A34-Uncw* Fwirtnfl. Srtuntey, Nowmbtr 20,1N3 Farm Forum (Continued from Page Aid) tough words... They are not new words... I can’t do it on our own farm so I understand how it is so tough for my richest uncle to do it You know my Uncle Sam don’t you? We dairy farmers and Uncle Sam have worked together many times in recent years to solve our over-production problem. He has always said over-production is bad business. In economic terms, supply exceeds demand. Uncle’s policy has been a cheap food poli cy to guarantee our country’s peo ple food on the table. That makes sense to me, but at whose sacri fice? We dairy farmers have done our share. Uncle Sam says cut pro duction .. . Cut production. We have stirred congress up so many times about our plight I believe they’re sick of us! 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I do not think there is one and only one answer as how to get the pay we need for our milk. One thing 1 am sure of, this is a country where free enterprise is guaran teed. That’s what we dairy farmers are is entrepreneurs . . . How about that! We organize, arrange and assume responsibility for our dairy business in order to produce milk to feed our fellow people. Our put dairy programs have not worked and now on the positive side there is probably mote unity among dairy farmers across the entire country than ever before. The problem must be solved! 1 call to your attention that before as all, ate new words that must be notic ed. SELF-HELP “God helps those who help themselves.” I was al ways told that. I believe it! This program is approved and made le gal to implement would ask for nothing more from our Uncle Sam than to give we dairy farmers the ability to control the distribution of our surplus products. No more would excess products be an ex pense to Uncle Sam. He could cut his budget ... Dairy Farmers could collectively, through a dairy board, decide what to do and where to move our surplus pro ducts. We must expand our mar kets and SELF-HELP could be the way. I urge any and all concerned to remember the words SELF HELP, I urge you to support it and if in position to promote or pass it, please do so. WELL LEARNED... LANCASTER FARMING'S CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESIILTSI Phone: 717-394-3047 717-626-1164 HFS fIEPLACIHfi SOYBEAM HEAL AND CORN TO mtOVE MS mom ... SHOULD YOU? This dairyman just took a delivery of brewers wet grain from the Miracle Feeds divi sion of Furst-McNess. When he put a sharp pencil to it, he found that each ton of Miracle brewers wet grains could replace 230 pounds of 48 percent soybean meal (@ $250/ton) and 195 pounds of shelled com (© $9O/ton) making brewers wet grain worth over $35.00/ton in his ration. With the average price of brewers wet grains running at approximately $25.00-$27.00/ton (depending on distance horn the brew ery) this dairyman has realized that brewers wet grains is an excellent buy versus soybean meal and shelled com. And, the dairyman found Miracle brewers wet grain also enhanced his cows' pro duction since it is an excellent source of bypass protein and helps make up for some poor quality forage he is forced to feed this year. It also improved the palatability of his total ration. Brewers wet grains also contains 9% fat making it an excellent source for this important nutrient. Say you're already feeding brewers grains? Maybe you should consider switching to Miracle, where you can get free computerized ration balancing plus forage testing to get the most out of your feeding program. Just call toll-free 800-888-0230. jAk MIRACLE FEEDS, INC Batavia, NY 14020 Other new words that not only concern we farmers, but should concern all who want to expand their markets are NAFTA. Many other businesses in this country have also hit a lull in their growth because of supply exceeding de mand. NAFTA is the answer to al low these businesses to grow and expand. Please, for the future of our American dairy farms... support Mason-Dixon Red And White Association Meets MANCHESTER, Md. The Mason-Dixon Red and White Association met for the first time on November 7 here at the home of Jack and Vicki King. All Red and White Holstein owners and enthusiasts are encouraged to join the new association. The newly formed Mason- Dixon Red and White Association will host a national Red and White Show and Sale on April 8 and 9, 1994 at the Maryland State Fair grounds in Timonium, Md. This spring show and sale was the catalyst for the formation of the new association. The annual event will be alternating between Syra cuse, New York, and Timonium. Directors elected were: 3-year term, Michael Allen, Jack King, (717) 733-4973 • 1-800-642-0310 Bjvutchwestmis HighDikii ik\ >u' SELF-HELP and for the better ment of moat American business es, support NAFTA. Thank you for your time and may all your decisions be made with more than yourself in mind. We all live collectively, coopera tively. and completely! Joseph Stratton Member Eastern Milk Producers and Harold Smith. Two-year-term, Roscoe Har baugh, Kenneth Myer, and John Weiler. One-year term, Gary Derr, Charlie Hudson, and Glen Peachy. Officers elected were Jack King, president; Harold Smith, vice president; and Kenneth Myer, secretary-treasurer. Membership dues were estab lished at $lO per farm family. For additional information, call Jack King at (410) 848-6650 or Ken neth Myer at (717) 367-3344. For membership for 1994 send your name, address, and phone number along with $lO to Mason-Dison Red and White Association, c/o Kenneth Myer, 393 Ridgeview Road North, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. Prices Start At s 749°°
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