\ A34-Unca*ter Farming, Saturday, December 27, 1997 Penn State Signs Agreement With Council Of Cooperatives UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has signed a five-year agreement with the Pennsylvania Council of Coopera tives (PCC) to continue ongoing joint education and research pro grams. The pact calls fpr collaboration between the PCC and Penn State’s Cooperative Business Education and Research Program to identify, prioritize and serve the education al needs of the cooperative com munity. “Nearly one in threee Pennsyl vanians is a member of a coopera tive or uses cooperative services,” says Dr. Robert Steele, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences. “Helping to sustain healthy co operative businesses is consistent with Penn State’s mission to serve the needs of the state’s citizens. This joint program is considered a model fra* successful industry/uni versity partnerships.” Under the agreement, the Co operative Business Education and Research Program, which is ad ministered by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, develops educational programs for cooperative leaders, directors and employees, as well gfe* *** "5‘ CLINTON ON SITE AUCTION Mon., Jan. 5,1998 @ 10:00 A.M. (Inspect from 8:30 A.M. Auction Day) (Blizzard Date: Tues., Jan. 6 @ 10:00 A.M.) for Mr. Homer Schultz Located at 6993 Phillips Mill Rd. New Hope, Solebury Twp., Bucks Co., PA Notice: Mr. Schultz and his wife have recently sold their farm and are relocating. They have ordered all remaining equipment, tools and per sonal property to be sold at absolute auction. Tractors & Machinery: Farmall Super C: 4 cyl. gas eng. 4 spd. trans., 3 pt. hitch, pto, tricycle front end, SN 130869; blade & cultivator attachments for Farmall C; John Deere Model A: 2 cyl. gas eng. 6 spd. trans., tricycle front end; New Holland Model 469 PTO Haybine, New Holland Model 275 string tie Hay Baler, New Holland Model 53A Bale Thrower, New Idea pull behind Hay Rake, Gehl 16 ft. Wagon on rubber w/hlgh stake body sides, 30 ft. Bale Elevator w/elec. motor, 20 ft. grain auger, Woods pull behind Brush Hog, 3 pt. hitch Disc Harrow by Independent Mfg. Co. Barrel Sprayer w/PTO pump & 21 ft. spread; McCormick Soil Pulverizer; spring tooth harrow John Deere pull behind 2 bottom plow, utility trailer. Plus: Antique Machine sgd. W. Wetherill, Builder-Doylestown, PA. Tools: Homelite S x 135 gas powered string trimmer-almost new; Sears rechargeable screwdriver, McCulloch & Stihl chain saws; 4” bench vise, 36” circulating fan, magnesium ext. ladder, electric hedge trimmers, Rockwell Delta Homecraft saw, jointer, drill press and disc sander combination, Lincoln 225 Amp Electric Welder, air compressor, selection of hand tools Incl. antique wooden molding planes Lawn Equipment: Three General Electric Elec. Trak Lawn Tractors (2-15 h.p. & 1-20 h.p. models) all w/mower docks & 1 snowblower attach. TORO/Wheelhorse 8 h.p. Riding Mower w/32” cut, Vermont Lawn Cart (600 lb. capacity). Automobile: 1965 Alfa Romero Giulia Sprint GT 2 door coupe; 4 cyl. gas eng , 5 spd. manual trans. w/extra parts, presently oft the road-auto sold in AS IS condition; Plus; selection of VW bus parts. Also: 2 Sotz stoves (1 w/catalytic converter & 1 w/automatic controls, kerosene heaters, quantity of antique strap hinges, 3 sleds, Schwinn bicycle, Philco, Heathkit & Wideband radios, approx. 3 cords of firewood, small quan tity of furniture & other hsehold items. Directions: From New Hope, PA at the Rt. 202 New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge: proceed North on Rt. 32 (Rivert Rd.) 1/2 mi to Phillips Mill Rd. turn left and proceed 7/10th mi to property on right; From Rt. 202 @ Labaska, PA: proceed North on Rt. 263 (York Rd.) 3 miles to Solebury, PA, turn right on Sugan Rd. & make an immediate left on Phillips Mill Rd. proceed 1 & 8/10ths mi to property on left. (Past Solebury School and opposite New Hope Quarry). Terms: Cash or Checks Accepted w/Prior Approval of Auction Company ffl Robert H. Clinton & Company, Inc. 610-847-5432 * AY-000093-L as tor cooperative extension agents and secondary agricultural education teachers. The PCC, a trade organization of more than 25 agricultural and service coopera tives. provides financial support, in addition to business knowledge, expertise and information. Cornerstones of the joint educa tional program are the annual Pennsylvania Cooperative Direc tor Institute and the Summer Insti tute on Cooperative Education and Leadership. