A26-Lancastw Farming, Saturday, November 27, 1993 District Directors’ Meeting The November fall district director meetings are finished and it’s now time to prepare for the dis trict DHIA Winter meetings to be held in January of February. The districts that will need to hold meeting are the districts where an election needs to take place. It was agreed at the fall dis trict meeting that other districts may meet with those districts where elections need to take place and an agenda will be sent to the local committees for them to make those decisions. The change in bylaws and new districts is to go into effect Jan. 1, 1994. This change will separate the state into small districts for state representation. The following will outline the districts where some meeting have been held and some need to be organized. Those districts where no decision was made, need to establish a date and place. The nominating committee from each county will need to con tact the other counties in their dis trict These meetings need to take place after Jan. 1, but before the annual meeting scheduled for Feb. 18. Average Farm Feed Costs For Handy Reference To help fanners 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. Com, No. 2y - 2.80 BU. 5.01 CWT. Wheat, No. 2 - 3.19 BU. 5.32 CWT. Barley. No. 3 - 1.95 BU. 4.17 CWT. Oats, No. 2 - 1.58 BU. 4.91 CWT. Soybeans. No. 1 - 6.31 BU. 10.53 CWT. Ear Com - 68.82 TON 3.44 CWT. Alfalfa Hay -104.25 TON 5.21 CWT. Mixed Hay - 95.00 TON 4.75 CWT. Timothy Hay - 108.25 TON 5.41 CWT. HERNIA? No hernia is unrepairable, even after sev eral previous failed attempts. We special ize in outpatient hernia repairs, and most patients are able to return to full work with in several days. PLEASE CALL COLLECT OR WRITE FOR MORE INFORMATION MID ATLANTIC SURGICAL SERVICES 217 Harrisburg Ave., Suite 201 Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 295-5454 MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED They are as follows: Those which need to be organ ized or decided include District 1 and 2; District 4; District S; Dis trict 7 and 8; District 9 and 10, pos sibly Carlisle, but needs decision. Those districts with a meeting scheduled include: District 3 and 6. Feb. 9, at the Ramada Inn, in Somerset; District 11 and 12, Jan. 2S, at the Family House Restaur ant, Mifflintown; District 13, 14, and 16, on Jan. 20, at the Pink Apple Restaurant in Tunkhan nock; and District IS. 17 and 18, Feb. 1, at the Series County Ag Winter 1994 Center, in Leesport. Those districts which need to hold elections for a state director are districts 18,17,14,12,11,8, S, and 4. Those who terms are expiring include Frank Omer in District 5; Steve Mowery in District 8; Brooks Smith in District 11; Joe Lyons in District 14; and Norman Hershey in District 18. Districts4and 12 currently have no director. District 17 will need to hold an election, as its members presently have two directors, Don Duncan and Dennis Daubert. PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Membership Districts (tm> Dixit L. Burk MmbtraMp Dndapauat, f } Call I*MNMHII'TKNT Air laAiriMlliM. I > Pnaxylvaala Dairy Hard hprtwl Ammlmlmi DHIA Strvkt CtMtr, Ofxkard Road, Ushraniljr Park, PA MM2 FOCUS