VOL. 7 NO. 3S ; RESERVE CHAMPION AND GRAND CHAMPION in the Guernsey division of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative show on Tues day were both from Lancaster County. Kenneth Garber, Willow Street R 2, is at the? halter of his senior calf which was named junior and reserve champion of the show. Raymond Witmer, Willow Street Rl. exhibits his aged cow, named senior and grand champion .of the show for the third consecutive year. L. F. Photo County Future Farmer Wins Trip To Co-Op Institute At Ohio State A fifteen year old Lancaster County farm bay will be one of six m the state who will attend the American Institiue of Cooperation at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Farm Calendar Aug. 5-8 - American Inst itute of Coopeiation at Ohio State Unneisity, Columbus Aug. 6-7 pm - Peguea VaP ey FFA-FHA joint picnic at the farm of R. John Yost, Xaivon Rl. Aug. 1 - !) 30 a in. - Countv 4-H Food clubs loundup at Penn Manor (High School 8-p m Penn Manor Young Farmers family picnic at safe Haiboi picnic grounds Aug 8-12 - iiciegation of 4-H members tiom OJclaihonu to vi=it the county Aug 8 - 5 15 pm. - York iLancastei ai ea FFA Sn me program and banquet at lht> Hotel Yoiktowne, Yoik & p m - Joint meeting ot the counti 4-H daily clubs at the Paiadise Communitv Park Oklahoma 4-PI mem bers as guests Aug 9 - 9 30 ain 4-H clothing loundup Penn Manoi PTigh School Aug 10 - 1 pin - County 4-H Flower and -vegetable round- up at the Lampeter Elem- entary School Au£- 15 -17 - First National Grasslands Field Day at HersitfiSJyJS&tates. next week, Harold J B’-übaker, son of Mr. and Mrs Paul N Brubak ei, Mount Joy Rl, will attend the week long school as a "guest of the Pennsylvania As sociation of Farmer Cooperat ives During competition among the nine count} representatn es at a cooperative conference at HVItOLD J. BRVBAKKR Lode Haven Sctte College m Jith Bruoa-ver v>.as selected b> the state organization to pai ticipabe in the national institute He wil act as i panel member in a discussion of “Farmer Cooperatives in. Our Community ’’ - Counts Receiving a state honor is , (Continued on page 4) *ll ■* 1 1 ir 11 *■ 1 ' i ' Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 4, 1962 Cloister FFA Wins Judging At Ayrshire Day A team of Future Farmers from the Cloister Chapter at Ephrata High School took one of the $25 awards in the cattle judging contest last Sat urdax at the Pennsylvania Ayrshire Field Day. The three-man team from the Lancaster Countx school had high score m judging jun ior heifer on the farm of Ellis Mentzer, New Holland R 2 A 4-H team from Montgom er\ county took top spot m judging three-\ ear-old cows, and tied for first place in the aged cow class Their fine showing put them in fust place in all around judging tor which thev recened an additional $25 Splitting the $25 award for first place tie in the thiee j ear-old class was York Coun tv 4-H w Inch also w ent on to w r m second place in all-around judging for an additional $2O aw aid Thud place in the contest was taken In a 4-H team from Xd'i th umberlund Counti The cash pi ires weie made mailable b\ the Counti A\r sniie breeders association. D E Horn and corapaiu of Yoi \ Wayne feeds and New Holland Machine Copany The Ephrata team included Ronald Kline, Denver R 2. Martin Wennch, Denier R 2. (.Continued on Page 10) ,>,T 'ii f i : u i Full Week Of Dairy Shows Bring Few WinsTo County Lancastei County dan> men. with the exception of Guern sey bieedeis found the going pietty lough in the 11th an nual Southeastern Pennsyhan m Aititicial Bleeding Coopeia tive show this yyeek County danyinen took both the pm pie loseßes in the Guernsey nidging but the jun ioi championship in Aiyshues was the only othei champion ship to come to the Gaiden Spot Raymond and Louise Wit mei s “excellent ’ Penn-Del King s Polly Anna took hei thud consecutne senioi and grand championship bannei in the show yyhile another daugh tei of Golden Hmvest King Cole, a senioi calt owned by Kenneth Garber yvas junioi champion and lunnei up to the aged coyy Witmei on his Willow Stieet R 1 tnim dey eloped and sold “King Cole’ to the co opeiatue Gaibrr fauns at Drought Brings Comments From All Around County As Mark Twain said, every ohe this week was talking about the weather At the Lancaster County Soil Consenation Field Day Wednesday, Earl Linton, an associate director in the dis trict from Kirkwood R 1 said, “We ha\e been complaining about the dry weather at home, but if I had corn like that (he pointed to the field before him on the Lititz R 2 farm) I would certainly be sick, but I guess that wouldn’t help things any ” Taking time out from duties at the Southeastern Pennsyl vania Artmcial Breeding Co operative dairy show Henry Kettering, Lititz R 2 said, “People sav you will bum crops up with too much fei tilizer id a dry year, but that is not so We had one rented field that didn’t get as much fertilizer as some of the rest and that is our worst crop Swine Breeders Hold Field Day Ira H Donbach Manheim R 2 a breeder of purebred Yorkshires won a legistered Spotted gilt last Saturdai at the annual field da\ picnic of the Lancaster Counti Sw me Pioducers Association Doinbaih scored a 276 out of a possible 400 to win th> gilt ottered In the host C Warren Leitnngei Demei R 2 The tvpe contest was a high light of the association s an nual picnic and field da\ attended bi 125 breedeis Other judging places Men’s dmsion second. John Witters third John Eb> (Continued on Page 13) $2 Per Year Willow Street R 2. Cail Baldwin, Masonic Hom e, Elizabethtown Rl, showed his senior calf to tne junioi championship of that breed, but w r as nosed out m final competition by the aged cow of John Stick, Lebanon R 4. Marilyn Harnish exhibit ed an aged cow which finished a close second to Stick’s cow and went on to take the grand championship in the county 4-H louiidup. Geoige and Mary Seeds of Downington took top nonors in the Jeisey competition with then aged cow Junior champ ion and lunnerup was the senioi yearling of John E. Lauei Do\ei R 4 Blown Swiss competition hi ought out the best of York Countj w hen D D Stauffer, Spnng Gro\e R 3 showed an aged cow to the top spot over the junior champion, a junior calt. exhibited b> Wilson Glat (Coutinued on Page 6) Where we fertilized heaviest,, the corn is in pretty good shape not a good cfop, but better than some places ” A farmer from the Mount Joy area (who wishes to re main anonomous) said at the SPABC dairy show, “We know the ram falls on the just and the unjust alike, but not always at the same time. May be we just hav e to wait our turn ” And so it goes across the count> as the drought grips the northern section ever tighter. Feeling among farmers this w eek indicate that many of them have decided to put large portions of their corn ctop m silos Many of the fields have passed the critical stage, and farmeis believe much of the crop will not tonn eais even with sufficient moisture trom now till harvest time Tobacco growers remaia oaunouslv hopeful Some of the crops haxe not dex eloped (Continued on Page 5) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures dining tho next tixe daxs are expected to axei age near the normal ot 75 The noimal range lor this tune ot xoar is 05 at night to 85 in the afternoon. VI ai mer temperatures are expected Satin da j turning cooler Sumla.x and xxx.rnier again about Mondaj. Scat tered shoxxer aitixit.x is like 1> late Saturdaj or Son daj, but onlj about 0.1 inch of rain is forecast. !
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