—Lsncuttr F 18 Milk haulers - the link belwee: They’re on the go no matter what, facing big resi What was it they used to say about the US. Mail? I believe it was something about neither hail, snow, rain, heD, or high water stopping service. Well, the Post Office has pretty much abandoned that motto. If the catchy, complimentary phrase holds true about anyone’s service these days, then the nation’s milk haulers are undoubtedly on this select list. They work on Sundays and holidays. Their trucks roll, skid, and slide on ice-covered roads during the winter. Trailers and tractors bog down in muddy farm lanes during a summer down pour. Drivers wait in drab snack rooms for their tankers to be unloaded while their wives and children celebrate Christmas without them. A blizzard howling fiercely may keep everyone else home, hot milk truck drivers must brave the dangers and coax their rigs up and down treacherous hills and around sharp tuns. While most dairymen can milk in comfort on even the coldest day, the milk hauler wrestles with stiff milk hoses and icy snow chains. A wrong move on a slick surface and he ends up in a ditch or Jack-knifed across the highway. He leaves early in the morning, and if things go wrong won’t return until after dark. Sometimes, during very bad weather, he’s stranded SO miles away from home for over a day or two at a time. Nothing stops the milk truck except an actual physical block such as an impassable snow drift or a sea of mud two feet deep. Even during the 1974 truckers’ strike, the bulk milk haulers excluded themselves and faced brides, bullets, and rocks. The mail may not have to move. But the milk does. And a milk trade driver knows it. One of the men who faces all of the responsibilities and dangers of hauling milk is William R. Maule of Quanyvflle RD3.I accompanied him this past Labor Day on one of bis routes bom start to finish. Like many a dairyman, his day begins at 5:00 a.m. If bad roads are expected, be starts earlier. Maule works for Lloyd C. Welk, who has a fleet of milk trucks at his garage in Georgetown. Arriving there at 5:15 a.m.. Made raises the garage door, turns on the lights and taps each of the 18 tires on the truck with a hammer to make sure they’re inflated to satisfactory pressure. Climbing into the cab, the big diesel engine under the hood snaps to life as the ignition key is turned. The cab vibrates godly in accompaniment to the six cylinders beating out a low, steady rhythm. Maule touches a few Southeast 4-H dairy show had ALLENTOWN The 30th Annual Southeast District 4- H Dairy Show was held August 29 at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, Pennsylvania, with 189 animals exhibited by 137 4-H Club members from nine Southeastern Pennsylvania counties including Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Monroe, Mon' >mery. Sandy Evans, Chester Springs, and Jeffrey Staner, Berwyn, were among the 137 4-H Club members who competed in the S. E. Penna. 4-H Dairy Show, August 29 at the Allentown Fair Grounds. The two 6, 1975 By Dieter Krieg Northampton, and Schuylkill. Among the animals exhibited were 89 Holstein, 19 Brown Swiss, 14 Milking Shorthorn, 40 Jer seys, 11 Ayrshires, and 16 Guernseys. Judges for the show were Lloyd Ebersole of Sire Power, Inc., Tunkhannock, PA for Holsteins, and John Marchezak, Guernsey breeder, from Washington switches on the dash and the rig “sneezes” loudly several times as the air brakes are released. The rumble under the hood increases and you can feel the. strain as the 68,000 pound tractor and trailer inches forward. It’s slow going at first. He starts out in second and systematically shifts his way through a dozen other speed ranges. After four years of driving a tractor and trailer, Made says the gears fall into place themselves. His eyes never leave the road his hand knows exactly where each gear is and he shifts as though it’s an automatic reflex. A number of farmers don’t have their barn lights on yet as Maule pilots the rig, carrying 36,600 pounds of milk, along narrow country roads toward US Route 30. Blade smoke pours from the chrome-topped stack and pounding pistons crack the silence of morning. The smoke and noise intensify at every climb and nearly vanish on the down ward slope. The ride is somewhat bouncy. Our destination is the A&P milk receiving plant at Fort Washington, along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The freshness of early morning still hangs in the air when we arrive at 6:50 a.m. An orange-red sun shines through the morning douds and bounces its light off the shiny stainless steel tanker. Maule shifts into reverse and backs his rig into one of three unloading bays. The tractor sneezes several times. One part of the trip has been completed. The first procedures prior to unloading include washing the doors, vents, and milk outlets. Then the pump assembly and gaskets are removed everything is washed in a nearby tub. The receiver on duty at the plant takes a sample of milk from each of the tanker’s two compartments. Made walks into a small office and adds up all of his weight dips with an adding machine, com paring results with the tabulations which had made all along the route the previous day. It doesn’t take very long to unload the more than is tons of