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Snow-Covered Covered Bridge
Those driving through Lancaster County countrysides oft
en encounter these historic memoirs of a day gone by
the covered bridge. “No name,” we were told, this bridge
is southwest of Manheim just off the Mount Joy Road.
Endslow Heads
Tobacco Board
Harold B. Endslow, HI Man
heilin, has (been reelected to his
fourth term as president of the
(Lancaster County Toba'cco Grow
lers- Other incumbent officers
were reelected in the annual Lan
caster County Tobacco iShoiw,
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where exhibits were judged and
displayed for the 1956 Farm
Show at Harrisburg
(Returning with Mr. Endslow
are Lloyd Rohrer, R 7 Lancaster,
vice president; Herbert Royer, R 5
Lancaster, secretary, and Paul W.
iMmni'oh, R 2 Lititz, treasurer.
Ben E Mann, president of the
Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Board
'Of Trade, addressed the group on
“Changes TaMng Place in the
ITObacco Industry.”’ Use of south
ern and Maryland types of tp
batooo has moved into a more
honored, open practice than it
was at one time, as groovers dis
covered the value of southern
strains when used locally.
Severe weather conditions dur
ing the growing and harvesting
Season were shown in the dis
plays of tobacco entered for
judging and showing at Harris
burg. ,
By udasses, winners were:
Filler B, under 26 indies
Song—l Park G. Shaubach, HI
IStrasbudg; 2, Abner C- Brown,
last'Earl El; 3, Boy M. Bohrer; 4;
Donald L. Stwarr, Landisville; 5,
J. Artihiur ,Siw(arr, Landisville.
Filler B, ever 26 inches long—
1, Robert Jt- Shaubach, Paradise;
2, Park G Shaubach; 3, Paul
Nissley, Holtwood E 2; 4, Boy M.
Bo'hrer; 5. Bobby Shaubach, Para
dise
'Park G. Shaubach was the
overall Filler B- Champion.
Wrapper B, under 26 mdhes
long—l, Bobert B. Shaubach;
3, Paul Nissley, Holtwood B 2;
4, D Mark Huber, Lancaster B 7;
5, Joseph EsMeman, Holtwood
B 2
Wrapper B over 26 inches
long—.l, Park G. Shaubach; 2,
Boy M Bohrer; 3, Jacob C. Steh
mlan, Lancaster B 6; 4, Lizzie
Snyder, Manhewn B 4; 5, A L.
Hostetter, Manheim Rl.
Park G- IShaubach was overall
Champion of the wrapper class. ■
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Farm Calendar
JANUARY
Jan. 9-21 v Ice Cream for Plant
Men Short Course. Pennsylvania
U.
Jan. 14 - Farm Women’s So
ciety 18 guests of Society 7, Par
adise Elementary School.
Jan. 16 New Holland Farm
ers Day Association, Inc. annual
banquet, election of officers, 6:30
p m American Legion Home-
Jan 17 Second Annual Poul
try Exchange Meeting, 7:30 'p. m.,
Elementary School, Rohrerstown
Jan 17 Potato Growers’
meeting, Farm Bureau Audi
torium, Lancaster, 7-30 p. nf
Jan. 18 Society of Farm
Women 20, sewing for Ameri
can Cancer Society, home of
Mrs Thomas Ferguson, Kirk
wood,
Jan. 18 Farm Income Tax
Reporting-Social Security Tax
Coverage for Fanners, 7 45* p
m. Russellville Cringe Hall, 4
mi north of Oxford
Jan. 20 - New Holland 4-H Ba
by Beef Council Meeting, James
Wolgemuth home, R 1 Bareville.
Jan. 21 - Farm Women’s So
ciety 2 meeting, Rosetown Res
taurant, Manheim.
Jan. 21 - Lancaster County
Pomona Grange No. 71, all-day
meeting, YWCA. Lancaster, 10:30
a. m-
Jan. 23-27 - Rural Electrifica
tion Short Course, Pennsylvania
Jan. 23-Feb- 4 --'Market Milk
Short Course, Pennsylvania U-
Jan- 25 Society of Farm
Women 2, home of Mrs- Oscar
Long, R 1 Oxford.
Jan. 25 Rural Homemaker’s
club meeting at the home of
Mrs- Elwood (Emily) Bickness,
Frog Hollow Road Oxford RD.
Jan. 26 - Lancaster County
Agricultural Coyncfi meeting.
