►L. 10 NO. 42 ? % \k-> * , 'Jf > >«» >J\, V <4* y > •*> .>£» « /' *v . *"• *‘ *e *>* », . » h J , ’•»„ • ' v &, v ,~ J -’ * -.'• v» *♦' ;. ;%- \ jjJLt-i r^r CHAMPION AND RESERVE AT SOLANCO FAIR are shown left to right above. Kenneth Rutt holds Fred Linton Jr.’s Hereford steer “Rocky” which topp ed the 36-head field in the county’s initial steer show of the season. Kathy Weav er is shown with her reserve Angus, “Bo Bo”. Both animals are 4-H steer pro jects. L F. Photo Seldomridge Is Reelected ASC Committee Head Thirty-five delegates to the Lancaster County Agricultur al Stabilization and Conserva tion- Service convention Mon day night returned Fred G. SfeMomridge to Ms fourth term as ctomimtt.ee chairman. Seldomridge, a dairy farmer from Gap HI, has held this post since 1962. John J. Herr, Mount Joy Rl, was named to a two-year (Continued on Page. 12) SWCD Directors Plan For Annual Dinner Meeting The Lancaster County Soil and. Water District directors held their monthly meeting ait the county courthouse on Monday night Among other briefness discussed' was the matter of the site and speaker for the district's annual meet ing in Miarch Since last year’s meeting was held m the south ern end of 'the county, it was felt that this year a more (-Continued on page 3) Farm Calendar Sept. 20—‘1.30 pm, Officers, KKkne Elconomccs Extension iCSLlxtb at Farm Credit Bilidlg, laancaater, Se SSm?y Fan~ EiPhs ' aba DAVID ZIMMERMAN, 19, of 'Reinholds Rl, holds his five-year-old Holstein SetpE 22 open class cow > Lady Ivanhoe Joan-Twin, which won the reserve grand champion and re ewfine show at Lampeter serve senior champion honors in the Future Farmers" division at the Pennsylvan- Fair. ia Junior Dairy Show in Harrisburg on Monday. At right, holding Lady Ivanhoe’s — E pun. ptouMry show at new rosette, is Pennsylvania’s Dairy Princess, Linda Forba of Tunkhannock. David, Lampeter Fair. a member of the Cloister FFA chapter at Ephrata High School, also won a Master —H pan. 'FIFA-4JH toaby beef Showman award in displaying his-winning entry. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. {Continued on Page 4) John M. Zimmerman of Meadow View Farm, near 'Reinholds. New Penna. Stream Map Widely Requested As bgh as 400 requests a day have been leaching Penn State University for copies of the new Stream. Map of Penn sylvania, published by the Ag ricultural Experiment Station The most detailed' map of its type ever printed for Penn sylvania, it shows over 3,000 each of streams, towns, and elevations above sea level, re poits Howard W Higfbee, pro fessor emeritus of soil tedh- (Continued on Page 6) P vjaPS -1111 s*fyf ■^Pl * Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1965 V { A A.B.C. Joins United Semen Exchange Group Dairymen in the Atlantic Breeders Cooperative service The only miajtor wins for area now have a bonus seiec- Lancaster youth's in the Jun tion of over 200 dairy sires ior Dairy Show were in FFA to choose from in planning Holstein judging, and in that their breeding program this eilass they took flour of the six fall. These sires are available chiairipionships. David Zim in addition to 85 dairy and merman, 10-year-old son of beef stud sires offered daily Mr and Mrs Jlohn M, Zim . _ menmlan ‘of Bemhiolds 81, (Continued on Page 6) scored twice with the reserve - ' - —"7 " "V v 7 * * » / W \ * V x , * * ‘ w" - vs&X >< -*l* : <■ £ < Solanco Opens Fair Season Featuring Youth In Dairy, Hog & Steer Show Events DAIRY SHOW Earl Wenger, 17-yeai-old Quanyvdle R 1 youth, led the 25-head Holstein division, showing his five-yearold cow to the breed championship at the Solan'oo Fa'ir Jumor Daily Show on Wednesday. The le serve title wias taken hy a 2year-old Holstein shown by Kenneth Rutt, Quarryville R 2 Entities in the Holstein divi sion represented the largest group in the 43-head show The Guernsey show was won by a three-ye'ar-oM cow shown by Earl Mull of Quarryville Rl, vath the reseive cham pionship going on a two-year- County Finds Few Bright Spots At Pennsylvania Jr. Dairy Show HARRISBURG County showmen in the AH and FFA Junior Dairy contest here on Monday were among 557 Penn sylvania youngsters whio pa raded then animals before the crvhicial eyes of the judges in the large arena of the Flaim Show Building. olid entry of Larry Brenem-an of Strasibur.g Rl. Jay Marvin Herr of Holt wood Rl, showed the grand champion Jersey, a four-year oM 4-H entry that Was state breed chaonlpuon last year The reservist was a senior year long exhibited by Nancy Kreider of Drumore Rl. James Esbenshade of Quar ryville R 2, hbd the top Ayr shire, a senior yearling, with Carl Weicksel of Oxford Rl, taking the Brown Swilss title with a junior yeailing heifer. Judge in the fair’s opening feature was Robert Hetrick, (Continued on Page 8) senior and reserve grand champion titles Zimmerman, 'a graduate of Efphrata High School and a member of the Cloisrtei FPA Chapter, showed a five-year-olid cow, Lady ivan hoe Joan-Twin, whaoh had fin ished third m her cjass m the southeastern district show. Clifford BoiTinger, son of Mr and Mrs. AJbram Bollinger of Litita R 4, came -through with the FIFA Holstein junior dhamtpion She was a senior calf named Garwood Ltonda. Clifford is a senior at Ephrata High School and a member of the Cloister Chapter. He wil represent the Pennsylvian ia FiFIA in national cattle judging icompetation at the American Dairy Congress at (Continued on Page 5J Nation’s Top Jr. Two-Year-Old Sets New Mark With the 00-nrpletion of her 365 day 'lactation, Bieiaucrest Wisicap Beauty, owiied by Ban Hollingsworth of San Jacinto, California, has scored another honor for registered Holstein cows on official test. “Beauty’s” 'previously an nounced, 305-day record, brought her to national prom inence, now she is recognized (Continued on Page 61 Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average above normal. Nor mal high and low for the period is 76 and 55 degrees. It will be cool at the beginn ing and the end, but warm er during the middle of the period. Precipitation may total %• inch or more, occurring as rain during the first half of the period. T” $2 Per Year
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