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VOL ' NO. 52
D, E. Horn, Miller & Bushong State Consolidation Plans
D. E Horn & Co, Inc. Yoik
and i & Bushong, Inc,
Rohrrr-town, Friday announced
plans tt :onsolidate
The f *ms aie two of Penn
sylvania- oldest agncultuial
piodu-t 'ompanies
In a ja,nt announcement by
Einest Horn Sr, president of
D E Ho-n & Co and Robert
GiayfeiiL president of Miller &
Busboa? it was revealed that
a format intent to consolidate
was liteo Friday with the Inter
nal Revf joe Service
Hori> *r>d Gray bill said that
Co. 4-H'ers 2nd
At rimonium
The Lancaster County 4-H
livestock judging team, lepre
sentog Pennsylvania, placed
second 1 at the Eastern National
Livestock Show in Timonium,
Md., last Saturday.
The local team was edged out
by North Carolina, 1,8t5 to
1.804. Chic was third with 1,781
The local group also placed
second it the Pennsylvania
Livestock Exposition earlier in
the wee*
At T-T'iomum the local team
was fur in beef, second in
sheep art thud in swine judg
ing
Ed 'Dcicough, Manheim RD4,
led the team with 619 points out
of a possible 650 Othei team
members are Gary Dean, Stras
burg FB., Clark Stauffer, Eph
rata EDI, and Burnell Buchen
Manheim RD3
John Zimmerman is shown this week feeding the 4-H steers
which are being distributed this weekend to 4-H club members The
steers were housed temporarily at Zimmerman’s Ephrata RDI farm al
slockholdeis of both companies
had voted foi the consolidation
which, when approved by IRS,
will lesult in one of the laigcst
firms of its kind in this pait
of the countiy
Miller & Bushong, Inc was
founded in 1885 and the D E
Hoi n & Co, Inc has been in
business foi 51 years
Five years ago the two com
panies jointly acquit ed the
Grimes Poultiy Processing Coi
poration of Fredericksburg
Grimes subsequently acquned
Cloisterdale Farms, Inc, and
the L M Sheaffer Egg Co both
ol Ephrata Undei the plans of
the consolidation. Grimes will
continue to operate as a wholly
owned subsidiary of the new
coipoiation, with Sheaffer and
Cloisterdale Farms as divisions
of Gnmes
Ine new him will employ 500
people and have sales of ap
pioximately 535 million
In addition, it was announced
Farm Bill
The U S Senate this week
passed the farm bill The
House had previously adopt
ed the measme
The bill now goes to Presi
dent Richaid Nixon foi signa
tuie, which appeals assuied
since the admimstiation
backed the bill
Key piovisions of the new
measuie include a maximum
fedeial payment limit ol $55,-
000 and a new “set-aside”
piovision
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 21. 1970
that D E Hoin & Co of Red
Lion, Inc will continue to
opeiate its mill undei the same
name, peisonnel and manage
ment within the proposed new
oigamzalion
“ The strengths lesulting fiom
this pioposed consolidation vull
mean mci eased sen ices and
expanded activities in new pio
ducts as well as geographic
coverage from both orgamza-
QuarryviHe
Bam Raising
In spite of bad weather, about
35 persons turned out by noon
Friday to assist the Stanley
Stauffei Jr family at Quany
ville RDI construct a new 60 by
132 foot barn
The barn, which will include
a new milking parlor and milk
house, will house the Stauffer’s
75 Holstein cows end 12 heifers
Plans are to complete the
work within three weeks The
goal Fuday was to complete
election of 40 rafteis and pos
sibly begin the roof woik, ac
coxdmg to Mis Stauffei Ten
men aie lequned to put up one
laftei undei the constiuction
pioceduie being used The cat
penter is Joshua Stoltzfus, Km
zers
Seveial women pxepared
food at then own homes and
at the Stauffei home to feed
the men
lions”, the announcement ■-aid
Existing plant facilities will be
maintained and headquaiteis
loi the new coipoiation is c\
pected to be located in Lanca-.-
tei
Undei plans of the consolida
tion, Einest Hoin Sr will be
come chairman of the board,
Robeit Gi ay bill, piesident,
Ernest Hoin Jr, vice piesidenl
operations, Alvin Allison, uce
president-marketing, Donald E
Horn, secretaiy, Richard Hob
day, treasurer, and Donald E
Henning, controller
The consolidated companies
market feed for livestock and
poultiy in the Pennsylvania,
Maiyland and New Jersey aieas.
as well as miscellaneous agricul
tural supplies such as chemicals,
fertilize!, garden supplies and
fuel
Their consumei products in-
Farm Women
Saturday, November 21
] 30 pm Farm Women So
ciety 18, home-of Mrs Willis
Z Esbenshade, 1631 Esben
shade Road, Lancastei
Faun Women Society 3, home
of Mis William Ebexl\, Mt
Any
Tuesday, November 24
Faim Women Society 5, home
of Mis Henn Stehman, pack
fiuit baskets
Saturday, November 28
Faim Women Society 4, Manoi
Biethien in Christ Chinch
Farm Women Society 5, home
of Mis Longeneck
ei, Manheim RDI
ter they were purchased by Lancaster County agricultural agent Max
Smith and Larry Wea~\ er. New Holland RDI farmer, recently ia
Colorado.
Calendar
52.00 Per Year
elude fiesh eegs, ice packed
poultiy and Dutch Tieat pre
cooked frozen chicken products,
which aie disti,buted and sold
throughout the northeastern
aiea of the countiy
Farm Calendar
Saturday November 21
1 - 4 p m Chester County
Fatmeis Association, open
house toui, November 21-
22
Monday, November 23
7 45 p.m Class number S,
Quality Milk Control, Garden
Spot Young Farmers, bam
meeting at Andievv Stoltcfus
faim, Elveison
Bpm DHIA dnectors, Farm
and Home Center
Annual Forage and Seed Coa
feience, Penn State Univer
sity Campus, November 23-24.
Fulton Giange meeting, com
and pie night
Tuesday, November 24
Sam —Fulton Grange, tour Res
Rose Research Farms anj(l
Penn Dairies
730 pm—Gaiden Spot Young
Fai mei s, Foi age Manage
ment
8 pm—Boaid of Dnectors, Lan
caster Countv Agncultural
and Home Economics Exten
sion Association, Farm and
Home Centei
Intel-State Milk Produce!» an
nualmeeting Maiuott Motor
Hotel, Philadelphia, Novem
ber 24 25
Friday, November 27
National 4-H Livestock Judging
Championship, International
Fat Stock Show Chicago.