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itrasts in color lined up in the final moments of Shorthorn championship judging at the 4rH
Beef Roundup in Lancaster. Finalists in the Shorthorn division, Marian Hackman (left), RD
izahethtown, holds her white, reserve champion, and to the right is the Shorthorn winner,
ley Longenecker with a deep roan. Shirley is 15 years old and lives on RD 2, Litilz. Marian’s 1100-
>serve champion sold to Robert Blair, Allentown, for- ($374, dr cents a pound. Shirley’s
/’ sold for 36 cents a pound to Acme Markets, Philadelphia, weighing 1,020 lbs, grossing
,20. (Lancaster Farming Photo.
*der Renamed
Inter-State
Co-Op Head
arett Kreider, Quarryville,
re-elected president of
larryville Local of the In
,e Milk - Producers’ Co
;ive. District li, last week,
©ward D. Wagner, Quarry
was re-elected president of
anthem Lancaster Local,
tile annual fail meeting, of
Locals, the secretary-treas
for each group also was re
t—Alvin M- Wenger, of
die, for Quarryville, and
E Kreider of Drumore
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Retire from
Co-Op Duties
Mark N. Witmer, Dalmatia,
will head the Pennsylvania Asso
ciation of Farmer Cooperatives
next year as president, following
retirement last week of Simeon
A. Horton, manager of the Mount
Joy , Farmers Cooperative
''Mark S- Hess, R 6, Lancaster,
’"vice president of the state asso
ciation. also retired. He has been
The Quarryville Local also
elected Robert C. Groff, Quarry
ville vice-president; Herbert S.
Hess, Quarryville; Paul M- Wen
ger, Quarryville, and Harold C
Herr, Kirkwood, delegates to the
Inter-State Annual Meeting; _and
Jason L. Weaver, Paul H Herr,
and Melvin C. Boyce, alternate
delegates.
The Southein Lancaster Local
elected Samuel H- Kreider, Quar
ryville, vice-president; James B-
Lefever, Quarryville, Roy W.
Wagner, Quarryville, and Thomas
Bradley, Pekeh. Bottom, delegates,
and Charles Jackson, Peach Bot
tom; Allen Kreider, Quarryville,
and Neal Johnson, Peach Bot
tom, alternates
-Inter-State Director William
A. Reid, Oxford, and Field Rep
resentative G- W- Davis, also of
Oxford, gave detailed reports on
market conditions.
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succeeded by Floy Mams, Ship
pensbyrg. Mr- Hess is president
of the Lancaster County Farm
Bureau Cooperative. / ■
Continuing previous positions
are Secretary Treasurer George
M- Myers, Harrisburg; and on the
executive committee, John Mel
horn of Mount Joy; G. A- Borger,
Allentown; Elmo Undercoffler,
Worcester; John B. Peters* Gard
ners and L. S 'Thomas, Harris
burg.
Sen James H Duff (Rep-Pa.)
was called upon to urge the In-
Commerce Commission to
reconsider its advanced Dec- 1
deadline on truck leasing- (March
1, 1956 originally was set as the
effective date for the rule pro
hibiting authorized earners from
leasing trucks for a 'period less
s*an 30 days)
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 18, 1955—7
Pennsylvania Park
Visitors 10 Million
x i
Secretary Maunce K. Goddard,
Pennsylvania Department of For-,
ests and Waters, today announc
ed the final attendance report
for all State Parks
According to regularly submit-*
ted Park records, the total for the
period ending with Labor Day
week-end has been computed, as
10,530,711 visitors.
In commenting on this 'record
attendance, Secretary Goddard ex
tended “congiatulations to our
Park. Personnel for the splendid
job of maintaining neat and
healthful facilities for the enjoy
ment of the entire Common
wealth” He further stated, “it is
no simple feat to manage and
■maintain the many details neces
sary to provide the wonderful out
door -pleasaures offered in our
State Park.”
Even this late in fall, it is an
ticipated that several million ad
ditional persons will be clocked
through areas administered by
the Pennsylvania Department of
Forests and Waters within the
next month Full time duty status
of Parle and Forest personnel" is
being maintained throughout the
Fall season.
The Trormn Memorial Library,
at independence, Mo., will cost
an estimated $1,780,000. when
completed, » wUI house the for
mer president’* oflWal papers
qnd mementos.
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1955 Wool to
Top 10-Year
U. S. Average
Wool shorn from sheep on Penn
s' Ivania farms ih>s season totaled
1,832,000 lbs, the State Depart
ment ot Agriculture has announc
ed
Federal-State records show this
compares with last year's total
production of 1,170,000 lbs and the
10-average ot 1,733,000 lbs.
"’The increased production this
year is attributed to an advance
in the number of sheep shorn,
and a slight increase in the aver
age weight per fleece, the Depart
ment said The average fleece
weight this y£ ar was 7 6 lbs
against 7 5 lb? for,last year which
was the same as the 10-yfear aver
age.
Sheep shorn this year amount
ed to 241 000 head as compared
with 236,003 head in 1954, the sui>
vey showed The average number
shorn, in the past 10 years is 2rfo,-
000 head
The estimates- on Pennsylvania
production ate based on volun
tary reports from wool producers
;n cooperation with the rural mail
earners.
National production of wool
this season is estimated at 228,-
013,000 lbs, two per Cant less
than last year and 10 per cent
under the 1944-53 average.
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