B4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 14,1980 12 Chester 4-Hers to attend conference CHESTER - Twelve Chester County 4-H mem bers will learn specialized skills when they take part in Pennsylvania 4-H Leader ship Congress, June 23 to 26, on the Penn State mam campus. The county delegation will join about 1,000 other 4-H members from all counties in the Commonwealth to share and contribute ideas which will unprove local community programs. At Leadership Congress, they will take part in assemblies, discussion and interest groups, and recreational activities. Members participating in the event are: Sue Martin, Downmgtown; Beth Jenkins, Toughkenamon; George Renkest, Douglasville; Sarah Nothstine, Downmgtown; Mike Weinstock, Phoemxville; Betsy Wollaston, Toughkenamon; Lynda Thompson, Kennet Square; Macie Myers, West Grove; Sue Rehrman, Spring City; Josh Weinstock, Phoemx ville; Dean Nafzmger, Phoemxville; and Keith Stoltzfus, Morgantown This year’s conference will include six different programs of leadership orientation and develop ment, Leadership School for 15-17 year olds; a Leadership Council for 18-19 year olds; a State Leader’s Forum for adult leaders; delegate workshop for 18-15 year old; street camping training; and 4-H reporters training. Selected teen leaders will CUSTOM BUILT HAY WAGONS OUTSIDE CALF HUTCHES With Metal Roofs And Feeders • Painted and Creosoted FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WRITE OR CALL STOLTZFUS WOODWORK attend a special school designed to increase skills to work effectively in planning and conducting county youth programs. Topics will in clude communications skills, understanding social concerns and group processes, and recreation. Leaders and Extension staff members will meet with College of Agriculture officials and participate in educational workshop in volving the understanding of leadership principles, working with groups, communications & in formation related to County 4-H projects. County 4-H reporters will take part in communications training to promote the 4-H program at county, regional and state levels. Also scheduled during Congress will be a street camping leadership program. Youths between the ages of 14 and 17 will be involved in this educational experience which will assist them in organizing simihar programs in local com munities. Highlights of the four-day conference will include Craig Wallis, a magic act; and “We the people”, a group of five young people presenting a unique com bination of voice, guitar, banjo, bass, autoharp, and percussion. ★ BUILT FROM SOLID OAK ★ RD 2, Box 2280, Gap, PA 17527 Young dairymen (Continued from Page B 3) themselves if crop production or quality is poor can they sustain a 10 percent reduction in production anr 4 still meet payments. If inflation continues, can he tolerate a 20 percen' increase in production costs with only a 10 percent in crease in the price of milk Young dairymen need to be wary of being over optomstic. They need to be alert to the financial con sequences of what they do Where capital is limited, a young dairyman with an average herd could con centrate on raising his milk production and improving his genetic base. With the improvement it might be more profitable to raise Order 4 milk price $14.44 for July ALEXANDRIA, VA - Middle Atlantic Order Market Administrator Joseph D. Shine Thursday announced a Class I milk price of $14.44 per hun dredweight for July 1980. This price is two cents below the June price but up 99 cents from last July. Order No. 4 prices are announced for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat, f.o.b. plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia, and also within 75 miles from the nearer of Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD. There is a six-cent direct delivery differential ap plicable to producer milk received at plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia. Shine announced a Class II milk price of $11.56 per hundredweight for May 1980 and a butterfat differential more heifers depending on the comparative price of breeding stock of the same calibre. If he starts with a few good foundation cows, raising the best heifers as herd replacements, he can sell some of his heifers to increase the cash flow enabling him to afford the extra expense of raising a few more heifers. On a farm with land for 100 cows but buildings for 50, and limited capital he can raise a lot of heifers and sell breeding stock or raise crops for sale with the extra acreage rather than ex panding his buildings and taking on a lot of overhead right away. Then he can expand by putting income of 15.7 cents for the month. The Class II milk price dropped five cents from the previous month while the butterfat differential in creased three tenths of a cent. These class prices are based on the May 1980 Mmnesota-Wisconsm man ufacturing milk price of $11.66 per hundredweight adjusted to a 3.5 percent butterfat content. The USDA reported that the wholesale price of Grade A butter at Chicago for May was $1.3688 per pound and the nonfat dry milk price was $.8916 per pounds, f.o.b. plants in the Chicago area. Let the Friendly First make your dairy farm a land of milk and money. You know all those great things you'd do with your dairy farm "if you only had the money?" Well, the time to do them is now with help from the Agricultural Loan Division of the First National Bank of Strasburg The Ag Loan Division is headed by Bob Badger, who really understands your unique and complex money problems He'll gladly sit down with you and work out a special dairy loan package that gives you exactly what you need Bob will use the Friendly First's flexible payment schedules to make sure you get a loan you can live with comfortably So for the new cows you want to add to your herd, the up-to-date milking machinery, the bigger barn, the additional pasture acreage any improvement or addition contact the Friendly First's Ag Loan Division You'll soon have your "land of milk and money" and some new friends besides 1 THE AGRICULTURAL LOAN DIVISION OF c n]e c Friei]dly c Fir§t THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF STRASBURG Lancaster County’s Oldest National Bank p'frlfv #ri potential of crops through pound herd is not necessarily the cows and thereby build better than a 19,960 pound an initial base before the herd ' transition to 100 milkers In next week s interview, I keep stressing, Pat, that we will give guidelines to it’s important for the family determine if your dairy to set goals for the family operation is m trouble and and for the dairy and that the possible remedies f or two must be compatible He financial problems if they must remember a 20,000 exist. -ffi G£ P~J i I *
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