B—Lancaster Fanning/ Saturday. January 24, 1959 Mercer County Youth Is State FFA Star Farmer Harrisburg—Carl E. Gads by, 18, of Grove City RD 3, Mercer County was named as “Plate Star Farmer of Penn- s Ivania” by Future Farmers < l America during the 1959 Pennsylvania Farm Show. The honor, highest which can come to an FFA boy at the State level, was con ferred upon him by the FFA Stale president, Dean Hoffer, of Manheim, RD 3, Lancast er County, who won the 1958 State Farm Star Farmer a ward. In addition to winning the veloped a well balanced far- ORDER NOW AND GET THE BENEFITS OF SPECIAL WINTER DISCOUNT PRICES Farm Wagons & Generators 3 - 5 - 6 - 7 TON SHORT TURN 20% OFF ALSO SPECIAL WINTER PRICES ON CUNNINGHAM HAY CRIMPERS SNAVELY’S FARM SERVICE NEW HOLLAND * • NEW HOLLA Concret Blocks For your - building neei NEW HO CONCRETE P New Holla: Phone; ELgin 4-2114 top State honor, young Gads by has been designated as Star Farmer for the north western region of Pennsyl- vania Carl was selected for the high FFA honor by the Key stone FFA Advisory Council because his achievements, in scholarship, agriculture, and leadership gave him the highest score among all nom inees for the FFA’s Keystone Farmer degree Starting as a 10-year-old lad with two pigs, Carl de- ON GUARANTEED Ph. EL 4-2214 !■ RETAINING WALLS ming program in which he completed more than 50 vo cational agriculture projects in the past five years. Rein vesting his profits in live stock, equipment and build ings, he now has a net worth of more than $25,000. A graduate of Lakeview Joint Consolidated School in 1957, young Gadsby now is operating the 188-acre home farm His farming enterpris es included 306 swine, 217 sheep, 850 roaster chickens, 150 ducks, 33 acres of corn, 31 acres of oats, 13 of wheat, and 10 of barley. In addition to having been an officer of his local FFA chapter, he has participated in a wide range of FFA acti vities and in 1956 placed first in his county, district, and State in the Permsylvan it Corn Improvement con test, with a yield of 170 bushels of shelled corn to the acre The honor of being picked as the Stale Star Farmer carries with it an award of $lOO from the National FFA Foundation, Inc The honor of being named Pennsylvania FFA “Star Dairy Farmer” went to a 17-year-old Crawford County boy who is a senior at Town ville Consolidated H igh School. He is Scott J Preston of Centerville, RD3. The title of Star Dairy Farmer is reserved for the Pennsylvania member of the Future Farmers of America with the most outstanding dairy farming program of the past year. Scott was selected by the Keystone FFA Advisory Council after study of sever al hundred reports of ach ievement by vocational agri culture students of Pennsyl vania Young Preston now has a dairy herd of 33 Holsteins, of which 25 are purebred His farming program for the current school year, in addi tion to his dairy herd, in cludes 12 swine, 300 broilers, 70 acres of corn, 36 acres of oats, 35 of hay, 20 acres of wheat, one acre of potatoes, and one acre of strawberries Vaccination of breeding swine for protection against leptospirosis is recommended by Dr Sam Guss, Penn State extension veterinary special ist. Two-thirds of the world’s people are underfed, 1/6 dre adequately fed, and only 1/6 are well fed, according to United Nations surveys. Ev ery $1 sent to the CARE Food Crusade, New York 16, N. Y, delivers a 22-lb. pack age of U. S farm foods to help feed the world’s hungry people. TREATS AT COUNTY HOME Society of Farm Women Na 3 met at the home of Mrs. Harold Stuber, Lincoln, Jan. 17. Mrs. Ivan Eberly, presiding. Mrs. Samuel Mohler offici ated at the installation of of ficers, with all 1958 office holders being returned to their positions. Miss Jean Buikholder, health educator for the Tu berculosis Society, presented a humorous colored film, “Are You Positive’” She discussed the tuberculin test ing program, from a school and general public stand point Miss Mary Royer report- Production o? chicks i 1 delivering 56 cancer dres- commercial hatcheries m igs to the Cancer Society S. during December was , rs Ivan Eberly, Mrs Har- 16 per cent from Decent ■ Usner and Mrs. Willie 1957 and up 52 per cej ober, state convention dele- from the 1952 56 averaj ites, submitted reports for the month WHY Keystone Leghorn WILL COST YOU LESS Locally Owned and Operated Breeding Flocks Are All Within Lane Co We do our Own Breeding Work No National Advertising No Long Distant Hauling of Hatching Eggs or Chicks No Middle Man or Franchise Kick-Backs Pa. U. S. Approved Pullorum-Typhoid Clean KEYSTONE HATCHERY Rep. Daniel R. Myer, Ph. Leola OL 6-2243 Hatchery: Ph. Leola OL 6-7851 Farm: Ph. Ephrata RE 3-6179 Gr a owing HEIFERS nd Dry COWS dyne FITTING RA ayne Fitting Ration produces rugged, full-bodied heifer ’ thrifty and ready to breed at an early age. Fitting Ratir « the dry cow replace flesh lost during the previous k puts her in top condition to start the new milking periof level of production. heifers and dry cows must receive a highly nutritious »' r to build the unborn ca|f. Wayne Fitting Ration suppli mini, minerals, proteins and energy needed to drop i mg-boned calves. test at the Wayne Research Farm, well J Holsielns produced 1720 lbs, more milk S 3 lbs. marc fat than when not properly H. M. STAUFFER & SON’S, lac. ' Witmer - Bonks - Leola, Pa. LIME VALLEY MILLS SUNSHINE FARM SUPP 1. Willow Street, Pa. Lititz, Pa. R.D, ROHRER'S MILL . R.D. 1, Ronks' Pa. ABERDEEN MILLS . 2, Elizabethtown. Pa. R.D MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY CO. Mrs. Harold Fry ropo r t ej the recent 4-H Exchange T t , to Illinois. Mrs Eberly asked for Vo | unteers to visit the Com,. Home, January 22, to distnv ute ice cream Mrs Claret^ 1 Stauffer, Mrs Abram Bo]| lr ger, Mrs Willie Stober, M t Samuel Mohler and Mrs, erly volunteered and carn (( out the program. I Next meeting ol Soc ?i will be in the Mt Airy p lt ■■ Hall, with Mis. Charles \ I achter as hostess. Mrs Ja Co - Shank will present a sli o j program of her 1958 sumnif 1 tour of Europe CHICKS I. K. STAUFFER & S Lawn and Bellaire, P J ROSS C. ULRICH. IB- R.D. 2. Peach Bottom. 1 Millersville. Pa. R ni ir
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