—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, October 20,1979
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October is Cooperative Month
NEWARK, Del. - The
harvest month of October is
a fitting time to pay tribute
to the American system of
cooperatives. Over 7,500
farmer cooperatives keep
our family farms strong and
productive by giving each
member-farmer the
marketing and purchasing
power of the entire group.
A cooperative is a business
voluntarily owned and
controlled by its member
patrons and operated for
them on a nonprofit basis,
explains Delaware extension
marketing specialist Carl
German. All members of a
cooperative have an equal
vote in their organization
and share in benefits ac
cording to the amount of
their patronage.
The significant difference
between cooperatives and
other businesses is that
coperative owner-members
are interested in the product
or service they receive,
rather than a cash return on
their investment except in
the case of agricultural
marketing cooperatives,
which are formed to ensure
members a fair market for
their farm products.
While some of the earliest
cooperatives were organized
by fanners, there are many
other kinds of cooperatives
PUBLIC SALE
SAT., NOVEMBER 3
AT 9:30 A.M.
Located in Mifflin Co., 8 miles North of
Lewistown, Pa. on Route 522.
Farm machinery, some household goods and at 12
noon will offer a valuable 80 acre farm, with 10 acres
good timber, balance farm ground and pasture land
with road frontage, a large bam, implement shed,
other buildings and 9 room frame bouse, w/bath, coal
furnace and other improvements.
For inspection call 717-543-5046.
Terms; 10 percent down, balance m 30 days.
Reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids.
A. S. ULSH
RD#l,
McClure, Pa.
Mark Click - Auctioneer
Reedsville, Pa.
PUBLIC SALE
MODERN FARM MACHINERY,
4 TRACTORS, ETC.
Located at Hallowridg Fram, 10 miles W. of
Shickshinny, 2 miles w. of Huntington Mills, at
Harveyville. Auction Arrows off Rt. 239 near
Huntington Mills.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27
Starting 10 A.M.
Tractors: MF 285 D w/f/e w/Multipower, Loaded, on
ly 800 hrs., a beaut.; IH 766 D w/£/e, Loaded, nice; IH
647 D Utdity, Loaded w/Dunham-Lehr Hyd. Dump
loader, only 1300 hrs. offered 3 ways; Farmall M
w/Kit; Pittsburgh 4 16” Semi Plows; IH 370 12' dbl.
transport disc; 8’ Disc; 8’ & Spike Tooth Harrow;
Oliver 16-7 Disc Drill; AC 600 4 row no-till planter; 300
gal. F.G. 28’ Sprayer; NH 479 9’ Haybme, nice; Gehl
600 Harvester w/2 row corn & Pickup Heads, Nice; IH
56 & Fox PTO Blowers; 4 S.U. Forage Wagons, 2 Gehl,
Lamco, Grove; 2 14’ Flat Bed Wagons; NH 357
Grinder-Mixer, Nice; Gehl 250MX PTO Spreader
w/Slurry Gate; NI 214 PTO Spreader; Barrel
Spreader; John Blue 4 row Anhydrous Ammonia Ap
plicator; Oliver #5 Picker; JD Side Rake; IH 46 Baler;
NI 3 pt. PTO Fert. Spreader; 8’ 3 pt. & 2 pt. 7’ Angle
Blades; 2 Wheel traders; 55 Chevy 12’ Truck; IH 33
Loader; Badger 20’ Sdo Unloader; 5 Calf Hutches;
Scrap Pile; Lots More.
Owner,
RICHARD H. RIDGWAY
AucL Max Fraley & Son
546-6631
as well, says German. In this
countiy there are now over
40,000 cooperatives, with
more than 50 million
members.
Forty million Americans
belong to credit unions one
kind of cooperative. Some
live in cooperative apart
ments. Many rural people
get credit, electricity, and
telephone service from
cooperatives. Fanners sell
their food and fiber products
through cooperatives. They
also buy most of their sup
plies from them. Many
childcare centers, prepaid
group health plans,
memorial societies, and
grocery stores are
cooperatives.
Cooperatives have long
played a vital role in rural
America. Forty years ago
only ten per cent of
American farms had elec
tricity, although most cities
had long enjoyed this ser
vice. Rural telephones were
undependable, and as many
as 20 families were forced to
share a line. Credit for
farmers to purchase land
and supplies was
nonexistent, or available
only at unaffordable rates.
