DIRECTORS OF THE LANCASTER CoUNTY Farm Btueau Cooperative Association after their election Wednesday are left to right Veryl E. Brown, Peach Bottom Rl; Southeastern District, Paul Hershey, Manheim R 4, Northwestern District; Amos H Funk, Millersville Rl, Southwestern District, and Willis Z. Esbenshade, 1631 Esbenshade Road, Lancaster, Northeastern District , —F Phbto • Co-op (From page 1) county association to make secretary - treasurer of the it possible to hold the an- Lancaster County Farm Bur market his products through nual mee ting on any date eau Cooperative Association other farmer cooperatives Between December 1 and f o r the past 20 years Melv in this way the farmer has April 1, at the discretion of j er resigned, he said, in ord control of all the processes the directors. At present the er spend more time in the involved in the total-agricul- date of annual meeting was insurance business. His suc tural industry. The Use cf restricted to the period be- cessor will be elected at the cooperatives, he said, enables tween January 1 and April nex t meeting of the associa tive farmer to 'run a com- 1 tion’s board of directors pletely integrated business In other business, the as- Willis Z Esbnshade, preti- The association voted to sociation-accepted the resig- dent of the assn| told the 10 C to 34 C MORE NET INCOME . THAN OTHER MAJOR EGG STRAINS* V 4sf (35° more than average entry in 15 tests) ' y / *Based on final reports in 1959-60 Random Sample Tests in Ariz, 8.C., Calif., Fla., la., Mum, Mo, C N.Y., W.N.Y., N.C., Pa., Tenn, Tex., Utah, and Wise. In the three 1959-60 tests in which the new K-155 Kimberchik was entered, it equalled the well known K-137 in net income. Have us reserve your 1961 Kimber pullets now! Longenecker’s ELIZABETHTOWN. PA. fir# stout! ractb TIME SALE Huge Savings Air Ist Grade Firestone Tires All Traction Champions 13.6x38 13.6x38 12.4x38 11.2x38 11.2x36 13.6x28 112x24 9.5x24 QUANTITY LIMITED - SEE OR CALL US WILLOW STREET change the by-laws of the nation of Harry R Metzler, SIZE (12x38) (12x38) (11x38) (10x38) (10x36) (12x28) (10x24) (9x24) SPECIAL SALE PRICES COPE & WEAVER Hatchery Regular List Price Inch Federal Tax Ply Ply Ply $149.49 $175.32 $142.25 $124.84 $118.24 $123.47 $ 85.13 $ 71.45 Ply Ply Ply Ply Ply GOOD OP LY ON ABOVE LISTED EMpire 7-154 b SALE PRICE Incl. Federal Tax (wilh old tire) § £04*95 $119.95 $ 99.95 $ 91.95 $ 56.92 $ 90.00 $ 59.95 $ 49.95 SIZES Phone Lane. EX 3-2821 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18. 1961—1 f 510 members and friends at the 26th annual meeting, the cooperative will not need to borrow capital to finance new facilities at Quarryville. enough Preferred stock,"“was purchased by pa trons to build the proposed new. Quarryville branch. The dividend rate on Preferred stock was increased by stock holders last year from four to five per cent. The cooperative reported net savings of $61,921 for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 1960, compared with $113,- 741 the previous year a decrease of $51,820 The dollar volume of pa tron purchases and market ing, at $4,228,369, was $251,- 190.78 less than the $4,479 - 559 78 reported for the pre vious year. Patron feed purchases con tinued to lead the coopera tives sales total at $1,631,506 Stockholders reelected 5 dhectors to the 'board Thcv were Paul. Hershey, Man heim R 4, Amos H'Funk, of Millersville Rl; Willis Z- Esbenshade, 1631 Esbenshade Rd , and Veryl E Brown, of Peach Bottom Rl. In addition to management reports, guest speakers m- Agent M M Smith © Manheim (From page 1) vania, the United States, the world and how something can and. must be done to stop its ruining forces As the title points out many farms are closer to destruc tion than we may realize Earnest Martin, secretary In my speech I point out some of the expenses and receipts of the modern farm er Modern farming is the Nation’s biggest industry I show the investments made in agriculture and how much the farmer spends for the production of crops and clothing each year Farming is the most progressive in dustry today, and one hour TODAY! of farm labor produces four times as much food as it did in 1920. For production of the food, the farmer gets only 38 per cent of the total sp€nt> Glenn Henry, treasurer: My speech is entitled, The Farm Problem. In the begin ning of my speech I discuss the three farm problems which are the lack of bal lance m farming, the impact of agricultural adjustment on social institutions, and im ballance between total output and total demand for farm products Later I discuss dif ferent ways of getting rid of the farm problem and I conclude with my own ideas of how to deal with the problem Glen Bncker, sentinel: Since the prices of farm pro ducts are going down be cause of farm surplus, I try to explain how the farmer can make a profit from grassland farming In my speech, “Green Gold”, I point out tlie example of the cost to produce 100 pounds of total digestible nutrients from pasture at 70 cents compared to the same am ount from wheat at $2 5i3 I stress the advantage of graz ing aid feeding grass silage John Henry Hess, chap lain In my speech, “Coming —Custom Built Packages ox Technology”, I am trying to give the farmers a picture of the -changes the\ will likely be making in order to con tinue farming For example, my speech points out that the cost of fertilizer and pe troleum products are likely to register only slight ad vances while farms with as sets of 5200,000 to $500,000 ai6 going to become much more common Harold Myers, reporter, “Bargaining Power” is one of the big problems that the farmers of today are work ing on I point out how im portant it is for the farmers to stick together and bargaining associations be fore they can get the bar gaining power they need so badly The cellophane bags con taining carrots cost three times as much as the farmer got for the carrots a ~ [[ [ rjlSlfß ASSOCIATED <*' The Most Famous Name In Corn Pfister Associated Growers R. 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