VOL 34 No. 33 Delmarva Chicken Festival OCEAN VIEW, DE. The 41st annual Delmarva Chicken Festival feted the mother of the poultry industry in her home town of Ocean View, Delaware. Held over the weekend of June 16 & 17, the event was part homecoming, part educational, and in large part, just plain old fashioned fun with chicken. Festival goers, which included a number of summer visitors from the nearby Delaware and Maryland coastal resorts, were treated to a hometown honoring itself on its 100th anniversary and its most famous citizen, Cecile Steele, who in 1923 produced the first flock of chickens grown specially for meat. That flock, which saw 387 birds come to market averaging a little over two pounds each in weight, took 16 weeks to produce. It set off an industry which is worldwide in scope. On Delmarva, it ranks as the largest industry, producing more than -500 million birds worth over one billion dollars per year. Mrs. Steele’s contribution'*) hef state, and nation, will be recognized permanendv-in the form of an official historical marker prepared by*the Statfc ot Delaware which will be placed in Ocean Vic#**lowti"p!BK. From loft 10 right aro: John Johnson, president, Ocean View Town Council; Donald J. Lynch, president, Delmar va Poultry Industry, Inc.; David Steele; Jean Steele Bunt ing: and Delaware Governor Michael N. Castle. Three Dairy Promotion Groups Reach Agreement BY KARL BERGER Special Correspondent HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) —Three of the four major farmer funded organizations that promote dairy products in Pennsylvania have agreed to coordinate their marketing and fundraising activi ties, capping eight months of nego tiations mediated by the state Department of Agriculture. The formal agreement, which will take effect July I, was signed June 16 in Harrisburg by Raymond Johnson, president of the Ameri can Dairy Association and Dairy Council Inc.; Kenneth Stromski, chairman of the Federal Order 36 Advertising and Promotion Agen cy; and Paul Corbin, chairman of the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program. The Syracuse, N.Y.-based ADA and DC collect money from far mers regulated under Federal Order 2 and promote milk in the order’s marketing area, which includes New York City, northern New Jersey and northeastern Pen nsylvania. The Order 36 agency (Turn to Page AM) -'PERIODICALS DIVISION W?O9 PATTEE LIBRARY PENNSYLVANIA STAft UNIVERSIJY UNIVERSITY PARK PA 1600._-1-./0* Four Sections (Turn to Piigo A$D . A milk toast tor batter mHk promotion from tha slgnatoras of an agraamant of cooperation among three of thafour major milk promotion groups In Pennsylvania. They are (I to r): seated, Raymond Johnson, signing for ADA/DC; Paul Corbin, PA Milk Promotion Committee; Boyd Wolff, state ag secretary, and Ken Btromskl signing tor FO 36 Advertislng/intormatlon. Stand* Infl.Brlan ward, ADA/DC, Donna Venter, state promotion commutes and Scott Higgins, FO 36 Advertlslng/lntormation. Middle Atlantic Milk Marketing Assn, did not sign tha agreement. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 24,1989 Farrow* finally racalvad a little haymaking weather on Month* afternoon in aseaaon where regular daßy shower* have hindered harvesting and iiflM%;(Aeratton9. in thepholo, 10-year-old Jama# Martlnw*lts on IwplherOanlel to oompllMhmMm round with the bailer to fill the third wagon before they pulttne hay loads back to the home farm along Clay Road in Lancaster County. The sons of Mr. and Mrs. Slam a Martin weHMh the hay field among some hpuseeln # development along Route 322 near Brlckerville when Managing Editor Everett Newswanger snapped the picture. Stability In The Northeast Dairy Industry Demands United Front BY PAT PURCEtL UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Instability marks the num ber one industry in Pennsylvania and the most important farm enter prise in the northeastern United Haymaking Between Showers Stales dairy fanning. “Dairy farmers have seen more price fluctuations at the farm level in the past ten years than any time since JVorld War IL There has been more instability in the North- 504 Par Copy east than most dairy fanners can remember and certainly more than they wish to continue” said Dr. Paul Hand, General Manager, Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, speaking in University Park on Wednesday at the dairy industry symposium. The symposium titled, “Indus try and Academic Perspectives Of The Competitive Position Of The Northeast Dairy Industry” brought together leaders of the dairy indus try with academic and government economists to present their views on the status of the industry in the Northeast region and to discuss strategy for bringing stability back to the industry. Milk producers in the Northeast, (Turn to Paga A 23) Conservation Farmer Up For National Award GREENCASTLE (Franklin Co.) Richard Stoner of Franklin County is used to winning state and local conservation awards. This time the 41-year-old live stock farmer is eligible for nation al recpgnition. Stoner, of 7100 Windmill Road, Gpencastle, has been selected as Pennsylvania’s nominee fdr the 1989 National Endowment for $12.50 Per Year (Two to Page AM)
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