VOL 27 No. 49 It’s been a year of Holstein family affairs BY DICK ANGLESTEIN MANHEIM It wasn’t another “father-son act,” it was still a' family affair -in the Holstein competition at the Manheim Farm Show Thursday afternoon. And it took a whole year for-the family to get their act on the local dairy show stage,too. , Winners of the grand and reserve championship in the large, Holstein competition at Manheim were Dennis and David Kulp, sons of Robert and Ruth Kulp, Power Road, R 1 Manheim. Dennis, 23, had the grand champ and younger brother, David, 19, had the reserve. The brothers were both ready to come on to the local Holstein showing scene at last year’s Manheim Farm Show, but a sudden wind storm that tore up the dairy tent postponed their plans for a year. . “After showing mostly at the other end of-the classes, we felt we SYRACUSE', N.Y. - It may, be proper to celelirate a 60th an- gift.bijt ' Producers .president Michael OonoVan presented more than 750 members with: some good news during their 60th Anniversary meeting. Oonavan told the group their co op just received the green light from the New York State Agriculture Commissioner to proceed with their purchase of the co-op’s first bottling plant. Before the two • 1 ( v.vavn’v Four Sections were ready last year,” David Kulp said. “We felt we had some good entries last year and had a good chance.” But then the storm canceled the show. In the meantime, Dennis bought his first “show cow,” Stewhills Envoy Stacy, VG-85, at the Spring Promise Sale at the Guernsey Pavilion in April. Bred by. Michael Stewart, Airville, York County, she went on to take Manheim’s grand championship as a four-year-old. ' The reserve grand champion, owned by David, is junior two year-old, Kulp-Dale Jemini Babe, a home-bred. So'even though the Kulp brothers had to wait a year and the entry list increased sharply at this year’s Manheim Farm Show due to the' new pole bam facility, they were ready to do their “family thing.” - In three- previous Lancaster (Turn to Page A2l> Eastern’s purchase highlights 60th year milk shipped. Ironically, their guest speaker for the meeting was : Edward, Coughlin, director 'of ’'USD'A’s. dairy division, the department responsible for ad ministering the amended dairy support program. “We had been negotiating with Kraft Foods, for their Homer, N.Y. milk plant since last November,” explained Eastern spokesman Len Zemaitis. He noted the co-op needed state approval fprliscense transfer-. But after a recent hearing in which private dealers tried to block the purchase, the commissioner ruled in favor of Eastern. “It’s important for a co-op to own that plant,” said Zemaitis. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 9,1982 Grand and reserve champions of Manheim Farm Show Holstein competition include Dennis, right and grand, and David Kulp, R 1 Manheim. “Kraft has been gradually getting out of the activity of bottling milk." According to Zejnaitis, the bottling plant secures a market for nearly 100 Eastern shippers. The plant has been bottling under the Sealtest label and Zemaitis reported the co-op will continue bottling for Sealtest. .The fluid product is then handled by 10 distributors. The 60-year-old co-op, with a membership of approximately 3,500, originated as a bargaining tool for northeastern dairy producers. But a growing trend in marketing has changed all that. “We’re physically handling 84 percent of milk produced by members. That’s up 50 percent from a year ago,” Zemaitis reported. Not including the recent Homer plant purchase, Eastern has ac complished a 50 percent increase in supply contracts with Kraft .Foods which furnishes a market for an additional four million pounds of milk monthly to the Kraft Company. Eastern’s Leprino cheese plants average approximately 54 million pounds per month! In addition, International Cheese Corporation, operating a plant at Hbiesburg, Vermont, earlier this year signed a 5-year supply contract with Eastern. . Just as their markets continue to grow, so does the co-op’s concern over the pending 50-cent assessment, which will be levied nationally on December -I of this year. (Turn to 'Page A 35) Governor proclaims Farm Women’s Day By JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent HARRISBURG - With a flourish of his black pen. Governor Dick Thornburgh signed a , proclamation this week designating Oct. 14 as Farm Women’s day in Pennsylvania. That proclamation was the result of action taken by Marie Baughman, president of the Pennsylvania Society of Farm Women, to win recognition for the efforts of the more than 4,000 members in 189 local societies upholding the goals and philosophy of the agriculture tradition. On hand at the Governor’s of fices in the Capitol for the $7.50 per year Edward Coughlin ceremonial signing were state Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowell, state Farm Women’s First Vice President Edith Diehl, Shippensburg. According to Mrs. Baughman, also of Shippensburg, the idea was sparked by a group of her friends who asked about the background of the Society and their suggestion that the women should have their own day of recognition. Pursuing that suggestion, Mrs. Baughman had the proclamation written up in official style and sent a copy of it to the Governor’s office in early September. (Turn to Page A 33)