Officers were elected at the organizational meeting of the Delaware Direct Marketing
Association. Serving the association in its first year will be, from the left, Al Warner,
president; Bill O’Day, vice president; Dan Scheller. treasurer; and Bob Draper,
secretary.
sire, Lone Palm T H Jupiter, has a
Del. direct marketers elect officers Sunnydell Titan Flame, made a 317
day record as a 5-year-old of 15,091
pounds of milk and 813 pounds of
BY IRISH WILLIAMS
DOVER, DE After several
preliminary meetings, the
Delaware Direct Marketing
Association, Inc. met Tuesday to
elect officers and discuss the intent
of the association’s beginning
stages.
The meeting was held at the
Dover Sheraton Inn in conjunction
with the sixth annual statewide
vegetable meeting. An estimated
25 persons attending the direct
marketing voted to elect the
following slate of officers: A 1
Warner, president; Bill O’Day,
vice president; Dan Scheller,
treasurer; and Bob Draper,
secretary.
Carl German, Extension
marketing specialist, and Bill
Sammons, Marketing and
Promotion Div., Del. dept, of
agriculture, will serve as advisors
to the association for the first year.
“MASTER FARMER FERTILIZERS”
in co-operation with the Penn-State Extension Service, is again pre
senting a series of evening meetings pertaining to our Major crops.
We have attempted to develop a schedule of interest, with
capable and knowledgable speakers. We sincerely hope you will
find the time and interest to attend some or all of these meetings.
The Meeting Schedule Is As Follows:
2. Monday, January 30th
John Yocum
Don Mahlandt
3. Thursday, Ffebruary 16th
Dr. Elwood Hatley
Dr. Tom Lanini
4. Monday, February 27th
John Yocum
Chemical Reps
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German has been instrumental in
organizing the association in order
to provide Delaware’s direct
marketers with a network to ex
change ideas and promote their
industry.
According to its constitution the
purposes of the association are;
- to establish and maintain basic
operating standards of quality and
representation that will inspire
public confidence in direct
marketing;
- to provide members with in
formation, publicity and mer
chandising materials that will
assist in promoting the sale of
Delaware farm products;
- to provide support and direction
to educational and research ac
tivities;
- to provide a medium for
exhanging information and ex
perience among the membership
so that the industry as a whole will
Place: Leola Family Restaurant, basement
Time: 7:3oPrompt!
Dates: As shown below
- ALFALFA
- Penn State Research Farm, Landisville, Pa
- Pennfield Feeds, Dairy Sales Mgr.
Forage nutrition in dairy.
- PASTURES & SMALL GRAIN
- Penn State University, Extension
Agronomist. Small Grain
- Penn State University, Extension Agronomist.
Weed Specialist - How to control spiney
pigweed in pastures!
- TOBACCO
- Penn State Research Farm, Landisville, Pa.
- Geigy, FMC, Dow, Chevron.
Brief summary of chemical recommendations
of Tobacco.
- Southern & Lancaster Co. companies will be
invited.
Tobacco Cos
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be more successful;
- to serve as a voice for the in
dustry.
Warner emphasized that the
organization is strickly geared
toward the marketing function and
will not deal with problems of
production.
Warner recommended members
attend the Mid-Atlantic Direct
Marketing Conference to be held
Feb. 21-23 at the Host Farm in
Lancaster, Pa. A state meeting of
the Delaware Direct Marketing
Association will be held during the
Mid-Atlantic Conference.
The next meeting of the
Association is scheduled for
Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the
State Dept, of Agriculture building
in Dover.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 28,1984—A17
Mass, heifer tops
Guernsey Sale
BY IRISH WILLIAMS
LANCASTER - Splendor V
Jupiter Firefly, a bred heifer from
Cummmgton, Mass, topped the
331st Special Guernsey Sale,
Thursday at the Guernsey Sales
Barn.
Consigned by Shawn L. Thayer,
the heifer brought $l7OO from her
buyers, D. Marion and Mildred
Benedict, Long Lane Farm,
Waynesboro. The Benedict’s milk
35 registered Guernseys on their
Franklin County farm. The Long
Lane herd was the first herd of
registered Guernseys in Franklin
county according to Ruth Ann
John, of the Pa. Guernsey
Breeders Association and
daughter of the Benedicts.
Firefly is due to calve March
25th to Jonkar Telestars Pride. Her
Buyers of the heifer bringing top bid at Thursday's
Guernsey Sale are D. Marion and Mildred Benedict. Ruth Ann
John, right, is with the Pa. Guernsey Breeders Association.
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