Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, May 15, 1976, Image 19

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a as it used to be, the
club is still active and meets
monthly often attracting
speakers such as Dr. Pasto.
Interested in their
surroundings and anything
which may affect their way
of life, members of the Club
regularly meet to discuss the
latest technologies and
problems and to just keep in
touch with friends and neigh
bors. Meeting places are
usually the homes of the
members themselves. While
gathered at a particular
farm, an “inspection
committee” is appointed to
tour the buildings and ad
jacent property and later
report on it.
Farmer
Mrs. Richard P Maule,
former secretary of the Club,
noted that at one time the
inspection committee even
paraded through the host’s
house from cellar to attic.
But that wasn’t appreciated
at times and the practice has
since been done away with
Barns and property,
however, are still evaluated.
The findings, such as new
devices or buildings, and
particularly good animals or
plants, are then recorded in
the mmutes for that meeting.
In this way the Octoraro
Farmers Club has been able
to keep track of agricultural
and related developments
for the past 120 years.
An interesting observation
NEW and IMPROVED
Red Rose
SWINE FEEDS
- CROWD
(Thanks To Carnation Research)
A BABY PIG FORMULA BOOSTER
Pit Glo and Sweet Pak now contain CROWD, a new swine formula booster developed by
Carnation Research specifically for pig starting feeds
FROM THIS CROWD TO
THIS CROWD
- Quickly
THANKS TO CROWD
-Efficiently
-Economically
The New Flavor Enhancer. Appetite Stimulant - Growth and Nutrition Improver. Improves Feed Efficiency.
YOUR NEAREST RED ROSE DEALER WILL WELCOME YOUR CALL
HEISTAND BROTHERS
Elizabethtown
ALBRIGHTSMILL LEROY M.SENSENIG
D.B.A. R.G. WESSNER & SONS Mohlers Church Road
Kempton, PA Ephrata.PA
DAVID B. HURST
Bowmansville
BROWN & REA
Atglen
HAKE’S FARM & SEED SERVICE
Red Lion, PA
UMBERGER’S. INC. K STi& SONS
Richland wnmer
JE-MAR FARM SUPPLY, INC,
Lawn, PA
ERLANDA FARM
MACHINE SHOP
v DILLSBURG GRAIN & Silver Spring Road
WALKER COMPANY MILLING CO. Lancaster
Gap Dillsburg.PA
SNYDER FEED
AND GRAIN
MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE
Brodbecks, PA
JOHN M. HERR
& SONS, INC.
Grantville & Jonestown
HEISEYFARM
SERVICE, INC.
Mount Joy
Columbia, RD2
DAVE KLINGERMAN’S MILL
Bloomsburg, PA
C.& WILLIS & SON
sth & Reading Railroad
Lemoyne, PA
RICHARD B. STEIN I. K. LEFEVER
District Manager District Manager
Mountville, PA (717) 285-5650 Denver, PA (215) 267-7042
JOHN W & SONS
A Division of (arnation Company
Swine Feeds
*m*4&jiiU**i** i
CROWD YOUR PIGS TOWARD MARKET WITH FASTER MORE EFFICIENT GAINS.
L.T.GEIB ESI.
Manheim, RD2
RED ROSE FEED
& FARM SUPPLY
Quarryville & Buck
EARL R. WEAVER
Honey Brook
Red Rose
SWATARACREEK MILLS, INC,
Rl, Myerstown
was made by members 70
years ago when the Club
celebrated its 50th an
niversary. Graham, an
enthusiastic member, gave
the account. The subject was
automobiles. The self
propelled, smoke belching
carriage was beginning to be
popular and scaring cattle
and citizens alike. There
were no driving regulations
of any kind, and something
had to be done. The minutes
for the 1906 anniversary
meeting state: “Is there
anything we can do to
protect ourselves from the
automobiles’” A resolution
was made that the motbr
cars should have to stop until
horses got past them!
Graham explains that
when the Club was founded
in March of 1856, there was
no Department of
Agriculture nor Extension
SerVice. “The Club was
formed to compensate for
that; to establish com
munications,” he explained.
A preliminary statement
in a historical manuscript
about the organization said
that fanners just lived in
those days and wished for
better methods to do things,
a better way of life ... a
general improvement of
anything. The tune to stop
wishing and do something
came 120 years ago when
Joshua Wood of Christiana
came up with the idea of
forming a farmers’ club.
Eleven men, most of them
Quakers, formed the nucleus
of the organization that has
ever since then strived to
learn, share, communicate,
and socialize.
The Club became more
social after more extensive
organizations such as the
Extension Service came into
being, Graham said.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 15.1976
Milk production up
HARRISBURG - Milk
production-m Pennsylvania
during April totaled 635
million pounds, up two per
cent from a year earlier
although meetings still entail
much more than just
friendly conversations over
a cup of coffee or tea. His
wife agreed heartily,
stressing the fact that the
group still spends most of its
time discussing major
issues. “It’s a marvelous
club,” she exclaimed.
Present officers are: Tom
Halladay, president; John
Hoffman, vice president;
Francis Fredd, secretary;
and G. Walter Jackson,
treasurer.
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according to the Crop
Reporting Service.
The number of milk cows
in the Commonwealth during
April was 709,000 head, up
4,000 from a year earlier.
Milk production per cow
averaged 895 pounds in
April, up ten pounds from
last year.
United States milk
production during April
totaled 10,450 million pounds,
up three per cent from a year
earlier. U.S. milk production
per cow averaged 944
pounds, 39 pounds above a
year ago and 42 pounds
above April 1974. Milk cows
on farms totaled 11,072,000
head, down one per cent
from a year ago.
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