Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, November 02, 1968, Image 17

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    The Hosier’s
Graduate From
VISTA Course
A recently married area cou
ple, Mr. and Mn. Eugene H.
Hosier, were among 45 trainees
who were graduated from a
VISTA training program in At
lanta, Ga.
Hosier and his wife, the for
mer Lucille Hcrshey, daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs, Glenn Hershey,
Manhcim R 3, will spend a year
working with the Economic Op
portunity Coordinating Group
of Broward County, Inc. in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.
Hosier, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark W. Hosier, Manheim R 3.
and his wife are graduates of
Manheim _ Central High School
They were carried in June.
Hosier i„.died business ad
ministration at Elizabethtown
College for a year and worked
in*a hosillal in Allentown foi
two year., before joining the
VISTA piogram in September.
The 22-year-old Hosier won
many 4-H awards while in high
school in 1964 he was awarded
Pennsylvania’s top swine proj
act honor.
In his eight years in 4-H ac
tivities. Hosier won the coveted
Keystone 4-H award, the highest
honor a 4-H youth can receive
at the state level.
A former treasurer and presi
dent of the Red Rose 4-H Baby
Beef and Lamb Club, Hosier also
was a member of the county
livestock judging team that won
the state 4-H championship in
1964 at Pennsylvania State Uni
versity.
Pictured with the champion, Old Land Reflection Jess:e
are (left to right) Dennis Kolb, showman; H. D. Ken-
You cannot helo the wa*e nedy> vvho brou S ht the cow from Wisconsin two years
earner by pullin/ down the ago; John L. McKitnck, Judge, Melvin Kolb and Marvin
wage payer. Eshleman, owners and Paul King, herdsman. The fresh,
Anyone who grows corn or soybeans
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You contribute quite a bit to this acid-
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 2.1868
five-year-old cow sold in the afternoon sale for $l7OO to
Avdiong Farms, York. Top selling cow ot the day was
consigned by H. D. Matz. His Very Good Alverson
Sovereign Supreme Daughter sold to George Knight
from Maryland for $2,000. The top ten cows averaged
$1360; the top 20 averaged $ll3O and the top 100 head
averaged $697. L. F. Photos
PH: 397-3539
Local Farmers
Attend Agway
Annual Meeting
Improved sales and earnings
*or 1967-68 were reported to Ag
wav Inc. members attending
the cooperative’s fourth annual
meeting at Syracuse, New York
October 24-25
Edmund H Fallon executive
vice president and general
manager, told some 4000 farm
ers present that sales for the
were $392 million, $2 mil
lion more than the prior year.
Earnings of S 6 5 million were
$l4 million ahead of 1966-67.
Attending the meeting from
this area were Henry Shenk,
Raymond Weaver. John Camp
bell. Rov Book. Robert Kreider,
Morris Zook Amos Petersheim,
Tohn Yost. Harry Herr, Witmer
Rohrer, Harry Hershey, Barry
Kurtz and Kenneth Emerson,
Unit Manager. Lancaster, Pa.
Agway is a purchasing and
marketing cooperative owned
bv 102 000 farmers in 12 north
ern states.
In his report to members,
Fallon said Agway feed tonnage
had dropped slightly, from 2.-
077.000 to 2 049 000 tons, chiefly
due to the continuing decline in
poultry numbers in the North
east.
On the other hand, Fallon
said sales of nefro’eum Pro
ducts reached a new high pf 3 7 0
mx’hun gallons up 52 million
gallons from the vear befoie
.Aming new motets iero> - ted
to members was a program to
expand Agway insurance ser
vice to include complete life,
health- accident, property and
casualty coverage A new unit,
Agway Geneial Agency, Inc,
has been formed to handle in
surance sales
i Another recent development,
I Fallon said, was Agway’s join
ing with a number of dairy co
operatives to form an organiza
j tion to carry out dairy product
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