Vol. 11. No. 24 Farm Bureau Mill At Manheim Hit By Fire Monday Fire struck the Farm Bureau Cooperative again this week. This time a feed mill at Man heim wias severly damaged Mon day night. The fire was discovered short ly after 5 p. m. Monday Firemen, from Manheim, Lititz and East Petersburg fought the blaze for an hour and a half before bring mg it under control John McCormick, Harrisburg, head of .the feed division of Farm Bureau, said Wednesday that n official estimate of the damage had been made nor did the Co operative know when the mill would he back in operation The Manheim mill is operated by the state organization supply ing feed for retail outlets in thf southeastern Pennsylvania area. To supply the feed needed shipments are being made from cooperative mills Jn Cincmatti Ohio, and Baltimore, Md According to John Wolgemuth of the Lancaster Farm Bureau office, the milling operations a 1 "the New Holland branch, recent ly opened, are to be greatly ex panded. "• The new mill at New Holland repaces one lost by fire last year In rebuilding it. the cooper ative greatly expanded its ser vices. - - - McCormick said that there will not be any price difference for the feed 'shipped into the area from the Baltimore and Cincmat ti mills. But he added, '‘We sure won’t make any money on it ” In addition to the -null, 15 grain-loaded railroad cars were" threatened. - Firemen, fighing the blaze were commended by Farm Bureau officials for their promptness-in bunging the fire under control. The firemen prevented the fire from spreading to several nearby elevators, storage buildings and the office. There was no explosion, a great danger in this type fire Mark K. Hess., R 6 Lancaster, secretary-treasurer of the County organization, said that the build ing still structuraly sound, the fire having been confined to the third and fourth floors. Hess said, however, that the intense heat apparently caused extensive damage, to the milling equipment. He saidnhe plant eim ploys about 35 men Lancaster city firemen were called to the fire, but they were not needed. Klahold Reports on NEPPCO Survey At $25 Poultry Boosters Banquet “The spirit of the poulfry growers and the allied industries m Lancaster County is exempli fied by this project of self help,” said Harold P. Klahold, presi dent of Northeastern Poultry Producers Council, in a speech prepared for delivery at the $25 a plate boosters banquet held in Mt. Joy Wednesday night. He extended congratulations to the people attending and to the leaders'who have had the foresight to embark upon the project providing facilities for themselves in the attack upon one of the poultry growers, ma lor problems, the internal health of the industry. Klahold cited figures obtained in a recent survey of poultry pro ducers to find their opinion of ■proper policy toward govern mental programs. In this survey of opinions. Quarrjfyille (Lancaster County) Pa,, Friday, April 19, 1957 GUERNSEY, BREEDERS on their tour Tuesday saw this scene at the Peter Zeitler farm, Glasgow, Del. Two buses of breeders and their wives attended the tour through Maryland and Delaware. At the Zeitler County Swine Producers Assn. To Be Launched at April 30 Meeting The Lancaster County Swine Producers Assn will become a reality Tuesday, April 30, when a county wide meeting of produ cers will' elect a board of direc tors for the new organization Groundwork for the association was laid Monday night when a committee of ten swine produc ers‘met with County Agent Max M. Smith at the Farm Bureau Cooperative to discuss formation of the association - In naming projects for such an organization, a feeder pig sale seemed to hold the center of interest It was noted that a large market for feeder" pigs exists'in this area, and it was felt by the committee that if such a sale were held, pigs would seven alternatives were suggest ed from complete free enfir pnze with no supports, subsidies or control through complete dic tatorship. < Of the 31.000 questionaires dis tributed, over 4,000 were return ed. They showed that over 43 per cent favored the free market system and two-thirds favored a very minimum of government in-, tervention. Integration found few.follow ers, only Its per cent. Conclusions from this survey, pointed put Klahold, are that poultrymen fundamentally feel that it is best for the poultry in dustry to maintain itself as free from government interference as possible. Also at the banijuet L. Howard Martin, treasurer of the County Poultry Assn gave a detailed cost on the new Center. farm, George Haenlein explained the feed ing program in use that does not require any corn For silage, a mixture of Amber Cane And soybeans is used (LF Photo) be available Another project of interest would be an all breed bred gilt Some ol the pure bled bleed 'er ssaid that at Farm Show ana other breed sales, farmers want ing breeding