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May 25,1985
5 Mod.
1. Jeff Franty, Windsor, Pa.,
F.P.; 2. Nathan Wolfe, Bedford,
Pa., 296.5 ; 3. Gary Mills, Fallston,
Md., 289.0.
1000 S.S. Garden Tractor
1. Leonard Bollinger, Mount
ville, Pa., 121.5; 2. Loren Kessler,
Mountville, Pa., 88.5; 3. Joe
Rakowski, Collegesville, Pa., 74.2.
1200 S.S. Garden Tractor
1. Leonard Hollinger, Mount
ville. Pa., 120.10; 2. George Eby
IV, Elizabethtown, Pa., 109.10; 3.
Joseph Rakowski, Collegeville,
Pa., 99.4.
Street-FWD
1. Larry Baltoyer, Lancaster,
Pa., F.P. F.P. F.P.; 2. Roy
Eshelman, Elizabethtown, Pa.,
F.P. F.P. 256.2 ; 3. Mervm Moyer,
Grantville, Pa., F.P. 299.10.
7 Mod.
1. Curt Luckenbill, Schuylkill
Haven, Pa., 269.7 ; 2. Nathan Wolfe,
Bedford, Pa., 262.2; 3. Thomas
Zimmerman, Mt. Joy, Pa. 261.6.
Street Semis
1. Wilbur Nauman, Ephrata,
Pa., F.P.; 2. Carl Spickler,
Elizabethtown, Pa.; 255.2 ; 3.
Ronald Wilburn, New Providence,
Pa., 252.11.
New from White Oak Mills
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9 Open
1. Robert Wittenbrader, Jr.,
Lake Ariel, Pa., 299.3 ; 2. Gary
Mills, Fallston, Md., 296.7 ; 3. Earl
Henderson, Baldwin, Md., 247.9.
9000 SS
1. Ronnie Hughes, New Windsor,
Md., 258.10 ft,; 2. Howard
Meredith, Wye Mills, Md., 256.10;
3. Jerry Hart, Vandaha, Ohio,
256.8.
1750 Mini
1. John Fairbanks, Fitchburg,
Maine, F.P. 250.0 ; 2. Dennis Horst,
Chambersburg, Pa., F.P. 231.3; 3.
John Seylar, Chambersburg, Pa.,
F.P.
7000 Mod.
1. Kenneth Owens, Harwood,
Md., F.P.; 2. Willard Will, Central
City, Pa., 288.4 ; 3. Thad Will,
Central City, Pa., 280.7.
6200 4WD
1. Glenn Davis, Hollywood, Fla.,
F.P.; 2. Tony O’Steen, West Green,
Ga., 292.7 ; 3. Howard Lewis, New
Carrollton, Md., 289.5.
CULLED SALT BLOCK
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• Trace Mineral ONLY $3.25 ea.
Less 4% Cash Discount
DIRECT TRUCKLOAD PURCHASE
of
SOYBEAN MEAL & DISTILLER’S
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WHITE OAK MILLS
419 West High St., Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Penn Mar purchase
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this is a one-time assessment, and
producers would be able to buy or
sell shares, in $5OO increments,
based on their changing
requirements.
Along with the common stock
and commodity stock necessary to
become a co-op member and
market hogs, preferred stock will
also be offered to hog producers, as
well as anyone else interested in
York farm tour planned
bookkeeper, and a second son,
Steve, is employed off the farm.
In addition to having ample
opportunity to observe the graceful
thoroughbreds, visitors will see
displays of various types of tack,
including western, exercise and
jockey saddles, and shoeing
equipment.
The Harry and Donnda Arnold
dairy herd grazes on land steeped
in local history, and tracing back
to original land grants.
The Arnolds purchased the 130-
acre general farm in 1955, from the
late Anna Huber, founder and
president of the York Visiting
Nurse Association for 40 years. She
was the last descendant of the
family which had purchased the
land from Thomas and John Penn,
sons of William Penn. An original
deed, inscribed on animal skin and
dating to 1772, in “the twelvth year
of the reign of King George III,” is
a prized family possession.
Arnold remodeled the barn in
1957, and it presently houses their
herd of between 35 and 40 milking
Holsteins, a large portion of them
of the Red and White Holstein
breed. About 40 head of
replacements are raised at all
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the co-op only from an investment
standpoint.
Although producers generally
favored the program, most were
hesitant to sign on the dotted line.
“It’s presented in a well thought
out manner,” noted one Manheim
hog finisher, “but I think it’s going
to cost them more to operate than
they’re saying.”
One farrow-to-finish operator
from Honks was in agreement. “I
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times, as well. Cropping program
centers on com and alfalfa, for use
in the dairy herd feeding program.
Donnda is a registered nurse at
Memorial Hospital. The couple’s
five children, Annette, Kathryn,
Lee, Christopher, and Philip work
at various off-farm professions.
Special hostess at the Arnold
farm will be York County Dairy
Princess Joyce Ruppert, with
samples of flavored sterile milk
from Dairymen, Inc. Other dairy
related items of interest planned
are a display on the daily feed
consumption of a cow, and an
exhibit by American Breeders
Service.
Base for the haywagon tours will
be a centrally-located large tent,
housing various ag-related craft,
commodities and food displays.
Periodic demonstrations of sheep
shearing are planned. Wagons will
leave the base area at frequent
intervals throughout the day.
All three participating farms are
south on Route 462, between
Wnghtsville and Hellam. Visitors
should take Route 30 to the
Wrightsville Exit, and follow the
farm tour signs.
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don’t think they’ll have enough
working capital,” he said, noting
that slaughtering 3,000 hogs a week
will cost the plant $330,000 a week,
based on a per-head price of $llO.
“And then after two weeks you’ve
got to start paying your em
ployees, too.”
Another Manheim producer was
reluctant to comment on the
financial picture, but had high
praise for the co-op’s emphasis on
quality.
PACMA sales manager Royal
Palmer explained that producers
will be paid according to the “lean
yield system” with backfat
thickness at the last rib being the
determining factor. “We can no „
longer afford to say ‘I don’t care
what happens to my product after
it leaves the farm,’ ” Palmer said,
emphasizing that paying a
premium for top quality pork is
one way of producing the kind of
red meat that consumers demand.
Most producers agreed on this
point, noting that paying higher
prices for lean hogs gives
producers more incentive to im
prove their stock
And producers generally agreed
that the cost of co-op membership
was minimal. “What’s $l,OOO if you
have a market,” one pork
producer commented. “You can
pay that for one good boar.”
Though no banks have com
mitted funds to the venture, Goss
noted that a number have in
dicated interest. “I don’t have any
reservation that we’re going to
make this work, if you want it,” he
told producers. “When it comes to
making money, I can’t think of
anything other than a co-op that
will get the job done.”
Producers interested in learning
more about Penn Mar and the
Shamokin plant can contact
Howard Goss at PACMA, phone;
717-761-2740.
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* Includes A 5 Ton
Volume Discount
And
Cash Discount
of 4% Due
7 Days After
Invoiced.