VoL 11, No. 17
Community Sale
Health Rules
Start Today
New regulations on the sale of
dairy and beef breeding cattle
through community sales go into
effect today.
The new rules, aimed at stop
ping the spread of communicable
diseases of animals, especially
brucellosis, provide that:
one. Sales of breeding beef and
dairy cattle and dairy goats must
be held on a separate day from
the regular livestock
two. A dairy stable must be
maintained separate and apart
from the building used in the
sale of other livestock, and the
stable, when not in use, shall be
closed to other livestock.
three. The dairy sale stable,
shall be constructed with a ce
ment floor with adequate drain
age. .Walls and partitions shall be
constructed of a material that
can be readily cleaned and dis
infected The sale stable shall
contain one or more isolation
pens
Dr. H. A. Milo, head of the Bu
reau of Animal Industry at Har
risburg said that the new regu
lations- were being mailed -Tues
day and that they should be in
the hands of sale operators by
the last of this week-or the first
of next week.
He pointed out that the new
regulations are not a drastic in
novation m the handling of cat
tle at community sales, but are
rather a revision of rules now in
effect. The changes made, he
said are to protect 'the brucellosis
free status of tested and certified
herds and cattle in the state. _
When asked if strict enforce
ment of the new regulations
would start Mar. 1, Dr. Milo said,
“Sale operators will be given,a
fair length of time to comply
with the new rules. The Bureau
of Animal Industry will not be
unreasonable in enforcement.”
The code provides for loss oi
‘license by violators.
Under the provisions of the
new regulations, a dairy or beef
breeding cow retains her certified
status. The regulations provide'
that the animals must bo trans
ported to the sale barn in a
clean, sterilized truck, be accom
panied by a health certificate and
sold and held in accordance with
the new rules.
- By these measures, the regula
tions of the USDA concerning in
terstate transportation of animals
are also complied with.
Dr. Milo also said that compli
ance with the new regulations
helps protect the $l3 million that
has been spent by the state and
federal government, in getting
Pennsylvania certified as disease
free.
To date, 52 counties have been
certified as brucellosis free and
nine more are in the testing stage.
Only few counties, including Lan
caster County, remain ineligible
for certification.
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, March 1, 1957
Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Leacock, presents Dr.
E. I. Robertson, (left)-president Lancaster
County Poultry Association, a check for
$lOO for a ticket to the Association’s $lOO
a plate “Booster Banquet” to be held at
the Hotel Brunswick, March 6. This sup
port of the association’s new Poultry Cen
Eastern States
Annual Meeting
Held Today
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass
Farmers in nine northeastern
states purchased more than $B5
million worth of supplies through
Eastern States Farmers’ Ex
change in 1956, more than 1,000
farmer members learned today as
they attended the 39th annual
meeting of the cooperative being
held here.
Next May 1 these same farmers
w ill get back well over $2 million
n cash patronage refunds. This
patronage refund money repre
sents what was left over from
1956 receipts after paying for
all goods and services and pro
viding for capital needs. W. D.
Milsop, general manager, re
oorted that the cooperative’s two
feed mills at Buffalo, N. Y. and
at Huron, Ohio turned out more
than 800,000 tons of feeds for
poultry, dairy cattle and live
stock. Thisf 1956 feed tonnage ex
ceeds the 1955 volume by seven
per cent.
Milsop further declared that an
all time record was set in ferti
lizer distribution. Farmers pur-
ter is in memory of Mrs. Fisher’s late hus
band who for many years was allied with
the poultry industry as representative for
a leading producer of poultry medications.
Looking on are (left to right) Lewis L. Mor
tensen, East Petersburg, and Daniel K.
Good, Columbia.
H. H. Ranck Herd Top Butterfat
Producers in Red Rose in January
The herd having the highest
monthly butterfat average in Jan
uary in the Red Rose Dairy Herd
Improvement Assn, was that of
Harry H. Ranck, R 1 Ronks. The
chased through the Eastern States
cooperative 142,164 tons of mixed
fertilizers and fertilizer ingredi
ents.
Farm supplies moved in larger
volume than during any previous
year. Aluminum sheeting de
mand was up 47 per cent, paint
36 per cent and motor oil 15 per
cent. Distribution of pressure
treated fence posts and poles and
lumber for farm structures al
most doubled the 1955 volume.
Those attending from this area
are Earl Harnish, Quarryville,
Roy Deiter, Refton; Raymond
Hershey, Bird in Hand; Abram
Barley, Washington Boro; Edwin
Funk, Annville, Jacob Krall, My
erstown; Emanuel Hoover, Gap;
Raymond Kauffman, Gordonville;
John Martin, West Willow.
