MCMP honors 50-year cooperators
COCKEYSVILLE, Md. -
Three families were honored
on Saturday, March 24 by the
Maryland Cooperative Milk
Producers, Inc. for reaching
the milestone of 50 years of
continuous family mem
bership in the dairy
AgromMic transfer pump
SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
HYDRAULIC MANURE PUMP ™
12” SQUARE CHAMBER
■ A square chamber allows for best gate design. To open completely, with minimum
resistance, a round chamber doesn't allow the gate to open completely.
HEAD SHAPE
■ The head shears long straw or hay-filled manure with no need to chop or eliminate
bedding.
■ Slope-back head creates agitation with each stroke, preventing bridging
■ Works without needing to add water to manure.
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R.D. #B. P.O. Box 219
Chambersburg, Pa. 17201
Tel. 717-263-3505
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FARM REFRIGERATION SERVICE
R.D. »1, Box 44
Montrose, Pa. 18801
Tel. 717-278-3607
cooperative. Honored for the
achievement were John and
niona Hull, Westminster
(Carroll County)Wilber and
Georgia Dove, Woodbine
(Howard County), and
Donald and Ann Heine,
Edgewood (Harford
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ify components. Compactness allows unit
Wjjp to be installed away from the manure pump pit
County). The awards were
presented during the 44th
Annual Luncheon, held in
conjunction with the MCMP
Annual Membership
Meeting at Marriott’s Hunt
Valley Inn.
The honors program
originated in 1974 and has to
date honored a total of 147
dairymen. The award is
given to any member who
has either as an individual or
a family, shipped milk to the
cooperative for 50 con
tinuous years.
Over the past 50 years
these dairymen and their
families have experienced
many changes in the dairy
industry. They have seen the
size of their herds grow
while many of their neigh
bors went out of business.
They have new machines
that make the work easier,
although for most, that just
means more timne for more
cows. The changes are too
numerous to list, but these
people have made the best of
them. Loving the good times
and living with the bad.
A half century ago milk
marketing was an every
man-for-himself proposition.
Cans were delivered to the
local railroad siding where
dairies picked them up if
they wanted them or left
them to sour in the day’s
heat. There was no equitable
pricing system between
producers or for that matter
for any given producer for
his day-to-day deliveries.
In 1918 dairymen in the
Baltimore mUkshed saw
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Westfield. Pa. 16950
Tel. 814-334-5504
SWOPEABASHORE
R.R.I
Myerstown, Pa. 17067
TeL 717-933-4138
things begin to change.
Efforts begun several years
earlier resulted in the
founding of the Maryland
State Dairymen’s
Association and brought at
least a start to more orderly
marketing of milk. Seven
teen years later, the MSDA
officially changed its name
to Maryland Cooperative
Milk Producers. The name
changed but the purpose
remained the same and
many of the men and women
who were the founding and
early members of the MSDA
were there to continue to
guide the new cooperative in
its current role as the largest
Maryland-based milk
marketing organization.
Today, due in large part to
the efforts and loyalty of
members like the Hulls,
Doves and Heines, MCMP
has over 1,000 members and
is recognized as a leader in
the production of high
quality milk.
The Dove family farms
about 200 acres and milk
about 65 grade and
registered Holstein cc -
Over the past fifty years in
which the Doves have
maintained membership in
MCMP there have been
three generations involved
in the dairy operation. It all
began in April of 1928 when
Harry W. Dove was only 17
years old at that time. In
January of 1947, Wilber A.
Dove began shipping under
his own name and continued
to do so until November of
HOPPER is 8 gauge steel and 42" square. The large 12*’ x 12" plunger is designed to
Optional longer hopper is available. The move large amounts of manure at six (6)
base of the hopper assures proper plunger strokes per minute. Angle iron guide assures .
alignment as it enters the chamber. perfect head alignment.
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PVC PIPE
■ 10" PVC Pipe, not 12"; by going from a 12” square chamber to a 10" round, assures
even pressure on manure to eliminate the chances for sediment to accumulate
SERVICE
■ By installing the pump in an accessible pit, all parts are easily inspected.
NOTE
■ Design requires no Teflon seals which wear and allow back flow.
■ Design has no brass bushing to manually rotate or replace.
TRI COUNTY FARM & HOME CENTER
R.R.I
Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815
Tel. 717-437-3440
W. A I. DAIRY SALES
R.R. 2
Oxford, Pa. 19363
Tel. 717-529-2569
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7,1979
1972 when he formed a
partnership with his sons.
At present, the operation is
being run by son, Wilber E.
Dove, in cooperation with his
father.
The Hulls farm about 150
acres and milk about 90
registered Guernsey cows.
Over the past 50 years in
which the Hull family has
maintained membership in
MCMP there have been
three generations involved
in the dairy operation. It all
began in June of 1928 when
C. Jesse Hull began shipping
milk to MCMP and con
tinued with John Hull, Sr.
taking over the operation in
1940. The current operators,
John “Jay” Hull, Jr. and his
wife Dlona, took over the
farm in 1974.
Livestock club
elects officers
NAZARETH -
Northampton County 4-H
Livestock Club met on
March 22, at the Nazareth
Township Building. Officers
were elected. Results of the
election were: President,
Blain Hower; Vice
President* Martha Guest;
Secretary, Gwen Hower;
Treasurer, Kam Wuchter;
and Reporter, Andy Wayne.
Plans for the 1979 Spring
Show were also discussed
with Greg Snyder, New
Tripoli, selected as judge.
During the meeting the
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C.J. WONSIDLER BROS.
Jay and Illona are also
active in MCMP’s Young
Cooperator Program. In 1978
they were the first runners
up in the Outstanding Young
Cooperators Contest.
,The Heines farm about 175
acres and milk about 50 cows
including both Holstein and
registered Brown Swiss.
Over the past 50 years in
which they have maintained
membership in MCMP the
farm has been operated by
Donald and his father, the
late Fred W. Heine. Fred
Heine was well known
throughout the area for his
involvement in the milk
hauling business.
Donald and Anne Heine
have four children including
1 daughter and three sons
ranging in age from 21 to 11.
club made halters and
planned for a bake sale to be
held at Maple Grove Dairy
between Hanover and Bath
on Saturday, April 7 from 8
a.m.tol2noon.
The
The next meeting will be
on April 18 at the Lower
Nazareth Township
Building. Norwood
McGurigan of Camation-
Albers will be guest speaker.
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Quakertown, Pa. 18951
Tel. 215-536-7523
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New Tripoli, Pa. 18066
Tel. 215-767-7611
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