Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, July 14, 1973, Image 12

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    12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14, 1973
Pennsylvania Second
Ice Cream Production
Frozen dessert manufacturers
m Pennsylvania produced 73.9
million gallons of ice cream in
1972, 1 percent less than in 1971.,
according to the Pennsylvania
crop reporting service. The total
includes 71.7 million gallons of
hard frozen ice cream, a
decrease of 1 percent from 1971.
The remaining amount of 2.2
million gallons is soft frozen
products.
Ice milk production in 1972 was
17.7 million gallons, an increase
of 4 percent over 1971. Milk
sherbet production in 1972 was 3.4
million gallons with an increase
of 15 percent over the 1971
production. Production of other
frozen products was 0.6 million
gallons in 1972 an increase of 31
percent over 1971.
Production of creamery butter
in Pennsylvania was 23.9 million
pounds in 1972, down 1 percent
from 1971 Creamed cottage
production in 1972 was 47.4
million pounds, an increase of 6
percent over 1971. Low fat cot
tage cheese production in 1972
was 9.6 million pounds, up 27
percent from 1971. The total
amount of cheese made in
Pennsylvania in 1972, excluding
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cottage, was 34.8 million pounds,
up 16 percent over the preceding
year. Italian cheese production
for 1972 was 10.8 million pounds,
down 3 percent from last year.
Production in Pennsylvania of
dried, condensed and evaporated
milk in 1972 and the changes from
1971 production were: Condensed
whole milk, bulk, unsweetened
52.7 million pounds, up 37 per
cent. Condensed skim milk, bulk,
unsweetened 71.8 million pounds,
down 7 percent. Evaporated and
condensed whole milk, case
goods, 90.4 million pounds, down
9 percent Non-fat dry milk for
human food 29.8 million pounds,
down 7 percent.
During 1972 a total of 2,362
million pounds of milk (on a
whole equivalent basis) was used
in dairy products manufactured
in Pennsylvania. Nearly 49
percent was used for manufac
turing ice cream and other frozen
products, while 22 percent was
made into creamery butter.
Cheeses other than American
used 10 percent, while
evaporated, condensed and dried
milk was manufactured with
most of the remaining per
centage.
Fulton Grange
Fulton Grange No. 66 held their
regular meeting July 9 at Oakryn
with the Master, Richard
Holloway, conducting the
business session. They went on
record opposing the construction
of the Fulton Generating Station.
Richard Holloway was selected
as “Granger Of The Year” from
Fulton Grange and will compete
in the Pa. State Grange contest.
Clifford Hoooloway Jr. will
attend a meeting of the
agriculture and the legislative
committees of the Pa. State
Grange and others at their
headquarters building in
Harrisburg July 18 concerning
HB. 1056. The Charter was
in
Plans Picnic
draped in memory of Paul H,
Uibel.
Mrs. J. Stanley Stauffer Jr.,
Lecturer, was in charge of the
program. Miss Edith Ambler
correctly guessed the contents of
the centennial guessing box, 100
band-aids, and received the box.
Mrs. David Knight gave a report
of the Pa. State Grange
Leadership School held at Get
tysburg College June 26, 27 and
28. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mc-
Sparran gave a travelogue ac
companied by colored slides of
their recent trip to California and
the Hawaiian Islands.
The annual picnic will be held
sa
July 23,7 p.m. at the Grange Hall
with Mrs. Richard Hanks, Mrs.
Rebecca Quinn and Miss Peggy
Galbreath in charge. Rolls,
butter and beverage will be
provided. Members and friends
should bring a meat dish, another
dish and their own place settings.
A special program will be
presented at 8:15 p.m.
Is the small farmer important?
Sperry New Holland, the world’s
largest manufacturer of
specialized farm equipment
thinks so and has introduced this
country’s first tractor-mounted
forage harvester, for the farmer
who has less than 40 acres of corn
for silage.