VOL. 10 NO. 51 L. M. SHEAFFER, who founded the egg marketing company Which today bears his name, shown with one of the early trucks he used for gathering eggs and poultry from Lancaster County farms. Stauffer Named County Holstein Assn. President by Everett Xewswanger staff reporter A prominent Ephrata area dairyman was named piesi ffent of the largest Lancas ter' Countv dairy breed or ganization last week at the election of officers held im mediately following the an nual meeting Clarence Stauffer, formerly vice-president of the 522- member Lancaster County Holstein Association, was picked to succeed retiring president Roy Book, Honks (Continued on Page 7) Penn Manor Young Formers Take Part In State YFA Convention Several Penn Manor Young Farmers participated in the YFA state convention at Penn State University this week by conducting a panel discussion on “Forage Test ing.” Representing the Penn Manor Chapter were Jay Garber and Sterling Elmer, both of Lancaster R 6; and Chris Nissley from A. H. Hoffman Seed Co. of Landis ville. Because of his associa (Continued on Page 14) Farm Calendar November 22 —Two-day Penn sylvania Confer ence ht Nittany Lion Inn, Penn State University. —3 a.m. Federal milk or der hearings for'Delaware Valley Order resume at Cylvania' Hotel, Phila, . 1:30 p.m." Lancaster Coun (Cbntiuyed Jrtni Pagfr 'eji ~ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 20, 1965 Young Farmers Hear Specialists Discuss Farm Credit Problems Speaking before a .group of about 35 Lancaster County Young Farmers Tuesday night at the Garden Spot High School, four finance special ists discussed the role of cred it in fainimgr the types of loans to be considered, and what the banker looks for in a prospective credit customei. Leading off the panel was Raymond Baxter of the Blue Bail National Bank.' He stat ed that in His twenty years of banking' he Has seen the area between the Susquehan na and Schuylkill Rivers be come ~ >h.ighly industrialized. This, he said, has worked in favor of 'those' making loa'ns. He described. the function . of. the home-town "banker, and suggested. that he. was often in.a better positioiuto -judge ’the duality of'a local loan dp (Continued on Page 12) USDA To Raise Fees On Meat Grading Service The US. Department of Agriculture has announced that fees for the voluntary federal meat grading service will be increased from $7 40 to $7 80 per hour, effective Nov. 21. The Consumer & Marketing Service, which administers the grading service, said the fee increase is necessary, to meet increased costs of operation. The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, under which the grading service is operated, provides for collection of fees approximately equal to the cost of rendering'the'service. ‘ Clarence Stauffer of Bph- The increased -fee will bring rata R 1 was named member revenues more nearly, in bal- ship chairman for the coming ~fiCOntuiUedon Pagjfe4) " - year. RAY W. SHEAFFER shown with part of Page-Detroit egg-sizing equipment in use at the L. M. Sheaffer Co., Ephrata. These machines are part of an automated egg packaging assembly line and are capable of handling 43,000 eggs an hour. Noah Wenger Named To Head Lancaster County Formers Assn. Noah Wenger, Stevens Rl, was elected president of the Lancaster County Farmers Association on Tuesday night at a reorganization meeting held at the James M. Garber farm, Mount Joy R 2. Wenger replaces retiring association president J. Robert Hess of Strasburg Rl. Other officers reelected were Clyde Wivell, Columbia Rl, vice-president; Donald Ney, Marietta Rl, secretary treasurer. L. M. Sheaffer, Lancaster County Egg Finn, Marks Sixty-Fifth Anniversary Sixty-fire years ago a six teen-year old lad named Len Martin Sheaffer returned home to Ephrata from New York City with oiders from gourmet restaurants for dressed squabs, and the busi ness known today as L M. Sheaffer. Cloisterdale Farms, was born The company celebrated its Goth anniversary tlus past week with a banquet honor ing its long-time employees The affair was attended by 120 guests and employees Among those cited were Miss Edna Berkheimer, office man ager with 40 years service; Ralph Kreider, Clarence Metz ler, and Harry Liebold, all with over Sq years service. The husaness grew from a one horse and wagon dressed County 4-H Livestock Judges Add Titles At FTbg. And Timonium Paced by Fred Hess, Leola Led by Fred Hess, who was Rl, at the Pa. Livestock Ex- top individual judge in the position, and by Ken Hess, junior show -with 753 points Strasbourg Rl, at The Eastern out of a possible 800, the National Show, the Lancas- county team repeated last ter County Livestock Judg- year’s winning performance mg Team added two more _ „ , _ major titles in preparation , La f 4 Saturday at Timonium, for the national 4-H com- Maryland, the team captured petition at Chicago later this a firs£ ln bee£ £ourtJl month m sheep, and second in , , „ . swine judging to win the At the Livestock Exposi- over . a ji title Ken Hess took tion, the county 4-H judging individual honors with team state champions for 577 QUt of a pos3ible 7Sd 1965 represented Pennsyl- p oln tg. He was followed hjr vaaia in the junior event, and defeated teams from Vir- DaTld Heisey ' Newmanstowh Georgia, Maryland, and w* lll 566 points, and W Indiana. (Continued on Page 4>, -iJ - - $2 Per Year squab company to a truck operated egg collection and marketing plant in L. M. Sheafter’s lifetime. Following his death in 1932, hi* «on Wilbur H took over manage ment of the company, estab lishing many collection branches and expanding wholesale distribution to in clude not only hotels, restau rants and institutions, but also chain food markets and dairies Following his untimely death in an auto accident in 1952, his widow and son, Ray W. Sheafter, formed a part nership to operate the busi ness Since that time, the lira has greatly modermaed its methods of production and (Continued on Page 8) L. F. Photo
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