milk Made had on board. The dairy’s pump, with a capacity of 180 gallons per minute, can suck the trailer dry in less than half an hour. The milk passes through a meter and into one of several storage silos. There’s a tolerance of 100 pounds either way between what the meter says was on board and what a driver’s records show. Made points out that the tolerance level isn’t exactly the fairest since it applies to any truck, regardless of its size. On a percentage basis it follows then that small County for Ayrshires, Milking Shorthorn, Brown Swiss, Jerseys and Guern seys. During the course of the show, exhibitors who did an outstanding job of fitting and showing their animals were given Master Fitter or Master Showman awards. No champions were selected in these categories. Judges for these fitting and cows, both owned by Jeff, were named Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Guernseys of the show. Sandy exhibited a Holstein heifer, and was recently crowned as the Chester County Dairy Princess. showman awards were Duane Duncan, Cumberland County Extension Agent; Charles Gale, Columbia County Extension Agent; and Carol Schurman of Waynesboro, PA. Glenn Shirk, show manager and Chester County Extension Agent, estimated that 400 spectators were present during the day. Shirk also noted that the blue ribbon animals in each class are eligible to compete in the Pennsylvania Dairy Show which will be held Monday, September 22 at the Farm Show Building in Harrisburg. At this Junior Dairy Show the Southeast District winners will com pete against winners from six other district shows in the state. This event was sponsored by the Cooperative Ex tension Offices of the nine counties and the Cooperative Extension Service of The Pennsylvania State University. Following is a list of blue ribbon winners in the show, which this year was dedicated to Edward G. Leidig, former president and general manager of the Allentown Fairgrounds. Order of names does not necessarily correspond with order of actual placing. HOLSTEINS Junior Call Susan Seidel, Richland; Alan S. Mason, Nottingham; Susan Pepple, Oxford; Kenneth Fabian, Nazareth; Steven Shaw, Oley; Dana Geyer, Harleysville. Intermediate Call Keith Buch, Fleetwood; Kevin Sattazahn, Womelsdorf; David Schuler, Fleetwood; Wendy Shaw, Oley; Beverly Hershey, Cocfaranville. Tim Alderfer, Harleysville; Patty Seneko, Harleysville. Sailor Calf Christine Worthington, Doylestown; Susan Pepple, Oxford; Glenn Stoltzfuss, Morgantown; Brian Carl 'Dietrich, New Tripoli. Tim Alderfer, Harleysville. Junior Yearling Ruth Shuler, Fleetwood; Robin Dietrich, New Tripoli; Janice Buckman, Perkasie; Joseph Gehringer, Bally. Senior Yearling Kenneth Craig Wor thington, Doylestown; Susan Seidel, Richland; Lori Graver, Pipersville. Two Year Old Helen Seidel, Richland; Joanne Gail Belke, Newtown; Tina Acker, Chester Springs; W. Douglas Seipt, Easton. 3 and 4 Year Olds Scott Miller, Hamburg; Karen Sattazahn, Womelsdorf; Wendy Shaw, Oley; Warren Buckman HI, Perkasie; W. Douglas Seipt, Easton; Marilyn Seipt, Lansdale. Aged Cow Susan Seidel, Richland; Curtis Dietrich, New Tripoli; David Wurster, Ottsville; Eileen Kurtz, Pine Grove. The Champions Grand Champion and William Maule,a former dairyman, hasspent fi years hauling milk and says he enjoys I responsibilities. Most of all. he appreciates I opportunity to talk with farmers. Senior Champion was a four year old daughter of Ir vington Fury Dandy, owned and shown by Wendy Shaw of Oley. The animal was bred by Bryncoed Farms, Divisions of Ladens, Inc. Chester Springs. Reserve Grand and Reserve Senior Champ honors went to Una Acker’s two year old daughter of Paclamar Capsule. The animal was bred by her father, Samuel Acker, of Chester Springs. Hie Junior Champion was Curly-HOl Ivan Jiffy, bred, owned, and shown by Kenneth Craig Worthington of Doylestown. The two year old heifer is a daughter of Peters-Farm ABC Ivanhoe. Junior reserve champion honors went to Susan Seidel, Richland. She showed a senior yearling (two years old) daughter of Mas Swan Jupiter Champion. County Groups 1. Berks County, 2. Bucks County, 3. Northampton County; 4. Chester County, 5. Montgomery County, 6. Lehigh County. Master Fitters Eileen Kurtz, Pine Grove; Annette Gross, Plum steadville; Susan Seidel, Richland; Karen Sattazahn, Womelsdorf; Keith Hertzog, Topton; W. Douglas Seipt, Easton; Una Acker, Chester Springs; Donald Stoltzfus, Morgantown; Joanne Belke, Newtown; Helen Seidel, Richland; Curtis Dietrich, New Tripoli; Karen Fabian, Nazareth; Robin Dietrich, New Tripoli; B Fleetwood; Bru New Tripoli; L son, Jennyn; G fns, Morgantowi Worthington, ] Scott Pysher, Bi Yerkes, Pipers Bucb, Fleetw Fabian, Nazai Hoppes, Hambui Master She Daniel Cooke, Joanne Belke, Susan Pepple, ( Fabian, Nazan Shaw, Oley; f Fleetwood; Sc Hamburg; We Oley; Christine \ Doylestown; 1 Dietrich, Ne\ Eileen Kurtz, I Susan Seidel, Kenneth Craig \ Doylestown; Cui New Tripoli; David Keenei Helen Seidel, Beverly Guest, Tina Acker, Springs; W. Do Easton; Keitl Topton; Karen Womelsdorf; W. man HI, Perka; Gross, Plurr David Wurster Edwin Mast, El BROWNS Junior ( 1. Dennis Da Grove. Senior! 1. Dean Dau Grove; 2. Denn Junior Ye 1. Daryl Ui poshing; 2. An
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