Dairy Collectors, Divco Trucks,
Cream Separator Convention Set
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin
Co.) The joint convention of
the National Association of Milk
Bottle Collectors (NAMBC), the
Divco Club of America and the
Cream Separator Association
will be the first and largest gath
ering of dairy related collectors
ever to be held. The event starts
the celebration of “June is Dairy
Month” and will be held on June
1,2, 3 and 4 at the Holiday Inn
in Grantville.
Celebrating its 20th year,
NAMBC will feature numerous
displays, among them “The His
torical Cream of the Crop”,
Borden Co. go-withs and a 50
state collection of milk bottles.
In addition to the displays, most
of the many participants* rooms
will be transformed into bottle
shops guaranteed to foster a
considerable amount of fellow
ship, buying, selling and trading
of milk bottles and other dairy
collectibles.
Featured also is a bus trip to
the famous Turkey HOI Farms, a
visit from the Purple Cow pro
viding photo opportunities, the
annual auction and banquet
events. The Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess will be on hand to assist
the ice cream “scoopers” at the
‘sundae on Saturday’ event. A
postal sub-station featuring a
special cachet of the event, book
signings of recent publications
and die sale of related mer
chandise including toy Divco
trucks by Ertle Co. will all be
part of the program. A special
commemorative bottle produced
by the Stanpac Manufacturing
Company, providing individual
club recognition panels and the
event, will be made available to
all registrants.
The biggest display of Divco
trucks ever to be assembled,
showing some 25+ trucks ot
varied years, models and styles,
will provide viewing of some of
the finest examples of a by-gone
era. Featured among the club
trucks will be the extraordinary
“Milk Shaker.” It is hoped that
a truck from each model year
will be present. Conventioneers
will be treated to a truck rodeo,
a wonderful luncheon and a
swap meet in a large tent shared
by the Cream Separator gather
ing at the hotel. An outdoor bar-
becue is also planned.
Numerous Cream Separate
Club displays with some most
unusual and rare pieces will also
be on exhibit. They will host a
swap meet as well.
This is sure to be the nation’s
largest ever gathering of dairy
and Divco truck afficionados.
The event will provide a won
derful opportunity for members
Council Director Orientation
DENVER, Colo. David
Lucas, a veal grower from Bem
ville, Pa. took part in a State
Beef Council Director Orienta
tion Session at the National Cat
tlemen’s Beef Association’s
(NCBA) Denver office April 19-
20.
Lucas attended the session to
learn about current checkoff
funded programs and initia
tives.
Information provided at the
session should help Lucas repre
sent and communicate with his
state-level constituents.
Lucas serves on the board of
the Pennsylvania Beef Council,
the group charged with direct
of all three organizations to rem
inisce and share their experi
ences.
Event organizers may be con
tacted for additional informa
tion. They are:
NAMBC, Tony Knipp,
Blooming Grove, NY, 914-496-
6841.
Divco Club of America, Oliver
Odgen, Silver Spring, 717-285-
3127.
Cream Separator Association,
Sam Stephens, Warminster,
215-672-4814.
Lucas Attends State Beef
ing and investing half of all beef
checkoff dollars collected in
Pennsylvania.
State beef councils may invest
a portion of their fifty cents in
national and international pro
grams to extend national efforts;
therefore, state directors need to
know how their state dollars are
being coordinated with national
dollars to meet consumer needs.
“Directors have a responsibil
ity to represent their state’s
views in national checkoff ef
forts, as well as to carry infor
mation back to their home states
about programs,” said Steve
Smola, NCBA Federation of
State Beef Councils Division
vice chair and host of the train
ing session.
NCBA contracts on a non
profit basis with the Cattlemen’s
Beef Board (CBB) to conduct
producer-directed checkoff pro
grams on behalf of the industry.
“Part of our role is to facilitate
the coordination of programs
and dollars between the state
and national levels. This is one
reason we host the director ori
entation - to keep communica
tion flowing and keep us all on
the same page,” said Smola.
Lucas, along with other at-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 20, 2000-A35
tending state directors, heard
program updates on all areas of
national checkoff funding, in
cluding promotion, research,
consumer information, industry
information, foreign marketing,
and producer communications.
Directors were updated on the
current checkoff-funded adver
tising campaign that is bringing
the “Beef. It’s What’s for
Dinner” convenience and nutri
tion message to beefs target au
dience - women ages 25-54.
Average Farm Feed
Costs for Handy
Reference
To help farmers across the state to
have handy reference of commodity
input costs in their feeding operations
for DHIA record sheets or to develop
livestock feed cost data, here’s last
week’s average costs of various ingred
ients 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 location and the
quality of your crop.
Corn, No.2y 2.54 bu., 4.55 cwt.
Wheat, N 0.2 2.34 bu., 3.91 cwt.
Barley, N 0.3 —l.Bl bu., 3.87 cwt.
Oats, N 0.2 —1.58 bu., 4.93 cwt.
Soybeans, No.l 5.16 bu., 8.61 cwt
Ear Corn 77.12 ton, 3.86 cwt.
Alfalfa Hay —138.75 ton, 6.94 cwt.
Mixed Hay —132.25 ton, 6.61 cwt.
Timothy Hay —l4O 00 ton, 7.0 cwt
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