Several ABC members received recognition at the Blue
Ball banquet Thursday night for outstanding herd averages
in 1971, including: left to right. Albert E. Fry, Dale E.
Hiestand and Harold L Risser.
ABC Honors Dairymen
Northern Lancaster County
dairymen were honored for
having high producing herds this
past year at the eighth annual
District Four meeting for
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative
members Thursday night at Blue
Ball Fire Hall.
Receiving Certificates of Merit
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Walter Binkley & Son
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L T. Geib Estate
I. B. Groybill & Son
E. Musser Heisey & Son
R. D. #2, Mt. Joy, Pa.
tor having top Dairy Herd Im
provement Association (DHIA)
averages were- John S Yost,
Donald Eby, Dale E. Hiestand,
Amos & Eleanor Hershey, Henry
E Kettering, Edwin K. Wise,
Albert E. Fry, Robert F & Joan
B. Book, David L. Landis, Hiram
S Aungst, Harold L. Risser and
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Atglen
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Manheim
Strasburg
Among Northern Lancaster County
dairymen receiving Certificates of Merit for
1971 at the ABC meeting Thursday night
David D Zimmerman
All herds were at least 15 per
cent above the state average for
butterfat last year, while at least
two-thirds of the cows in these
herds are progeny of Atlantic
sires.
The awards were presented by
Edwin Sauder, ABC Area Field
Supervisor. He also used a new
movie produced by Atlantic
called “Program Your Herd With'
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Heistand Bros.
Elizabethtown
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N. Church St, Quarryville
David B. Hurst
Bowmansville
G. R. Mitchell, Inc.
Refton, Pa.
Mountville Feed Service
Mountville
Musser Farms, Inc.
Columbia
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Mate-Rite” to show how sires can
be selected to breed improved
cattle that are capable of even
higher production in the future.
Reports by District Director
Clyde W. Martin, East Earl RDI,
and David J Yoder, manager,
representing the Cooperative’s
Lancaster headquarters, told
members that 1971 was a suc
cessful business year for
Atlantic. Service Technicians
Martin's Feed Mill
Ephrata, Pa.
Chas. E. Sauder & Sons
Terre Hill
E. p. Spotts, Inc.
Honey Brook
H. M. Stauffer & Sons,
Inc.
Witmer
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 26.1972—19
at Blue Ball are: left to right, David D.
Zimmerman, John S. Yost, Robert R. Book,
David L. Landis and Donald Eby.
provided 224,730 first services
and semen sales totaled $250,000,
resulting in a patronage dividend
of $88,300 for return to members.
Members present also voted for
District representatives for the
coming year. Election results
will be announced later.
Farm Calendar
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Club meeting, Landis
Brothers, Lancaster.
7:30 p.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers milk marketing
course, “Production Prin
ciples & Consumer Trends”,
vo-ag department, Ephrata
Area High School.
7:30 p.m. Solanco Young
Farmers welding course, vo
ag department, Solanco High
School.
7:30 p.m. Penn Manor Young
Farmers recreation night,
gymnasium, Penn Manor
High School.
Garden Spot Young Farmers
dairy management course,
vo-ag department, Garden
Spot High School.
Wednesday, March J
10 a.m. - 3 p.ra 4-H Leaders
Kick-off meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Soil and Water Conservation
District meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
7:30p.m. —Northern 4-H Soil and
Water Conservation Club.
Bp.m —Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef
and Lamb Club, Farm and
Home Center.
NEPPCO Poultry Industry
Exhibitors Seminar, Statler
Hilton Hotel, New York City.
Thursday, March 2
9 a.m. Custom Sprayers
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
9:30 a.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers milk marketing field
trip, Penn Dairies.
1:30 p.m. County Fruit
Growers Association meeting,
Farm and Home Center.
7 p.m. Chester County Ex
tension Service annual
meeting and banquet. Upper
Octorora Presbyterian
Church, Parkesburg.
7:30 p.m. Estate Planning
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
Bp.m. Solanco Young Farmers
monthly meeting, “Planning
the 1972 Com Crop” and
“Latest on Fertilization”, vo
ag department, Solanco High
School.
Clothing Construction Course,
Paoli United Methodist
Church.
Friday, March 3
6:30 p.m. Manheim PFA
Parent-Son annual banquet,
Manheim Central Senior High
School.
Southeast 4-H Teen Leadership
Conference, Holiday Inn,
lionville, March 3-5.
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