Fred,
If you have information that is different from what we saw in our area, then
let us know.
Even though you did not live in this area, you should have been following
the farm news back in the 1950's and on when we saw the rise of the NFO
(National Farmer's Organization) and things escalated until violence and
death occurred.
It is my viewpoint that this tragedy turned the tide against the NFO and
they were forced to back off from using force against others to try and get
their way. This is not unlike other events in U.S. History.
Do you not remember the NFO trying to block milk trucks from going to dairy
farms where the farmers who did not want to participate in the NFO actions
were targeted?
Do you not remember the parity "issue" which was probably THE big issue with
dairy farmers for years. It was frequently in the news. I would say
impossible to miss.
Remember, I am not necessarily supporting any of these views, only reporting
on the actual situation of the times.
Rick W.
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From: graze-l-admin@witt.ac.nz [mailto:graze-l-admin@witt.ac.nz]On
Behalf Of FW Owen
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:11 PM
To: graze-l@witt.ac.nz
Subject: Re: [Graze-l] Re: golden years
> 2) At the same time that we had the "golden years" of the 1950's to
perhaps
> 1970's in our region, the very same farmer's were bitterly complaining
that
> they were not making "parity" and that this had to be corrected with
> further legislative mandates. Many in the public actually believed that
> dairy farmers were doing very poorly when in fact, like at any other time,
> many were doing quite well and some were doing exceedingly well. But the
> image was one of extreme hardship and low incomes.
>
> It got so contentious that some of the more extreme farmer's tried to
> organize into a group that would then become violent and lead to the death
> of others, such as truckers. This destroyed any hope of that group to
> succeed as public sentiment turned against farmers at that point.
This is inaccurate or confused, all of it.
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Kindest regards,
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Owenlea Holsteins
9430 Spencer Road
Homerville, Ohio 44235
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home page http://www.bright.net/~fwo
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