DlO—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 2,1983 . Tbe . , ©airy . Business Newton Bair The Golden Goose Remember the childhood fable of the goose that laid golden eggs? As long as the owner of the goose was kind, generous, helpful and not greedy or selfish, he was rewarded with a golden egg. Later, in his overzealous haste to gamer riches as fast as possible, he slaughtered the goose to get at the soilrce of the wealth. Results no more eggs. Dairy fanners probably don’t have such a goose, unless we liken the Commodity Credit Corporation price support program to the golden eggs. Within the past seven or eight years, the CCC has handed out increasingly larger amounts of gold m the form of price supports for our milk. Every tune we got an egg we invested more in the production of more milk, for which the Government Goose has to lay out more gold. Unfortunately, the creature’s feathers are ruffeled and sticky from swimming in a sea of dairy products. It is in danger of either suffocating or slaughter by Legislation. Is there any way to save the Golden Goose? It’s pretty hard to predict FRANK A. FILLIPPO, INC. DISABLED & CRIPPLED COWS, BULLS & STEERS Competitive Prices Slaughtered under government inspection Cali: Frank Filfippo - Residence - 215-666-0725 Elam Ginder - 717-367-3824 C.L. King - 717-786-7229 whether the Congress will choose to wield the axe on the chopping block, or to simply do some delicate surgery. We are going to see them try all kinds of corrective cutting and doctoring of the Goose thal is, the legislation that created it. The fifty cent per hundred penalty is just one form of surgery that was planned to cure the foundering Fowl. Most of us doubt that paying that kind of penalty will save it. On the other hand, we would not like to see the axe fall, killing the Goose forever. How to Save The Goose Now, boys and girls, there is no completely painless way to cure a belly ache. Any medicine is bound to taste bad, but if the problem can be treated, the relief is tremen dous. Trying to cure the milk surplus by reducing production is ex tremely unpopular, and not very likely to work without causing great harm to many individuals in the industry. We certainly can’t simply put half of the dairymen (or dairy cows) out of production without serious damage to the WANTED Paid economy and health of the nation. The health and well-being of the entire U.S.A., economically and physically, benefits greatly from a strong dairy industry and in creased use of dairy products. Sell-Sell-Sell So, here’s the pitch. Get on the band wagon now to sell, promote, use, advertise, pitch, and con as many people into buying, drinking, eating, enjoying and relishing milk and all the other goodies made from it. How? Don’t be afraid to be heard or seen as a VENDOR of milk. Spend a little money to convince the public that they NEED MILK, WANT MILK, LIKE MILK. How often are your ears and eyes bombarded with jingles and pic tures that absolutely convince you that you can’t live without Coke, Tab, McDonaldburgers and Michelobs? If you hadn't heard or seen the radio, TV or billboards advertising them how would you know you need them? Believe me, Those ads cost big bucks, but they return even bigger bucks to the advertiser. Take a cue from the richest and most successful merchandisers. They can sell all kinds of junk, simply by telling you repeatedly that you want it or need it. You have something really good to sell. Not only good for everyone but essential to their health and just plain fun to guzzle in quantity. Members of the Young Farmers Associations in Lebanon County are embarking on an ad PROMESOI Chelating Agent Product of C.S.I. Chemical Corp. A Great Source of Calcium! Let Us Help Your Crop Yield- Potential Distributor PARS, Incorporated Elizabethtown, PA Contact: PHARES AUKER ROBERT KUIPERS 717-367-2667 717-299-2095 717-367-1589 717-367-1589 I I CUSTOM BUILT AGRICULTURAL, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FOR A VARIETY OF NEEDS: Painted Galvanized Roof & Siding in a wide range of sizes, designs and colors. Wfather Resistant Pressure Treated Poles and 2x6’s T&G Skirting I I B Caff Far A free Brochure ■ ! B !s',? I T^IF US SAM STOLTZFUS * 3 I (215)273-3456 (215)273-3495 ■ ■ Honeybrook, PA g vertismg campaign this month. For only $20.00 a month, a dairyman can sponsor three ads a day, every day, promoting milk on the Radio. For a 50-cow herd, that adds up to less than three cents a hundredweight out of the milk check. That’s pretty small com pared to the fifty cents you pay to save the Golden Goose! Many dairymen object to generic advertising of milk. I personally think that this is the kind of narrow attitude which WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thomas J. Burke, president of Great American Veal, Inc., Newark, N.J., has been found guilty of 23 counts of supplementing the in come of a U.S. Department of Agriculture official. Burke was fined $5OO and sen tenced to three years probation on each of the 23 counts, by the United States District Court, Newark, N.J. In late 1978, Michael Gabriel a veterinarian with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service reported to USDA’s Office of In spector General that Burke was POLE BUILDINGS Meat producer fined for bribing inspector r COMMERCIAL ~j | RESIDENTIAL I j FENCING & SUPPLIES ( * Also x I CHAIN LINK DOG KENNELS | | QUAUIY FENGINC & SUPPLY ( by Stoltzfus Builders prevents progress in the promotion and consumption of more dairy products. We need to promote and advertise milk in every way we can, whether it is for the whole industry or our own little segment of it. Drowning in milk is just one way to kill the Golden Goose. Another way is to let it die of neglect, which is a slow and painful way, and may take a lot of innocent people along with it. offering him funds to relax the enforcement of USDA requirements. After reporting the incident, the Office of the Inspector General instructed Gabriel to accept payment so that evidence could be gathered to support a criminal action. The payments amounted to over $5,000 during a year and half period. However, Gabriel ensured that no unwholesome meat ever entered the food supply. Gabriel recently received USDA’s Special Achievement Award for his role in aiding the investigation. RDI, Box 428 New Holland. Pa. 17557 717-354-4374 See Us Fridays At The Green Dragon Farmer’s Market
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