A26-L*ncMt«r Farming, Saturday, February 15,1986
GETTYSBURG - Represen- budget would be among the areas
tatives of the Pennsylvania Far- affected by the automatic 4.3%
mers Union agreed at a joint cuts. The C.C.C would have to
meeting of the farm group’s Dairy lower its dairy budget somewhere
and Legislative Commutes that between $6O and 80 million. Yet,
the daily industry must act quickly jj, e 43% budget axe would lower
to avoid the effects AP of M „iu 1 prices to dairy farmers by about
budget cuts slated for March 1 £ cents hundre dweight, for
under the Gramm-RudmanAct costs to the industry of
»™>
Welker Bros. Dairy
(Continued from Page A 22)
the calves clean and trains them to
lay in the freestalls when they
move out to the freestall barn.
The heifers make this
momentous move at one year.
They are put into a separate
section of the freestall bam that
houses the milking cows. A farm
bull is used to breed the heifers and
they remain in the freestalls until
calving.
This method of raising heifers is
just one of many areas on the farm
which the Welker family has had
success with. The brothers operate
this farm with two part-time
workers and John’s wife Marge,
who takes cares of all the book-
I '
I
A section of the rotary parlor showing the platform that
allows the operator to ride with the parlor, the low milk line,
the entry way the cows use, and the drive tire in the wall.
SCHLESSMAN'S
HYBRID CORN 3
PEMIUM SINGLE CROSSES
■ SX-650 ■ SX-642 (New) ■ SX-525
■ SX-810 ■ SX-405A ■ SX-725
ALFALFA GRAIN CORN
SPECIAL SPECIAL SPECIAL
Urea An
PFU urges assessment for Gramm-Rudman cuts
work and the raising of their two
daughters Juliana and Kelly.
They have lived on the farm all
their lives and when they started
farming on their own 16 years ago,
John and Angelo were very
idealistic. The rules they
established then simplicity in
everything and doing things the
right way the first time have
served them well.
They have no regrets about the
past, in fact they feel lucky to have
their health and feel fortunate
things have gone as well as they
have. They look to the future with
the same type of optimism that
they originally began farming
with.
FERTILIZER
Liquid Nitrogen
according to Dairy Committee
member Arden Tewksbury.
The group decided that instead
of the dairy industry spending $7O
million to save the C.C.C., it made
better economic sense to impose
an assessment of four cents per
hundredweight on all milk. “This
would raise the money that C.C.C
needs to cut out of its budget while
saving the dairy farmers about
forty-five cents per hundredweight
over the cost of the Gramm-
Rudman cuts.” Tewkshnrv ox-
lira FEEDING
V 1 MACHINES
Turn sharper... carry more
Ueblers are designed with the sharpest turning radius of all
machines on the market. Having the sharpest turning radius
gives Ueblers a big advantage. Because they turn sharper they
can carry a bigger load than other models. Which means fewer
trips back to the silo and less time feeding the cows.
There's no magic to why Ueblers turn sharper. They have a
shorter turning radius.
Take a 100 k... notice that the
pivoting drive wheels on the
Ueblers are placed as close to
the center of the machines as
possible. This minimizes the
turning radius compared with
our competitors who position
• their drive wheels more to the
ends of their machines.
So if you're considering the
purchase of a new feed cart and you'd like to cut your feeding
time, consider Uebler. We turn sharp and carry more!
visit your local dealer for more Information!
UEBLER
BB BB Automatic Farm Systems Marshall Machinery
6OB E. Evergreen Hoad RD #4
Lebanon, PA 17042 Honesdale, PA 18431
717-274-5333 717-729-7117
Rovendale Supply Longacre Electric Chambersburg Farm K&Slnc.
Svc. Inc. Service RD#i
Watsontown, PA 17777 602 Main St. 975 South Main Street Quarryville, PA 17566
Bally, PA 19503 Chambersburg, PA 17201 717-284-3111
1-800-232-DALE 215-845-2261 717-264-3533
plained. The group resolved that
the four-cent assessment should
continue through Fiscal Year 1986,
which ends September 30,1986.
“While Farmers Union or- to avoid the automatic 4.3% cuts,
dinarily doesn’t advocate taking The idea has also been endorsed by
more money from a farmer’s milk the National Milk Producers
check, in this instance a four-cent Federation. “The challenge is to
assessment is the lesser of two get such a program in place before
evils,” said P.F.U. Executive March 1,” Reed said.
Director Chester L. Reed. “Our The Pennsylvania Farmers
dairy farmers can’t be expected to Union is a voluntary general farm
absorb the massive costs that organization representing family
Gramm-Rudman would impose on • farmers throughout Pennsylvania.
the industry.”
Representative James Jeffords
(R-VT) has proposed legislation to
impose a small assessment on milk
CENTER PIVOT