stock for commcr cial farms are not particclai about the "breed they buy What they want is good meat type gilts Other projects mentioned are education by tours and fielc days, encouragement of farmers to raise swine and encourage ment of meat type certification oy purebred breeders -J Lloyd Rohrer, R 7 Lancaster Kenneth Skiles, R 2 Narvon; and Arhe Anderson, Elizabethtown, were named to a nominating committee to select candidates for a board of directors The board will be made up of one representative of each maj or swine breed and a representa tive of commercial v producers The board .will then elect the president, vice president, secre tary and treasurer. Dues for membership were se a $1 a year with membership open to anyone interested in the swine industry. At the April 30 meeting, tenta tively scheduled to be held at 8 p. m. at the Farm Bureau Co operative, Dillersville Road, Lancaster, Dwight Younkin of Penn State will be present to discuss some of the problems facing the swine producer. - A color movie on meat will be shown. - Also at the meeting, the con stitution of the association, drawn up by Warren Leininger, R 2 Denver; Earl Fisher v R 1 East Earl and Howard Siglin, Millers ville, will be present for ap proval. J. D. Slireve Is New President Of Stock Yards The new president of Lan caster Union Stock Yards Co is James D Shrove, Neffsville He succeeds the late David E Long acre, Philadelphia, who died Maich 19 Shreve, who is vice president and general manager, will con tinue to act as generail managei for the yards F M Campbell, Salem, Ohio, was elected to the board of di rectors and was named vice president H V Sheetz, Plain field, N J, was elected treasur er, a post formerly held by"Long acre Plans Announced for Holstein Tour; Dairy Farms, Paper Mill to Be Visited Plans for the annual Holstein breeders tour April 29 were an nounced Monday by Robert Groff, R 3 Quarryville, Everet Benjamin, Holtwood, and Blvin Hess, Jr., R 2 Strasburg, the tour committeeT The tour will start with a visit, at the Hershey Chocolate Co., Hershey. Here some of the uses of milk in the candy making pro cesses will be seen. Two Holstein farms will be visited next. The first is operated by G. A. Burdick, R 5 York. Burdick bred the famous Holstein sire, Laux mont Lucifer, when he was manager of Lauxmont Farms. He $3 Per Year Milk Production Shows Decline From Last Year HARRISBURG Although some small herds were absorbed by larger dairy farm operations and milk cow numbers increased during the month of March, milk output per cow showed ajiecline and total production on Pennsyl vania farms was below the same month last year, the state Depart ment of Agriculture said Monday following Crop Reporting Service surveys “Labor problems, impending high investments for bulk cooling of milk, and stricter inspection re quirements have caused somei dairymen to sell out, ’ the report of the survey agency declared. Although milk cow numbers for March at 951,000 head totaled 7,000 more than a year previous, milk production was 567 million oounds, almost 4 per cent below the 587 million pounds for March last year Average per cow at 596 oounds for the month was 26 pounds unreh March 1956. Since last October milk pro duction in Pennsylvania has fall en short of production for the corresponding month a year earli er, the Department said Chief reason for the decline is the low feeding value of the ram damaged 1956 hay crop, it was said The level of production re ported by districts reflects the quality of hay fed and ranges from lowest in western counties to near normal in the southeast ern counties Supply of hay is ade quate in most areas but much is of low quality. Dairymen expect milk produc tion will climb as soon as good pastures are available Predic tions are that April output will be lower than for April 1956. Pennsylvania milk production for January through March this year at 1,545 million pounds is four per cent below the 1,609 mil lion pounds for the same three month period last year. As of March 15 Pennsylvania dairy farmers- were averaging a return of $4.90 wholesale per hun dred pounds (46% quaits), down 15 cents from February The val ue of milk cows averaged $205 per head, the same as a month earlier and $l5 higher than a year previous ’ now owns and operates his own Holstein dairy farm. The other "is Sinking Springs Farms, R 5 YBrk. This famous Holstein farm is well know for its breeding herd. A stop will be made in Han over to visit the Utz Potato Chip Co. operations. The final stop on the tour will be Gladfelter’s Paper Mill at Spring Grove. A complete tour of the paper making process has been planned with the farmers seeing a pulp 'log finally becoming paper. The tour will leave.from the Conestoga Transportation Co. barn, 825 East Chestnut St., Lan caster at 7:30 a. m.
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