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District 3 Milk Producers
Present Awards at
The annual noon dinner
meeting of District 3 In
terstate Milk Producers’
Cooperative was held
January 24 at the Memorial
United Methodist Church,
Quarryvllle with 260 people
in attendance.
Members had the op
portunity to meet their hew
president Lester C. Jones,
Burlington Co., N.J. Jones
has served on the Board of
Directors for eleven years
and was elected president in
June 1973. He is also
president of Pennmarva
Federation. He, like the
other board members of this
fanner owned co-op, has a
fine dairy herd. Coming
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Jones has a herd of 300
Holsteins and farms 600
acres to support his herd.
Jones reminded the
members they were paid
$10.33 for Class I milk in
December 1973 and will be
receiving $10.48 for January
and $10.78 for February.
Class H price -went down
with imports as it is tied to a
milkpowder formula. Most
co-ops operate milk powder
plants to handle milk over
long holiday weekends and
surpluses. They have hopes
Class II price is going to go
up. Right now 35 percent of
the milk is going as Class H.
Interstate members are
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paying 5 percent a cwt. for
advertising which amount to
12,200,000. annually. Up to
October they had an increase
in Class I milk sales, then the
price of milk went up and
sales dropped.
Some of Interstate’s
problems now are getting
fuel for tankers to go over
their routes and enough fuel
to dry powder. They are
going to have to remodel the
hauling system. Citing the
present overlapping of
routes, Jones said “You may
have a new driver. There
will be a little change but I
believe you will get use to
it.”
Speaking about Penn
marva Federation and the
advantages of a single co-op
he said “efficiency would be
so much greater in fieldmen,
hauling and bargaining. By
consolidation we can up
utilization. The co-ops have
to work together. We’re
going to have to exercise our
bargaining power to get a
price for our milk.”
Jason Weaver, president
of District 3 was master of
ceremonies and Thomas
Galbreath, who has served
nine years as secretary
treasurer, handled reser
vations. Invocation was
given by vice president, P.
Robert Wenger. Robert
Wagner, District three’s
young cooperator, reported
and Donald Trimble,
delegate to Inter-State’s
annual meeting, reported.
Dr. William Fredd in
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Jason Weaver, left, president of In- for the annual noon dinner meeting of
terstate District 3 and Lester C. District 3 Interstate Milk Producer's
Jones, president of Interstate Milk Co-op.
Producers Cooperative, were present
boys who have had out
standing projects: Tom
McCullen, Joe Overly, Jim
Kreider, Jeff Rutt and
Gordon Herr.
Jason Weaver presented
awards for 4-H Dairy
projects to Donna and Gary
Akers, Debbie Crider,
Douglas Hershberger,
Barbara Aaron and Mary
Kirk.
Glenn Hough, who
provided dinner music on the
organ and piano, presented a
patriotic medley on the
program.
Fieldman Don Breiner
gave brief remarks, men
tioning particularly the new
Interstate farm signs
available to members. He
introduced the other field
men Richard Weaver,
James Barnett and Dr.
Herbert Wohnsiedler.
Allen Bair, representing
the Lancaster Co. Extension
Service, spoke briefly
challenging the members to
analyze their farm records
at the end of the year. He
introduced milk testers Joe
Lindecamp and Robert
Brinton.
Robert B, McSparran,
representing District 3 on
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Interstate board of directors
for 9 years, presented 25
year plaques, certificates
and pins to Richard B.
Lefever and Samuel Glick in
behalf of his father Aaron
Glick. Others so honored but
not present were Robert
Housekeeper and Robert
Smith.
McSparran remarked
“We’ve heard complaints
about imports both in
quantity and quality such as
dirt, bacteria, mislabeling,
additives, etc. Imports do
affect our price. MUk co-ops
have been the best
bargaining agency we have.
If there are several co-ops,
we must have a central train
of thought. The young
cooperator has been a very
important part of our co-op,
a very good channel of in
formation.”
Southern Lancaster Local
and Quarryville Local
comprise District 3. Officers
of Southern Lancaster Local
are Robert L. Kauffman Jr.,
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Stockmen’s School
Thomas D. Conrad of Beechdale Sunmemal Farms, Bird-
In-Hand, has just returned from attending the annual Stock
men’s School, sponsored by Agriservices Foundation, a
nonprofit foundation serving agriculture. The Stockmen’s
School was held in San Antonio, Texas.
This year, the enrollees came from 37 states, and from
Mexico, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.
Dr. Conrad had the following comment to make relative to
the School: “I recommend this advanced course in Animal
Science and Cattle Management for both the dairy and beef
man and to anyone sincerely interested in improving their
management techniques and their cattle.”
Dr. Conrad announced that next year’s School will be held
January 6-9, 1975 in San Antonio.
For next year’s program, as well as for copies of this year’s
Handbooks (three of which were printed; one for each beef
cattle, dairy cattle, and horses), farmers and ranchers
should write to the following address: Dr. M. E. Ensminger,
President, Agriservices Foundation, 3699 East Sierra
Avenue, Clovis, California 93612.
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president; Kenneth M. Rutt,
vice president; and David S.
Huber, secretary-treasurer.
Officers of Quarryville
Local are Robert E. Wagner,
president; James A. Hess,
vice president; and Robert
H. Kreider secretary
treasurer.
Delegates from Southern
Lancaster Local attending
the annual meeting were J.
Neal Johnson, Robert L.
Kauffman, James G.
Kreider, Donald B. Trimble
and Thomas S. Bradley.
Delegates from
Quarryville Local were: P.
Robert Wenger, James A.
Hess, Robert E. Wagner,
Richard P. Maule, Willis B.
Krantz, Clair E. Kreider, A.
Dale Herr and Jason L.
Weaver.
Concludingttie program 30
two quart Interstate pit
chers, three inflated cow
balloons and a pail of dairy
supplies were awarded as
door prizes.
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