® (Continued from Page B 2) dairy seem to prove that, by keeping the two traditional flavors in business. “When it comes right down to it, the vanilla and chocolate flavors sell the best,” Reid stated. The dairy’s top seller is chocolate butterfudge. People also travel for miles for some of the other favorties like rocky road, coconut custard and coconut nut fudge. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to make a 10-gallon batch of ice cream. Reid explained that in the summer the plant makes ice cream four or five times a week, while in the winter three days a week are scheduled for ice cream produc tion. A trademark of the Blair County dairy is the round plastic half gallon containers in which the ice cream is sold. The cost is almost twice as much as other packaging, but Reid believes so far it is the best “I tried switching to card- Q board, but we found the plastic w keeps the ice cream tighter and preserves it longer.” Reid has taken courses in ice cream, milk testing and produc tion at Penn State. He also studied accounting for two years. “Whoever runs a small dairy must be top of everything. Another key IND A JOHN DEERS ‘FIRST’ WE’BE COMBINING FARMING FRONTIERS ’B3 WISH A SO SERIES TRACTOR OPEN HOUSE SO GIVE YOU A PROGRAM LOADED WISH VALUES CHARMING frontiers tsSSii You really shouldn’t miss this. We’re hosting an all-in-one new John Deere Tractor Open House and Farming Frontiers. Films will show action scenes of the efficient new tractors ... new matched equipment... plus lively Furrow-On- Film subjects. There’ll be food, friendship, and door prizes. Plan now to attend. DATE MON.. JAN. 24 I PLACE OUR STORE • APAMSTOWN. PA ★ Door Prizes * Lunch Served At Noon 10% OFF PARTS (In Stock) JAN. 24 to JAN. 29 DAMSTOWN EQUIP., INC. Box 456 Adamstown, Pa. 19501 Phone: 215-484-4391 Blair Co. daily is to have good employees,” ad vised Reid. He feels that he is fortunate to have the 25 full-time and 8 part-time workers he em ploys at the plant. Some of the people have dedicated 30 years to the dairy. Reid believes that the fact his employees are non-union has helped the plant to survive. “Looking down the road, I feel that could be our biggest enemy if we ever ran into that situation,” he admitted. Ritchey’s Dairy puts milk into five school districts. Those large accounts are important, but the door-to-door home deliveries are more dependable for the small plant. However Reid says that doesn’t always mean more money. He believes a small plant must be prepared and not build its business entirely on large wholesale- ac counts that can be lost to larger dairies. Many changes, not apparent to outsiders, have taken place over the past ten years. As the current owner-manager tells it, he has attempted to eliminate the dairy’s weaknesses. The cold room was enlarged for extra storage; the plant doubled its processing to 800 gallons an b our; faster machines to package the milk, automatic TIME AM A 7 PM cleaning system, rewiring, a new tank truck, and a new well, were added. "I was building towards a more efficient milk plant to stay in business longer,” he stated. Some once a. week deliveries and milk processing cut from seven to four days a week are also economic measures taken by the dairy. Reid hopes to keep the dairy in the Ritchey family. He prides himself in coming up through the ranks and the personnel relationship he has with each Keep warn without going broke LANCASTER - Pennsylvania’s home heating season has begun. If you are low on cash and need to conserve what you have, a good place to begin is with your tome beating bills. Joseph L. Wysocki, Extension housing specialist at Penn State, offers these tips on how to keep the money in your pocket and the cold outside: At night, set your thermostat back to 55 degreees. During the day, wear several loose layers of warm clothing and set your thermostat between 65 and 68 degrees - the lower the better. If no one is at home during the day, before you leave turn the heat down to 55 until family members ■ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, ianuary 15,1983—83 employee. He says he likes it that way. Don’t look for the dairy to change much m the years to come. Ritchey’s Dairy believes it has what the people want: a small dairy that caters to them as neighbors, friends and individuals. “Any business that doesn’t con tinue to grow can hurt itself, however I like it the size we are,” admits the businessman. “We don’t want to grow too fast.” He remembers twenty years ago. Penn State projected that by return home after school or work. However, if you have very young children or elderly people at home, you need to be more careful about turning down the heat because they are more likely to get sick from being cold. Turn off the heat in rooms you don’t use and close them off from the rest of the bouse. If your house is large, consider living in less space for the winter. Plug holes and cracks in the walls and windows. Feel for drafts around light switches, electrical outlets, window and door frames, and innocent-looking cracks in the walls. Shut the outside vents if you have a fireplace. Use the flue damper. If the weather is very cold and you know your damper is not awfully tight, think about making a fireplace closure to cover the entire opening. Then, save your fires for warmer weather because too often the heat from your house goes up the chimney along with the smoke. Wrap the hot water pipes coming from the hot water heater. If the area around your hot water this time there would no longer be home delivery milk routes. “Basically their forecast came out right, with the exception of this company which is stronger in retail than 20 years ago. ” You must realize that Ritchey’s is not an ordinary dairy. It’s a business that each Christmas season makes mint ice cream. Why? According to the owner, the simple reason is because a fellow church member requests it. heater is cold, consider insulating the heater as well. Caulk and weatherstrip your doors and windows. Even though you have storm windows and doors, if these are not perfectly sealed, heat leaks are robbing you of comfort and cash. Stuff insulation around the top of you basement wall at the sill plate. The area between the ground level and the basement ceiling can let in a lot of cold. Insulate your attic and install ■storm windows if you have none. 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