Inter-State (Continued from Page Al 3) primarily a weekend han dling facility, built because many dairies today work five, or only four, days a week. ,ng v igi y elected Qerald E. Martin as vice president and Ray P. Bollinger, president. James N. Zimmerman was voted secretary-treasurer. A STAUFFER DESEI INVITES YOU 1U THEIR A USI DEIITZ WED. FEBRUARY 27 & THURS. FEBRUARY 28,1980 •ss s 3 Thru 480 H.P. Engines on Display SPECIAL PRICES 10 % CASH DISCOUNT ON ALL parts purchased OVER-THE-COUNTER (Open House Days Only) ► PLUS ◄ VERY SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES ON EVERY TRACTOR SOLD OUTRIGHT (No Trade In) ONLY FOR THE DAYS OF OPEN HOUSE. Buy your fuel saver tractor now. Remember DEUTZ is famous for it’s durability, reliability and economy. "STOP IN AND SEE THE STAUFFER BROTHERS AND ALL THE FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL PEOPLE AT STAUFFER DIESEL - THE DEUTZ PEOPLE" 19 He predicted the Holly plant will be back on track sometime in the near future. He noted the Holly 'facility will need a tertiary Hours: February 27 - 9:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. February 28 - 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. ftauffer Diesel Inc. 312 W. MAIN ST., NEW HOLLAND, PA PHONE 717-354-4181 sewerage treatment setup to be completed sometime in 1980 or 1981. Total losses there were in the vacmity of $1.4 million last year. The other side of the com is Q.C., Inc., the quality control lab for Inter-State. n h AS CYLII 43 Thru 145 H.P. Tractors on Display Come and Visit The Deutz Representative Who Will Be On Hand To Answer Your Questions NOTICE: Due to Limited Time available there will be no commercial or comic films shown. Calling it “our pride and joy,” Hand said the lab was performing beyond ex pectations. He told farmers their Co op has $4.4 million in a reserve account as a net eqmty position. Excluding funds spent for the Holly problems, the fund has been increasing at the rate of $lOO,OOO per month. Delegates last year asked that the non-cash fund be built at the rate of $750,000 per year. Hand said with the Holly plant back on tract that Inter-State hoped to be back to the steady $lOO,OOO per month rate. ' He said Inter-State needs a strong reserve and good eqmty to stay in a solid position m the milk industry. Hand defended the farmer co-op movement m general, saymg it was the one viable mechanism to help farmers who are forced to buy at retail and sell at wholesale. Director Martin pointed out the need to promote dairy products. He told fellow dairymen that any tune there is a farm sale, machinery auction, or cattle Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 23,1980—A33 Among those elected from the Lebanon local were from left, Secretary-Treasurer J. Melvin Brandt; Delegate Howard Kopp; and Hauling Committee member John H. Hartman. sale, the seller advertises. He said he feels it should be the same in the milk in dustry. He pointed out many consumers do not have the background or lifestyle that allows them to realize which foods are healthful and which are ]unk. He said the Federal Order 4 milk program is domg a good job of promotion. He pomted out a number of ways which the program is paymg for farmers. The Philadelphia district alone has nine nutrition consultants who meet with school and health officials and gather a lot of free pubhcity by appearmg on TV and radio shows. He also talked about the advertising done in newspapers and magazines. Martin predicted the fast food market would be an important nut for the dairy industry to crack if it is to hold its own against soft drinks. He said Inter-State far mers should back the move to get a referendum to in stitute a Pennsylvania milk promotion program. Martin also urged members to contact their legislators and push for prompt approval of a milk security fund. Inter-State, like all other co-ops m the area, backs a handler funded program which would require dealers to pay two cents per hundredweight but would make par ticipation optional for cooperatives. John M. Gmgnch gave the delegates’ report, recapping the past year’s activities. He focused on the annual meeting held last November in Lancaster. Gingrich also reviewed the Holly plant, the need for quality milk, problems with increased hauling fees Cti*S to rising fuel prices, and the problems of milk marketing. Preston Newcomer, in his Young Cooperator report, reported that he and his wife placed third in competition in Gettysburg. They travelled to Columbia, Missouri, to attend the American Institute of Cooperatives session. AlC’s purpose is to educate farmer co-op members. Newcomer en couraged any farmers under 35 years of age to get in volved m the Young Cooperator program. Newcomer predicted larger co-ops in the future but said that would be no problem if farmer-members kept informed about co-op activities and the co-ops maintained good member relations. Members also heard about Alternate Lancaster County Dairy Princess Marcia Groff’s experiences working at Farm Show, 4-H Show, the Black and White Holstein show and the Dairy All-American. Dairy Princess Lucinda Landis said since her graduation from high school she has had the lime to plan visits to 40 elementary schools this Spring. She gave members a demonstration of her typical puppet presentation to elementary school students. County Dairy Agent Glen Shirk reminded farmers that March 4 will be Lancaster (Turn to PageA3B)
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