Gov. Sends Ag Secretary (Continued from Pago A 1) eral Fanners Home Administra- tion (FmHA). resentative farms and met with The request was sent^u> 'Pennsylvania farm leaders to wit- Washington, D.C., and delivered ness the loss to our crops and lives to Lyng’s office by state Agricul- lock,” Gov. Casey wrote in the let ture Secretary Boyd E. Wolff, who ter. “For nearly one-half the state was in Washington to brief the this is our second consecutive year Pennsylvania congressional dele- „of dry weather conditions.” gation on the need for federal The governor informed Lyng drought-assistance legislation that that drought assessment reports will help state farmers recover had been completed for all Pen from the crisis. _ nsylvania counties and that the Gov. 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Normally, the designation also makes farmers eligible for feed assistance, but that was authorized by Lyng on a county-by-county basis earlier this summer as the drought became extensive. In a small news conference in the Secretary’s office Thursday morning, Wolff said that in addi tion to delivering the letter from the Governor he wanted to make sure Congressional members knew the seriousness of the drought in •Current Supply MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO MIDDLETOWN REPAIR SHOP Freeland Md Ph (301) 343 0114 or 0204 CARROLL CO RAINBOW FARM CENTER INC. lane/town, Md fh (301) 663 9200 DORCHESTER CO HURLEY’S MOBILE MECH. SER. Cambridge, Md Ph (301) 228-2996 FREDERICK CO H.B. DUVALL INC. Fredenck, Md Ph (301) 662-1125 GARRETT CO ARNOLD BROS. EQUIP. CORP. Mt Lakt Park, Md Ph (301) 334-9605 HARFORD CO FOARD'S FARM STORE Jarrtnsville, Md Ph (301) 692-5170 Of 877-3320 QUEEN ANNES CO ALLEN'S LAWN i GARDEN REPAIR SERVICE Crumpton, Md Ph (301) 928-3304 ST MARY'S CO DAVE'S ENGINE SERVICE Lovovillo, Md Pennsylvania and to ask for a speedy passage of the legislation that would include all segments of agriculture. “Because of its wide spread effect, we need emergency action,” Wolff said. We figure that on the average size 52 milk cow dairy herd in Pennsylvania, the feed cost will increase $B,OOO because of the drought this year. And the SO cents a hundred RCMA Plans Diversion (Continued from Page At) tad 26 Lancaster County farmers who became Farmland shippers since April. These farms were pin pointed on a map and three teams of volunteers and RCMA person nel planned to make personal visits to all the farms on Tuesday. In a new move, RCMA announced it is prepared to offer whatever Farmland is paying plus the RCMA premiums guaranteed for six months. “Our milk should be worth just a little less than what it costs to ship it in,” King said. “RCMA has come a long way but we must continue to work together.” Of the 25,000 dairy farms in the Northeast. RCMA claims 22,000 members through cooperative memberships as well as indepen dent shippers who have voluntarily joined RCMA. According to King, the 3,000 non-members cause a loss of bargaining power for the organization. For this reason, HORSEH GENUINE HOR Barnyard Acid Rr AMERICAN Made of tough, long wearing shoes stand manure, silage, i better than cowhide. Shoes (e Goodyear welt, nitro cork soli not track, steel shank, paddei collar, cushion Insole and arcl support. Ideal for baft use. Siz< 7-13 including 'A sizes. Ist quality. 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Donald Ranck, Lancaster Coun ty Representative, said later in the week that when they visited local farmers they found that many had joined Farmland not necessarily for price, but for other reasons. While they did not press for these fanners to join RCMA at the lime, Ranck said they were hope ful that many would cooperate in a goal to get all Farmland shippers to divert their milk on September 1. Ranck used the analogy of the Amish ban: If a brother gets out of line in the Amish community, he is shunned until he comes back in line. “That’s what we want to do with Farmland,” Ranck said. "We want Farmland in our community. We hope the September 1 diver sion program will bring them back.” NY Add 6% Tax Grand Total CUSTOMEI ADORES: STATI s 7 4l vj. ni Ji
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