* ■" * ,><•** *<* • .•‘W •**-.« *5- . > , ''*. , , > Vincent Wagner brushes clean the rear legs of this young Holstein, while owner Kir by Horst (far left) and treasurer of the Lebanon County Holstein Club, Jay Weaver, look on. Kirby’s wife, Cheryl is hidden as she holds the halter, while Juliet Wagner comes over to watch her husband at work. X * Brown rot is only serious if you don’t know how to stop it. You won’t stop rot with ordinary fungicides. But Fungi nex* isn’t ordinary. It has true curative control. Even if applied to stone fruit after you spot early signs of fungal disease, Funglnex actu- ally stops disease from spreading. Stops spores from causing Infection. Minimizes crop damage, And Funglnex works when resistance to other fungicides becomes a problem. So what used to be serious, isn’t. FUNGIINEX STOPPING POWER CIBA-GEIGY Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 6, 1992-A2l Dairy Industry Vital (Continued from Page A2O) Hershey, according to Audrey Throne, manager of farm operations for Hershey. Throne grew up in Lebanon County on a dairy farm that her brother Barry Hostetler and her father still operate. Her brother Eugene Hostet ler operates a dairy farm in the North Annville area. “Certainly Lancaster Coun ty is the largest milk supplying county, but Lebanon County has beautiful farms, just as Lancaster County,” Throne said. “We find that Lebanon County farms tend to be larger than the average that we buy (milk) from. “I drink we have good qual ity farms. 1 think the quality of milk that comes off the farm depends on the dairy farmers. The individual on the farm makes the quality,” she said, attributing the success of the Lebanon dairy production business to the producers. Throne is in charge of seven inspectors and a field supervi sor who ensure that standards are maintained on the farms which sell milk to Hershey. ‘They (inspectors) are actu ally certified by the secretary of agriculture and the state of Pennsylvania,” she said, adding that their job is more than looking for compliance. ‘They are also the representa tives of the company. To the dairy farmer, that inspector is Hershey Chocolate Company” Most of the milk Hershey buys from Lebanon producers is used to manufacture choco late. A varying percentage is sold through New York and New Jersey markets. And while most chocolate manufacturing companies use milk powder as the dairy ingredient for their confec tions, Hershey has maintained a commitment to using fluid milk. In fact, they are in the process of building a new fluid milk plant Wally Willig, who is in charge of the dairy receiving for Hershey, said “The new plant that we’re building is dedicated to fluid milk. It’s rather unique ... but Her shey insists on using the pro cess that Milton Hershey insti tuted using fresh whole milk and the new plant is being put up to do that I think that’s important for the stability of the industry.” One of the strongest local markets for the milk in the Lebanon area is Wengert’s Dairy, which has maintained a shyness toward public com ment for several years. Nevertheless, the local dairy processor is known for the quality products, fluid and butter, cottage cheese, etc., that it retails under the Wengert’s label or its Lancas ter County label, Graybill’s. A strong market for Wengert’s is the Good Samar itan Hospital in Lebanon, where milk and dairy products play an important role in help ing people stay healthy. According to Gayle Hoff man, hospital nutritionist, the need for dairy products is still as strong as ever. She oversees a diet selec tion for patients which pro vides choices which patients can make similar to selecting from a restaurant menu. Nutritionists at the hospital can not mandage what a per son is going to eat, but they try to work with educating the patients so that they can make wise choices which follow along with their needs. Of the six different menus the hospital offers, they all contain dairy products. The low fat, low cholesterol skim milk is used predominately at the hospital, which has a strong working relationship with Wengerts Dairy and thus the local dairy producers. In April the hospital used 297 gallons of milk for cook ing; 8,640 half pints for drink ing, most of which was used by patients. (Turn to Pag* A 26)
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