Boyd, Yorlets attend symposium
jj, CHICAGO - This'week marketing. Kerry Boyd of In addition to the sym
'Kerry Boyd and Nancy Lancaster County was posium, Kerry and Nancy
Yorlets, Pennsylvania’s 4- selected as the state winner will tour various Chicago
H’ers, attended the 1978 in die commodity marketing highlights.
Commodity Marketing 4-H awards program and Donald Overdorff,
Symposium as guests of the Nancy Yorlets of Cum- Cumberland County Ex-
Chicago Board of Trade in berland County the state tension agent, chaperoned
recognition of their ex- runner-up. the4-H’ersonthetour.
cellence in commodity
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★ COTTON TOBACCO MUSLIN ★
2 yds. x 33Vz yds *21.75
2 yds. x 50 yds *31 .95
3 yds. x 33Vz yds *31.95
★ NYLON MUSLIN *
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‘Discounts on Purchase of 4 or More
Muslin Bundles.
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AgrifttM
OPEN HOUSE DAYS
OF MARCH 13 THROUGH MARCH 18
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
AGRIFUTURE FILMS
AT 7:30 P.M.
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ON PARTS
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PHONE (717) 865-4915
Nancy Yorlets, Cumberland County 4-H member, Donald Overdorff, Cum
berland County Extension agent, and Kerry Boyd, Lancaster County 4-H
member, attend the Chicago Board of Trade Symposium. Chicago, ill.
Md. pork producers
backing check-off
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -
Maryland hog producers are
showing active support of
the “Nickles For Profit”
check-off program ac
cording to figures released
by the Maryland Pork
Producers Association
which show a jump of almost
$2OOO collected in the latest
period.
The program, involving a
producer’s voluntary
agreement to cheek-off a
nickle for every slaughter
hog sold, collected $7387,15
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 4,1978
for calendar 1977 according
toMPPA.
Therefore, some 144,500
hogs were covered during
the period. In 1976, the first
year of the program in
Maryland, some $5400 was
collected represents ling
sales of approximately
108,000 slaughter hogs.
Hogs slaughtered for home
consumption are excluded as
are hogs shipped out of state.
The money is collected by
livestock dealers, auction
markets and slaughter
FAIR
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
"PLANTING
FOR
PROFIT”
AT 7:30 P.M.
★ Refreshments
★ Register For
Door Prizes
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES
WILL BE ON HAND FROM
WHITE FARM EQUIPMENT
houses. Each producer may
request his nickles be
returned to him by writing
the association.
A portion of the money
collected is earmarked for
use in the National Livestock
and Meat Board and the
National Pork Producers
Council. Both of these
national organizations have
strong advertising,
promotional and educational
campaigns that are emp
hasized in the major
metropolitan areas such as
Baltimore and Washington.
O
have a
nice weekends.
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