Poultrymen Hold Annual Meet
Kenneth Longacre, of H. W.
Longacre, Inc., Franconia is the
organization’s new president.
Another Montgomery County
man, Robert Shelly, of North
Wales, the immediate past
president turned over the gavel to
Ken Longacre at the recent
annual meeting of the
Federation, held at the Sheraton
near Harrisburg.
J. Phil Campbell, under
Secretary of the USDA said that
the Nation’s egg industry should
be aware of increased govern
ment action for consumer
protection. Campbell was
speaking at the recent annual
meeting of the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation. Sanitation
and food additives will be the key
issues during the coming months.
Campbell also stated that the
federal government is only in
terested in taking over the state
inspection services at such time
that the states fail to have an
adequate inspection program to
protect the consuming public. He
also stated that the inspection
can be renewed at the state level
whenever the state had adequate
personnel to give inspection that
is “equal to” the federal in
spection.
Campbell stated that free
enterprise, capitalism and
competition are having a greater
influence on the poultry industry
than all of the government
regulations.
Dr. John Dodge, director
poultry management, Agway,
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the annual meeting. The poultry
industry has experienced
unusually low prices during the
past 18 months. Eggs are selling
for less than 20 years ago. Dodge
also pointed out that the Nor
theast only produces ap
proximately 50 per cent of the
poultry and eggs that are con
sumed in the populous Middle
Atlantic and New England states.
The industry must meet the
competition of the other poultry
producing areas. He pointed out
that the Northeast has many
advantages over other areas. One
of the biggest advantages is the
cost of transportation. Penn
sylvania products can reach the
market in a shorter period of
time and at a much lower cost
than poultry products from the
South and Midwest.
John McNelis, secretary of the
Pennsylvania Grocers
Association discussed the
topic, “What does the consumer
expect from the poultry in
dustry?” McNelis pointed out
that the four important P’s are
product, price, place, and
promotion. He pointed out that
eggs are one of nature’s most
perfect protein foods and are the
yardstick to which all other
protein foods are compared. He
also pointed out that eggs
notoriously are sold by the dozen
and the consumer usually is not
made aware of the fact that they
receive IV2 pounds of protein
when they purchase one dozen of
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screens to make even more uniform
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housewife one of the best protein
foods at 40c per pound. McNelis
also pointed out the necessity of
doing promotion in the area of
recipes and using different
methods of preparing egg dishes.
Many of the young housewives
are eager to get good recipes so
that they can prepare well
balanced diets for their families.
George Hauer, C.F. Manbeck,
Inc., Fredericksburg, chairman
of the Allied Industrymen,
presented a citation to Horace W.
Longacre, Franconia, Mon
tgomery County. Longacre
started in processing and poultry
marketing m the early 40’s. His
operation has shown continuous
growth and he is now operating
one of the Northeast’s largest
poultry processing operations
with his products being
distributed through the entire
Northeast, the major portion
going to the Philadelphia area.
Robert Parks, a veteran
poultry breeder from Altoona,
presented the “Poultryman of the
Year” Award to Harry P. Metz,
Belleville, Pa. Metz operates a
large hatchery in Big Valley
located in central Penna. Metz is
past president of NEPPCO, and
is currently President of
Producer’s Pride, Penn
sylvania’s largest egg marketmg
cooperative.
At the annual business
meeting, the following were re
elected to the board of directors
of the Federation: Harry Ulrich,
another
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“The introductory section
includes such information as
locations of diagnostic
laboratories, sanitation outline,
list of reliable disinfectants, a
description of the Pennsylvania
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facts useful for creating and
maintaining sound poultry health
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out
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respiratory diseases of poultry
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another section is devoted to
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