WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dairy cooperatives are marketing a growing share of the nation’s milk and dairy products, according to a preliminary report by Randall E. Torgerson, administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Cooperative Service. Preliminary data from a survey of all dairy cooperatives in the Nation revealed a slow but steady increase in the cooperatives’ share of raw milk marketed, along with Aps | I ** w~, Hot Water and Steam Cleaner 2200 New FROSTEXII Heating Cable $1 4B $ 1.19/Ft ■ •W*#/Ft. 50 FT. 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Cottage cheese shares increased from 13 percent in 1973 to 22 per cent in 1960, while ice cream in- LIST SALE •1850“ •2295“ •2850“ •3895“ $2295.00 $2850.00 smio L SUPREME i MOtohOA *aeiow *°^ Store HoUrs Fn 7 30AM 9 00PM Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 17,1983—A27 creased to 14 percent, up from only five percent in 1973. Cooperative milk marketings increased significantly in New England, Central and Pacific regions, held about steady in the South Atlantic and decreased in the Middle Atlantic and Mountain wnrrmtui Hunterdon Hayshakers New officers for the 1983-84 year were elected. The results were: President, Barbara Murphy; Ist Vice-President, Karen Baker; 2nd Vice-President, Jodi Neuberger; Recording Secretary, Becky Alpaugh; Corresponding Secretary, Tara Udut; Treasurer, David Palmer; Assistant Treasurer, Kristin Sandorff; Reporter, Jennifer Hasselbrook; Photographer, Susan Kostak; and Scrapbook, Shenee Foldy. 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