Garden Spot Represented At Agway Annual Meeting Nearly 4,500 farm members from a dozen Northeastern states attended the annual Agway Inc. meeting held last week at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, N. Y. The opening session began with a colorful ceremony of trooping of state flags. The Garden Spot area was well represented at the annual meeting. Those attending from the local area included: Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Hess, Hershey; Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Burkins, Lancaster RIM; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Groff, Kinzer RDI; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Stoltzfus, Ronks RDI; Mr. and umm Isn’t it time you took another look at around-the-barn # x Twice each day, there’s that long string fjjtl ClltlC S of cows waiting to be milked. And even MT Mr * if you have help, there’s a lot of time and labor involved in getting the milk into the storage tank, An Agway around-the-barn system reduces that labor, saves some of that time, and makes that twice-a-day chore much easier. Just plug into the pipeline at each stanchion and that’s it. Your milk is pumped into the bulk tank automatically. It gets there faster—and cools down fast to hold all its quality. PHONE 717-397-4761 Mrs. John Sangrey, Conestoga RD2; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Groff, Leola; Mr. and Mrs. Amos H. Rutt, Quarryville RD2. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Zook Jr, Honey Brook RD2; Mr. and Mrs. JohnE. Campbell, New Holland; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Hess, Mount Joy RDI; Mr. and Mrs. M. Clair Delong, Quarryville RDI; Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wagner, Quarryville RD2; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wenger, Quarryville RDI. Mr. and Mrs. James Kreider, Quarryville RDI; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel U. Beiler, Gap RDI; Mr. and Mrs. John J. Landis, Lan caster; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Three ways to improve a milking system A No expensive rebuilding or remodeling. Agway has designed and installed hundreds of around-the-bam systems to fit most every barn situation. Invite an Agway farm systems specialist to take a look at how an around-the-bam pipelme system could fit into your setup. He’ll show you what can be done, how it can be done, what it could mean to you and your family. Cut milking time with the gende Sta-Rite Full View Milkers. You can see the flow, watch each quarter milk out, reduce the danger of overmilking and its profit-robbing effects on herd health. Replace an erratic or noisy vacuum pump with a Sta-Rite Full-Vac unit. It assures stable milking vacuum for fast, complete, gende milking that’s easy on udders. And these units are really quiett Install a Sta-Rite 900 A Series Milkhouse Panel. It comes ready to connect to your pipeline and vacuum supply. Handles up to eight milkers. Switches instantly from “milk” to “wash” for fast, thorough pipeline cleaning. SUPPLY CENTER HOURS: MON.-FRI. 8:00 AM-5.00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. - 12 NOON 1027 DILLERVILLE ROAD, UNCASTER, PA. Kreider, Hershey; Mr. and Mrs. James Newcomer, Mount Joy RDI; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hess, Marietta RDI; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koser, Manheim RDI. Donald P. Trimble, Peach Bottom RD2; Carl Brown, Lancaster Production Credit Association; Milton Brubaker, Lititz RD; Victor J. Denlinger, Quarryville; Donald Robinson, Lancaster; Walter A. Carpenter, Lititz RD2; Ms. Catherine Bard, Leacock; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harnish, Quarryville; Mr. and Mrs. A. Rymond Wallace, Morgantown RDI, and Elvin McMichael, bus driver. Agway’s sales last year were Oh Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27,1973—7 $667 million, an increase of $127 million over the previous fiscal year, Ronald N. Goddard, executive vice president and general manager told the Agway members. Volume increases were registered by almost every operating division with feed sales accounting for about half the gain. Goddard told the press Agway, untd very recently, was confident of being able to supply its members and householders who were customers last year, with heating oil and other petroleum products. However the new war in the Middle East ’’means we’re not sure of supplies,” Goddard said. Although supplies of fertilizer Snd feed are tight, Goddard said Agway would be able to supply its members. “Our challenge is to help keep farmers in business,” he said. Goddard also revealed that he had sent a telegram previous to the opening session of the annual meeting to the President asking Review, Update Homeowner's Insurance Periodically Is your home adequately in sured? Chances are it is not. A survey by American Mutual Insurance Alliance reveals that over half of all single family homeowners don’t carry enough insurance to protect their property fully. Inflation is a common cause for inadequate coverage, according to Extension home management specialists at The Pennsylvania State University. A house fully insured ten years ago may now be isured for only half its value unless the amount of insurance has been increased. The value of your home also may have Increased if you’ve made home improvements, remind the Extension specialists. When you add a room, remodel or P. L ROHRER & BRO., INC. Smoketown, Pa. an end to Phase 4 economic controls which he charged with aggravating the problems of shortages and inflation. While Goddard foresaw in flation and shortages creating problems in the year ahead, he predicted “a pretty good year for Agway.” Grain prices, he forecast, would be “more than two years ago but less than they have been in the past eight to 10 months.” Goddard told the company’s stockholders that although higher food prices may appear to be inflationary, improved prices to farmers are a long overdue adjustment. A colorful highlight of the Agway meeting was the Farm Show, featuring Agway products and animals from its research center plus all the giveaways and holiday atmosphere of a state fair. An address by Dr. Earl Butz, U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, was featured during the final morning session. even panel an existing room, it’s wise to increase your insurance policy. Then too, replacement costs have increased with changes in supply and rising labor costs. In any case, the Extension specialists recommend that insurance coverage equal the market value of your home minus the value of the lot and the foundation. To get payment in full for losses, have coverage of no less than 80 percent of replacement cost. Many insurance companies offer homeowner’s policies with a built-in inflation guard provision that increases coverage at regular intervals. If your policy doesn’t contain this provision, you may want to consider it. 397-3539
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