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. Pennsyl vania is home to 63 farm coopera tives, 22 rural credit unions, four farm credit associations and 13 rural electric cooperatives. In 1995, 21 dairy cooperatives served nearly 8,000 members with almost $1.3 billion in sales; 48 marketing cooperatives served about 12,000 members whose sales totaled nearly $1.7 billion; seven supply cooperatives with more than 3,300 members gener ated $413 million in sales; eight service cooperatives provided $4l million in services to about 17,000 members; and rural electric co operatives provided 186,000 members with power valued at $344 million. ‘•Short Auction, Be Prompt** Auctioneers & Appraisers P.0.80x 29 * Ottsville, PA 18942 Dairylea Tes Increase Farm (Continued from Page A2B) “Between September 1996’s re cord high price and 1997’s low price in May, the price declined 30.4 percent," he said. “This is a cheese market-driven price. It is unfortunate that the volatile de mand characteristics of the cheese market equally affect Class I prices. With recent changes in the BFP’s updater calculadon, the price is now much more driven by milk and cheese production in California. Producers in the Northeast are frustrated that cheese production on the West Coast affects Class I prices on the East Coast even though Class I demand characteristics in the East have no linkage with the cheese demand characteristics out West" Hie economic viability of the Garden State’s rural economies is affected, in a large measure, by the health and vitality of its dairy farmers, Gallagher stated. As re ported by the American Farmland Trust, for every dollar received by farmers from sales of agricultural products, $3-$S are earned by lo cal businesses. “As much as all this is about low farm prices, it is also about rural economic development. In creases in New Jersey’s milk prices will give a shot in the arm to rural economies. As dairy farm ers have more money to pay their bills, those dollars reverberate through local economics and get turned over time and again,” he said. “Further decline in rural dollars will result in the loss of a suffi- IT’S WHAT’S FOR DINNER® y ESTATE AUCTION V MON., DEC. 29th, 1997 Starting 8 AM Inspection: Sun., Dec. 28th 4:00 to 6:00 PM NICE SELECTION MODERN FURNITURE OFFICE FURN., Large set FIESTA WARE Also lot Including Fairbanks-Morse Style D Hit & Miss Engine Like new sofa bed, sofa & chair, Kneehole desk, WB Chair, Dbl. Maple BRS, White metal patio set, Four pc. Wicker patio set. Mod. dinette set, Pot belly stove, small safe, cedar wardrobe, dark pine dinette set, Pr. corner curio cabinets, Weller & Abingdon vases, jap. tea set, Buddy L & Structo trucks, lot collectibles, Pfaltzgraff dinner set, Lot new dolls & baskets, Like new Hotpoint Auto. Washer & Dryer, GE Refrig., Lowrey Elec. Organ, Walnut & metal desk, 14 Windsor style chairs, Uphol. Waiting room chairs, 3 four drawer file cabinets, dolsing chairs, Computer desk, Forge & tools, lot blacksmith tongs, Anvil, metal lauson engine sign, 6” Jointer, craftsman table saw, lathe, drill press, etc. (10% Buyers Premium) Order of Sale (times approx.): 8 AM BOX LOTS - TOOLS; 9 AM China, glassware, etc. 1 PM Furniture & office furn. Auctioneers: Samuel M. Ferraro AU276-L Philip D. Ferraro AU2946-L Phone (610)775-2000 1540 New Holland Reading, PA 19607 dent base of economic activity that will eventually jeopardize the existing agricultural infrastruc ture. This would impact the feed and machinery dealers, providers of farm inputs and supplies, and veterinarians, among others," re marked Gallagher. While the price of milk is vital ly important to