—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 23, 1973
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Two Named In Agri-Loan Positions
Rodney E. Miller, president of
(he Lancaster Region, Com
monwealth National Bank, has
announced the election of David
L Hess to the position of Agn-
Loan Officer A graduate of
Donegal High School and Penn
State University, Hess joined the
Agn-Loan Department of the
Red Rose Beef
Club Has Meeting
The Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef
and Lamb Club held its monthly
meeting last Wednesday at the
Manheim Memorial Park
The business meeting was held
after the members played
baseball and volleyball.
President Ed Hess called the
meeting to order Nancy Herr
gave the minutes, followed by
several members giving reports
on their steers.
The next meeting will be an Ice
Cream party held at the Salunga
Park on July 11. A State
Policeman will be the speaker.
The Queen Contest will also be on
the program that night.
News Reporter
Nancy Wenger
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Stauffer SE " V,CE
Bank in 1970. He has attended the
Pennsylvania Bankers School at
Bucknell University and the
Bankers School of Agriculture at
Cornell University. Mr. and Mrs.
Hess reside at Mount Joy RDI.
Robert P. Bucher, manager of
the Agn-Loan Department, also
announced that John W. Risser
has joined the Agri-Loan staff as
Agricultural Representative. A
native of Lebanon County, Risser
was graduated from Annville-
Cleona High School in Annville,
and Kansas State University with
a degree in Agricultural
Economics Previously, he had
been employed by the Union
Pacific Railroad in Kansas.
MerriMaids Meet
The 4-H Merrimaids met
Monday, June 18, at the Martin
Meylin Junior High School.
A demonstration, entitled
“Picture Plates”, was given by
Barbara Cramer and Joanne
Axe.
A point system was suggested
for a means of giving awards to
deserving members at the end of
the summer. The members
discussed the system, then
worked on their projects.
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Base milk price $7 52
Excess price $5 57
Butterfat differential? 070
Producers shipping to plants
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Butter differential is .07 per
cent above or below 3.5.
The May uniform price for base
milk increased 8 cents from the
previous month. Excess milk
showed no change.
In comparison to May levels
one year ago base milk was up 85
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The weighted average price for
the market was $7.22, an increase
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A total of 413 million pounds of
producer milk was pooled in May
of which 61.31 percent was sold as
Class I, showing a decrease of
0.13 percent of deliveries made in
April, and 2.4 percent increase
over May a year ago 8095 Order
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