Jan. 28 Farm Society No. 5
meeting, at home'of Mrs Edith
Longenecker, Manheim RD 1.
Jan. 28 The Friendly Farm
ers Club meeting, at the James
Wood home, Nottingham.
Jan. 30, 31-Feb. 1 Annual
Conference for Fertilizer and
Lime Salesmen, Pennsylvania
State University.
J t an. 30-Feib. 11 - DHIA Super-
Training, Pennsylvania U.
FEBRUARY
Feb 1-29 - Dairy Farming
Short 'Course, Pennsylvania U.
Feb. 1-29 - Livestock Farming
Short Course. Pennsylvania U.
Feb 2 Society of Farm
Women 2, home of Sirs. Joseph
Best, R 2, Kirkwood.
Feb- 7 - Board of Directors
Meeting, Lancaster County Farm
ers Assn, Fred Sollenberger
home, Narvon
Feb. 22 - Annual Meeting,
Lancaster County District of
Southeastern Pennsylvania Artif
ical Breeding Cooperative, Land
isville Fire Hall, 7:30 p. m.
Feb 27-29 - .Sheepmen’s Short
Course, Pennsylvania U. -
MARCH
March 5-9 - Feed Dealers
and Millers’ Short Course, Penn
sylvania U.
March 6-8 - Beef Cattle Herds
men’s Short Course, Pennsylvania
U.
March 12-16 - Grassland Far
ming Short Course, Pennsylvania
U.
Binder, un'der 26 undies long—
1, Park G. Sbaubach; 2, Lizzie
Snyder, Manherm R 4; 3, Roy M.
Rolirer; 4, Larry Nissley, Holt
wood R 2; 5, Albner ۥ Brown.
Roy M. Rohrer was overall
chamlpion of the binder class.
Binder, over 26 inches long—
1, Roy M Rohrer; 2, Bobby Shau
badh, Paradise; 3, Park G Shau
(bach; 4, Robert R. Shauibach; 5,
Ja'cob ®. Stetoman.
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 13, 1956—5
Red Rose Dairy
Herd Testing
Results Listed
A total of 1,615 cows in 79
herds participated in the Dec.
1955 “Owner-Sampler” cow-test
anlg supervised by the Red Rose
Daory Herd Improvement Associ
ation of Lancaster County, accord-
Iding to Carl Differ, Refton, cow
tester.
ISeventy-nine herds were repre
sented
Winners of the class herd pro
duction averages of 35 lbs of
(butterfat or higher included:
1 John M. Huber, Jr, R 6 Lan
caster, 12 Holstein and Guernsey
cows, 1074 lbs milk, 43 3 butter
fat, 2, J Ammon Kreider, R 4 Le
banon, 37 Holstein and Guernsey,
1218 lbs milk, 42 0 butterfat; 3,
Herbert and Rihelda Royer, R 5
Lancaster, 14 Holstein and Guern
sey, 1039 lbs milk, 412 butterfat;
4, Henry B. Leaman, R 4 Lan
caster, 12 Holstein and Guern
sey, 850 lbs milk, 40,1 butterfat;
5, H Richard Hershey, R 1 Man
hdim. 15 Holstein and Guernsey,
993 lbs milk, 36 0 butterfat.
High individual cows listed
were 1, Howard 8. Erb, R 1 Man-
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registered Guernsey cow, Willow
Bend’s Barbara, owned by John
A Breneman, Willow Street, Pa.,
has completed a production rec
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lbs of fat, according to the Am
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AGCC’s Herd Improvement
Registry, is equal to 4400 quarts
of high-quality milk. “Barbara”,
was an eig(ht-year-old, and was
milked two times daily for 305
days while on test.
heilm, “Dolly,’’''Holstein, freshen
ed Dec 2, 1558 lb s milk, 58%
test, 90 4 butterfat; 2, Gingrich
and Snavely, R 4 Lebanon, “No.
8,” Holstein, freshened Sept 28,
1869 lb's milk, 4 6 test, 86 0 lbs
butterfat; 3, Henry B Leamon,
R 4 Lancaster, “Jenny,” register
ed Holstein, freshened Oct 22,
2012 libs milk, 4 3 test, 85 5 butter
fat; 4, Arthur D Wenger, R 1
Bareviille, "Stella/’ Holstein,
freshened Dec. 6, 2210 lbs milk,
4 3 test, 844 butterfat, and 5,
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