12— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 6-, 1971
Atlantic Breeders Holds Two Meetings
The Atlantic Breeders Co
operative held two annual
meetings in Lancaster County
}Mt veek.
An estimated 300 dairymen
aod guests attended the North
ern Lancaster County meeting
at the Blue Ball Fire Hall
Tharsday night and about 200
attended the Southern Lancas
ter County meeting at the
United Methodist
Oharch Friday night
A total of 19 awards were
presented to outstanding dairy
men. The awards, Certificates
o t Merit for Superior Produc
tion, were given by Atlantic for
high 1970 DHIA herd averages
and large herd percentage sired
by Atlantic.
Merits to 10 Northern dairy
men were as follows. J Eby
Hershey, Paul B. Zimmerman,
Amos and Eleanor Hershey,
John S. Yost, Albert E. Fry,
Donald S. Eby, David L. -Landis,
Robert F. and Joan B. Book,
Nelson E. Martin and Henry E.
Kettering.
Merits to nine Southern Lan
caster County dairymen were-
Fred Crider, Robert W. Ulrich
and Son, Henry B. Leaman, , , ,
Parke H. Ranck, J Mowery semen s fles increased by 45%
Frey Jr., John C Metzler, Chris- over . 19 f 9 i - . , over , . 700 ’ 000
tian K. Lapp, Hairy G. Kreider, of high quality semen
and Curtis E. Akers. + were Pressed by the labora-
tory at headquarters; several
Harry Roth, management high plus-proven and well-hied
representative from Lancaster young sires were added to the
headquarters, spoke at both stud; progeny of Atlantic bulls
meetings on “Atlantic View- won championships at several
points”. major shows, brought top prices
at sales, and established new
high production recoi ds.
Harry G. Kreider, Quarry
ville, spoke at the Southern
meeting and Clyde W. Martin,
East Earl, at the Northern
meeting on “The Affairs of
Your Cooperative.” The two
men are district directors.
Highlights of these reports in
cluded: Atlantic provided 226,-
391 first services throughout
the service area during 1970;
net savings totaling $139,261
were returned to patrons ac
cording to their dollar volume
of business at a dividend rate
of seven per cent; $77,450 in
stock and equities were paid
back to 8,242 inactive mem
bers this past year, assuring
that current active members
hold a controling interest in the
ownership of their Cooperative:
Three Day American Pork Congress Held
John Henkel, left, Strasburg EDI, pre- Shell Chemical Co. Wingert received the
sident of the Pennsylvania Pork Producers money to travel to the American Pork
Council, looks on recently as Eugene Win- Congress this week as Pennsylvania's
gert, center, St. Thomas, receives a $3OO Pork All-American.
check from Floyd Aylor, representing
Among southern Lancaster County dairymen re- Metzler, Harry G. KreidCr, Henry B, Leaman, Curtis
ceiving Atlantic Breeders Cooperative Certificates of E. Akers, and Parke H. Ranck. Also receiving the
Merit for Superior Production for their high 1970 DHIA award but not shown were: Fred Crifler, Robert W. Ul
herd average and large percentage of their herd being rich and Son, J. Mowery Frey Jr. and Christian K. Lapp,
sired by Atlantic Breeders are: left to right, John C,
An election was held to select
a Director for a three-year tei m
and Sire Reporting Committee
men for each dairy bleed to
represent this area for the com
ing year Members, will be ad
vised of the election results
through their monthly news
letter from Atlantic, since more
than one meeting is held in
most of the 16 Districts
A 22-nunute color and sound
movie, “The Hope And The
Promise,” was shown to those
attending This movie was made
on Atlantic member’s farms
and shows the results and bene
fits being received through the
use of the Cooperative’s sires
and seivice programs
Among Northern Lancaster County
Dairymen receiving Atlantic Breeders Co
operative Certificates of Merit for Superior
Production for high 1970 DHIA herd aver
age and large percentage of herd Atlan
tic-sired were: left to right, J. Eby Her
shey, Henry K. Kettering, Albert E. Fry,
John S. Yost, and Robert F. Book. Others
not shown were: Paul B. Zimmerman,
Amos and Eleanor Hershey, Donald S.
Eby, David L. Landis, Nelson E. Martin.
Eugene Wingert of St ciatxons and the check-off totals
Thomas, Pa, was Pennsylvan- in the state testify to the con
la’s Pork All-Ameucan contest- tubutions that Wmgeit made as
ant at the three day American president
Pork Congress in Des Moines,
lowa, this week,
John Henkel, Strashing RDI,
president of the Pennsylvania
Pork Produceis 'Council, was
the only Lancaster County lep
resentative at the Poik Con
gress
Wingert has been making
trips to National Pork Produc
ers’ meetings as a director or
state leader for several years
He was chosen as the state’s
Pork All-American on the basis
of his outstanding hog opera
tion and his leadership in the
industry.
Wingert was president of the
South Central Pork Producers
Association, a four-county unit,
for two years before the Penn
sylvania Pork Producers Coun
cil was organized in 1967 and he
became the first president.
Expansion of the state mem
bership, number of area asso-
Wingert has a 125-sow herd,
feeds high moisture grain, and
has a 20 crate concrete block
fa'iowing house and finishing
quaiteis in a barn basement
area.
He has shown legularly in
the South Central barrow and
carcass show, winning a number
of championships in his effort
to maintain the quality of his
Hampshire-Yorkshire crossbred
hogs.
The commercial operation
was expanded sharply eight
years ago when he abandoned a
puiebred Hampshire herd he
had started when he was in
FFA. He earned State Farmer
degree in FFA.
Since then, he discontinued
the dairy operation, produces
corn on 225 acres, barley on
another 125 acres.
At present, Wmgert is presi
dent of his local Young Farm
ers Association.