Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, July 13, 1968, Image 8

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    <—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 13.1968
NEIGHBORS CLEAN UP BURNED
CHICKEN HOUSE. An estimated 75 neigh
bors and friends of the John Burkholder
family. Kissel Hill Road, Lititz R 3, yester
day morning helped clean up "the charred
remains of a 540,000 broiler chicken house
• Dairy Princess
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es were introduced: Joyce Krei- Home acddent deaths in the
Dairy Council They were judg- der Shenk ’ i 962; Lmda Lou United States in 1967 totaled
ed on the basis of appeaiance, We k ’ l „ 9 fi 6s; and arol Hess Wea- abou t 28,500, according to the
speaking ability, poise and per- veL ’> 1966 - National Safety Council. More
sonahty, and intelligence and in- j Richard Thomas was the of- than one-third of those killed
dU £l iy led ° e ' r, tt tt ficial escort and Roland George _ r 75 veara old and
The judges were Dr Harry K. , va , thp Prmvn hearer were persons 10 J ears 0!a anc *
Gerlach, County Superintendent . * older Falls caused about two
of Schools; Mrs Mary Hawk, Vo- fifths of the deaths, with fires
cal Recording Artist; and Roger
Clark, Intell Farm Editor.
that burned last Sunday night. The fire
completely gutted the 200 feet long modern
structure which was scheduled to house a
shipment of chicks. Burkholder reported
Friday morning that the chicks had found
homes elsewhere. L. F. Photo
Three former dairy princess-
Cotton is used by virtually al
the world’s people.
Home Accidents
and other types of accidents ac
counting for the rest.
FEED FLORIN
14% OR 16% DAIRY
RATION TO YOUR HERD
TO MAKE
For a healthy, highly productive herd, Florin enriched
dairy feed is scientifically formulated, tested and prov
ed. Feed it regularly, and see the results ... more milk
from cows, more money for you.
Woigemuth Bros., Inc.
Mount Joy, Penna. Ph. 653-1451
Retailers, Distributors Like *
Egg Merchandising Contest
A pioneer egg merchandising
contest in St. Louis has generat
ed high Interest among area re
tailers and egg distributors, ac
cording to Robert Higgenbotham
of U.S. Department of Agricul
ture’s Consumer and Marketing
Service.
Retailers in the metropolitan
St. Louis area have been offered
the opportunity to participate in
an egg merchandising contest
sponsored by the Missouri Egg
Council, in co-operation with the
Missouri. Department of Agri
culture and the St. Louis office
of USDA’s C&MS.
“We are very pleased with in
terest shown by both supermar
ket managers and egg distribu
tors,” commented Higgenboth
.am.
“To date, nearly 250 stores,
including major St. Louis food
chains, have entered the contest
and we are optimistic that at
least another 200 will enter be
fore the Oct. 18 deadline,” he'
added.
CUSTOM SPRAYING
For Whitewashing
Spray the modern way
Use CARBOLA Spray
Carbola dries white, disinfects, kills flies, up to 90%
less cobwebs. No wet floors.
MAYNARD L. BEITZEL
Witmer, Pa, 392-7227
MILK & MONEY
St. Louis egg distributors are
providing retailers with Poultry
and Egg National Board mobiles
and other point-of-sale materials
to be used in the creation of in
dividualized egg merchandising
displays.
Retailers are being asked to
supplement the PENB material
with their own ingenuity, ac
cording to Charles A. Cook, pro
motions specialist with the Mis
souri Department of Agriculture
in Jefferson City.
Local egg suppliers are offer
ing $6OO in prize money. A first
and second prize will be award
ed in each of 3 categories based
on weekly store volume. Judging
will be on the basis of photo
graphs of the displays.
The display contest idea was
introduced at a recent PENB
Egg Retailer Clinic by William
Steinbrueck, owner of Chester
field Farm and R. B. Thomas of
Ralston Purina Co.
Non-woven cottons are made
from short fibers.
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