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er 800 Lbs.
de By Two
.I.A. Cows
o cows in the Red Rose
Herd Improvement
iciation produced over
pounds of butterfat dur
the lactation , completed
'ctober.
iss, a registered Ho’stein
in the herd of Everett
r etoswanger, Kinzers El,
iced a total of 841 lbs.
t in 20,627 pounds of
. wittra 4.1 per cent test
j'ng the 305 days of her
vtion.
icond high, lactation cora
id was by another regis-
Holstein A cow in the
of Mervin Nissley, of
ibridge Rl, made 814 lbs.
it in 22,542 pounds milk
ig 3.6 per cent.
11l another registered
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Istein Board
Ids Election
ichard Hess, Strasburg
has been elected presi
by the Lancaster Coun
[olstein Breeders Associa-
;ss, elected to the board
lirectors last year for a
year
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RICHARD HESS
Meeting will be held Thurs. specimens, he will present an
past two (jay, December 28, at the entertaining Story of Pi-
Manheim Central High geons.
ther officers elected at school. . During the morning ses
■ recent meeting of the Charles C. Burkins, Gten- s£on four directors will be
heastern Pennsylvania era l Manager, said the meet- e j ected to ser ve tliree-year
icial Breeding Associa- i ng WI U convene at 10 am. terms The Nominating Corn
building were as fol- Luncheon is slated for noon mittee has proposed the fol-
Everett Newswanger, w ith the afternoon session lowing slate 0 f candidates
irs Rl, vice president; for the directorships:
Landis, Lancaster R 6, /.r* D p '-(l'urn to page 12)
itary; Clyde Buchen, of ACP D6QiHS
(Turn to page 13) , , _
1962 Signup Poultry Center
RM Calendar The 1962 Agricultural and C Ckr \ / DAcinnC
If? _ i ~ . Qoeoial Conservation Program for Y Ke5, 9 n5
• CtHnv * Khnwmc Lancaster County began en- The res i gna tion of Mrs.
‘monstration for 4Hmem rollment yesterday, a “ ort l' June Sangrey as office man
.monstration for 4-H mem - ng tQ in f orma tion received ager o£ the Lancaster County
bl ch S St fr ° m Dorothy Y. Neel, office p ou i try Center was announc
, . f„ a^ m s j low - fP®p ial manager. cd this week.
trm of Titus The P r °S ram is Mark Myer, president of
mheim ’ the same as last year, except £be Lancaster County Poult
-10 nm - Senior Exten- for one ma J° r change ' For } ll ‘ ry Association said Mrs.
in C] v,u Chricrtmas nartv izer for new seedings under gangrey’s resignation be
the homo nf Tono rrav practice No. 2 will be ap- CO mes effective December 31.
11 ManhT Vq Gra *’ proved only on the basis of She began her duties in Oc
-11, Manheim R 3. £ complete soil test by the tober 1960
. g am - ' Anr ™ al p enna . state University. Replacing Mrs. Sangrey at
4tig of tlie Lsncsstcr . L,.* e Pnnltnr renter 340 West
Farm Bureau Co- A supply of soil test kits 230
iratiye Association at-will be on hand at the bvpass -will be Mrs. Sallv
«l»lm Central High ly ACP
«t y. ■ County 4-H £
_ an d tobacco show at ent in the Post Office QSt rec ently_ employed by a
Beyuk Cigar Co. ware, ing, Lancaster. ~k county boat building com
‘9e„ 850 N. Water gt., County practice handbooks cou y
/TSirn to oagO 13J paixy.
ident for the
c ' ou6eß
the '
EGG 'VENDER
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EARL METZLER PREPARES TO PUT A FRESH SUP
PLY of eggs into his vending machine. The coin-operated
machine dispenses four grades of eggs at different prices.
The vender is moving about 100 dozen eggs each week at
its location along route 72 at the southern end of Manheixn.
Ip- - ' —L. F. Photo
- s convening at 1:30.
" Ann MAI Mpptlnn Main speaker for the pro-
Annual meermg gram Lester M shug-
R\f ‘ Director of Distribution
jUIcUUIcU wy 0 f Pennsylvania Farm Bur
r Rnrnaii eau. He is scheduled to speak
V«0. rarfll DUlcaU during the afternoon session.
