Freeman Acts To Reduce Dairy Imports
Watkings Glen April 3 Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman urged the President to direct the Tariff Commission to start Section 22 investigations to set import quotas on dairy products not now quotaed. He noted dairy imports rose 300 percent, harming price supports and farmer income, and pressed for quick hearings.
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Watkins Glen
Orville L. Freeman
United States
Tariffc Commission
Freeman
Tariff Commission
Higher milk prices seen as import curbs move forward
Syracuse report notes the President instructed the Tariff Commission to hold a dairy imports hearing with Eastern Milk Producers urging action. An April 14 emergency price hearing is planned, while Congress debates cutting milk equivalent imports by one third and awaiting the Proxmire Bill, all cited by Gen. Manager John C. York.
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Syracuse
Washington
Tariff Commission
Eastern
John C. York
Johnson
Freeman
Congress
York
Stratton Speaks At Romulus Farm Bureau Banquet
Nearly 120 farmers gathered at Romulus Presbyterian Church April 8 to hear Congressman Samuel S. Stratton address the Seneca County Farm Bureau Rural-Urban Banquet. He urged support for increased food and fiber, deferment for young men entering farming, and noted Vietnam experiences while urging higher milk prices to aid producers.
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Romulus
Romulus Presbyterian
Romulus Presbyterian Church
Samuel S. Stratton
Seneca County Farm Bureau
David Powell
Interlaken
Stratton
Vietnam
Asia
Mr. Stratton
Elmer Somerville
Farm Bureau
Farm Group
South Seneca County
Jack Mulford
Lodi
Carl Post
James Patsos
Seneca County Farm Bureau Womens Committee
U.S
Janice Greene
Stanley Greene
Seneca Falls
Alvin A. Johnson to Leave Cornell
Prof Alvin A Johnson director of Cooperative Extension at New York State Colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics Cornell University resigns by August 1 to join the Ford Foundation in India as program advisor and team leader for agriculture. Deans Palm and Conover will appoint a new extension director. Johnson said I feel that I cannot walk away.
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Ithaca
Alvin A. Johnson
N.Y
Commission Proposes Five Year Farm Tax Exemption Plan
New York State Commission on Preservation of Agricultural Land urges a five year property tax exemption for new or rebuilt farm buildings and agricultural value assessments for farmland. The interim report to Governor Rockefeller covers preservation areas irrigation use and highway planning input.
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Albany
Gov. Rockefeller
State Commission On
Fire Hazard Warning From Cortland Ranger
Matt Allen district ranger of the Conservation Department in Cortland warns of rising fire danger due to dry winds. He notes two of three fires occur in April and May before new vegetation is established and cites smokers and brush burns as common starters. Backyard incinerators also contribute significantly to wildfires.
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Matt Allen
Conservation Department
Cortland
Allen
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James Parsos
Womens Committee
Patsos
Seneca County
Interbury Agway
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Hackett
Delbert Merrill
Trumansburg
Cornell
Commission
Mers
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
New York State
Joint Legislative Committee
Department of Public Works
Department of Agriculture and Markets
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