92—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 25,1975
Wilson Company
Closes Three Plants
Wilson & Co., Inc., one of
the nation’s largest meat
packing and processing
companies and the nation’s
largest slaughterer and
processor of pork, an
nounced recently it was
closing three of its pork
packing plants indefinitely
because of adverse economic
conditions.
Henry S. Amalong,
President and Chief
Operating Officer, said that
the relationship between the
selling price of its fresh pork
products and the price the
company had to pay for
livestock did not permit it to
recover out of pocket ex
penses.
The three plants affected
were Wilson units in Des
Moines, Iowa; Marshall,
Missouri; and Monmouth,
Illinois. Approximately 850
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C° EVERY WEDNESDAY IS %
mm DAIRY
SSL DAY
AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, MC.
New Holland, Pa.
If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from
100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price.
Mostly fresh and close springing Holstems.
Cows from local farmers and our regular
shippers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite,
Gordon Fritz, Blame Hotter, Dale Hostetter, Bill
Lang, H. D. Matz, and Jerry Miller.
SALE STARTS 12:30 SHARP
Also Every Wednesday, Hay, Straw &
Ear Corn Sale 12:00 Noon.
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employees will be laid off:
some 300 at Marshall; 300 at
Monmouth and 250 at Des
Moines.
Amalong said that
slaughter operations would
be halted with the plants’
cutting and shipping
operations having been
concluded Tuesday,
December 31.
He noted that operations at
the three plants had been
halted despite the fact that
the company paid holiday
pay and a guarantee
payment for the week to all
affected employees.
Amalong said that a
substantial drop in pork
demand was largely
responsible for the plant
closings.
The Wilson president said
that a decision regarding
additional layoffs, closings
and-or resumption of
operations would depend on
economic conditions within
the industry.
Wilson has been reducing
pork operations at all plants
since early December but
the reductions were in
creased sharply after
December 20, with a
significant number of layoffs
at all pork units.
Wilson & Co., Inc., is a full
line producer of fresh and
processed pork, beef, lamb
and poultry. The Company
employes 16,000 persons and
has operations throughout
the United States as well as
England and New Zealand.
Sales last year were in ex
cess of $2 billion. Wilson is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of
The LTV Corporation,
Dallas.
Area DHIR
Records Set
The following DHIR
records for 305-day lac
tations have been officially
recognized by the Holstein-
Friesian Association of
America. The five cows are
in the herd of Harold G. and
Donald L. Bollinger, Willow
Maple Farm, Newmanstown
Rl.
Willow-Maple Performer
Lily, 3 yrs., 11 mos., 24,010
milk, 908 fat, 3.8 pet.;
Willow-Maple Model Anna, 5
yrs., 11 mos., 21,180 milk, 877
fat, 4.1 pet.; Jon-Betz Topper
Alesia, 6 yrs., 5 mos., 20,370
milk, 770 fat. 3.8 pet.;
Willow-Maple Performer
Annie, 3 yrs., 11 mos., 20,590
milk, 710 fat, 3.4 pet. and
Willow-Maple Bonus Cathy,
2 yrs., 17,820 milk, 601 fat, 3.4
pet.
Pesticides Conference Slated
Ways in which to got the Penn Stete College of
moat out of available soil Agriculture faculty mem
nutrienta will be dlacuaaed bera on this program will be
by a number of expert! at the Dr. Wayne Hlniah and Dr.
annual Lime, Fertilizer, and Nathan Bar twig,
Peaticidea Conference agronomlata; Profeaaor
acheduled for January 29-31 Stanley Geaell, en
at The Pennaylvania State tomologiat; and Dr.
Univeraity. Raymond Krauae, plant
"Sessions will be held in pathologiat. Other
the Univeralty’a J. 0. Keller speciallata presenting talks
Building starring at Ip.m. on are Dr. Gordon Burt,
January 29,” said Dr. C. ■ r-—'
Marshall Ritter, Penn State
professor of pomology and
conference chairman.
He added that farmers,
agricultural industry per
sonnel, and educators are
invited to attend.
The afternoon session on
January 29 will center on
new rules in lime and fer
tilizer manufacturing,
handling, and use; tran
sportation outlook for plant
food materials; and remarks
by Dr. James M. Beattie,
dean of the Penn State
College of Agriculture.
Another highlight of the
conference will be a
discussion on the regional
fertilizer situation. This
session, to be held January
30, will have as speakers
William Angstadt, of
Lebanon-Reading Bone and
Fertilizer Co.; William
Brubaker, of Lancaster
Organic Plant Food Co.;
George Castle, of Central
Chemical Co.; and James
Webb, Jr., of Webbs Super
Gro Co.
The January 31 program
will be devoted to the
availability of pesticides,
computerized disease
forecasting, weed control
practices, and new soil
testing procedures.
ATTENTION DAIRYMEN
CUSTOM FREE STALLS
MADE TO ORDER
FEATURING:
- Free stalls any length made to order.
- 2Vz in. O.D. High Carbon Steel Tubing, rust resistant.
- Designed to give cows greater comfort and save labor and bedding costs.
- Designed to bolt to wood or walls or can "set up independent, where wood
or walls are not available.
- Stalls provided with bedding boards brackets.
Check on our steel pipe gates* and steel feedlot fencing and barnyard
fencing.
YOU WILL FIND MERV & MARLIN MARTIN WORKING FOR YOU
MUTIN'S MANUFACTURING CO.
DISTRIBUTOR OF CENTRAL TRACTOR PARTS CO.
R.D.3 Myerstown Phone (717) 933-4151
TAKE RT. 645 - 3 MILES NORTH OF MYERSTOWN
FOLLOW DIRECTIONAL SIGNS
For Small or Large
agronomist, University of
Maryland; and Stanley
Pruss, of Ciba-Gelgy Cor
poration.
The annual business
meeting of the Pennsylvania
Plant Food Educational
Society will be held January
29 with Dr. James Starling,
head of the Penn State
Department of Agronomy,
presiding.
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