I—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 23, 1956
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Marketing in
Texas Termed
As One of Best
COLLEGE STATION, Texas
A livestock marketing specialist
recently dsscnbed the livestock
marketing system of Texas as
highly competitive and “one of
the best” in the country The
occasion was a short course on
sausage for meat packers of the
state at the A & M College of
Texas.
George M Lewis, vice presi
dent of the American Meat Insti
tute, Chicago, told the meeting
that the state ranks fust in the
number of cattle and calves as
well as sheep and lambs, and
that the livestock producers
have available many market
places at which to offer their
livestock foi sale
He said the state has 9 per
cent of all the cattle and 17
per cent of all the sheep in the
United States but that in spite
of the larger numbers the
owners have no difficulty find
ing a place to market them.
He noted there were highly
competitive public stockyards
in Texas and nearby states as
well as more than 160 auction
markets in the state.
Lewis, an A & M graduate,
added that the number of meat
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packing plants in the state had
nsen*from 66 in 1939 to 218 last
yeai, keeping in step with the
use in the state’s population
which now is aiound nine mil
lion persons
Lewis advised the packers that
they had responsibilities to their
customers to maintain the qual
ity of their product, to acquaint
the public with the nutritional
facts about meat, to cooperate in
disease eradication programs,
and to take an active interest in
legislation which would be likely
to affect the livestock and meat
business
In disease eradication especial
ly there is much to be done,
Lewis remarked He noted that
hog production in Texas repre
sents but a small proportion of
the national total, yet the state
is second only to New Jersey in
the number of swine being fed
raw garbage
“You have a law in Texas
requiring the cooking of raw
garbage before being fed to
hogs, but adequate funds are
not available to enforce the
law by an effective and perio
dic inspection procedure,”
Lewis said. He pointed out
that raw garbage is a frequent
source of VE disease, an in
fection which affects hogs hut
not human beings, and he pro
posed that' additional inspec
tion funds should be made
available.
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W. C. ANDERSON & SONS, West Lib
erty, lowa, topped a strong Shorthorn
show at the 1956 Eastern National Live-
Sales Dates
NOVEMBER
Nov. 23 Thomas W. Byers, 5
miles north of Middletown, 3
miles west of Hummelstown, on
road from Ebersole’s Stone Quar
ry to Ebenezer, dispersal sale of
cows and heifers, Surge milker,
Esso milk cooler, milk cans and
milk-handling accessories, locust
posts, rails, etc. 1:00 p. m.
Nov. 23 Wilbur H. and Or
pah H. Graybille, 3 miles north of
Lititz, at Halfville, modern dairy
farm (41 acres more or less);
2:00 p. m.
Nov. 23—Galen B Horner, 462
North Market St., Elizabeth
town, personal property. 630
p. m.
Nov. 23 Clyde E. Keener,
tractors and full line of farm
equipment Intersection of Man
heim and Harrisburg Pikes,
Route 72 and 230 at 11 o’clock.
Nov 24—Estate of Harlan A
Sweigart, Hahnstown, household
goods.
N ov . 24 , Jacob Schmidt
Estate, south of Holtwood-Buck
road, one half mile south of Holt
wood ball diamond. Two acres,
68 perches of land with a log
house; household goods.
Nov. 24 Helen Hensel Es
tate, West State Street St., Quar
ry voile, real estate T known as he
“Helen Hensel” home). 130 pm
Nov. 24—Henry B. Myers Es
tate, Lancaster Junction, Penn
Twp., opposite Cassell’s Ware
house, real estate and personal
property. 12 noon.
Nov. 28—Mans R Trout. New
London-Elkdale Road, one mile
west of New London, livestock
and power machinery. 11 o’clock
sharp. Antiques and personal
property by Mrs Anna W. Eves,
Owner, at 12 o’clock noon.
Nov. -30—Mrs. Dorothy M. De-
Verter, three miles east of Her
shey, two,mile south of Camp
belltown, on road from Hershcy.
to Buchmanville, at Stauffers
Mennomte Church, real estate
(132-acre farm, with house and
buildings). 2 p. m.
DECEMBER
• Decemer 1 Elizabethtown
Area School District, 2 school
properties: Shank’s, on north side
Elizabethtown-Bambndge Road,
about 3 miles from E-town, ad
joining Elvm Nolt farm and
township road leading to Clar
ence Hilsher farm- 1-story, 1-
room frame building and 85.7
perches lot Sale 1:00 p. m. Cedar
Hill, road from Falmouth Pike
wago, adjoining farm of Martin
to Zeager’s Saw Mill and Cone-
Espenshade. 1 - story, 1 - room
bnck building on 30 perches lot
I Sale 2:30 p. m.
December 1 Warwick Union
School District, four one-room
Shorthorn Champion
school houses: Millport, road
from Hothsville to Leisey’s Log
Cabin, Warwick Twp. Frame
building, lot 60 perches. 12'30
p. m. Speedwell, brick building
on road from Elm to Clay, Eliza
beth Twp. Lot 76 perches, 6
p. m. Webster, frame building
road from Lexington to Zart
man’s Mill, Elizabeth Twp. (1-4
mile west of Penna Rt. 501). 3:30
p. m. Cherry Grove, frame build
ing (imitation brick siding), op
posite Hammer Creek Church on
road from Brunnerville to Clay,
Elizabeth Twp. 4:30 p m. School
desks, benches, chairs and other
school equipment not required
for present-day school purposes
also offered for sale.
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Hickory Hill, Pa.
N.
Fannersville Equipment Co.
Ephrata, R.D. Z
stock Exposition with their summer year
ling bull, WL Ala Prince, shown here with
Dwight Griffith, and W C. (Bill) Anderson.
Dec 1 Leonard P- Garver,
3'i miles south of Middletown,
one mile off Geyer Church Road,
implements, household goods
and antiques. 12 noon
Dec 1 Harriet S. Weidman,
Rothsville, real estate and per
sonal property. 12 noon.
Dec 1, Nathan Rupp Estate,
three milfs north of Route 23
(from Mechanicsburg). one mile
south of Talmage, household
goods and antiques 10 a. m
Dec I—by Willie Eberly, two
blocks South of route 322, close
to Paul Zimmerman Welding
shop, farm of 25 acres.
Dec. 15 by Samuel Hauch,
Between Denver and_Schoenech
Live stock and farm implements.
Ask us for a demonstration.
E. L. Herr
Peach Bottom
Hershey &
Manheirn. RD. 1
G.
Son