Outlook for Mid-Novembe
The Weather Bureau’s 30-day oujjook for the
>nod from mid-November to mid-December tails
r temperatues to average below seasonal normals
r e r most of the area west of the Mississippi with
■eatest departures in the Northwest. Above nor
al temperatures are indicated in Florida and
less Will Head
[olstein Group
(Continued from page one)
nee, talk importance of milk,”
i 1954, Holsteins accounted for
per cent of all dairy cattle;
1955 Holsteins moved up to
per cent;” “Don’t forget the
of Herd Improvement Rec
(HIR),” and “instead of
mg Hofsteins, talk registered
terns.”
‘Dairy Business the Best”
amittee membei's arranging
meeting included Martin K.
ar of Wolgemuth’s Feed Mill
Mount Joy; Henry H. Hack
-112 Manheim, and Jacob
an, R 1 Gap.
produced was Elmer B‘
:zfus of Elverson, Pa., who
year had the top cow in
isylvama on a two-time milk
basis.
M- Smith. Lancaster Coun
.gncultural agent, told the
>r guests that “The dairy
less is the best to be in for
ly income Now is a good
to go into the dairy busi
the cow business is still
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Victor Plastow, assistant coun
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coach, introduced Leaders Levi
Welk and Paul Longenecker, and
the four team members, Donald
Welk, Donald Moore, Elizabeth
Mumau, and John Wagner; the
demonstration team that scored
highly for Lancaster County,
Donald Rohre) and James Hess,
who in turn thanked the associa
tion for assisting in financing the
trip to the leccni National Dairy
show in Waterloo, lowa
Lancastei County is closely
approaching the national rec
ord membeiship of Ashtabula
County, Ohio, which has 400
members in its county Holstein
association-
Reports on the State Associa
tion meeting were given by
George A. Rult R 1 Stevens, who
pointed out that Pennsylvania
ranks well above the national
average in 4-year average regis
trations, new buyers, herd test
ing, new members, herd classifi
cations, state memberships, new
junior membci ships and activity
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to Mid-De cember
northern New England and near noimal else
where.
Precipitation is expected to be subnormal in the
Pacific Northwest, along the South Atlantic Coast,
and in the far Southwest In the remainder of
the country near or above noimal amounts of rain
and snow aie indicated
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index
Entertainment was furnished
by a male quartet, and by a sec
ond group, the Holstein Quartet,
masters of ollbeat singing, now
enroute to National 4-H Club
Congress competition in Chicago
Members are Raymond Denlmg
er, R 4, Lancaster, John Stoner,
R 7 Lancastei, Stanley Longen
ecker, R 1 StiasDuig, and Aaion
Landis, R 1 Stiasburg.
Spring Tour Largest Ever
John C MeLler, R 1 Christiana,
reported on the spring tour
“laigest on record,” and Robert
J. Robert Hos-,. R 1 Strasburg,
told of the County Field Day at
the Hany H Ranck Farm, R 1
Ronks At the same time, he
awarded the Eshelman Red Rose
Feed Co troohy to the junior
judging winner, Merle Groff. An
invitation was extended by J.
Mowery Frey, R 7, Lancaster, to
again hold the annual 1956 Field
Day at his faun Paul M Wenger,
R 1 Quarryville, received a trophy
from Mr. Hess for holding the
highest score at the 1955 Field
Day.
H. Leßoy W elk, R 1 Strasburg,
repoited on the Lampeter Fair,
pointing out that the Holstein
winner, owned by Jay Mowery
Frey, Jr, R 7 Lancaster, was one
the _ exhibitor had received as a
4-H exhibitor calf gift several
years earlier.
Typey Bulls, Cows Shown
Harvey Rettew, R Manheim,
urged care m selecting cattle for
consignment sales- “In a sale,
people judge you by your cat
tle,” he told-
Eight model , Holstein cows
were given Lancaster County
Vocational Agriculture instruc
tors.
Closing the meeting was a
color-sound film on the dairy and
livestock industry, showing some
of the typier cows and bulls of
the Holstein breed.
Angus Cattlemen
To Tour Scotland.
Visit Perth Show
Scotland, where the Aberdeen-
Angus beef cattle breed originat
ed close to 300 years ago, will
be toured in February by a group
of American Angus cattlemen
who will attend the world-famous
Angus Show at Perth.
The visitors will stop in Prest
wick, spend sereral days in Edin
burg, go to Perth for the show,
and tour several o'f Scotland’s
illustrious Aberdeen - Angus
farms. They will also have an op
portunity to extend the trip for
sightseeing in Scotland and visit
ing in London or on the Contin
ent if they desiie.
The Aberdeen-Angus Show and
Sale at Perth will take place
Feb. 6,7, and 8. This year an
American judge Lee Leach
man of Rhinebeck, New York,
will make the placings.
Scheduling the tour in con
junction with the show, the cat
tlemen will leave New York’s
Idelwild Airport Feb. 2, arriving
in Prestwick, Scotland, the fol
lowing day, via British Overseas
Airways Corpoiation. They will
leave Prestwick Feb- 10, arriving
back in New York on the 11th.
The tour is being sponsored by
the American Aberdeen-Angus
Breeders’ Association and the
Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society
of Scotland.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 25, 1955—3
Rhoads Acres and
Hither Hills Win
(Continued fiom page one)
the Dairy Judging Team, made
up ol Linda Mumma, Richaid
Welk, John Wagner and Alter
nate Donald Mooie, and the
Demonstiation Team with Don
ald Rohier as Guernsey member
Raymond F Witmer, president,
officiated Minutes and the tiea
surei’s repot t weie given by
Raymond H Rohrcr.
George W Newlin, manager of
jlill Gut Faun, Chadds Ford,
Pa, told the gioup that “There
is always a market for superior
product, either Guernsey cattle
or Guernsey milk” Eailier he of
fered four p'liiciples of good
dany management 1, well-bred
cattle, 2, piopei feeding, 3, prop
er growth, and 4, proper show
ing of cattle
Reports On Field Days
Stanley Hess, R 2 Lancaster, re
poited on the tour 80 membeis
made last summer to Wyno
Farms, Muncie. Pa, owned by
Senator Bush, and to Raymond
Gonng’s Lake Louise Farms near
Dallas- A repoit on the Aug. 11
field day at Harvey Ferguson’s
farm near Kukwood was also
given.
Directors Listed
William Juzi secretary of the
Pennsylvania State Guernsey
Breeders Association, gave a re-
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poit on developments in the
breed, while Henry Childs of Os
born Hill Farm spoke on the na
tional meeting scheduled for
next summer in Philadelphia. Al
so highlighting the summer sea
son in Lancaster County, will Ibe
the selection of ’5 top Guernseys
for a county sale at a date to be
selected later.
Dinner music was provided by
Mr and Mis Haiold Rothenberg*
er, and a male quartet, the “Ca
talina 4” Rev John A. Brena
man gave the invocation.
Directois are- Class of 1955,
Hayes Hastings, Snavely Garner
and Lewis Shoemaker, class of
1956, Stanley Hess, Raymond
Rohrer and Paul Ankrum; Class
of 1957, Heivey G- Ferguson.
Richard, Maule and Raymond
Witmer Members of the nami
natmg committee were Snavely
Garber, Lewis Shoemaker, Jr,
and Paul Ankrum, while David
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