbaugh said he expects to
see a first draft by mid-November.
The PMMB will call for a public
hearing, possibly in December, for
comments on the proposed
changes. Brumbaugh said he is
hopeful the changes will take effect
by Jan. 1, 1983. Additionally, unit
cost information from dealers
must be returned by Feb. 25,1383,
-DT