LEESPORT A crowd of about
-90 dairy producers gathered at the
Ontelaunee Grange Hall for the
annual Berks County Dairy
Farmers’ Association banquet.
After a hearty, family-style
meal, the producers settlecfdown
to the business at hand.
Berks County’s state legislator,
Rep. John Davies, reviewed some
of the current bills and proposals
circulating through the House and
Senate on Capital Hill in
Harrisburg.
Berks County’s Dairy Princess
Betty Jean Hoke brought the
farmers up-to-date on her
promotion efforts for the dairy
industry. She announced she bad
taken part in several parades,
fairs, the state’s Food, Expo, Ag
Progress Days, and dairyprincess
workshops.
County President Donald
Duncan informed the producers
that they had scored a major
victory with the defeat in com
mittee of House Bill 767. “The
farming associations worked
together to stop that legislation. If
the block voting bill had passed, it
could have killed the future of any
dairy referendum.”
Duncan pointed out dairy
producers need a milk referen
dum. “In order to get a higher milk
check, fanners have two choices
either produce more milk or
promote and sell more Class I
milk,” he said.
In their own efforts to promote
their product,, the Berks dairy
producers have ventured into the
milk shake and ice cream vending
business. With the help of
Association members and local 4-
H’ers, the farmers have found that
folks love ice cream and milk
shakes just as much as they used
to, even if they cost a little more
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Berks dairy producers hold annual meeting
these days. -
• The milk shake trajleT'eamed a m
total of s2,Bl7J)£F3uring thepast
year,, evep-tnough it was only HH
„ brought Into service for the mid
summer fair circuit. This income
will help to offset the first year’s
expenses which included the
purchase of the trailer, licensing
fees and other related costs which
amounted to slightly more than
$5,000.
One of the Berks Dairy Fanners’
Association’s claim to fame is their
salaried promotion coordinator, V
the only one in the state. This P
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Bitter, who left to assume a >
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veteran dairy promoter is Karen ||
Sattazahn, a former Berks Dairy 11, . ; .
. Princess. Im
“I wish more counties had a 11% ■
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exclaimed Duncan, referring to """ *
their promotion and successful -•
coordinator program.
The Association members .
elected four directors to serve
three-year terms. Newly elected scussf
director is Harvey Krill, with rbach,
Wilson Balthaser, John Stump, and
Alton Rohrbach being reelected.
Entertainment for the evening
was provided by Herman Hun
smger of Frystown who shared his
experiences through slides of his
trip to China with the People to
People tour last summer. He ex
plained the tour participants are
.“ambassadors of good will who
paytheirownway.”
“The philosophy behind People
to People is that if people of the
world can get along, then gover
nments will have to,” Hunsinger
concluded,
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Berks Dairy Association President Donald Howard after the annual meeting held last
Duncan discusses business with directors Friday evening.
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