The feed, seed, and fertilizer
offered to the farmer were
often of doubtful quality and
earned high price tags.
Lunch
With federal help back in
the 20’s and 30’s, farmers
began to establish credit
cooperatives to finance their
farm needs. Electric
cooperatives were formed to
take the backbreak out of
chores. And telephone
cooperatives helped
modernize and extend
communications to remote
rural areas.
In Delaware today there
are over two dozen
agricultural cooperatives,
according to Daniel Harris,
executive secretary of the
Delaware Council of Farmer
Cooperatives. These range
from the Atlantic Breeders
Association (a mainstay of
the state dairy industry in its
THE FEMUR SHROPSHIRE SHEEP ASSOCIATION
■ SPONSORING THE HIKTH ANNUAL -
REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE
BRED EWE & EWE LAMB SALE
At The Keystone International Livestock Expo,
Farm Show Building, Harrisburg, PA
7 P.M.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1979
For sale catalog write: Ted Kirby
Box 258 A, R.D 2, Macungie, PA 18062
PUBLIC SALE
OF 500 FEEDER PIGS
FRIDAY, NOV. 16
IP.M.
Located approx. VA mile northeast of Good
ville along Weaverland Rd. Caernarvon Twp.,
Lane. Co., Pa.
This lot of feeder pigs has an excellent start, double
shot of R-Pak also Louse treated, wormed and tails
docked. Pigs all 3 way cross.
Terms By
JOHN J. ZEISET & SON
215-445-6298
Elton & Alvin Horning Auctioneers
Horning Farm Agency, Inc.
Main Street
Morgantown, Pa.
215-286-5183
PUBLIC SALE
GARAGE EQUIPMENT & TOOLS,
1976 CADILLAC EL DORADO -
LOADED, ONLY 30,000 MILES,
BEAUT; 66 JEEP 3 /< TON 4 WHEEL
DRIVE PICKUP w/7’ ANGLE BLADE;
ETC.
Owners discontinued Garage Business. Located
at Home of Jack Sweeney, V 2 mile E. of Millville,
Pa. along Rt. 254. Wed. Eve., Oct. 24, starting 5
P.M.
A.C. Motor Analizer & Tune-up Machine; Bishman
570 Bubble Air Tire Balancer, 1 yr. old; Coats 10-10 Air
Tire Changer; Brand New Red Arrow Items w/5 yr.
Warranty including 30 ton hyd. press; 2-12 ton truck
stands; & 3 ton H Type Hyd. Floor Hoist; 6-12 Volt Slow
& Fast Battery Charger, New; 2 Air Lift Jacks, 1 like
new; 2 Air Grease Guns, 1 like new; Complete line of
like new Inspection Tools; Dwell Meter-Tach; Por
table Air Tank; Wagner-Lockhee Wheel Cylinder &
Master Rebuilding Kits, all kinds; Timing Light;
Chilton & Service Manuals; Complete Tire Repair Set;
200 lb. Torque Wrench; V Air Impact Wrench; Na
tional Elec. Cash Register; B & D Car Vacuum; T
Glass Show Case; 4” Bench Vise; 58 Chevy Dump
Truck; 327 Engine, Complete; 327 Engine Block; CB
Base & 4 Mobile Units; Starduster Antenna & Tower; 2
Trailer Axles w/Elec. Brakes; Lots of all kinds of Igni
tion Parts, Filters, Car Tubes, Brake Fluid, heater
hose; Etc. Etc.
Owners,
JIM BROBST &
JACK SWEENEY
Auct. Max Fraley & Son,
546-6631
Lunch-Tent if Inclement
program to improve herds
through better breeding),
the Laurel Auction Block (a
produce outlet, and about the
only place on the East Coast
where watermelons are still
sold by auction), REA
(Rural Electrification
Cooperative), Interstate
Milk Producers Cooperative,
the Delaware Farm Loan
Association, Southern
States, and Agway. (The last
two are sources of farm
supplies.)
