«—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 4,1968
Truck-Farm Partnership
Cited By AT A Spokesman
Over 75 percent of all agricul
tural freight is hauled by truck,
a trucking industry spokesman
declared recently at a regional
workshop at Hartford. Conn., of
the National Association of Mar
keting Officials.
Forney A. Rankin, farm rela
tions specialist for American
Tiuckmg Associations, said that
agriculture in the Northeast sec
tion of the United States is par
ticularly associated with the
'trucking industry
“Here,” said Rankin, "you
ha\e the kind of agriculture that
tits beautifull.v into motor car
i ter operation . and the fluid |
r.atuie of motor cainer opera
tion fits beautifulh into sour
closeness to great maikels "
To handle an met easing share
oi Northeast farm produces, mo
tor earners aie constantly up
grading their equipment and
sen ice. Rankin said He pointed
to impro\ ements such as m»i e
powerful engines, better refriger
ating units and tighter and light-J
d- trailers, and to new tianspoit
service for small giains sugar
flour fertih?ei s and orange iuice
"As we renew the field of
physical handling and mno\a
tions and technical ad\ ance
ments in use and in prospect foi
the futuie in the tiuckmg indvs
ti’j, neitew that futme as bull
ish and bught ” declared Ran
i m He piedicted also that
Go\eminent regulation will
pla\ a larger lole in the bans-,
portation pattern in the ne\t dec-'
ade particulailj in the area of
inter-modal competition
Use of containers compu
ters and “doubles" oi twintiail-|
trs wall increase I
Truck tonnage will advance
telative to railroads with rail
ways getting more long hauls but
motor carriers expanding short
haul traffic
Rankin said the Northeast ag
ricultural and fishing industries
have special interest in the truck
ing mdustij’s de\elopment of re
frigerating units that peinnt
maintenance of zero tempera
ture required foi fiozen sea
foods, fruits and vegetables
Appi oximately 95 percent of
die fresh cranbeines pioduced
in the Northeast and other sec
tions of the countrv move to nrn
ket by tiuck,said Rankin Tiucks
also carry 70 percent of niocess
ed cranbernes, he added
Additional examples of tiuck
and aguculture paitnaship in
Book Cow fiecord
A ine-ieai old R&g'Sitied Hoi
stein coa, Roaung \ r ar l e, r 'I
Ivanhce owned b\ Ro' and Ruth
Book Ronks, has. comoleted ?
L.ctation of 22 700 lbs mak 878
ibs butteifat and 1870 lbs sol
ids-not fat in 343 dais Pioauc
tion sampling and testing m oce
dures weie sunenised hi Penn
syhania State Unneisu’ in co
operation with off’cial Holstein
breed- impimement programs
The Holstein Association’s
testing program has pronded
tor determining SNF nutrients
-once 1962 This is the part of
milk that contains piotem, lac
tose, minerals and other ele
ments so important to the nutn
tion and taste of milk
Total nutrient testing as spon
sored by the Holstein Association
is in step with today’s consumer
demands It provides the Hol
stein bieedei with information
tor improiing the overall per
toimance of his held The home
makei can use it as a measuie
of milk’s food \alue
Maybe the war on po' ert\
should be extended to the stieets
and highways This count) y has
moi e poor dm ers than any other
the Northeast cited by Rankin,
were:
Trucks haul 98 percent of
live and dressed broilers produc
ed in the Northeast.
At least 90 percent of milk
produced in the Northeast moves
from farm to assembly or proc
essing plants m tank trucks
Nearly all dairy cows and slaugh
ter calves go by truck to slaugh
ter plants
—ln 1966. 14.000 out of 31.000
carlots of Maine potatoes mo\ed
by truck—a sen ice once per
formed almost e\clusnelv by
i ail
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What’s Cookin’
Club Reorganizes
The 4-H What’s Cookin’ Club
held a reorganization meeting
at the home of their lender, Mrs.
Willis Bucher, Lititz R 2. recent
ly. Officers were elected as fol
lows; Virginia Bomberger, pre
sident; Denise Jurell, vice presi
dent: Patricia Erb, secretary
treasurer: Hollv List, song lead
er: Sharon Kreider, Barbara
Stephan, pianist and Denise
Jurell. county council represen
tative.
The girls chose as their pro
ject for the summer months the
preparation of foods to serve
when entertaining company
The group has been divided in
to two sections gioup A, who
will be cooking at the next
meeting consists of Sharon.
FARM WOMEN TO DINE
wiuLWLten™ T '" lc,s “ BPl ° |mtl “ clta w “
Banquet at the Dutch Pantry, demonstrated recently by Dr.
General Sutter Inn on Friday, Jean P. Nitsch of France, when
May 3at 6:30 p.m. Sarah Mar- he grew pleces of app i e nesh tis
lin will pre,o p] sue in test tubes. Starting with a
or. * Famous People of Pennsyl- , . ....
vania." Mrs. Graybill Hollinger P™nd of apple flesh, one million
will present the devotions. pounds could be produced in a
year. Although this possibility is
still theoretical, it has been done
on a small scale. The resultant
mass of flesh cells might be
processed into apple sauce.
Possibly in the future, house
wives will be using apple prod
ucts which originated from fruit
tnat never saw an orchard. And
fruit growers might be working
with giant test tubes instead Of
trees.
Kreider, Holly List, Robin Beck
er, Joyanne Cropf and Julia
Hevener. Group B includes;
Denise Jurell, Virginia Bom
berger, Debbie Erb, Patricia
Erb, Holly Mull and Eva Murry.
The next meeting will be held
at the Bucher home on June 10
at 1 pm. Denise Jurell will be
in Charge of the show and tell
program.
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