10—Lancaster 'Fanning. Saturday. July 11, 1959
Hold Market With Quality
NEPPCO Tells NE Co-ops
BOILING SPRINGS, Pa.—lf northeastern egg produc
ers play their cards right, they can not only step up egg
consumption .in the region, but stave off the threat of los
ing their markets to the South and Midwest.
These were two of the
salient points scored by egg NH 4.H Clubbers
marketing experts who ad
dressed the business man- Set August Picnic
agement conference of north
eastern poultry and egg New Holland 4-H Commu
xnarketing cooperatives, held nity Club met July 6th, with
here under the sponsorship club President Carl Weaver,
of the Division of Coopera- presiding.
tives of the Northeastern Discussion centered on
Poultry Producers Council try-outs for various county
(NEPPCO). 4-H judging teams to com-
The industry’s failure to P eta r nn , State during 4-
develop ever higher stand- ® Club Week, August 10-14.
ards of quality and packag- Harry S. Sloat, assoc,
ing has been a primary force county agent, presented a
in lagging consumer egg use, £ llm on electricity on th.e
cooperative officials were farm
told by Charles Ackerman, The meeting closed with a
editor of “Modern Grocer.’ vote to have a picnic in the
New Holland Park, at 8 p.m,
August 3.'
He went on to warn that
shortcomings in. servicing
stores with a high* quality,
uniform - package, and with
merchandising education and
aids has hurt egg sales.
Private store labels are on
the way out in the egg field,
he declared. These must be
replaced by the industry’s
own branded and advertised
eggs
The threat of southern com
petition in eastern city mar
kets has been grossly exag
gerated, Dr, John C Huttar,
Cooperative GLF Exchange
poultry expert, told the con
ference.
However, he conceded that
eastern poultrymen and their
marketing cooperatives must
cut costs and boost quality
if consumers are to continue
to pay the traditional two to
six-cent premium for nearby
eggs.
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Oxford Vet Named To State
Pathological Research Division
HARRlSBURG—Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture
William L. Henning announced the appointment of Dr.
George L. H. Weaver as animal pathologist for the Tunk
hannock regional diagnostic laboratory of the Bureau of
Animal Industry.
Dr. Weaver .has been a
practicing veterinarian in
Oxford, for the past twelve
years. He received his train
ing in veterinary medicine at
Alabama Polytectmic Insti
tute, and obtained a master
of science degree-in pathol
ogy from Michigan State
University in 1947. He serv
ed in the Army Vtetrinary
Corps from 1941 to 1946.
The Tunkhannock diag
nostic laboratory is one of
five regional laboratories set
up by the Bureau of Animal
Industry primarily to assist
the Pennsylvania poultry
industry in the diagnosis of
poultry diseases.
Dr. Weaver will provide
an additional service by
working with practicing vet
G. E. Busier
Peach Bottom, Pa.
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J. B. Lapp
Atglen, Pa.
erinarians in examination of
tissue and organ sections of
large animals.
In cases where field exami
nations fail to disclose the
cause of disease in a large
animal, sections of the af
fected organs may be sent by
the veterinarian to the Tunk
hannock laboratory for pa
thological- 'study.
A similar service Is pro
vided at the Butler regional
diagnostic laboratory ,
All rabies examination
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