A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1990 HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) After making several trips to Washington D.C. this spring in an attempt to convince members of Congress of the dire need for them to pass a realistic 1990 Farm Bill, I am now starting to sympathize with our legislators as they try to sift through all of the recommen dations being presented to them by various organizations and the present administration. I have been working with mem bers of Congress since 1960 in an effort to improve economic condi tions on our family farm. Many times during those years we have seen various degrees of diversified opinions among farm groups, but 1 can honestly say 1 have never before seen so many unrealistic, screwy ideas being presented to Congress as we are witnessing at the present time. We have heard representatives of Land-O-Lakes say a milk sup port price of $lO.lO per cwt. is sufficient Many members of Con gress have told us that Farm Bureau and the Pennsylvania Fanners Association had just been in town and were reporting to the legislators that conditions in the country were pretty good and they advised several members of Con gress only to make minor changes in the 1985 Farm Bill. Many other undesirable remarks have been made, but to me the real clincher was when I read the remarks made by the president of one of the larger milk co-ops located in the Northeast His remark was that in the future, milk prices paid to dairy farmers will not be tied to the parity for mula or to the cost of producing milk, but dairy farmers prices will reflect market conditions. Polypay Sheep Assn, Celebration SIDNEY, MT. The American Polypay Sheep Association was formed May 3, 1980 and is celebrating its 10th birthday. The APS A currently has 420 members and 60,000 head of Polypays on record. This Associa tion is putting all sheep records on a new com puter program which will print out a new registration certificate with a four-generation pedigree, production & performance records. They now have 20,000 on the computer and are adding to it daily. The 7th National Polypay Sheep Sale is & (b Stop by our now location at 335 Quarry A Road, Laola. Juat aeroaa tha road Irom A D.M. StolUfua Stona Quarry and Zook'a Flour Mill d|KEGON o*o* Bad Water Will Lower Your Income Reduce Reproduction Problems Herd Health Problems Reduce Produce More Milk We can remove these nitrates, bacteria St sulfates and put your pH to near neutral ✓ Low Pressure Heads Will Work On B Lb. Pressure ✓ Non Electric Timer Heads To Backwash At Night ✓ Proxide Applicators WATER CONDITIONING INC 335 Quarry Road • Leola, PA 17540 • (717) 656-8380 too high. Remember during the last part of 1989 and January of 1990 milk processors were paying much more than $13.00 per cwl for manufactured milk. Only the government was buying the pro ducts at a lower cost via the sup port price program. The decision will be made by you dairy farmers. If you contact your Congressman today you can help prevent further losses to dairy farmers. Failing to act will only give ammunition to the people who are willing to lower the sup port price to $8.60 by 1993. Do you want to produce for the needs of the market and receive a realistic price, $15.50-$16.00) or, do you want wide open production with one guarantee - further price cuts. The decision is yours.-- Arden Tewksbury, PA Farmers Union. and Almshouse Road in Doylestown. Committee members and for mer dairy princesses explained what the program entails and the benefits involved. Among these are appearances at schools, malls, county fairs and grocery stores and the opportunity to speak to civic clubs, senior citizen groups, and farm and non-farm audiences. Young women interested in learning more about the contest should contact Laura England, Bucks County Dairy Promotion Committee chairman, at (215) 322-0200. CERTIFIED WATER SPECIALIST Water Quality,