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—Mjjcaster Farming, Saturday, January 7,1978
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By LAUREL SCHAEFFER
Staff correspondent
HAMBURG - Berks
County will again be
represented with quality at
this year’s State Farm Show.
Proof of this is seen by 1
visiting with a prospective
exhibitor such as Dennis It
Dietrich, for example.
Dennis is anxiously "Iffi
waiting for the time to arrive .
when he can show his
crossbred steer. It has
brought him several first '
places in shows throughout
the county this past Sum- j
mer. When asked how he <
expects to do with his steer
on the state level, Dennis
was apprehensive. “This has
been a good steer for county
competition, he said, “but,
I’m not sure about the TM
state.” M
Showing is not the only
reason this young man wants ~|||
to go to Harrisburg,
however. He is looking
forward to seeing the other
steers to be exhibited there,
the new farm machinery,
and most importantly,
people.
This year, because of his
full time job with A.F.
Moyers of Bemville, Dennis
won’t be able to spend the
full week in Harrisburg like
he did last year. A year ago
he showed a steer at the
Farm Show which placed
seventh out of a class of 15.
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RICHMOND, Va. - A.H.
Robins Company, Rich
mond-based pharmaceutical
manufacturer, has com
pleted its acquisition of
Babcock Industries, Inc., of
Ithaca, N.Y.
Under a merger
agreement approved by
Babcock stockholders at a
special meeting December
29, Robins purchased all of
Babcock’s 685,437 out
standing shares of common
stock for $6 per share.
Babcock, founded in 1936,
is a major breeding
organization for egg
producing poultry breeding
stock. It also is licensed by
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture to produce and
Berks 4-H’er and steer ready for Farm Show
Babcock Industries purchased
Dennis Dietrich believes good exercise is very important in preparing a steer
for competition.
Showing steers is natural
to his active 4-H member,
who has been doing it for the
past eight years. “I like the
size of the animals, and they
are easy to care for,” Dennis
explained. He also said he
enjoys showing his livestock
standing up, instead of
kneeling down with sheep or
chasing after hogs. Last
year he spent a week caring
distribute poultry biologies,
and is engaged in the
selective breeding of swine.
The company had sales of
more than $ll million in
fiscal 1977, which ended
September 30. It has ap
proximately 250 employees.
Commenting on the
acquisition, A.H. Robins
president William L. Zim
mer in said, “We view
Babcock as an opportunity
for diversification, and
expect Babcock to provide a
framework for expanding
our activities in the animal
health field.”
Zimmer indicated that
Babcock will maintain its
headquarters in Ithaca,
where it will operate as a
for Berks County 4-H steers
in Harrisburg.
But the main reason steers
probably seem easy to show
for this exhibitor is because
of the time and patience he
puts into getting them ready.
Exercise was one of the
important points Dennis
stressed when he prepares
his steers for a show. He
Robins subsidiary. He added
that no changes in the firm’s
management personnel are
anticipated.
Between 1969 and 1970,
according to the Census
Bureau, nearly 2,000,000
people left the Northeast.
However, since 1.3 million
people migrated to the
region, the Northeast
showed a net migration loss
of 700,000 for the period.
Nearly 2.4 million people left
the region in the next five
years, and slightly more
than 1,000,000 moved there
during 1970-75. Thus, the
region recorded a net
migration loss of more than
1.3 million in the first five
years of the decade.
runs them up and down his
driveway.
Dennis has done much
more with 4-H then show
livestock. He has been
president of the County Baby
Beef Club and recently
resigned from his position as
president of County Council
because of his work
schedule. He participates
every year in livestock
judging at Penn State, and
has attended Leadership
Congress for a week. Two
years ago Dennis placed
tenth in the state livestock
judging.
When asked what his
hobbies were, Dennis in
dicated his family’s farm.
When he is not busy with his
other duties, Dennis helps
with the work on the home
farm, which consists of
about 100 acres and 40 head
of cattle which the Dietrich’s
raise.
Looking to the future,
Dennis feels he would like to
continue with a full time job
off the farm but he would
like to farm on the side as he
and his family does now. He
is
again next year, already preparation for next Sum
acquiring a steer in mer.
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