# Penn’s Agri-Women to hold communications seminar -
- HARRISBURG - Penn’s on April 4, Registration
Agri-Women trill hold their/ begins at 9:15 a.m. and the
first statewide Spring program starts at 10 a.m.
“communications” seminar Appearing on the agenda
at the Sheraton-Harrisburg w in be Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture
Kent Shelhamer speaking on
“Women’s Role in
Agriculture.”
Following the agriculture
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secretary will be Chet Heim,
manager of the public af
fairs department and lob
byist for the Pennsylvania
Farmer’s Association.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1978-
Heim’s topic is “Com
municating Effectively with
Legislators - Letter Writing
and Appearing Before
Legislative Committees.”
The afternoon program
will begin with Dick
Hargraves, Penn National
Racetrack fair promoter,
speaking on the subject of
“Promoting Agriculture for
a Profit via Fairs. ”
Closing the day’s activities
will be Gail McPherson,
farmwife and winner of the
Agricultural Spokesman of
the Year award from
Chevron in 1977. Mrs. Mc-
Pherson’s topic will be
“Public Speaking.”
As time permits,* all
sessions will be followed by a
question and answer period.
Advance reservations are
a must. Cost of the day is $7
payable to state coordinator
Mrs. Harold Gross, Man
chester R 2, Box 439, Man
chester, Pa. 17345. Deadline
for reservations is March 28.
The Sheraton-Harrisburg
is located at the intersection
of Exit 18A, Interstate 83,
and the Pennsylvania
Turnpike. The meeting is
open to all interested in the
survival of agriculture.
Order 4 Class 1
milk $11.78
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -
Middle Atlantic Order
Market Administrator
Joseph D. Shine this week
announced a Class I milk
price of $11.78 per hun
dredweight for April 1978.
Shine said that the price is
up nine cents from March
and is 84 cents higher than
the April 1977 price. Order
No. 4 prices are announced
for milk testing 3.5 per cent
butterfat, -f.o.b. plants
located within 55 miles of
Philadelphia, Pa. and also
within 75 miles from the
nearer of Washington, DC or
BaltimoreTMD. There is also
a six cent direct-delivery
differential applicable to
producer milk received at
plants located within 55
miles of Philadelphia.
Shine announced a Class n
milk price of $9.04 per
hundredweight for February
1978 and a butterfat dif
ferential of 11.6 cents. The
Class II price is up eight
cents from the previous
month.
These class prices are
based on the February 1978
Minnesota-Wisconsin manu
facturing milk price of $9 per
hundredweight adjusted to a
3.5 per cent butterfat con
tent
The USDA reported that
the wholesale price of Grade
A butter at Chicago for
February was $1.0071 per
pound and the nonfat dry
milk price was $.68 per
pound f.o.b. plants in the
Chicago area.
Harford Co.
Holstein Assn.
to meet
STREET, Md. - The
Harford County Maryland
Holstein Association will
hold their annual meeting
and banquet March 15 at
Emory United Methodist
Church, Street, Md. at 7 p.m.
Glenn Shirk, Chester County
agricultural agent, will
present a slide program
about his visit to Europe last
Sprmg. Tickets are available
at the door.
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