Farm Bureau Mill at Manheim Hit By Fire
A fire damaged the Farm Bureau Cooperative feed mill in Manheim Monday night, discovered after 5 p.m. Fire crews from Manheim Lititz and East Petersburg contained the blaze after about an hour and a half. No damage estimate yet. milling operations at the New Holland branch will expand while shipments from Baltimore and Cincinnati mills continue to supply area feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Cooperative
Manheim
Lititz
East Petersburg
John McCormick
Harrisburg
Feed
Farm Bureau
Pennsylvania
Cimeratti
Ohio
Baltimore
John Wolgemuth
Lancaster Farm Bureau
New Holland
McCormick
Baltimore and Cincinntti Mills
Mark K. Hess
Lancaster
Hess
Lancaster City
County Swine Producers Assn Formed to Launch April 30 Meeting
Lancaster County swine producers plan a county wide meeting April 30 at the Farm Bureau Cooperative to elect a board of directors for a new Lancaster County Swine Producers Assn. A nominating committee named by Lloyd Rohrer Kenneth Skiles and Arlie Anderson will select candidates. Dwight Younkin of Penn State will discuss industry problems and a color meat film will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Swine Producers Assn
Max M. Smith
Farm Bureau Cooperative
J Lloyd Rohrer
Lancaster Kenneth Skiles
Narvon
Arhe Anderson
Elizabethtown
Dullersville Road
Lancaster
Dwight Younkin
Penn State
Poultry Boosters Banquet Highlights NEPPCO Survey
Harold P. Klahold of Northeastern Poultry Producers Council salutes Lancaster County growers as he discusses a survey of 31 000 questionnaires with over 4000 returns. Findings show 43 percent favor free market and two thirds want minimal government interference, with 12 percent supporting integration. L Howard Martin presents a Center cost report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Harold P. Klahold
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
Mt. Joy
Klahold
L. Howard Martin
The
County Poultry Assa
J D Shreve Named President of Lancaster Stock Yards
James D Shreve of Neffsville elected president of Lancaster Union Stock Yards Co succeeding the late David E Longacre of Philadelphia who died March 19. Shreve, vice president and general manager, remains yards GM. F M Campbell of Salem Ohio becomes director and vice president while V Sheetz of Plainfield New Jersey is elected treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Union Stock Yards Co
James D Shreve
Neffsville
David E Longacre
Philadelphia
Shreve
F M Campbell
Salem
Ohio
V. Sheetz
Plainfield
Longacre
Milk Production Falls Below Last Year in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reports March output per cow fell while total production slipped 4 percent from March last year. Milk cows rose to 951,000, producing 567 million pounds, with April outlook down versus 1956. Hay quality and labor costs push dairymen toward future improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Holstein Breeders Tour Planned Visiting Farms and Mills
The Holstein breeders tour set for April 29 will visit Hershey Chocolate Co. in Hershey to see milk use in candy making then tour two York area Holstein farms G A Burdick and Sinking Springs Farms. Utz Potato Chip Co. in Hanover and Gladfelter's Paper Mill in Spring Grove are on the itinerary with a 7 30 am start from Conestoga Transportation Co. in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Groff
Quarryville
Everet Benjamin
Holtwood
Elvin Hess, Jr
Strasburg
Hershey Chocolate Co
Hershey
G. A. Burdick
York
Burdick
Lauxmont Lueifer
Lauxmont Farms
Sinking Springs Farms
Hanover
Utz Potato Chip Co
Gladfelter’s
Spring Grove
Conestoga Transportation Co
East Chestnut St
Lancaster
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Guernsey
Peter Zeitler
Glasgow
Del
Maryland
Delaware
Zeitler
George Haenlein
County Swine Producers Assn
Association
Warren Leininger
Denver
Earl Fisher
East
Earl
Howard Siglin
Millersville
Neppco
J. D. Shreve
Stock Yards
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