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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! Over recent
years, through different farm pro-
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grams that congress approved,
they tried to help us get that sup
ply and demand in a proper bal
ance ...
Mandatory advertising - hard to
sell to most dairymen
DTP (Dairy Termination Pro
gram) not the answer
Whole Herd-Buy Out, not the
answer either!
We dairy farmers still need
HELP! Some of us have different
ideas as to what the answer is even
now!
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.
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LEARNED...
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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
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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,
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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.
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