Guernsey Breeders Hold Annual Mee \ Fifty persons from Lebanon, Berks, Schuylkill and Dauphin Counties at tended the annual Tri County Guernsey meeting at Grace Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg recently. An address by Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jane Alexander highlighted the day’s proceedings. Her remarks were directed toward the importance of sales promotion of agricultural products by farmer owned groups and individuals. Mrs. Alexander congratulated the Guernsey Organization for a good job in promoting an excellent product as Golden Guernsey milk, by the use of well designed place-mats and drinking glasses with the Golden Guernsey emblem. She warned, however, “Too often we are only talking to ourselves - we need to get the message to our consumers that we have a superior product for sale . . ROBERT GUTSHALL (717) 933-4516 Lancaster Pipe & distributors Acorn unloaders bunk feeders tube feeders generators chute hoppers Self Unloading Silage Acorn Model 2414), 24" impeller Cattle and hog feeders Model 2012,19” impeller Automatic roller mills Model 3013,27” impeller Members of the Tri-County Guernsey Breeders Association elected to office for the coming year are from (left): Carl Hollenbach, secretary: Lloyd Dreibelbis, treasurer: Jane Alexander, Deputy Citing an example set by Pennsylvania apple growers in using cleverly written spot advertisements for radio and television, she explained the importance of competing Sec. of Agriculture and Speaker at the annual meeting; Robert Smith, president and Warren Bucher, vice president The officers were elected at the breeders annual meeting held recently in Stouchsburg. with manufactured food products for the consumer’s dollar. “Consumers need to know how good and wholesome food fresh from the farm is.” She stressed the need for an ongoing promotion program to keep consumers aware of the superior value of farm fresh foods produced in Penn sylvania. New Negley-Miller Silos silo blowers conveyors barn cleaners calf stalls free stalls cow mats barn fans Ritchie water fountains Lancaster Firmlm MRI Cattlemen Organize Association The first annual meeting of the American MRI Mcusc- Rhlne-IJsscl Cattle Association was held during the National Western in Denver recently. More than ISO cattlemen gathered for the organizational meeting and heard the guest speaker Dr. Governor Shapp’s anti inflation garden program also got a boost from Mrs. Alexander. She said that everyone should at least try to grow a vegetable garden. “The early radishes, onions and lettuce will give them a taste for good fresh vegetables that will make them flock to the com mercial growers for more, after their own garden gets the best of them.” She in dicated that these home gardens would enhance fresh sales by commercial growers instead of com peting with them. In their business session the Guernsey Breeders elected officers for the coming year. President-elect is Robert Smith, Annville; Vice President is Warren Bucher, Myerstown; Secretary is Carl Hollen bach, Bernville; and Treasurer is Lloyd Dreibelbis, Shoemaker sville. Guernsey Project 4-H Achievement Awards were presented to Thomas, David and Dale Smith, Annville; Bertina Olleig, Hum melstown; Douglas Solady, Jeffrey Smith, Dean Heisey, Jacob Leiby and Marlin Dietrick. Saturday. Feb. 1.1975 Wicbc Deßoer from Voor burg Holland. Dr. Deßoer is Chief Inspector for the Netherlands Herdbook Cattle Association, one of the six inspectors. Deßoer discussed the future of the MRI cattle in America. He stated the MRI cattle are dual purpose cattle combining high milk and beef production with good feed conversion. The concentration of MRI cattle are in the Netherlands but during the last years the breed has expanded into several foreign countries. Following Dr. Deßoer’s presentation the convention members elected the new board members. Elected to the board were: Kenneth Sutton Pierre South Dakota President; Fred Hartman Woodriver Nebraska Vice President; Verl Cutler Claremont South Dakota Secretary-Treasurer; Dr. Russell Schelkopf Sycamore Illinois; Russell Bieri Jamestown North Dakota; Bill Seward Yuma Colorado; Stan Pozorski Rapid City South Dakota; Dr. G. B. Marion Manhattan Kansas and Larry Valeo Cody Wyoming. The meeting was highlighted by what is believed to be the first sale of MRI semen in North America. Proceeds of the semen sale were donated to the Association. 19
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