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.