Farming, Saturday, March 5, 1994 SYRACUSE. N.Y. Some 200 delegates representing dairy farmers from Lake Champlain to the Chesapeake Bay will converge on Coming, N.Y. on March 7-8 for the semi-annual Delegate Meeting of Eastern Milk Produc ers Cooperative. Area Producers Sought For New Farmers’ Market (Lan caster Co.) Farmers looking for a new opportunity to retail their products this sea son are invited to attend an exploratory meeting about a new producer only farmers' market in Norristown. To make it easier for farmers to attend, they can plan on attending a meeting at either the Montgomery County 4-H Center on March 22 at 7, or the Goodville Fire Company on Rt. 23 on March 23 at 7 p.m. Selling fresh produce and other farm products directly to consumers at a new market is a gol den opportunity to either expand your existing sales or get started in retail market ing. New farmers’ markets in some of our neighboring states has proven to be a wonder ful bonanza to both new and existing farmers. Our goal is to create such a market here, where farmers will reap new financial benefits from their efforts. This meeting will help set the direction of such a market. Farmers who raise fruits, veget ables, herbs, eggs, plants, honey, or any other shelf-stable farm product should attend. They will hear a brief overview of the oppor tunity and have ample time to discuss it. Details such as rules, products, and sale times will be covered. This marketing effort is being sponsored by the Pennsylvania Asso ciation for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA). If you would like addi tional information about the meeting, please feel free to con tact us. Because we are also farmers, the best time to call is in the evening. Reservations will be needed. Please call Paul or Carol Hauser at (610) 869-2791. Natchez Animal Supply Low Prices Eqvatan Horae Wormer (Ivermectin paste 1.87%) $9.19 per Tube • VACCIMS • ANTHIOTICS • WOMUM • VITAMINS ■ IHSCCTKIOEB PRODUCTS FOR cattle...do6..,cat...hoke...swinb Request ★ Catalog^^- r O Box IS2SV • NAICMz. MS 35121 140044747*0 2nd Day and next day atr available Delegates To Converge On Corning, It is the first delegate meeting that the 71-year-old cooperative will hold in Coming. Based in Syracuse, N.Y., Eastern has 3,200 member farms throughout the Northeast, with the majority con centrated in Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont COUNTER® 15G LOCK 'n LOAD* right now, and you can earn up to sl.oo* acre, redeemable as cash or other benefits through the Harvest Partners" referred Customer Program. UNTOUCHABLE PERFORNIANCE. Without question, COUNTER® 15G systemic insecticide-nematicide is the best corn protection you can buy. Year after year, field tests consistently prove COUNTER to be the most effective, broadest-spectrum insect control there is. product can touch COUNTER performance. UNTOUCHABLE PROTECTION. Buy COUNTER in the LOCK 'n LOAD closed handling system, and you not only protect your crops, you protect yourself. No bags to open. No pouring. No dust. No empty bags to dispose of. Converting your planter boxes to LOCK 'n LOAD is easy, too. Just ask your Cyanamid AgriCenter"dealer or call 1-800-942-0500. UNTOUCHABLE UALUE. Any way you look at it, this is a great deal. The best insect control you can buy. The best system for delivering it. And an incentive you can't pass up. So, don't wait. Order COUNTER 15G LOCK 'n LOAD now and earn up to $l.OO an acre on your purchase. ‘The farmer delegates will meet to discuss the co-op’s operations, including hearing reports from management on performance in a number of areas,” Eastern Presi dent Lewis Gardner said. As presi dent, Gardner heads the co-op’s board of directors. When he is not working on co-op -business, he runs a family farm with his wife and sons in Galeton, Pa. The delegate meeting will run 1 SHIER* 15Q K'n LOAD* QUICH. GLEAM AMD EASY R«stnd«d Us* Always follow l«M 4ir«chom. 9/™ American CyanomM <S»994 ’M>n^o^^onf»fnmmwiW>»ffai^fi»»<l7^n4^Kr«itl2(^H^WifyWrt>fOM|l>Vil3o,lW from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Coming Hilton. On Monday, the delegates and their families will lour the nearby mozzarella cheese plant in Waver ly, N.Y. The plant can consume up to two million pounds of milk a day as it produces Italian cheese for a significant portion of the nation’s pizza eateries and other restau rants. After the tour, the delegates / N.Y. will be treated to a giant | ty at the Guthrie Inn in S featuring Pizza Hut piz: with Leprino’s mozzarel made from Eastern’s mi During the Delegate the "Self-Help" dairy will be the topic of a pit by Bob Gray, the Wa based executive direct* Council of Northeast Fa operatives. Harieat Prafarrtd Cutlomar Program
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