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COW ON A HOT SHED ROOF When cattle dealer Charles C. Myers
first erected this symbol of his trade in June 1964, passers-by on the Route 230
By-Pass gaped incredulously. Many called the police to report a cow on some
one’s roof, Myers recalls. Easily the tallest, and most spectacularly situated cow
in Lancaster County, this old girl still gets many a gape from eastbound tourists.
L. F. Photo
During Dairy Month, hats off to our Dairy Farmers, for their
substantial contribution to the prosperity of this area, and for
their vital service in providing us with delicious, healthful dairy
foods. We're proud to serve Dairy Farmers!
®Woigemuth Bros., Inc.
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Demand-Supply Dairy Situation
Favors Dairymen, But Efficiency Is
Still Important, Specialist Says
Dairy production is now ap- the United States, with sales
proaching a hand-to-mouth sit- amounting to more than 180
nation, according to Dr. W. million dollars in 1964.
R. Hesseltine, extension dairy- Despite the bright future
man at the University of Del- for dairy products, dairy
aware. The supply of surplus farmers on small farms are
dairy foods held by the gov- still going out of business at
ernment is - very low and the an alarming rate, according
number of dairy cows is the to Hesseltine. Although there
lowest since official records are fewer dairy farms, the
began in 1924. average is increasing in size.
However, the demand for Prices for milk have remained
dairy products is increasing low and costs of production
and will continue to increase, have risen year after yean.
Milk is the food best suited These factors, coupled with
to fight malnutrition, Hessel- the exhausting sunrise-to-sun
tine said. Non-fat dried milk set, seven-days-a-week type of
has been used to supplement operation, are largely respeife
the diets of 770 million chil- sible for the decreasing
dren, here and abroad. ber of dairy farmers, says the
With the need to feed the extension dairyman,
ever-increasing world popula- Actually, things are begin*
tion, milk will undoubtedly ning to look up for dairy
play an eyer-larger part in farmers. Prices of their prod
world politics. Dairy products ucts are beginning to improve
are already extremely impor- while the need for dairy foods,
tant in the foreign trade of (Continued on Page 18)
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