jj "'t: Crs nn '* continued operation of the 9 '' dressing plant had forced; page 1) the board of directors to jerativc’s operation over borrow $50,000 from, the period of 10 years brought Baltimore Bank of Coopera 3out the boards, < ajctionj.iii, fives. The loan, he said, is •questing the merger-" pro- 1 - - due on January 30. bsal from the Farm Bureau Asked whether the loan hd another large 'a- could be refirfSnced or ex [ve, Eastern States Coot ra- tended, Carlin explained that [ve Exchange. However, the since the loan was secured bard rejected the proposal by accounts receivable and fom Eastern States since it no mortgage on buildings or Sd not propose to assume equipment is outstanding, it fcsets and liabilities as well' is possible that an extension I operation of the coopera- of credit can be obtained. |ve. During the considerable I William Carlin, president amoum of discussion follow r the Producer’s Coopera- mg the proposal by the |ve Exchange explained that board, members were told BROILER GROWERS, Here is a Low Production Costs Good Management plus Good Chicks EARLY BIRD FEEDS Below are the results of 18 recently marketed broiler flocks which indicate what can be achieved if you use all three of these ingredients No. of birds Flock No. 8000 17900 7200 10000 11000 7000 6800 3500 18000 2250 2300 22500 19300 10000 24000 2500 3500 5400 Avg. 10008 9-2V2 3.93, NOTE: Column 4, flock # lB A less than 2 lb. feed conversion can be achieved with straight run chicks. Our congra tulations to Mr. Sterling Dubbs of Fredericksburg, Penna. who raised this flock. NOTE: Column 5' Indicates the percentage of birds paid for by the processor. , MAY,WE SERVE YOU? JUST CALL S' - *ir I r —' -8" FORMULA FOR Age Weeks- Days Average for 181,500 Broilers Straight Run w \V k.'* pr y y that the dressing plant building is valued at $165,- 319 and poultry dressing equipment $93,322. To leave the poultry plant idle would cost approximately $26,000 per year To date, the best offer to rent the building was $6,000 per year from a business firm Asked what position would be taken by the board in the event of a negative vote, Carlin said the cooperative would continue to function under whatever financial ar rangements could be made He said approximately $60,- 000 to $90,000 more working AND (OF COURSE) Lbs. Feed Per Lbs. % of Gain Marketed 2.18 Miller & Bushong,bc. ROHREfcSTOWN, PA; Ph. Lancaster EXpress 2-2145 Point Spread Between Weight and Feed Conversion 100 % 99 % 99 % 95 % 100 % 99.9% 97 % 98.2% 100 % 100 r / 100 % 98 % 100 % 100 % 98.5% 98.5% 100 % 100 % 99 % "Finest Service' Anywhere" Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 27. 1962—5 capital will be needed and it will, in all probability be necessary to use part of the members’ equity to absorb the loss taken on the sale of the poultry equipment. He said the egg depart ment had operational sav ings of $8,322 during the last quarter of 1961 while the locker department had $991 and special products brought in $BB3 more Idle plant ex penses of $8,028 brought the net operational savings to only $2,168 for the three months These Straight Chicks From Local Hatcheries 175 Are Ali Run Producers Cooperative has a total of 4,000 stockholders but only 985 actually ship ped eggs or poultry to the cooperative’s plant during the past year Carlin made an appeal for members to use the facilities of the co operative in an effort to put the business back on a sound footing After counting the 205 votes, Roy Herr, Lancaster R 7, chief teller, announced there were 150 votes, No, 54 votes Yes, and one spoil ed ballot The present board of nine men will continue operation of the egg marketing coop erative at Coatesville under the same bylaws which have goverened the cooperative since it began 29 years ago. • Milk Quotas (From page 1) “There is a of pressure p<*ople m bring about the future but, great amount from influential Washington to quotas.” he said Speaking to the mem bers at the annual meeting of’ the locals in the Methodist Church at Quarryville, Hoff man outlined some of the activity of the cooperative during l the past year. He said Interstate recently asked' that “South Jersey be included in Federal order 61, which is now called Federal order four”. This was done, he said to prevent South Jer sey from being “sucked into order 27 by the big New York market”. He said he has information that a plan is afoot to “suck all of Penn sylvania into 6ne Federal order” for milk marketing purposes Last year Maryland refus ed to let any Penna milk come into Baltimore in the form of ice cream unless ev ery cow producing the milk met annual Tuberculosis and Bangs tests Hoffman said. “Interstate got Maryland to change their position and al low the milk to enter Balti more if it met U S Public Health requirements.” Hoffman cited a milk hearing in New York recent ly where the decision will have tha effect of raising the price of class II milk 10 to 25 cents per hundredweight. However, he said, if the de cision means that dealers can buy 80 per cent cream on the open market in Phila delphia and dilute it for their ice cream needs, “We may be left sitting with the price, and someone else will get the business ” Hoffman paid tribute to President Kennedy for his statement that milk will be served at all Whitehouse meals At the National Con ference on Milk & Nutrition, J F Kennedy did the best job of acquainting the Ameri can public with the impor tance of milk, in a short time, that I have ever seen ’ he said Hoffman concluded by say ing. “We have another diffi cult year ahead, but . .wa propose to face the future confidently and unafraid.” In other business, 25-year pins were presented to the following: Newton S Groff, Quarryville Rl; Elam Mull, QUarryvilie Rl; Robert Ros enberry, Drumore; , Beatrice Brown and Son, Peach Bot tom: Leroy Phillips, Notting ham R 2; Howard DeLong, of QUarryville R 2; Marion Eckman, Samuel Groff, and John S Trimblfe, all of Peach Bottom Brass cow bells were pre sented to six 4-H club mem bers who scored highest in the county. Those receiving awards were: R. Edwin Hamish, Christiana RT; Paul and 1 Donald Trim ble, Quarryville Rl; Marilyn Harnish, Quarryville R 2, and Lucille and Nancy Kreider, D’rumore „ Toastmaster was Richard Maule, Quarryville R2'.
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