the profitability of die region’s dairy farmers, Galla gher explained that Dairylea has intensiGed its efforts to create pro grams for members to lower their costs. Dairylea’s Agri-Service Agencies provides very affordable health insurance, workers com pensation insurance and other coverages to farmers. Additional ly, Dairylea members have access to loan and cattle leasing pro grams. Other businesses include Dairy One, a milk and forage analysis and records keeping ven ture, designed to bring accurate and timely information to farms, thereby allowing fanners to make sound management decisions. Dairylea’s Farm Services Divi sion includes farm input buying programs, as well as an agricultur- al consulting network. Taken to gether, these programs can help farmers lower their production costs by 20* to 40* per hundred weight . “Yet, these cost reductions pale in comparison to milk prices that have fallen by $1.69, in the past year,” declared Gallagher, who noted that prices could fall by an additional dollar or more if the Minnesota Milk Producers lawsuit decision stands. 133 tifies To Milk Price In concluding his testimony, Gallagher reported that Dairylea has taken a leadership role in coor dinating efforts with the major dairy cooperatives and other farm organizations in the region to pro mote emergency price relief and the Northeast Dairy Compact in New Jersey, New York, and Penn sylvania. “It is vitally important that these states work together in any efforts aimed at increasing farm milk {vices,” stressed Gallagher. “We have been writing, meeting, and talking with key officials and legislators to bring about multi state dialogue to enhance producer pay prices. We believe that a Compact must be put in place for the longer term for those times when the market is inadequately compensating the dairy producers in our region,” he said. "Additionally, Dairylea and other Northeastern dairy coopera tives are attempting to intervene in the Minnesota Case to protect dairy farmer income, immediate ly,” he added. Other representatives of Dairy lea Cooperative have presented similar testimony at hearings con ducted by the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board and New York State Senate Agriculture Commit tee supporting over-order pricing, as well as the expansion of the Northeast Dairy Compact into New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Daiiylca Cooperative Inc. is an agricultural service organization. It is cooperatively owned by 2,800 dairy farmers throughout the Northeast, 30 pf whom operate .in New Jersey. Daitylea markets nearly 5 billion pounds of milk an nually, and participates, and is in vested, in a milk marketing net work stretching from Maine to Ohio. 2 DAY “ABSOLUTE” PUBLIC AUCTION OF FURNITURE MANOR “ET AL” 8700 Hamilton Boulevard, Breinigsville, PA THR., JAN. 1,1998 - 12:00 Noon FRL, JAN. 2,1998 - 10:00 AM PREVIEW 2 hrs. prior to Auction!! TABLES - BEDS - DRESSERS 100’S OF LAMPS - CRIBS - 100’S OF CHILDREN’S FURNITURE - SOFAS LOVESEATS - RECLINERS - ART ■ ETC. DIRECTIONS: Take Rt. 22 to Trexlertown exit (which is Rt. 100 South) go to second light and make right on Hamilton Boulevard. Store is one mile on left. Follow Signs. AUCTIONEERS NOTE: Furniture Manor has been in business for over 36 years and only sold Finer Furniture. So don’t miss this opportunity to bid & buy a bargain. MANUFACTURERS: Pennsylvania House, Hitchcock, Marlow, Crawford, Peters, Revington, Hooker, Bassett, Webb, Durham, Maple Mountain, plus many others. ITEMS: Sofas, Recliners, Beds, Dressers, Night stands, Armoires, Lamps, Dining tables, Corner Cupboards, Hutches, Chairs, Tables, Cribs, Highchairs, Changing tables, Cradles, Car seats, Toy chest, Strollers, Art. There are 100’s & 100’s of pieces of furniture. PLUS MANY SURPRISES! BRIEF LISTING! TERMS: Cash, PA Check, Visa, MC, AMEX. 10% buyers premium in effect for this Auction. Call for a more detailed flier. KIST AUCTION CO. RY-00202-L Corporate Office: (610) 434-3110 Toll Free: (888) 388-CASH
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