Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
OUer $500 attend
Opening OF SeqfOrd
S. S. Feed Mills
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feed manufacturing facility. Del
marVa newspaper and radio men
breakfasted early at the Seaford
Inn. Mill tours ran throughout the
morning. Movies were shown in
the Seaford High School auditori-
um. During the noon hour, a chick
en- barbecue luncheon, prepared un-
der the direction Of representatives
Of the Maryland Agricultural Ex-
tension Service, was served to the
group. The dedication ceremony
was held in the high school audi
tOrium.
Were mighty proud to welcome
this new mill as a part of Della
ware agricultural life" Governor
Boggs declared in his address of
welcome. 1T will not only help
agriculture, it will help the whole
economy and make, the Eastern
Shore a more prosperous and hap
pier place to live for all Of US"
James Gwin, director Of the agFi-
cultural extension service of the
University Of Maryland. brought
greetings from that institution. He
pointed out that the mill would
bring lower costs to the broiler
raiser, enabling him to grow brOil-
ers cheaper and market them at a
lower price to the consumer. Low
er prices in the market place will
he said, encourage greater use of
chicken, and a greater demand for
the product.
L. ID. Caulk, of Wyoming, vice
president of Southern States, pre-
sided at the dedication ceremony.
Harry Nuttle, of Denton, Md, an
other member of the Southern
States Board of Directors, spoke
briefly. George M. WOrrilOw, dean
Of the College Of Agriculture of the
University of Delaware, introduc-
ed numerous special guests. Enter
tainment was provided by 12-year-
old Eddie Burton, OF Cannon, who
sang a solo and by the SeafOrd and
the Caesar Rodney High School
bands.
Southern States General Man
ager o. E. Zacharias, of Richmond,
Va, declared the mill would "pro-
duce as high quality feed as mod
ern equipment and present day
nutritiOnal knowledge will permit,
will reduce the cost of feeds and
help widen the profits of the farm
er, and will help farmers on the
Shore get better prices for their
grain"
The Southern States head called
the plant ga splendid example of
the courage and resOurcefulness Of
farmers and their ability to work
out their own problems. For, he
declared, "the SeafOrd mill is own
ed by farmers, controlled by farm
ers and operated by the farmers
own employees. 1t makes feed for
farmers, according to their specifi-
cations and ultimately at exactly
what the feed costs. It meets the
real ObjectiVes of the cOOperative's
members to produce better quality
feed at less cost so that individual
farmers can make more money from
their farming operations"
Zacharias termed the mill a "pur-
chasing department" of the farm
ers who own Southern States, serv-
ing them at cost, just as the pur-
department of any big cor
poratiOn serves that corporation at
cost.
]. E. Given. director of the coop
erative's community services, spoke
on the ownership responsibilities
which Delmarva farmers have in
this mill. He declared that their
ownership of the SeafOrd plant was
the same as their ownership Of their
land, their farm animals, their
that the only differ
ence lies in the fact that the mill
is outside their cline fences"
The announcement Of the feed
price reduction for areas served by
the SeafOrd mill was made by w
7. Steele, Jr., Of Richmond, direc-
tor of Southern States wholesale
services, the last speaker on the
dedication program. He pointed out