Mel Hertzler, familiar to area farmers from his work at Alien Dairy in Mechanicsburg and six years with the Holstein Association’s international ac tivities, will manage the Harrisburg Holstein Association office. Meet the new Area manager HARRISBURG - Mel Hertzler, the Holstein Association’s Area I manager, is no stranger to many Pennsylvania dairymen They know him not only from Ins past work with the Holstein Association but also from the time he spent working at Allen Dairy near Mechanicsburg Mel was born and reared et R 2 Elizabethtown, and spent 20 years growing ud around cows When tic set out on his own he moved go the famous Green Meaaow Farm., in Elsie Michigan Green Meaaow is the largest registered Holstein OESHLAND teiSHLiIWD EWTER,,RI^ P.O BOX 23 GREENCASTLE, PA 17225 Pa. 1-800-632 1896 U.S.A. 1-800-233 1993 Manufacturers of Boilers, Hot Air Furnaces Freestanding stoves & Fireplace inserts DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED herd in the world Reworked there as herdsman for two years before returning to his home state. He came back to Penn sylavania to spend 11 years at Allen Dairy in Mechanicsburg Then came an offer to go to Florida ‘Southern Florida seemed like a really great place to go with all tne sunshine and nice weather,” Mel smiles So he packed his bags for Macarthur’s Dairy in Okeechobee At the time Macarthur s was tne largest commercial dam in the world It boasted four units of 2200 cows each Hertzler was in charge of one of the milking units But • GREENHOUSES • MUSHROOM BUILDINGS • POULTRY HOUSES More and more Commercial and Industrial High Volume Hot Water users are turning to ESHLAND Coal and Wood Boilers to supply their hot water and heating needs. Built for efficiency and durability, these units can greatly reduce fuel costs. Eshiand’s Rotary Grate system allows efficient burning of differ ent coal grades and sizes as well as wood. The Holstein Association Area office in Harrisburg is a bright, spacious office which will be the nerve center of Association activities in the 14 shortly after his arrival the owner of the dairy was shot and the dairy fell upon hard times So, in 1974 Hertzler moved again, this time to the Holstein Association. He worked with the in ternational division, Holstem-Fnesian Services, handling livestock exports, mainly with Japan His current position means a change from the in ternational division to the field division For him it also will mean much less travel and more time at home For Holstein breeders it means an old friend will be back in Pennsylvania to run Association business Hertzler and his wife Suzi Jive outside of Duncannon in Perrv CounU Coal - Wood INDUSTRIAL BOILERS Write or Call today' Regional office (Continued from Page A2B) knowlege of cows and the system with her to work. A second secretary be added when the compute terminal from Vermont is Receives merit award C. Rodman Myers, left, of Thurmont, Md., receives scroll and a handshake as he was honored with the Certificate of Merit Award in Agriculture during the 15th annual Maryland Agricultural Leaders Forum at the University of Maryland. Making the presentation is Robert L. Gluckstern, chancellor of the College Park campus Myers is master of the Maryland State Grange and editor of the organization’s monthly newsletter. An active dairy farmer, he was named by the Maryland Jaycees in 1968 as the state’s Outstanding Young Farmer. SOYBEAN ROASTING ON YOUR FARM DON'T WASTE IT ROAST IT This little piggy went to market. This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had ROASTED SOYBEANS DAVID N. GROFF ALLEN SUMMERS RD 1, Box 5060 Lewisburg, PA 17837 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Pacambar 6,1980—A29 Eastern States. A computer terminal will be in stalled which will give local members access to information stored at present in Vermont. installed in the Area office This will allow local people access to cow histones and other data without having to send a farmer to Vermont for the mformation For dairymen, contact with the Area office will be 1 (V I /••N [LG J l q ) XJ L 7 higher profits from all grains, roasting ives TDN, destroys molds and retards ; and removes moisture. CUSTOM GRAIN ROASTING DONE IN PA AND SURROUNDING STATES DALE L. SCHNUPP RD S, Lebanon, Pa 17042 Ptv 717-865-6611 as close as the telephone. The Harrisburg office can be reached at 717/657-8800. Visitors are welcome at any tune, Hertzler says, but the Association plans to welcome all farmers to an open house sometime shortly after the new office officially starts operations January 1 • • o , RD #l, Box 152-C Nottingham, Pa. 19362
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