Milford chronicle., 1958-12-19
Interstate Farmers
Discuss Problems
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to the producers and their buyers
in the Philadelphia milkghed than
for our appropriate heads of Fed
eral and State governments to see
to it that there is developed the
uniformity of milk regulations to
which we are entitled. What we
need more than anything else are
some orders given which will sta
bilize the order makers"
Erwin l., Peterson, assistant sec
retary of agriculture in charge of
U.S.D.A. work in the field of fed
eral-state relations. said:
There are going to be a lot of
changes in the dairy industry in the
next few years. The trend is to
fewer and larger farms. Not all of
you will be able to Survive the ex-
pansiOn of industry and housing
developments in farm areas"
The banquet audience heard
Brice NJ. Mace, Jr., agricultural
consultant for the u. S. State De-
partment, says that one of the most
popular items in our foreign aid
program is technical assistance in
agriculture. He Stressed the need
for competent agricultural tech
nlcians abroad, and said:
When you help farm men and
women do something for them
selves in their own country, the aid
actually goes inside a family" he
said. People who receive that kind
OF assistance are your Il ting
friends
Officers of the Cooperative re-
elected at the meeting were: A. r.
Marvel of Easton, Md, president; !;
]. Lin Huber of st. Thomas, Pa,
vice president; Mr.. Hoffman, gem
eral manager; Florence Schultz,
treasurer; and Clara Gallagher,
secretary.
Resolutions approved by dele
gates at their business session
called for action to increase school
lunch and milk program coopera-
tion, for a study of prices and costs
in relation to the Order 81 milk
marketing formula; and for a
study of the possibility of labelling
butter so that consumers know
what grade they are purchasing.
A tribute to Howard E. Jamison,
former secretary treasurer who
died during the year, also was
voted.
Two field representatives of the
Cooperative who retired officially
Monday December 15) were hon.
ored at the sessions. They were
Earl P. Bechtel of Collegeville, Pa,
and J. ]. Camp of Roaring Spring,
Pa. President Marvel praised the
hard work and devotion of all the
field representatives, as well as
those who were retiring.
Mr.. Hoffman told the delegate
body that last year Interstate sold
almost SO million dollars worth of
member milk. Enlarging on prob
lens of Federal-State regulations,
he said:
Zone of our biggest problems is
this business of dual milk control
Secretary Benson has instructed
his assistant to try to develop with
the Pennsylvania Milk Control
Commission system of control
for the market which would be
sufficiently uniform for the two
agencies to work in the same area
friction The sales area in
the two orders is not the same; the
method of blend price calculation
is not the same. But / still believe
good sense will prevail and the
two agencies Federal and State
will reach some reasonable unity.
Reports by Mr.. Marvel; Miss
Schultz, the treasurer; Mrs. CAL
lagher, the secretary; and Dr.
James E. Honan, economist, also
were heard A special meeting for
the ladies was held Thursday morn
ing.
Among those who attended tie
from Delaware were:
Director and Mrs. w. Lewis
Phipps, Wilmington, r. 1; Dele
gate and Mrs. Charles j. Butler and
Delegate and Mrs. Horace Wood /
ward, Middletown, r. D.; Mr.. and
Mrs. John Butler, Mr.. and Mrs
Irving Armstrong, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Dickerson, all MEM
Ders from Middletown; Harry See
mans of Odessa; Mr.. and Mrs. Nor |
man Whiteman, Wilmington, R. D.:
and Sieldman and Mrs. s. r. Ealy |
Of Middletown.
Director and Mrs. Ellwood b. |
Gruwell, FELTON,, r. 2; Delegate |
David Truitt, Lewes, R. 1; Donald |
Mills, Milton, alternate; Mr. and |
Mrs. Harold Schabinger, FELTON,;
Delegate and Mrs. George E. Will
son, Smyrna; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel |
Dixon, Jr.,. Dover; H. Lloyd Jones. |
Smyrna and Mrs. Jones, who served
Is chairman of the ladies' commit
ZEE; and George Simpson and Ed
ward Harcum, Houston, named as /
substitute delegates.