-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, September 23,1978 28 Holly opening , (Continued from Page 1) cooperatives is confident of having the facility be profitable and successful. “We’re disappointed that the plant hasn’t opened sooner, but we’re op timistic,” Strode continued in a telephone interview Thursday afternoon. The major problems surrounding the delayed opening concern the waste treatment plant. A specialist from Purdue University has been con tacted to alleviate that situation. Specifically, the problem was having enough of the beneficial bacteria that are needed to process the waste materials. Despite the delay for full use of facilities at Holly, Strode is pleased that por tions of the complex are in use. His cooperative has been using several of the storage tanks as a collection point for milk which is subsequently shipped out on tanker trucks to points West, induding Ohio. He notes that although MCMP members produced 6 per cent less milk during August 1978, com- .. . . County Poultry Association wiU revive a tradition of the milk is still in tn 6 cures. For iqc/w n IIT , j__. .t. *4. the first 15 days of Sep- 1950 8 when * „ resurrects the annual tember, MCMP producers barbecue and meeting. It lagged three per cent behind held oct lat < Sol , “-SLi P rfihSe o teSt Shearer Barbecue K^ch, southwest of Shillington. very helpful and profitable Diimer beservedatl;3o to us right now, Strode assured. “The facility is „„ performing a very valuable Fu „ The Holly plant has been Sim " ma a “ called the most modem in P ersons engaged in or £ friends of the poultry in at Tnwltnte dustr y> the Berks County spokesmen at Inter-State p Association is and MCMP. A national magazines which deals . o i^ H ”... specifically with milk £ a