Officials of the Lancaster Entertainment 'will be
County Farm Bureau Coop- presented by William Zilka,
vs ♦
erative Association have an- biologist and lecturer from
nounced the 27th Annual Lebanon, Pa. Featuring live
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Lancaster Farming# Saturday, December 16, 1961
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Automation in Marketing
Aids Poultry Farmer
Automation in agricultural production has been given
a big play in the nation’s newspapers and magazines for
many years. Now one Lancaster Cbunty farmer has put
fjr ,• _ automation to work for him in marketing his production.
£/- Earl Metzler of Manheim
M' , installed automatic feed- customers had trouble mak
% _ ers and waterers in his new- mg change It was then that
- ly constructed laying house Metzler decided he needed to
when it was built four years automate his operation all
" ij,, ago. To sell some of the pro- n le way.
W/ duction of his leghorns he i n May of this year he
> put a regrigerator along the purchased an egg vending
if road with a self-service sign machine which would handle
f ' on the front. four different grades of eggs
The idea worked all right at separate prices for each,
for awhile until some of his (Turn to Page 6)
Egg Market Cooperative
Seeking Financial Aid
After dropping $55,000 during the past year on the
egg and poultry plant at Coatesville, the'Producers Coopera
tive Exchange this week heard proposals from two other
cooperatives to bail out the distressed business.
During the 29th annual
meeting of k the poultry mar- preciation of building and
keting cooperative Tuesday equipment, leaving a total of
evening at the Pequet Valley $18,471.65 operating loss lor
■ High School at Kinzers, mem- the year,
bers heard Donald F. Ren- This marks
v * gener,, office manager, pre- year in a row that the co-op
- : sent the annual financialjre. has experienced ,heavy finan
'* port which showed “3r net dal losses oh the 'Cbatesville'
i loss of $55,284.67 operation with most of the
I The figure includes a total of loss coming from the dress
i $36,813.02 chalked up to de- (Turn to page 16)
Lancaster Farming Given
F.F.A. Service Citation
LANCASTER FARMING. has been named recipient of
a special citation for outstanding cooperation in supporting
the Future Farmers of America program in the county.
The citation, to be present
ed by the state association of part, “ . . . for publishing
FFA, will be awarded during FFA and Vocational Agrl
the statewide convention of culture news and participa-
FFA to be held in Harris- tion by the editor (Jack Ow
burg on January 10. Presen- en) in FFA activities as
tation ceremonies will take judge, discussion leader, or
place in the forum of the speaking at parent-son meet-
Education building during mgs.”
the 19 02 State Farm Show. LANCASTER FARMING
The citation will read, in is one of lhe four weekly
# newspapers and two dailies
SCD m the state to be so honored.
° The other five are the Her
eof AAeAfinn rick Publishing Company of
Jei /Vieeimg Oil City; The MeadviUe Tri
Lancaster County Soil kune; The Forest Press, Tion-
Conservation District Direct- es^a > Montrose Independent,
ors Monday night set the ten- the Selmsgrove Times
tative time and date for the Tribune.
annual meeting and banquet Owen will travel to Har
of the district hisburg to accept the citation
The meeting is scheduled -for the newspaper,
to'begin at 6:45 pm. in the
Quarryville Methodist church pjyjr . DAY
on March 6.
A total of 10 new coopera
tors were approved by the
directors. The total of county
cooperators signing agree
ments since the district was
founded is now 2,014.
Of the new cooperators,
seven were in Bart township
and signed agreements for a
total of 621 acres, one was
in Eden township with 112
acres, one in Ephrata town
ship with 72 acres and one in
Salisbury township with 23
acres
The next meeting will be
held in the Lancaster County
courthouse at 7:30 pm., on
January 15 when Robert
St ruble of the State Soil
Conservation office will be
on hand to assist in planning
the new year’s program of
work.
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Near normal tempera
tures are expected during
the next five days. The
normal range for this time
of year is 42 in the after
noon to 26 at night. The
current cold spell should
persist - into Sunday with
moderating temperatures
Monday and Tuesday and
turning colder again by
Wednesday. The only pre
cipitation in sight is in the
form of light flurries to
the north about Sunday
with possible light accumu
lation of snow about Mon
day or Tuesday.
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