The newest agricultural
cooperative in Delaware is
the Eastern Milk Producers
Cooperative, headquartered
nationally in Syracuse, New
York. This cooperative’s
receiving plant in Dover
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gives area Amish farmers, used half-gallon milk or
among others, an outlet for ora nge juice cartons can be
canned and bulk milk. transformed into blocks,
Most Delaware farmers numbers, words - almost
belong to a number of anything a child’s
cooperatives. In fact, points imagination conceives,
out marketing specialist n Sln g pre-cut wrappers and
Carl German, it’s doubtful special adhesive tape. The
whether many of them could full-color paper wrappers
remain in business without with adhesive come in sets of
the many economic benefits SIX in suc }| categories as
they enjoy as cooperative Words, Numbers, Trucks,
members. Bncks and Big City.
FALL FEEDER
CATTLE SALES
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
1:00 P.M. Sharp
SHEEP, HEIFERS, BULLS
Sales to be held at the ABERDEEN SALES
CO. INC., Livestock Auction Market, located on
Rt 22 in Churchville, Harford Co., Md., 6 mi.
west of Aberdeen, Md. via 1-95 or U.S. Rt. 40
and 6 mi. east of Bel Air, Md. t via U.S. Rt. I.
Cattle will be accepted 24 hrs. prior to sale. Cattle
will be sorted and graded and sold on out weights.
There will be lots to suit any buyer. The majority of
cattle will weight 450 lbs.-900 lbs. All are consigned
from herds m surrounding counties. Positively no ship
ped cattle in these sales.
ABERDEEN SALES CO. INC.
Livestock Auction Market
P.O. Box C
Aberdeen, Md. 21001
Phone: 301-734-6050
734-7105 Night
734-7978
Consignments Welcome
Order Buying Service
Trucking Available
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
ANTIQUES & PERSONAL PROPERTY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10
At 10 A.M. Sharp
At R,D. #l, Wrightsville, Penna. along the
Craley-Bull Run Road in Lower Windsor Twp.
near Craley. The undersigned will offer at public
sale the following.
Farm consisting of 18 acres more or less all in far
ming ground and improved with a stone house with a
kitchen, storage room & enclosed porch in basement, 2
living rooms & bath on first floor, 2 bedrooms on
second floor, attached wash house with storage area,
house is heated by space heaters. This house is approx.
100 years old and in good condition, water supplied by a
good well, also a summer house with 3 rooms & a
ground cave, frame barn, 2-car frame garage, hog pen
& storage shed, yard area with trees & shrubbery, lots
of good road frontage on state highway and 2 Twp.
roads. Anyone on the market for a small farm, be sure
and see this one. Ideal for a horse farm, part-time
farmer, weekend retreat, etc. Also offers some good
bldg, sites. Must be seen to be appreciated. Will be
open for inspection on Sat., Nov. 3,10 A.M. to 2 P.M. on
day of sale or by special appt. phone 244-5237 or call
auct. Will be offered at 1 P.M. on day of sale.
TERMS: 10% down, balance in 30 days.
ANTIQUES
Wmcroft cook stove, 2 iron butcher kettles, large
square clock, iron mantle clock, wooden wheelbarrow,
kerosene lamp, carnival water set in orange, carnival
vases & bowls, depression cookie jar, milk glass ship,
sugar & creamer, Bible, picture frame, crocks & jugs,
cherry seeder, granite bucket, milk bucket, butcher
ladle, postcard albums & odd postcards, small adv.
items, irons & trivet, asst, dishes, vases and other old
items.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Fngidaire electric stove, sofa, utility cabinets, 3 pc.
maple bedroom suite, cedar wardrobe, several metal
wardrobes, fold-a-way bed, hassock, 18-drawer metal
file cabinet, 4-drawer wooden file cabinet, throw rugs,
bedding, large doll, 78 records, Perfection oil heater, 1
set of dishes, Christmas decorations, window fan,
approx. 1 ton of nut coal, approx. 100 bales of mixed
hay, Marlin STM Levermatic 22 Magnum with Tasco
scope, J. C. Higgins Model 20 12 gauge, also cooking
utensils, dishes and many other articles too numerous
to mention. Not responsible for accidents on day of
sale. Refreshments available.
TERMS: Cash or Approved Check.
EDITH R. BOYD
Owner
Jacob A. Gilbert, Auctioneer
Phone 252-3591
Samuel S. Laucks, Jr, Attorney
REAL ESTATE