1 m. NO- is IOWN HERE - with Lancaster County Farm Bureau Co-op assn. President Willis lade, second from left, after their reelection to the board during this week’s 24th I Meeting of the group are; Samuel E. Heisey, Sheridan RD 1, left; David Neff, Boro RDI, right, and Abner H. Risser, Bambndge RD 1. Melvin Stoltzfus, Ronks piewly elected director for the southeastern district is not shown. r > pe election of four directors to the Lancaster County Bureau Co-operative board,- presentations of awards Outstanding county farmers, presentation of the 1958 |I report and by-law changes highlighted the 24th I stockholders’ meeting of the "4,895 member .co-op at trnsey Pavilion. * / . Bcted members' of the Bvere Abner H. Risser,- ■dge RD 1, incumbent Bsident; Samuel E. B Sheridan RD 1 and BsTefl, Washington Boro in Stoltzfus, Ronks was elected to the southeastern district •ship, filling a three rm, the same as in t directors. jyd Rohrer, Lancaster ’, was awarded a $5O ize for his 1958 pro of 180 9 bu. of corn e in the State Crop Jinent Association lub Yield Contest. ?r’s crop placed in the state, was high :a 1 and the county, Id in the state for a using a Farm Bureau and fertilizer and the contest only 5 4 behind the state win hailed Pa 820 hybrid, 1.360 plants per acre ich lows, using a bar ’or ciop, one ton of ir acr e and 800 lbs. of per acre, - applied ; c planter Banquet: Friday Pet<aliens are strong for the most successful Lan- Countv Soil Conservation District Banquet ever, rmr Fndav, according to Amos H Funk, district m isti ict directors really tms m be one of our lln S iunctions, with good program, inclu 'cudmg of Conserva niovoment Awards to tanners, Outstanding , on Farmer Plaque loelion of the 1959 611 County “Queen of row.” ■Digram also will in- U-mmute film on the ‘ Plowing Contest t Au Bust at Hershey, Greiner, state champ conservation speak- J Lloyd Rohrer' $lO Award Receiving a $lO cash a ward for having placed fifth in Area 1, comprised of 17 southeastern counties, with a 159.9 bu per acre yield, was Ezra W Lancas ter RD 6. Burkholder planted Pa. 807 hybrid, with 17,320 plants per acre He plowed under sod and applied ma nure and drilled in 350 lbs - (Turn to page 14) er, special music by Solan co high .school students and 1958 activity reports. The banquet will begin at 6.30 pm Friday in the Quar ryville Methodist church. “It is only proper that we should return to Quarryville community for the 1959 ban quet, since the Southern Lancaster County Area is where organized soil conser vation work started in the county,” Funk stated. “We wish to recognize farmers in that region as leaders in con servation.” Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, February 21, 1959 ROBERT G. HOSTETTER, Elizabethtown RD 3, is shown removing the milker from-a cow in his three-stalt milking parlor. The county farmer has had his parlor in operation since 1954 and says, “ . . I wouldn’t try to run a dairy without one.” Notice the six-foot wide aisle and convenient system for swinging the milker in and out of the stall. There is room to add an additional stall in the 35x12 parlor, it needed. —LF PHOTO He's Sold on Parlor' After 4th Year For at least one Lancaster County farmer with four year’s experience in a milking parlor—loose housing dairy operation, the system of herd management rates 100 per cent and then some, as a method of handling -his farm's map or enterprise Robert G Hostetter, Elizabethtown R D 3, could be described as a young farmer with dreams of a future model operation, who isn’t letting those dreams prevent him from applying good management wherever possible at present Hostetter plans a future dairy program of around 18 registered Holstems on his 47 acre farm, east of Eliza bethtown In fact, his entire setup revolves around the Grade-A-dairy, with every straw and kernel produced on* the farm going into his cows Following a thorough, “cleaning-out” of the herd, after unfavorable blood tests Bob and Mrs. Hostetter are rebuilding toward that goal, despite the blow dealt them. Their milking herd dropped from 12 to five cows, defini tely below tire carrying cap- New Phila. Market Opens June 1 HARRISBURG—A tentative opening date of June 1 has been set for the new Philadelphia Food Distribution Center, according to Vernon D. Northrop, executive vice president of the Center. The new Center will replace the former Dock Street market area in Philadelphia which is to be demolished and redeveloped as a housing and residential area. Roland G. Harris, market ing specialist for the Penn sylvania Department of Ag-, xiculture’s Bureau of Mark ets, say that the 380-acre area near Pattison Avenue and Galloway Street in Philadelphia, will include many of the latest features in modern food handling and will offer ample dock space for truck unloading, parking facilities, and office space for the various functions associa ted with the Wholesale food and produce trade. The State Bureau of Mark ets is assisting food whole salers in moving from the Dock Street area and in modernizing their food hand ling techniques. First to be opened in the new Center will be produce acity of the farm and the barn facilities. Hostetter installed Ins th ree-stall parlor and adjoin ing milk-room in 1954 He simply remodeled and en closed a portion of the old style barn’s forepeak, using existing doors to move the cows from loafing shed to parlor and back, and extend ing a portion of the concrete block addition to provide a milk-room. All construction was com pleted with his own and “swap-out” labor. He re modeled the old stable and. $2 Per Year and seafood markets. When complete, the Center will embody, at the wholesale level, the “one stop shop ping” principle now common in modern merchandising. Negotiations ' are underway with meat packers and meat wholesalers; butcher, egg and cheese wholesalers; dressed poultry wholesalers; grocery wholesalers; and cold storage warehouses con sidering moving into the new center. Harris points out that the Center would make the Na tion’s third largest city a great food distribution point. Located near the end of the Walt Whitman Bridge, the new markets can be reached easily front all "directions. 1 Rail transportation is nearby. stanchion areas of the barn to provide the loose-housing loafing-shed and actually ex cavated-the barn floor to per mit cleaning with a tractor (Turn to page 6) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday U S Weather Bureau, Lancaster Ollicc Temperatures will aver age 2-5 degrees below the normal range of 27-43. Warmer Sat. and Sun., lit tle change Mon. & Tues. Warmer Wed. Chance of some precip. Mon. & Tues.
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