CAMP HILL - The Penn
sylvania Fanners’ Association
(PFA) has hailed a major,
legislative victory for fruit and
vegetable producers which will
enable them to recover an
estimated $64 million lost every
year on payment due for produce
sold to produce buyers who are
insolvent or go bankrupt.
Congress approved an amend
ment to the Perishable
Agricultural Commodities Act
(PACA), last week, which will
require produce buyers to main
tain enough assets in a statutory
trust to cover their obligations to
produce sellers. The legislation is
now awaiting President Reagan’s
signature.
PFA president Keith Eckel of
Lackawanna County, himself a
vegetable producer and dairyman,
said, “This much-needed reform
takes an unnecessary risk out of
the business of growing fruits and
vegetables. It will help produce
sellers like myself collect from a
buyer who is slow in making
payments or who fails to come up
with the rightful payment.”
Eckel represented PFA and is
nationwide affiliate, the American
Farm Bureau Federation, in
supporting the PACA amendment
in testimony last November before
House and Senate agriculture
subcommittees.
PUBLIC
SALE
OF
ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD
GOODS & CAR
EPHRATA
THURS. EVE. APRIL 26,1984
AT 5:00 P.M.
Car at 7 P.M.
Looted at 800 S. State St. (corner of S.
State St. & Gerhart Ave.), Ephrata, Pa.
1980 V.W. Rabbit (2 door)
Air Conditioning, Sun Roof, 22,000 miles, Extra
Fine Condition.
6 FT. SOLID WALNUT CARVED VIC
TORIAN LIBRARY TABLE (3 ft. wide);
Victorian Side Chairs; Oak Bowed Sides China
Closet; Schoolmaster’s Slant Top Desk; Single
Brass Bed; Ladder Back Chairs; Oak Chair;
Formica Top Pedestal Table; Chest-of-
Drawers; 2 Cedar Chests; Victorian Parlor
Table; Rope Trundle Bed; Nursing rocker;
Cheese Cutter-Center Arrow Back Rocker;
Oak Easel; Arch Back Trunk; Hotpoint
Automatic Washer; Kenmore Compactor;
Wooden Wash Machine Tub on stand.
Metal Porch Furniturer; Samsonite Lawn
Furniture; Wrought Iron Table (Glasstop) and
Chairs; Etching Prints “Lionel Barrymore”
(WOC Radio - Reagen era); WHO Prints;
“Battle of Bull Run” Currier & Ives in Knotty
Maple Frame; “Major General-Winfield
Scott” N. Currier Print; Antique Mirror;
Accordion; Kerosene Lamp; Toleware; An
tique Fireplace Waffle-Iron.
Bennington Pitcher “Peacock”; Majolica
Mug and Creamer; Pink Tinted Fostona
Stemware; Iridescent “Czeh” Stemware; Cut
Glass Pitcher; Pressed and Patterned Glass;
Bowls; Salts; Set of Silver Edged Serving
Pieces; Ironstone Pitcher & Bowl; Vaseline
Vases (Overlay); Vaseline Glass; Antique
Milk White Compote; Milk White Bureau Set;
Blown “Jenny Lind” Bottle; Blown “Wheat”
Bottle’ Neuweiler’s Beer Tray (Allentown):
Coffee Service; Silverplate Candelabra;
Copper Tea Kettle.
2 ANTIQUE QUILTS - “True Lover’s
Knot”; “Iris Chain”; Homespun Linen; Old
Bonnets; Wooden Venetian Blinds; Oak Panel
Indoor Shutters.
BOOKS “Biographical Annals of Lane.
Co.” 1903 J.H. Beers; (“Home” & “Children’s
Home” "Life” Magazines); Old Records;
Sandstone Water Trough; “D.K. Young” 4
Prong Shaking Fork; Wooden Rake; Digging
Iron; Post Hole Digger; Ax;; Scythe; Electric
Generator.
Terms by:
ANNIE H. KURTZ
T. Glenn Horst, Auct.—Bs9-1331
Timothy G. Horst, Auct.—73B-1245
PFA hails fruit , vegetable legislation
During that testimony Eckel
noted that even though PACA
presently requires payment to
sellers within 10 days of sale,
payments from buyers have been
slowing down in recent years.
According to Produce Reporter
Co., a credit agency for the in
dustry, the number of cases in
which buyers pay for produce
within 10 days has declined during
♦he last seven years from 55 per
CHICAGO, IL. - National
Farmers Unions President Cy
Carpenter Wednesday told U.S.
Agriculture Secretary John Block,
at a listening session here, that
“the time has come for this
country to develop a farm policy
that is as concerned about
‘distribution’ as it is with
‘production’.”
Carpenter appeared at the first
of two listening sessions designed
by Block to help formulate the 1985
Farm Bill.
