Deadline Set On Pa. Fair Money For Ag. Research Agricultural and allied in dustry organizations have un til November 23 to file re quests for financial assistance in agricultural 'research proj ects, Stale Secretary of Agri culture Leland H. Bull said this week. The deadline was establish ed so thrt full consideration can bo each request be- A Report on Hornco Feeds By Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Barkdoil York County, Pa. Cycle Laying 10 months ago we started our 6400 cage layers on Hornco “Cycle” Laying Feed Program. The results below speak for themselves. From 20 Weeks Of Age To 10 Months 3.76 Lbs. Feed Per Doz. .63% Mortality 186 Eggs Per Hen Housed 65.2% Present Production JjJ "Cycle Laying Feeds". D. E. Horn & Co., Inc. York, Pa. Ph. 854-786? fore and at a meeting of a special Research Fund Com mittee on December 9. According to an act of the legislature signed by Gover nor Scranton lasi July, money will be made available for ag ricultural research from the Pennsylvania Fair Fund. The Act specifies that after legitimate claims from fairs and youth activity groups are satisfied, 50 percent of the ex cess or $250,000, whichever amount is greater, shall be used in agricultural research. At its first meeting recent (Continued on Page 19) “We’re Having Excellent Results With The Hornco Of Lay CYCLE LAYING FEEDS AND PROGRAM BROUGHT TO YOU FIRST BY HORNCO Penna. Young Farmers Will Meet of Penn State For Annual Convention During its Gth annual con vention. to be held at Penn State University on Novem ber 17, the Pennsylvania Young Farmers’ Association will hear Torben K. Ander son, assistant director of pub lic relations of the American Trucking Association. Ander son, a Dane by birth, became an American citizen in 1959 and has since had a brilliant (Continued on Page 18) Feed Eggs Check with your neighbor who feeds Hornco See what Hornco is doing for him. Then call us direct for more informa- Program.” Mr. Stanley Barkdoll .ancaster Farming, Saturday, November 6, 1965 SECOND SECTION Milk Distribution Study Shows Possible Economies With Fewer Suppliers And Larger Volume In the fluid milk industry, distribution costs make up approximately one-half of to tal operating costs. Thi i sit uation is further magnifled because retail outlets try to satisfy the preferences of more customers by carrying several biands of milk. A recently reported study by Penn State University au the thored by J C. Barron and W. T. Butz, showed that chain stores could reduce their millc handling costs Vi-cent per quart by haling only two milk suppliers, and another per quart by using a« every-othei-day delivery sched ule. Milk distribution patterns in two marketing areas ot Pennsylvania were studied: Area 5, Scranton-Wilkes-Bar re section; Area 12, York County, Two different deliv ery plans were analyzed: 1) outlets leceuing milk deliv eries fiom thiee or moie milk dealers w'ere reduced to two while the total quantity o£ milk lemamed constant, 2) an eveii-othei-dav delivery schedule sen iced by two sup pliers pei outlet For the flist plan, a cost reduction ot nearly one-third cent per quail was estimated for independent groceries in, York purchasing 300 or more quarts weekly when these out lets obtained milk from tw’o, rather than three, distribu tors Some independent out lets in Yoik buying less than 100 quails per week, and sen ed by foui or more deal eis, could reduce delivery costs by 2 79 cents per unit if they were sened by only two dealers In chain stoies in both ar eas, the -volume of fluid milk handled per outlet was larg er than in independent groe eues By limiting each chain outlet to two milk suppliers, (Continued on Page 16) ERS Reoriented To Serve Non-Ag Rural Interests Secretary of Agncultuie Or \ille L Freeman has an* nounced a reorganization of the Economic Research Serv ice which will eieate a new Economic Deielopment Divi sion to conduct lesearch on low income pioblems and the opportunity gap in rural areas “This reorganization is part ot the oierall eft ort in the Department to place more emphasis on the prob lems of rural life. The task of this new division will be to locus more research on the needs of rural people, the development of the ru ral economj and the uses of natural resources in rural areas,” Secretary Freeman said. In creating the nev divi sion, an existing division has been reorganized and the work ot otheis has been realigned, avoiding to Di II L Up church, Admimstiatoi of BRS. The new Economic Develop ment Dnision, with Dr Ge -01 ge S Tolley, acting director, ill make studies of the well being and oppoi tumties of ru ral people, area development as related to regional and na tional development, and the role of local government and other organizations in the growth process Special em phasis will be given to prob (Contmued on Page 18) 13
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