Farm and Home Foundation Banquet Set in Lancaster County
The seventh annual Farm and Home Foundation dinner will be at 6 30 p m January 28 at the Farm and Home Center Lancaster with Melvin R Stoltzfus as toastmaster Noah W Kreide to give the invocation Reid Ferguson PSU vice president to speak Music by a Mechanic Grove Church trio WRitl is Z Esbenshade to conduct director nominations George Lewis treasurer report Howend H Campbell business manager report M M Smith to announce scholarships
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Farm and Home Foundation of
Lancaster County
Farm and Home Center
Arcadia Road
Lancaster
Melvin R. Stoltzfus
Noah W Kreide
Mechanic Grove Church of the Brethren
George Lewis
Howend H Campbell
M. M. Smith
Dairy Herds Honored At Red Rose DHIA Dinner
Lancaster County dairy records show Landis herd leading with 652 pounds butterfat and 16 465 pounds of milk from 29 2 average Holsteins. Curtis Akers Quarryville RD1 placed second with 647 pounds butterfat and 16 995 pounds milk from 353 cows. Paul B Zimmerman Ephrata RD1 third with 643 pounds butterfat and 16 523 pounds milk from 31 2 cows. In all 389 herds cited for average over 400 pounds butterfat. 419 cows produced 400 pounds butterfat. Six herds exceeded 5 000 pounds solids not fat. Average 18 727 cows on Red Rose DHIA in 1970. 487 pounds butterfat and 12 598 pounds milk per cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DHIA
Donald S. Eby
Landis
Ana “Ee
Rome Center
J Oyency
Henry W Martin
Ephrata
Sunny Craft Farms
Paul S Schantz
Egg Marketing Assn Names 1971 Officers in Meeting
At a Pennsylvania Egg Marketing Association gathering Fred Pontz distributed a questionnaire on egg purchasing policy and discussed that the confidential data could be valuable. The nominating committee proposed officers Earl Hess as president Tom Smith as vice president R Clair Lauder as treasurer and E J Lawless Jr as secretary. Directors Robert Shelly and Ben Burkholder will continue for another year. Larry Kegerreis of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Marketing staff outlined a Northeast promotional program funded by 11 states with New York State carrying out the work. The idea targets profit with a survey suggesting eggs could yield 249 percent gross profit in the dairy division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing Association
Fred Pontz
Earl Hess
Tom Smith
R Clair Lauder
E. J Lawless Jr
Robert Shelly
Ben Burkhold
Larry Kegerreis
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Northeast
New York State
Lehigh Valley Co-Op Merges With Country Belle Dairy Ops
Two Pennsylvania dairy cooperatives Sign a management contract effective January 1 1971 The Country Belle Cooperative of Pittsburgh and the Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers of Allentown will combine manufacturing purchasing and selling under one management The Lehigh Valley sales are about 75 million dollars and Country Belle about 24 million with total expected sales over 100 million in 1971 The Pittsburgh manager reports to Richard Allison and the merged firms have 260 and 820 members respectively
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Geiounces Oy
Alpheus
Ranmers
Altent Lane
Ronen PR
Country Belle Farmers Cooperative
Country Belle Cooperative of
Pittsburgh
Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers
Allentown
Richard Lx
Allison
Sand
Ares
Manavérsot
Lehigh “Valley
Co‘operative I Farmers
Pittsburgh Area
Country Belle
Lehigh Valley
Four Southeastern Pa Counties Added To U S Gypsy Moth Regulated Areas
The USDA adds Lancaster and three neighboring counties to the federal gypsy moth regulated area effective January 8. The action extends areas in PA, NY, and NJ as part of the national quarantine to curb spread. It notes ongoing defoliation harms and required inspections for timber and related products to prevent insect movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lancaster County
US Department of Agriculture
Federal Register
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Isand
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
USDA
Farm Calendar Week Ahead Shows County FFA and Farmers Meetings
A series of meetings listed for Monday through Thursday includes the County FFA meeting at Manheim Central High School, Fulton Grange 66 in Oaklyn, Ephrata Young Farmers and Garden Spot Young Farmers events, Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative Association annual meeting at Hostetter's Banquet Halls, and the Farm and Home Foundation dinner at the Farm and Home Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Manheim Central High School
Fulton Grange
Oaklyn
Ephrata Young Farmers
Garden Spot
Lancaster County
Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative Association
Mount Joy
Farm and Home Foundation
Farm and Home Center
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Reid Ferguson
Pennsylvania State University
Writlis Z Esbenshade
David L. Landis
J. Eby
Hershey
Gordonville
Rdi
Shee x Pray
Ancaster
Barr
Egg Marketing Assn. Meets
Lehigh Valley Co-Op
Broome
Chenango
Jefferson
St Laurence
Chester
Columbia
Dauphin
Lancaster, Lebanon, Montour
Northumberland and Sullivan
Cumberland
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