“Our first challenge in the years
ahead is not to achieve quantum
leaps in bushels per acre. Out
immediate challenge is to
establish a policy which is sen
sitive and responsive to the
nutritional necessities of hungry
people at home and around the
DERR'S
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
784-5413
Farm Equipment & Household off Route
42, 6 Miles North of Bloomsburg, Pa.
Turn at Stackhouse Well Drilling on the
Black Run Rd. Go 8/10 Mile to Farm.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27,1984
10:00 A.M.
Household Will Be Sold First; S Roll Top Desk,
2 Drop Leaf Tables, 2 Library Tables, 2 Piano
Stools, Upright Piano, Breakfast Set w/4
Chairs, Pictures, Frames, Stands, Beds, Old
Books, Desk, Crocks, Treadle Sewing Machine,
Sleigh (Run A Bout), Buggy, Kellercraft 16’
Boat, Taylor 18’ Boat w/Evenrude 50 H.P. V-4
Motor, Boat Trailer, Rupp Trail Bike 16”
Saddle.
5 Holstein Heifers, Girton 300 Gal. Bulk Tank
w/2 H.P. Compressor, 3 Surge Milkers,
Transfer Station, Bender Washer Releaser, 1
Dryer, Allis Chalmers One Ninety V T Series
111 Diesel Tractor w/Cab, Allis Chalmers 5
Bottom 16” Plows w/Side Hill Hitch, Lamco
Self Unloading Wagon w/6 T. Chassis, N.H. 460
Hay Bind, Brilliant 18” Transport Harrow,
N.H. 818 Chopper w/Com Head, J.D. 15 A
Chopper, J.D. 15 A Parts Only, N.H. 717
Chopper w/Corn & Pick Up Head, J.D. 115 Self
Unloading Wagon w/Extended Shoot, 2 Grove 5
T. Bale Wagons, Killbros 350 Gravity Bin
w/J.D. 6 T. Running Gears, Papec Grinder
Mixer. 22’ Bale Elevator, N.I. Side Delivery
Rake, 12’ & 16’ Harrows, Smoker 28’ Bale
Elevator, Ontario 13-8 Drill, J.D. #lO Mounted
Mower, 8 Row Sprayer, J.D. 4 Row Com
Planter, J.D. 33 Manure Spreader, N.H. 8 T.
Wagon, J.D. 227-2 Row Com Picker, J.D. 16” 3
Bottom Trailer Plows, J.D. 16” 3 Bottom 3 Pt.
Plows, J.D. 30 Combine w/Bin, Tractor
Weights, Dion & Blower Pipe, N.H. False End
Gate, Utility Trailer, 300 Gal. Gas Tank
w/Pump, Vac-away, Grain Cleaner w/all
Screens, J.D. Tl 4 Baler w/Thrower, 500 Chick
Electric Brooder, 2 Silage Carts, 40 Ext.
Ladder, 1954 Int. IT. Flat Bed Truck, Fruehauf
28 Tandom Axel Cattle Trailer, Many Items
Not Listed.
Terms Cash or Good Check with I.D.
Seller
MR. & MRS. CLUANE E. BARDO
Auctioneers Gele L. Derr & Associates
784-5413
Lise. #AU 000217 L
Member of NAA, PAA. & NEAA
LUNCH
cent to 31 percent. Conversely, the
instances in which buyers pay for
produce more than 30 days after
receipt have increased from 26
percent to 50 percent during the
same period.
“In too many instances in the
past the farmer has been left
holding the bag for unpaid fruits
and vegetables,” Eckel said.
Bankruptcies among produce
NFU makes proposals
world, Carpenter said.
Carpenter also outlined specific
proposals for the 1985 Farm Bill.
There is no recovery yet for far
buyers have also increased in
recent years. “In such cases,”
Eckel said, “the seller has no way
of recapturing money owed
because the court takes control of
all assets which are distributed to
creditors such as banks and len
ding institutions first. The total
cost of such bankruptcies and bad
business practices is at least $64
million annually.”
Eckc! add" ■ “Tt’s evident fruit
mers, he said, citing falling land
and used equipment prices and
f»rm product prices that continue
to be far below the cost of
production.
