—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. December 18, 1971
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Atlantic Breeders Gives Service Awards
Five Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative members in Lan
caster County were honored for
their records of service at the
cooperative’s annual Christmas
Recognition Banquet Thursday
evening at the Stone Barn in
Chester County
B Robert Charles, Columbia
RD2, received the National
Association of Animal Breeders
recognition for providing 35,000
first-service cow sales He has
been with Atlantic for 11 years
and becomes the 33rd sales
tcchnician to earn this award
Two men receiving recognition
1 or 20 years of service with the
cooperative were C P Bran
tley, Manheim, and Milton M
Brubaker, Brunnerville Road,
Litit/
Brantley received a gold
LIKE IT WAS
"I'm using the horse tonight. Foul! I told you we should
become a two-horse family!"
Study Financial Records
Too m,iny Jarmers an. keeping
iccordb for income tax purposes
and then filing them away
without analyzing them
An annual analysis of financial
and production lecords can pay
big dividends
A money-in-the-bank situation
tan exist while serious business
losses are occunng The bank
statement is a very poor measure
ol the profitability of the farm
and the progress the farmer has
made
Many iarmers have too few
production units, livestock or
acres, which leads to poor labor
efficiency, or they have too much
capital invested for the amount of
income received Therefore, they
have a poor return on capital,
labor and management Poor
crop and livestock production can
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watch. He is manager of the
Lancaster branch office and has
provided over 24,000 first ser
vices
Brubaker, who received a
watch in 1966, has served on the
Ayrshire Sire Committee for 20
years He also served on the
board of directors for several
years
Jay H Kauffman, Nolt Road,
Lancaster, was honored for his
record of 10,000 first services in
his four years with Atlantic.
Melvin R Stoltzfus, Ronks
RDI, was cited for his five years
of service on the Guernsey Sire
Committee
Chester County Awards
Among those technicians ser
ving the Chester County area and
receiving recognition were
Theodore R Leofsky,
cause poor labor efficiency, low
income and a low return on labor
and management
A first step in improving labor
and management income is an
analysis to determine what areas
are causing low income
The Pennsylvania State
University Cooperative Ex
tension Service has a program
available to help farmers with
adequate records to analyze their
farm business The program will
calculate efficiency factors to
assit in locating the weak points
in the business
Contact the Penn State Ex
tension Service, 1383 Arcadia
Road, Lancaster, for more in
formation
By Jay W Irwin
Lancaster County
Associate Ag Agent
Coatesville RDI, award for 40,000
first services, with Atlantic 18
years. In 1968 he received the
MAAB award for 35,000 cows.
Richard O Reiter, Coatesville
RD3, for 10,000 first services,
with the cooperative for four
years
Arthur C. Ehrhart, Rising Sun
RD2, who services the southern
Chester County area, 20,000 first
services. He has been a
technician for nine years, in
cluding previous employment
with the AI cooperative in
Maryland
From Lebanon County, Ronald
F Lerch, Lebanon, five years of
employment award He has over
13,000 first services
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Harvesting Is Going Mechanical
Predictions are that any fruit
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