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THE CLOISTER FFA CHAPTER was
named Region II winner in the State Farm
and Home Safety Program last week, at
the State FFA Convention held at Penn
State. The chapter will now compete for
the National FFA Safety award to be pre
Edwin Sauder Is Named
Atlantic Supervisor
Edwin Sauder has been named
Field Supervisor for the North
west Area served by Atlantic
Breeders Cooperative, according
to Roger Emig, Director of Serv
ice. The appointment was ef
fective July 1.
Saudfr’s responsibilities in
clude the coordination and di
rection of sales and service work
through 22 Technicians from
eight branch offices. The North
west area includes Clearfield,
Jefferson, Clarion, Venango,
Mercer, Forest, Warren, Craw
ford, and Erie Counties.
While serving as Technician
in Lancaster County for 14 years,
he has performed 42,568 first
services and assisted with man
aging the Lancaster branch op
erations. Sauder excelled in
Technician sales and service per
formance and won several “most
valuable employee” awards. In
FARMERS
NOW IS THE TIME
Top Dress Your Alfalfa
To Get Maximum Yields
USE AGRICO
The Nations Leading Fertilizer 0-20-20
Bulk Spreader Service Available
Contact your AGRICO dealer or
Lancaster Warehouse Churchtown Warehouse
ROY ZIMMERMAN LESTER M. WEAVER
569-2361 or Ephrata 733-8161 354-5477
or Sales Representative
B. G. HOFFMAN - 367-1650
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Edwin Sauder
1966, he received the National
Association of Animal Breeders
recognition for 35,000 first serv
ices completed. He is also a
seated at the National Convention in Oct.
(Ist row), left to right, Jay Smoker, Earl
Stauffer, Leonard Sensenig, Eugene Boll
inger. (2nd row), Lowell Sensenig, Galen
Hackman, David Harting, Jeff Pfautz.
• Milk Federation
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ized under provisions of federal
law which authorize dairy co
operatives to have marketing
agencies in common, and the ba
sic purpose of the Federation
will be to gain for both dairy
farmers and consumers in the
three markets involved a con
sistent supply of good, whole
some milk and dairy products at
prices which are fair to the
farmer and the public alike.
graduate of the Dale Carnegie
Sales Course.
Ed and his wife, Janet, have a
son, Donald, 13 years old, and a
daughter, Lisa, 10 They will re
side near Emlenton in southern
Venango County.
He has served on the official
board for fee Leola United
Methodist Church, and was Cub
master for a local scouting troop.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 6, 1968-ri
State Price
Level Advances
Increasing pr'ccs for all com
modities except grains and hay
pushed the June Index of Prices
Received by Pennsylvania Farm
ers up 6 points (2 percent), ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
The index of prices received
for livestock and livestock prod
ucts was up 4 points—with in
creases for most products in the
index. Meat animals registered
a 3 point gain, as a tesult of a
70 cent rise in hog prices. All
other meat animal pi ices were
lower, with the exception of
slaughter cows which were un
changed. Steer and heifer price,
at $25.10 per cwt., were down 30
cents. Calves and lambs both
dropped a dollar to $33.60 and
$25 50 respectively.
Grain and hay prices averaged
slightly lower, primarily a re-
d <1
Dee-licious!
Purina Golden Bulky
Cows and growing heifers love the sweet flavor and aroma
of Purina Golden Bulky.
It's sweet because it’s high in molasses. It's light and
bulky—loo pounds fills six bushel baskets. It's a higfi
protein ration fortified with Vitamins A and D.
Golden Bulky is versatile, too. It can be used to balanca
the grain in your milking ration, dry cow ration or heifer
ration. You can use Golden Bulky to supplement dry lata
summer and fall pas
tures or to preserve si
lage. And it can be top
fed or mixed with your
own grain.
Next time you stop by,
let us show you how
many ways you can feed
versatile and nutritious
Purina Golden Bulky.
Wenger's Feed Mill
Inc.
Ph: 367-1195
Rheenvs
Ira B. Landis Janies High & Sons
Ph: 569-0531 Ph: 354-0301
779 Valley Road, Lancaster Gordonville
John J. Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph: 442-4632
Paradise
LOW COST PRODUCTION... ,
the reason why more farmers feed PURINA
suit of slipping hay prices which
wore $2.00 a ton below the
previous month. Corn and oats
wore unchanged at $l.lO and
$.83 respectively. Wheat dropped
3 cents to $1.22, while bailey
fell 6 cents to $O2 per bushel.
June potato price was s3.2s—an
increase of 60 cents from May,
The preliminary estimate of
June milk price, at , $5.70 per
cwt., is unchanged from the
pievious month. Poultry and egg
prices were up sharply, a result
of a 3 cent increase in egg
prices. Broilers and roaster
prices gained a half cent to 17
cents per pound, while other
chicken pikes were unchanged.
The prices receved index for
all farm products, a measme of
the change in prices received by
faimers, was 257 percent of its
1910-14=100 percent base. This
compares with 251 the previous
month and 250 for June 1967.
Length of fibers in a single
cotton bale may vary.
West Willow
Farmers Assn., Inc.
Ph: 464-3431
West Willow
John B. Kurtz
Ph: 354-9251
R. D. 3, Ephrata
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