—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Novambar 10,1979
14
BY DEBRA STRICKLER
LEOLA In the past two
years over 50 dairy farmers
in the Lancaster, Lebanon,
Berks, and Dauphin
Counties have joined the
Maryland Cooperative Milk
Producers.
As a result, the first an
nual district 14 meeting was
held Wednesday evening,
November 7, at the Leola
Family Restaurant.
The primary pupose of this
meeting was to elect a
director for the new district
to begin serving im
mediately. It was also an
opportunity for the MCMP
officers and management
team to acquaint members
with the Cooperative and the
status of the Holly
Manufacturing Plant.
Herbert W. Wessel, Jr.,
president of the directors,
presided over the evening’s
meeting.
Boyd M. Cook, assistant
Local farm buys
top Guernsey
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The
Grand Champion of the
Guernsey National Junior
Show commanded the top
price, $7500, at the Guernsey
sale held in conjunction with
the North American In
ternational Livestock Ex
position, being held
November 3 to 17 in
Louisville.
The three-year-old cow,
Rankin Farms Golden
Brown, was consigned by
Dee Dee Rankin of Atlanta,
Illinois. Purchaser was A
Grandview Farm, Mid
dletown.
Second highest sale price
was 16,400, paid for Spring
Walk Hornets Valeeta, a
three-year-old cow con
signed by Floyd Wachte of
Big Prairie, Ohio.
The only bull in the sale,
Chedco Vertas Fayvor, was
sold for |4,000 to the
Ziegler elected MCMP District
manager and secretary for
the organization used a slide
presentation to acquaint
members with the regional
plants and Baltiomre
facilities.
In the President’s report,
Wessel reported that after
tonight there will be 12
Maryland directors, six
Pennsylvania directors and
one director from West
Virginia. He predicts that
this ratio will continue to
change as more producers
join the Cooperative in
various regions.
Wessel assured those m
attendance that the 19
directors are all working
dairy farmers and they work
hard as a part of the board.
The essential job of the
board is to “make the
decisions of all
producers,” \Wrl noted.
He also Encouraged
members to recruit new
cooperative members in the
district.
Canadian Young Sire
Committee, a group
representing the three ar
tificial breeding associations
in Ontario. Murray L.
Reissner, secretary of the
committee, said that they
had come to Louisville to bid
on that one calf and to see
the National Guernsey Show.
Thirty-one head were sold
at a total price of $86,675.
The average price for the
sale was $2,602. The Guern
sey Sale was the 54 th
renewal of an event which
began in 1926.
It is the country's oldest
continuous consignment
sale, managed by the same
firm. John B. Menyman, of
the Merryman Company,
Sparks, Md., said that the
show has a history of having
top quality stock consigned
to the auction.
After *the President’s
remarks the important
election of the eveing was
held.
As is required in the by
laws, the group nominated
two directors.
V*
Maryland Cooperative’s Milk Producers 14th
district. Ziegler milks 300 Holsteins on his
Myerstown farm. Pictured here is his wife Grace
and their one son, Lynn.
nern tb.atad USED TRACTOR
USED TRACTOR qp<% John Deere 1520 Diesel, c _ npA
John Deere 1020 w/47 Loader (Completely Overhauled
USED TRACTORS
Oliver 1800 Diesel
IHC Super C, fast hitch w/2 bottom plow
USED SPREADERS
JD 40 w/hydraulic end gate
Nl 150 bushel PTO
USED HARVESTER SPECIALS
NH 880 2-row narrow row head
NH 717 w/l-row head
NH 717
Fox 1000 RPM PTO w/2-row corn hd &
Pk up attach
MF 620 w/2 row and pickup
USED BALER SPECIALS
JD 24T w/#2 Thrower
New Holland 67
John Deere 14T
John Deere 14T w/ejector
USED HAYBINES
NH 1495 Self-Propelled 12’ w/partial
cab, real sharp
NH 469
New Holland 479, as is
Hesston 320 9’
Gehl 770,7 ft
Evergreen Tractor Co.
30 EVERGREEN RD., LEBANON, PA 17042,
PHONE (717) 272-4641
After the election, it was
announced that Victor
Ziegler of R 2 Myerstown
would represent District 14
of the MCMP for the next
three years.
In his first remarks as a
$4,850.00
1,675.00
$1,050.00
650.00
$3,650.00
2.195.00
1.175.00
1.495.00
2.450.00
$1,550.00
775.00
750.00
450.00
$14,750.00
2.550.00
2.150.00
1.850.00
1.975.00
14 director
new director, Victor noted
that a “co-op is only as good
as its members.” “There is
no problem we can’t solve in
unity,” he added. He en
couraged members to notify
him of any concerns they
may have. He is as close as
the telephone.
Optimism was in the air as
Ralph Strock, business
manager predicted that the
general outlook for dairy
farmers for the last quarte of
1979 and the first quarter of
1980 would be favorable.
Stock reported on the
status of the Holly Plant m
Carlisle, Pa.
The board of directors has
decided that, instead of
recovering the loss from the
April fire, it will make
maximum use of the in
vestment credit now
available to cooperatives
and delay the payment of
1969 revolving funds.
In examining the present
operation of Holly, Stock
said, “The plant has suc
cessfully produced dry
whole milk in sufficient
quanity to assure our
customers that ‘Holly is
back’.”
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USED GRAIN DRILLS
Co-op 15x7 Fert Gram Drill w/grass seed attach $750.00
John Deere 15x7 FBB Drill 550.00
USED PLANTER SPECIALS
Tag 11650 John Deere 1250-
6 Row Plateless
1229 Ford 4 Row
Tag 11934 JD 494
USED TILLAGE SPECIALS
MF 62012’ Disc Harrow
Ford 4x18” auto reset plow
Ford 4-16” Plow
JD KBA 32x18 Wheel Carrier Disc
USED COMBINE SPECIALS
Cockshutt 427 w/Power Steering & 10’ Platform $1,450.00
JD 55 Corn Soybean Special 12' head 9,700.00
JD 55 Diesel w/cab, 12’ platform 7,500.00
MISCELLANEOUS
John Deere #lBl-row Corn Picker
New Set 18 4x30 Snap on Duals w/New
GoodyearS Ply Tires
JD 32142’ Elevator
Used NH #8 Crop carrier
Grove Gear w/tires 8 ply
“And, although a number
of changes are still needed to
enable the plant to meet all
the contract specifications,
we are confident that the
members own one of the
finest, most efficient but
ter/powder plants m the
country.”
He described the plant for
the 80’s - energy and labor
efficient.
Tom Moore, district
fieldman, encouraged the
producers to be aware of the
new antibiotic test that will
•be used after July 1, 1980.
This test is ten times as
sensitive as the present test.
He wants the farmer to be
sure and follow label
directions on antibiotics.
Monetary insentives are
given to those producers
with low bacteria counts.
Moore would like to see
better housekeeping in some
milk houses.
At the conclusion of the
evening, Herbert Wessel
announced that the 51st
member of the 14th MCMP
District had joined that day.
It was assured that by next
year even more members
will be added to the District.
$2,350.00
775.00
1,275.00
$2,950.00
2,200.00
950.00
875.00
1.050.00
1.175.00
1150.00
375.00
/AC.
$950.00