6—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 4, 1967
Red Rose DHIA Elects Officers;
Increases Owner-Sampler Rates 5c
Daniel S. Stoltzfus. Mount
Joy Rl. wfu, named 1967 presi
dent of the Red Rose Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
et a directors' meeting Tues
day mght at the Lancaster
Farm Cresi't Building Stoltz
fus succeeds Robert A. Brene
nuain of St'asburg Rl.
Other officers elected were:
vice president, I Eby Hos bet
ter, Gap Rl: secretary. Alien
K. Risser Leola Rl. Perma
nent treasurer of the associa
tion is Jacob Houser, Jr, Lam
peter.
The bulk of the meeting
was concerned with how to
realistically adjust the test
ing service rates on the as
sociation’s approximately 300
owner-sampler herds.
K wa!s pointed out that, alt
present, the owner-sampler An organizational meeting of
program was not paying its the board of directors of the
own way; that social security Lancaster County Agricultural
rates had been going up, and and Home Economics Associa
could be expected to continue tldn has been scheduled for
in that direction; and that Thursday, March 9, it was ain
thare 'has been no increase in nounced this week by coomlty
owner-sampler fees since the agent M M. Smith
program was started
Currently. herds on the O-S held at the Meadow Hills Din
testing program pay a has© fee mg House, arid the meal will
of $450 which entitles them to cost S 2 per person, Smith no't
test ten cows An additional ed Reservations are to he re
charge of 10c iss made for each turned to the extension office
cow above ten Of the total by March 7
fee, the association now re- _ _ , ,
/fcaahs six percent to cover all Marion R Deppen, assistant
operational costs Vedior fo * the , southewt. wiffl
explain various functions of ah
extension boaid to the dnec
to’s, and how to recognize
educational needs in a com
munity.
The directors voted to re
tain the base charge at 54.30,
but to increase the per cow
charge by five cents, making
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it 15c, and to increase the
percentage of the fee re
tained by the association to
12. The new plan will be
come effective April 1, 1967.
In addition, directors decid
ed that the priding arrange
ment under the DHIA testing
program should also be re
viewed President Darnel Stoltz
futs appointed a three-man com
mittee to study the problem
aind draw up piopocaCs. Ap
pointed were: Daniel Martin,
I. Eby Hostetter. and Wilbur
Houser.
Lane. Extension
Service Reports
Consv. Efforts
The noon luncheon will be
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Smith 'urged “dilre'ctors "to
give some thought to the edu
cational problems in their in
dividual communities, and to
be prepai ed with questions
and comments on these.
Extension Assn.
Organizational
Meeting Planned
The Lancaster County Agri
cultural Extension Service con
tinues to be interested m pro
moting practices towa.d im
proved soil and waiter man
agement, county agent M. M
Smith stated in his lepoit to
the Conservation Distuct Sev
eral demons'.ations weie es
tablished by request on con
tour strip cropping and in fa.m
pond const! action
The soil testing piognam
continues to be a vital part of
land management with gi eater
crop yields Lime requirement
tests are conducted locally
without charge for all land
owners The complete soil test
is available through the Ex
tension Office at a nominal
cost.
A number of Extension
teaching methods were em
ployed. 1 during the ye'alr, such
as radio, press, and education
al meetings to stress the im
portance of good soil a'nd wa
ter management The impor
tance of a good fertility pro
gram to maintain soil organic
matter at all times was em
phasized at every opportunity,
Smith stated
The extension service leipoiit
was pi,epatad by Smith, and
associate agricultural agen'ts
Victor Plastoiw, Arnold G Lu
eck, and Winthrop Memam
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• Dairy Day
(Continued from Page 1)
Subjects will include: Dairy
Barn Ventilation; Herd Man
agement Problems; Outlook;
and Health Care of Dairy Herd.
Lancaster County Dairy Prin
cess Carol Hess is scheduled
lor a brief appearance just
before lunch
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Lunch will be available at'*
charge of $1 per person. Milk,
ice cream and cheese will be
donated by the milk distri
butors and manufacturers of
dairy products. ,
A number of local dairy
equipment and farm supply
dealers will have exhibits and
displays on hand for inspec
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