Lester Gehman, Mt. Joy, Roy
Erb, Richland, Levi High, Rein
holds; Carl Graybill, Jonestown,
John Campbell, New Holland; Le
Roy Ebetfy. Bareville; Arthur
Graybill, Ephrata; Joseph Peter
sheim, Joanna; J. Mervm Weiler,
Conestoga, Paul Gehman, Lititz;
Rufus Fahenstock, Manheim; Mel
vin Rohrer, Lancaster,
Elwood Zell, Hummelstown,
Howard Kopp, Elizabethtown.
herd averaged 1,912 lbs. of milk
and 75 5 lbs of butteifat.
The Jacob L. Kurtz, R 2 Eliza
bethtown, herd was second with
an average of 1,422 lbs of milk
and 52.8 lbs. of butterfat.
A “Lucifer” daughter owned by
J. Richard Keller, R 1 Manheim,
completed the highest 305 day
lactation in January with a record
of 18,541 lbs. of milk and 710.5
lbs. of butterfat. The second high
lactation completed was by a reg
istered Holstein owned by Henry
E. Kettering, R 1 Manheim. She
produced 16,777 lbs. of milk and
692.5 lbs. of butterfat.
The high monthly producer of
butterfat was a registered Hol
stein. “Maggie,” owned by Harry
H. Ranck, with a record of 2,378
lbs. of milk and 109 4 lbs. of but
terfat. The second high cow was
another registered Holstein,
“Bess Ruby,” owned by Christ G.
Lapp, R 1 Kmzers. She produced
2,232 lbs. of milk and 107.1 lbs.
of butterfat.
Elam P. Bollinger, R 1 Man
heim, 1,233 lbs. milk, 46.1 lbs.
butterfat; Bard Kreider, R 4
Lititz, 1,270 lbs. milk, 45.9 lbs.
butterfat; Albert R. Fry, R 2 Man
heim, 1,152 lbs. milk, 45.7 lbs.
butterfat; Henry E.
Rl, Manheim, 1,169
45.6 lbs. butterfat;
Rl Ephrata,
$2 Per Year
Board Extends
Philadelphia Milk
Price Raise
HARRISBURG The Pennsyl
vania Milk Control Commission
announced Thursday that a pre
viously unannounced pricing ord
er effective Feb. 1 will maintain
the 25 cent a quart retail milk
price in the Philadelphia milk
shed
It is estimated that this will
add nearly $3% million to the
farm income this year
The commission said that the
announcement was withheld until
scheduled conferences with “in
terested parties” had been held.
A general hearing held Jan. 9
and 10 at the Municipal Court
Bldg, in Philadelphia heard testi
mony from milk dealers that in
creased wages and other operat
ing costs warranted a higher
level of retail prices
They asked for an increase of
39 cents a hundredweight. Under
the terms of the present order,
they are receiving an mciease of
18 04 cents a cwt.
The commission said that the
price of retail milk will drop one
half cent a quart on April 1 to
conform to the usual policy of
pricing lower in the summer
months.
Farmers also made claim for
increase in prices at a substanti
ally higher level than those paid
at the present time. If the com
mission had granted the requests
of the farmers and the dealers,
the price of milk in Philadelphia
would have been a possible 26%
cents or 27 cents per quart
A study of the past five years
has shown that the price of milk
to the farmer has decreased from
$6.24 percwt. in 1952 to $5.69 per
cwt. in 1956. The present order
brings relief to the farmers of
46 cents’per cwt
During the same period of
time, the dealer’s spread in Phil
adelphia has increased 68 cents
per cwt., while the dealer’s spread
in other areas m eastern Pennsyl
vania has increased 40 to 50 cents
per cwt. '£his gives to the Phil
adelphia dealers the highest
spread in the state.
Farmers affected by the pric
ing schedule cover a wide area
in Pennsylvania, reaching as far
as Bedford and Blair counties on
the west and Columbia County on
the north.
Purebred Imports
Up 5 Pet. in 1956
Figures released last week
show that an increasing number
of imported animals were certifi
ed as purebred hy the USD A last
year and were thus permitted
free entry into this country.
More than 22,000 animals from
foreign countries were certified
to the U. S. Customs as purebred
in 1956, an increase of about five
per cent over 1955.
Nearly 20,000 of them 'were
purebred cattle, mostly Holstem-
Fnesian and other dairy stock
from Canada.
15.3 Million
Entered