Specifically, Carpenter made the
following recommendations for the
1985 Farm Bill;
Adequate loan rates (or pur
chase prices) related to the cost of
production;
A reserve program with entry
-'Wf-ient to attract the
SHORT NOTICE
PUBLIC AUCTION
6 FARM TRACTORS, FARM EQUIPMENT,
DAIRY EQUIPMENT, FARM TOOLS, ANTIQUES,
CLOCKS, GLASSWARE AND DAIRY HERD
Due to farm being sold, the undersigned will offer at Public
Auction the following located at 3915 Bark Hill Road, Ist lane on
left passed Francis Scott Key High School, Union Bridge, Carroll
County, MD.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28,1984
AT 8:30 A.M. SHARP
Furniture, antiques and glassware starting at 8:30 A.M., consisting of 4 oak
dressers, 1 dresser w/tear drop pulls, other bedroom furniture, nice living
room furniture, walnut coffee table, 4-8 day shelf clocks 1 w/lion head, claw
& ball foot wing back chair, mahogany writing desk, 2 early matching
pictures & frames, china clock with matching lamps, oil lamps, one dated
1870, green depression bowl oil lamp, 2 rayo lamps w/shades, milk glass,
pink & amber depression glass, stone crock & jugs, radios, fans, heaters,
electric appliances, 5’ & 6’ 110 volt heaters, pewter ware, bottle capper,
baby crib, library table, 2 metal cabinets, ice cream freezer, food grinder,
standing clothes racks, chairs, 2 foldup cots, White kitchen cabinet,
dehumidifier, electric stove, 2 upright freezers 1 self-defrosting, market
basket, flat irons, highchair, lot books, box camera, label box, 36 cup coffee
maker, B & W TV, large custom sewing table w/2 very good Singer
machines, 1 H.D. Singer commercial machine, picnic table, heatrola, wood
stove, bathroom commode, horse harness, plus many items not listed.
Shop Tools: Steelman table drill press like new, bench vise, shop grinder,
plus many other pcs. of shop tools & supplies.
FARM EQUIPMENT
6 farm tractors; 80 H.P. Model 1750 Oliver diesel tractor w/hydraulic shift
& hydraulic electric drawbar on good rubber, Oliver 1550 gas tractor fully
equipped on good rubber w/model 610 loader w/extra bucket to be sold
separately, Oliver Super 88 tractor, Oliver 77 row crop tractor, Oliver 70
tractor, Oliver 77 tractor for parts, Farmall C tractor w/cultivators, Sears
8 H.P. garden tractor w/attachments, Model 80 bale mover like new, New
North American 3 ton hydraulic hoist, P.T.0.1500 watt generator like new,
New Holland Model 718 corn harvest like new, New Holland Model 469
haybme, New Holland Model 268 baler w/bale thrower, New Holland Model
23 blower w/30’ pipe, New Holland No. 8 self unloading wagon, New
Holland P.T.O. Model 352 grinder & mixer, New Holland Model 511 manure
spreader, P.T.O. 3 pt. post hole digger, P.T.O. Allis Chalmers combine
w/bm, 3 bushel electric seed sower, tractor radio, Oliver 2 wheel side rake,
Oliver 36 disc transport harrow, Woods 6’ pull type rotary mower, 5
hydraulic cylinders, 1-16’ feed wagon on rubber, 2-16’ bale wagons w/high
sides, T angle scraper blade, Oliver 17 disc drill, Kingwise elevator
w/motor, 8’ lime spreader, New Holland No. 36 flail chopper, Oliver Model
540-4 row com planter, Oliver 4 bottom 16” 3 pt. plows, Oliver 3 bottom 14”
trailer plows, Oliver 3 section lever harrow, tractor chains, 2 wheel trailer,
bam jack, milk cans, large pile junk, garden tools, electric fencers & post,
hand & cross cut saws, com shelter, 5 metal gates, cow clippers, zero 3
H.P. compressor & Motor, 2 round hay feeders, 1 double hay feeder, 275
gal. gas tank w/pump. Dairy Equipment: 340 gal. Girton milk tank
w/compressor, Delaval 34 stall pipe line system complete w/4 unit
Bomatic milkers, like new 50 gal. electric water heater.
35-HOLSTEINS-35
33 head of milking cows, many large in size; 6 first calf heifers. Also 2
heifers 8 months old. TB and blood tested within 30 days. This herd is m
various stages of freshening. Dairy cattle to be sold at 2:30.
Terms - Cash or good check
Not responsible for accidents
3915 Bark Hill Rd.
Union Bridge, MD
Phone-775-2880
Calvin L. Amoss-Auctioneer
Phone 756-6784
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April 21,19M-A39
and vegetable producers have
needed additional protection for
the last several years. The un
written traditional ‘trust
relationship’ between sellers and
buyers has been broken with in
creasing frequency. We urge
President Reagan to quickly enact
this reform so that there farmers
are spared any further financial
harm.”
needed quantity and release levels
sufficiently high so as not to unduly
depress market values;
And the authority for land
diversion programs, both long
term to remove fragile or less
productive land from production,
and short-term for adjustments to
effect immediate changes in ef
fective domestic or foreign
demand for specific agricultural
commodities.
MR. & MRS. MERLE ATKINS, SR.
Lunch at sale