Fanning, Saturday, May 23, 1992
While Working On
COAL CENTER (Washington
Co.) —Clyde S. Robinson, well
known director of many faim orga
nizations, was stricken with an
aneuiysm of the aorta last Satur
day, May 16, while woridng on
equipment at his 95-cow Jersey
dairy farm. Robinson died later in
the day after an emergency opera
tion. He was 74 years old.
Robinson had served as Nation
al DHIA president as well as Pen
nsylvania president and vice presi
dent He was a continuous member
of Atlantic Breeders Cooperative
board of directors for 45 years, and
served on the executive commitee
as treasurer, vice president and on
the Jersey Sire Committee.
He served on the Pennsylvania
MILK.
IT DOES A
BODY good;
Dairy Leader Striken
ilyde S. Robinson
Dairymen’s Association board of
directors from 1956 to 1991, was
president of Dairymen’s in 1976
The Farm
and received the first annual Char
les E. Cowan Memorial Award. He
was president of the Pennsylvania
Jersey Cattle Club and a board
member of the American Jersey
Cattle Club.
In the late ’7os to early 'Bos,
Robinson served on the executive
committee of the Penn State Ag
Advisory Council and was a> Mas
ter Farmer award winner. He was
president and a board member of
the Pennsylvania State Fair Asso
ciation, served on the State ASC
Committee, and was a board mem
ber of the County Agricultural
Extension Association.
He was president and a board
member of the Country Belle
Cooperative, served on the Federal
Order 36 Advertising Committee,
and the California Area School
Authority. He belonged to the
Masonic Lodge and was a member
of the Grace United Methodist
Church at Cole Center.
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Average Farm Feed
Costs For Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state
to have handy reference of com
modity input costs in their feeding
operations for DHIA record sheets
or to develop livestock feed cost
data, here’s this week’s average
costs of various ingredients as
compiled from regional reports
across the state of Pennsylvania.
Remember these are averages so
you will need to adjust your figures
up or down according to your loca
tion and the quality of your crop.
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Com, No. 2y - 2.92 BU. 5.23
CWT.
Wheat, No. 2 - 3.87 BU. 6.46
CWT.
Barley, No. 3 - 2.32 BU. 4.96
CWT.
Oats, No. 2 - 1.85 BU. 5.77
CWT.
Soybeans, No. I - 5.68 BU. 9.49
CWT.
Ear Com - 79.20 BU. 3.96
CWT.
Alfalfa Hay -125.50 TON 6.28
CWT.
Mixed Hay -111.75 TON 5.59
CWT.
Timothy Hay - 109.25 TON
5.46 CWT.