Ml— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 28,1981
ABC Annual Meeting features PDA Secretary
CENTERVILLE - Paul Weaver
of Royersford, District 1, was
elected to the Board of Directors of
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative
Wednesday during the Co-op’s 17th
Annual Meeting, held here in
Lancaster County at the Quality
Inn
Four other directors were re
elected to serve another three-year
term. They are Harold G
BoHmger, Newmanstown, District
3; Clyde S Robison, Coal Center,
District 11; H Donald Allison,
Clymer, District 12, and Leroy
Shrock, Dayton, District 13.
Forty-eight resource/promotion
committeemen were selected to
serve a one-year term.
According to David Slusser, vice
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowed is
a dairy farmer who can wear two hats at least two ABC
hats one for Summer and the other for Winter. Making the
presentation during the Annual Meeting of Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative is David Slusser, vice president.
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president, who chaired the
meeting for i cooperating
president Herman Stebbms, the
annual meeting was a low-key
wrap up for all the local meetings
attended by 3650 ABC members
In his report to the group, en
titled ‘Past, Present, and
Future”, Slusser said ABC
members can boast some of the
highest producing dairy cattle in
the world He added, ABC has
played a significant role in the
genetic improvement of dairy
herds and handles the most
popular bulls in the world
Slusser remarked the original
purpose for creating the
cooperative was to prevent the
spread of disease, make top bulls
available to members, and
Five directors were elected to sit on the 15- a 3-year term are: Harold G. Bollinger, New
member ABC Board during the Annual Mee- manstown, Clyde S. Robison Coal Center; H.
ting, held Wednesday at the Quality inn in Donald Allison, Clymer; and Leroy Shrock,
Centerville. Newly elected to the post is Paul Dayton, far right.
Weaver, left, Royersford. Re-elected to serve
eliminate the hazards of handling
bulls on the farm.
"We’ve helped keep the family
farm alive,” he said, "with
profitable cows.”
Slusser commented the future
looks bright for the $5 J /2 million Co
op thanks to a thriving in
ternational and domestic market.
He stressed the need to sample
more bulls in the future to keep
abreast of the selection pressure
calling for more barns, people and
money.
In the future,” Slusser said,
"we need to know more on the
protein information on bulls and
their dams, along with more
records on health and reproductive
problems We need to emphasize
the traits with more economic
importance than type rating for
straight top lines.”
In his financial report, ABC
Director of Finance David
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550 40” 6’o” 7 751 262.00*
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1.000 4'o" 10’8” 7 1,129 390.00*
1.000 5’4” 6’o” 7 1,028 362.00*
1,500 5'4” 9’o” 7 1,388 486.00*
2.000 5'4" 12’0” 7 1,735 593.00*
3.000 5’4" 1711” 7 2,432 800.00*
4.000 5’4" 2310” 7 3,130 1009.00*
5.000 8’0” 137" 1/4” 4,484 1645.00
6.000 8’0” 16’2" 1/4” 5,123 1800.00
8.000 8'0” 21’6” 1/4” 6,475 2230.00
10.000 8 0” 2610” 1/4” 7,825 • 2660.00
10.000 lO’O” 17’0" 1/4” 6,956 2405.00
12.000 lO’O” 20'6” 1/4” 8,074 2800.00
12.000 10’6” 187” 1/4" 7,900 2690.00*
15.000 10'6” 23'2” 5/16” 11,857 4130.00
20.000 10'6” 31'0" 5/16” 15,105 5160.00'
25.000 10’6” 387" 3/8" 22,115 8135.00*
30.000 10’6” 46'4” 3/8" 25,999 9430.00
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Melhnger stated the Co-op has
increased its revenue by 13 2
percent, jumping from $4,900,000 in
1979 to $5,527,457 in 1980.
Melhnger pointed out the ex
penses of the company also in
creased by 13 percent. However
the Co-op realized a net profit of
$625,391 up 15 4 percent from
1979 This has stayed 3 points
above the inflation rate of 12.4
percent, he noted
ABC Manager David Yoder
commented he has "no doom and
gloom report” for the Co-op
However he said keeping up with
economic concerns has never
allowed the Co-op to grow
stagnant.
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose Hallowell, a
dairy farmer and ABC member for
30 years, renewed acquaintances
during the afternoon session of the
annual meeting. He spoke to the
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problems in the agricultural world.
Hallowed stated although the
agricultural budget has been cut
by the state legislature, there will
be no decreased support for the
Farm Show. The cuts, he said, will
be in services and inspections
Addressing the prospects of a
new Farm Show Complex,
HalloiVell said, "Getting the
millions needed to build the new
facility is a dream, getting the
necessary bills through the
legislature will be a nightmare.”
Hallowed sympathized with the
problems farmers are facing with
inflation and energy. He reported
on the progress of the methane
production at the Waybnght dairy
farm in Adams County.
‘That would be a farmer's
dream come true to be able to
send a bill to PP&L and Met-Ed,”
Hallowed said.—SM