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IOWN HERE - with Lancaster County Farm Bureau Co-op assn. President Willis
lade, second from left, after their reelection to the board during this week’s 24th
I Meeting of the group are; Samuel E. Heisey, Sheridan RD 1, left; David Neff,
Boro RDI, right, and Abner H. Risser, Bambndge RD 1. Melvin Stoltzfus, Ronks
piewly elected director for the southeastern district is not shown.
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pe election of four directors to the Lancaster County
Bureau Co-operative board,- presentations of awards
Outstanding county farmers, presentation of the 1958
|I report and by-law changes highlighted the 24th
I stockholders’ meeting of the "4,895 member .co-op at
trnsey Pavilion. * / .
Bcted members' of the
Bvere Abner H. Risser,-
■dge RD 1, incumbent
Bsident; Samuel E.
B Sheridan RD 1 and
BsTefl, Washington Boro
in Stoltzfus, Ronks
was elected to the
southeastern district
•ship, filling a three
rm, the same as in
t directors.
jyd Rohrer, Lancaster
’, was awarded a $5O
ize for his 1958 pro
of 180 9 bu. of corn
e in the State Crop
Jinent Association
lub Yield Contest.
?r’s crop placed
in the state, was high
:a 1 and the county,
Id in the state for a
using a Farm Bureau
and fertilizer and
the contest only 5 4
behind the state win
hailed Pa 820 hybrid,
1.360 plants per acre
ich lows, using a bar
’or ciop, one ton of
ir acr e and 800 lbs. of
per acre, - applied
; c planter
Banquet: Friday
Pet<aliens are strong for the most successful Lan-
Countv Soil Conservation District Banquet ever,
rmr Fndav, according to Amos H Funk, district
m
isti ict directors really
tms m be one of our
lln S iunctions, with
good program, inclu
'cudmg of Conserva
niovoment Awards to
tanners, Outstanding
, on Farmer Plaque
loelion of the 1959
611 County “Queen of
row.”
■Digram also will in-
U-mmute film on the
‘ Plowing Contest
t Au Bust at Hershey,
Greiner, state champ
conservation speak-
J Lloyd Rohrer'
$lO Award
Receiving a $lO cash a
ward for having placed fifth
in Area 1, comprised of 17
southeastern counties, with a
159.9 bu per acre yield, was
Ezra W Lancas
ter RD 6.
Burkholder planted Pa.
807 hybrid, with 17,320
plants per acre He plowed
under sod and applied ma
nure and drilled in 350 lbs
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er, special music by Solan
co high .school students and
1958 activity reports.
The banquet will begin at
6.30 pm Friday in the Quar
ryville Methodist church.
“It is only proper that we
should return to Quarryville
community for the 1959 ban
quet, since the Southern
Lancaster County Area is
where organized soil conser
vation work started in the
county,” Funk stated. “We
wish to recognize farmers in
that region as leaders in con
servation.”
Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, February 21, 1959
ROBERT G. HOSTETTER, Elizabethtown RD 3, is shown removing the milker from-a
cow in his three-stalt milking parlor. The county farmer has had his parlor in operation
since 1954 and says, “ . . I wouldn’t try to run a dairy without one.” Notice the six-foot
wide aisle and convenient system for swinging the milker in and out of the stall. There is
room to add an additional stall in the 35x12 parlor, it needed. —LF PHOTO
He's Sold on Parlor' After 4th Year
For at least one Lancaster County farmer with four
year’s experience in a milking parlor—loose housing dairy
operation, the system of herd management rates 100 per
cent and then some, as a method of handling -his farm's map
or enterprise
Robert G Hostetter, Elizabethtown R D 3, could be
described as a young farmer with dreams of a future model
operation, who isn’t letting those dreams prevent him from
applying good management wherever possible at present
Hostetter plans a future
dairy program of around 18
registered Holstems on his
47 acre farm, east of Eliza
bethtown In fact, his entire
setup revolves around the
Grade-A-dairy, with every
straw and kernel produced
on* the farm going into his
cows
Following a thorough,
“cleaning-out” of the herd,
after unfavorable blood tests
Bob and Mrs. Hostetter are
rebuilding toward that goal,
despite the blow dealt them.
Their milking herd dropped
from 12 to five cows, defini
tely below tire carrying cap-
New Phila. Market Opens June 1
HARRISBURG—A tentative opening date of June 1
has been set for the new Philadelphia Food Distribution
Center, according to Vernon D. Northrop, executive vice
president of the Center.
The new Center will replace the former Dock Street
market area in Philadelphia which is to be demolished and
redeveloped as a housing and residential area.
Roland G. Harris, market
ing specialist for the Penn
sylvania Department of Ag-,
xiculture’s Bureau of Mark
ets, say that the 380-acre
area near Pattison Avenue
and Galloway Street in
Philadelphia, will include
many of the latest features
in modern food handling and
will offer ample dock space
for truck unloading, parking
facilities, and office space for
the various functions associa
ted with the Wholesale food
and produce trade.
The State Bureau of Mark
ets is assisting food whole
salers in moving from the
Dock Street area and in
modernizing their food hand
ling techniques.
First to be opened in the
new Center will be produce
acity of the farm and the
barn facilities.
Hostetter installed Ins th
ree-stall parlor and adjoin
ing milk-room in 1954 He
simply remodeled and en
closed a portion of the old
style barn’s forepeak, using
existing doors to move the
cows from loafing shed to
parlor and back, and extend
ing a portion of the concrete
block addition to provide a
milk-room.
All construction was com
pleted with his own and
“swap-out” labor. He re
modeled the old stable and.
$2 Per Year
and seafood markets. When
complete, the Center will
embody, at the wholesale
level, the “one stop shop
ping” principle now common
in modern merchandising.
Negotiations ' are underway
with meat packers and meat
wholesalers; butcher, egg
and cheese wholesalers;
dressed poultry wholesalers;
grocery wholesalers; and
cold storage warehouses con
sidering moving into the new
center.
Harris points out that the
Center would make the Na
tion’s third largest city a
great food distribution point.
Located near the end of the
Walt Whitman Bridge, the
new markets can be reached
easily front all "directions. 1
Rail transportation is nearby.
stanchion areas of the barn
to provide the loose-housing
loafing-shed and actually ex
cavated-the barn floor to per
mit cleaning with a tractor
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
U S Weather Bureau,
Lancaster Ollicc
Temperatures will aver
age 2-5 degrees below
the normal range of 27-43.
Warmer Sat. and Sun., lit
tle change Mon. & Tues.
Warmer Wed. Chance of
some precip. Mon. & Tues.