Crawford
MEADVILLE (Crawford)
The Crawford County Council of
Farm Organizations will hold its
Seventh Annual Recognition and
Awards Banquet on Thursday
evening, October 13 at 7:30 p.m.,
at West Mead No. 2 Fire Hall.
The event includes a smorgas
bord dinner served by the West
Mead No. 2 Firemen’s Auxiliary,
recognition of 1988 Farm-City
Day and Dairy Princess Pageant
hosts and Executive Director, pre
sentation of 1988 Ag-Industrial
Award, and the 1988 Hall of Fame
Award. Special entertainment will
be provided by Indian dancers,
Order of the Arrow.
The Crawford County Council
of Farm Organizations is com
prised of representatives from
Crawford-Venango Farmers’
Union Milk Producers’ Coopera
tive; Milk Marketing, Inc.; Craw
ford County Farmers Association;
Fair Dairy Committee; Auction
eers’ Association; Holstein Club;
Dairy Princess Committee; Pomo
na Grange; Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association; N.W. Pa. Maple
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1 The grower can more easily follow prescribed
feeding practices and programs He has control of
the system
2 Every feeder line accepts interchangeable pan
sizes, medium depth and deep pans, Plus Big
Dutchman offers "The Orange One," a smaller feeder
with a more shallow 13-inch diameter pan for starting
poults
3 Feed depth and flow are controlled by a single
winch at the hopper end of the I me Accurate settings
are easy to make without time-consuming, one-by
one adjustments Only Big Dutchman offers this
depth control feature
4 The Big Dutchman turkey feeding system has an
outstanding capability for programmed feeding The
cable adjustment mechanism allows the operator to
fill all the pans in the line to maximum capacity when
birds are first brought into the house As feed is eaten
out of the pans, the adjustable skirt will move down
to the pre-selected position
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Producers’ Association; N.W. Pa.
Beekeepers’ Association; North
western Rural Electric Coopera
tive Association; N.W. Pa. Sheep
and Wool Growers; Dairy Lea;
Cochranton Cooperative Associa
tion; Crawford County Rabbit
Club; Meadville Farm Credit
Association; N.W. Colored Dairy
Breed Association; County 4-H
Dairy Leaders and Area Feed
Dealers.
The Council is instrumental in
the planning and implementation
of the Annual Farm-City Day
event. Additionally, Council
members have assisted with
improvements in the dairy depart
ment and show arena at the County
Fair; they prepared and erected
directory signs at the Fair; have
sponsored and conducted Farm
and Fire Safety programs, hosted
an out-of-state farm tour group,
held a public informational meet
ing about milk marketing and are
actively planning improved facili
ties for the County’s Cooperative
Extension and other Ag agencies.
Further, the Council initiated an
• Interchangeable pan sizes provide versatility matching the feeding
equipment to the needs and growth stages of the flock, from poults
to heavy toms
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Ag-Industry and a Hall of Fame _ . T • • . Gray; and R °y Black. Current
Award. The Ag-Industry; award is Lmngston year’s winners will be announced
made each year to the related c „ „ .. and plaques will be presented dur
industry (hat has given outstanding sentedtoafunnito SSffl £££ and
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ous recipients liave beat Rkdtaid OperaUo ". ° f 10 1,18 qua on October 13 at 7:30 p.tn. ut
and Fritz Muckinhaupt, owners West Mead No. 2 Fire Hall. Tick
and operators of Turner’s Mill, D ; ents n f.u:„ ets at $8.50 per person may be
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Jilin Faint Credit Association; S f«s2.ool4;dnadlin.isOaobnr
Oswald Equipment Co.; Seiler 1 o.
Dairy Promotion Group
Stresses Local Activities
either the PDPP’s logo or slogan,
“Make it Milk,” range from a per
unit cost of ten cents to $ 12.49 for a
paperweight clock. In addition to
the clock, the give-aways or prizes
that are available are mugs, glass
milk pitchers, travelling tooth
brush, rulers, pens, scratch pads,
key chains, baseball-style caps and
ice cream scoopers.
Promotional groups, producers,
HARRISBURG (Dauphin)
As part of its ongoing commitment
to support local dairy promotional
activities, the dairy-farmer
govcrned Pennsylvania Dairy
Promotion Program offers a num
ber of “grassroots” services.
A new, flyer listing ten different
advertising specialty items is being
sent to all county dairy promotion
groups. The items, which bear
The
Turkey
Feeder
that
Solves Four
Problems of
Continuous
Grow-Out
• Strong central core keeps the skirt aligned and holds pan and shield
in position
• Large pan is extra deep, with feed-saving lip The large pan is 5 inches
deep, medium pan is 3 inches deep
• Drawcableraisesorlowersallpanskirtsinthelme Maximum feed
flow opening is 4 5 inches
• Ample open space between the pan and the upper shield allows
adult turkeys to eat comfortably
• Suspension of the plastic core is strengthened by steel hangers that
engage the plastic core above the auger tube
• There are no small parts Assembly and maintenance are simple and
easy
Lancaster Farming Saturday, October 1, 1988-oa
dairies or retailers interested in
obtaining these promotional items
directly from the advertising agen
cy, which warehouses the stock,
may contact the PDPP at (717)
787-6903.
The PDPP also provides cash
subsidies to local dairy promotion
groups. Among this year’s 43
organizations sharing a PDPP Loc
al Funding Program budget of
$BO,OOO is the Clinton County
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
Women’s Committee, which
because of the PDPP funding, has
been able to establish a Dairy Prin
cess Program, and develop an
innovative dairy education puppet
show.
PDPP staff and volunteers are
also available to make presenta
tions to non-dairy community
groups interested in the dairy
industry. PDPP Promotions Spe
cialist Laura “Lolly” Long recen
tly spoke on “fun things to do with
cheese” before a gathering of 200
women attending the Christian
Business & Professional Women’s
“Lewisburg Monday After Five”
Club in Lewisburg, PA.
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