School Dedication Here are part of the scores and scores of automobiles parked for dedication ceremonies at the new Pequea Val ley High School last Saturday afternoon. One of several new schools to join the Lancaster County student, this was constructed at a cost of $1,250,000. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). Maryland Youth, 16, Brings Four-H Cow Here, Which Grosses, $1,050 (Continued from page one) through stardom in both the showring and the salesnng. Looking back over the record Fred and his cow have made, one can see why she became a buyer’s preference when the white duck trousered youth with black-rimmel glasses showed' her finer points while bidding be came more active in the Guern sey Sales Pavilion. Curies Robin’s Bonnie was bred* by F. E. Watkins of Rich mond, Va., and for Fred scored as junior champion 4-H Guern sey heifer in the 1952 and 1953 Mainland State Fair. Earlier, in 1952, she was first prize heifer calf. That same year she was third prize calf in the National Junior Guernsey Show, and a I LOANS I •« ij For any farm purpose a « Made the farmer’s a a way | 0 LANCASTER. a a PRODUCTION | | CREDIT ASS’N. | H 36 E. Chestnut St. 1 || Lancaster, Pa. | S Ph. Lane. 3-3921 § ♦5 3 ♦♦ tt tt it ♦* 3 We have for sale at all times Mixed Hay Timothy Alfalfa —Straw Ear Corn Delivery anywhere in Our Prices Will Lane. Co. & Nearby counties Please You , We treat you right ALL-WAYS Ph. STRASBURG OV 7 3211 The Esbenshade Turkey Farm Paradise ♦♦ Authorized Dealers * Master Mix * Ferguson Equipment * Lincoln Welders * Thermopane * Universal Milkers * Miller’s Insecticides * Koppers Creosoted Posts HIESTAND Inc. year later fourth pnze senior yearling in the National Show. _ As a three-year-old, she milked 44 lbs after dropping twin calves, a male and a female, March 15, 1955, and soon is due to hava another calf by McDon ald Farms Pre Kelvin. In Four H And FFA McDonald Farms Pre Kelvin, Fred advises, is primary as herd sire With his father, Fred C. Downey, 175 acres are operated at Woodside Hall, plus two other farms that help funnel milk into the Hagerstown, Md , market. One of the highlights of young Fred’s caiaer in Guernseys has been his trips to the National Junior Guernsey Show in Water loo, lowa, for there he was able to compare quality on a nation wide basis Living on Routa 1, Fred and his father are now milking 45 cows, Guernseys, needless to say. Fred is in the Washington Coun ty 4H Dairy Club, and a member of the Future Farmers of Ameri ca, Williamsport High School chapter. LATEST FASHION NEWS? TEMPLE, Texas. Local residents were amused at a local theater marquee, which read: “The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, Also Selected Shorts.” I Since 1890 Lancaster Co. tnajunntnnnut! !««naa» * Wirthmore Feeds * Haverly Bulk Tanks * Sauder Loaders * Anhydrous Ammonia * Wheel A-Way Egg Washers * Irrigation Equipment * DeKalb Chix & Started -Pullets Marietta 6-9301 The heaviest entry, weighing 47 lbs, sold for $1.25 per pound, grossing $58.75 for Wayne P Worman, R 1 Bernville, whose Bolton'’s Hatchery White Van tress sold to Penn Fruit. His feed dealer was George Anthony Other sales were near retail levels, with many selling from 40 to 45 cents a pound. The Lan caster County National Bank paid 50 cents a pound for two entries, those of Rudolf Neu stadter, R 1 Holtwood, and War ren Bicher, R 1 Bethel. Future Farmers of America chapters were also active in bidding. In the state finals, George Fa chett, 18, a Bucks County youth from Kintersville won first with his 12 Red Vantress broilers. A record 733 entries were report ed- Reserve went to Ronald Shaffer, R 1 York County, who topped the sale at iCoatesville. Standing in third place was Rob ert Rodgers, R 2 Butler. Plaques were presented by Mrs. George M. Leader, wife of the state governor, and State Secretary of Agriculture William Pa. Top Chicken of Tomorrow Sells (Continued from Page One) operative, Coatesville. Feeds wei-e by Miller & Bushong Beacon Buys 10th Place Winner Beacon Milling Co paid $37 65, also $1 00 per pound, for the entry of Donald Davis, R 1 Dover, Garrison Hatchery Broad Whites fed on Beacon and Wme ka, as tenth place winners Scor ing 11th was Naomi James Bles sing, R 1 Grantville, grossing $37 61 on Longenecker’s White Vantiess x Arbor Acres, with Miller & Bushong feeds Penn Fruit was buyer. Hubbard Farms paid $4O 61, or $1 per pound, for the 12th place winner shown by Pauline Glos ser, R 2 Bernville, on Hubbard Farms White Mountains Her feed dealer was Pleasant Val ley American Stores made their second major purchase of the 13th place winner, paying $43 or $1 00 per pound for another Bernville consignment, Farm Bureau Hatchery White Ameri ca broilers, shown by Loien L Woman of R 1 G M Anthony was his feed dealei Penn Fruit pui chased the 14th, 15th and 16th place win ners One dollar per pound or $4213 was paid Blair Seitz, R 3 Dillsburg, by Penn Fruit for his Longenecker’s White Vantress x Arbor Acres, whose feed dealer is Marlin Seitz In 15th place was Raymond Shelter, Jr, who received $3O 50 for his Farm Bureau White Americans, or 75 cents per pound Raymond’s feed dealer is Markey’s Feed at North Cornwall Harold J Mar tin scored 16th and received 85 cents per pound or $26 98 for Bolton’s Red Vantress and New Hampshiras From R 2 Myers town, his feed dealer is A K Martin 17th Place at 85 Cents Farm. Bureau purchased the 17th place! winners at 85 cents a pound also, a total of $32 41 going to Carl ,Seifert, R 2 Dover, for his Farm Bureau White Am ericans Farm Bureau feeds were used In 18th position was John Robert Mock, R 2 Myerstown, to whom Eshelman Feed Co. paid 85 cents per pound for his Bol ton’s Cornish x New Hampshire, using feeds from Huber Bros- Standing in 19th place was Esther M. Binkley, R 4 Lititz, who sold her Small & Bull Hatchery broilers to Penn Fruit Co. for 85 cents a pound. They were White Van tress x Arbor Acres, and the feed dealer was Walter Binkley. An entry from R 1 Annville, Mark Copenhaver, was 20th, with Farm Bureau White Americans that sold for 85 cents a pound to Farm Bureau. Millards’ Mill was his feed dealer. Heaviest $1.25 Per Pound Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 18, 1956 Contracts Let For New $30,000 Poultry Center Raymond N Miller, 300 Run ning Pump Road, Lancaster, has been named general contractor for the $30,000 Lancaster Poul tiy Center to be constructed at Roseville Road and 230 Bypass Excavations for the one-story concrete block and brick build ing have been started, and volunteer help will do much of the work as the project ad vances. Claude F Smith, 1776 Lin coln Highway East, Lancaster, has been named to head a step ped-up drive to raise the neces sary funds Public subscription will soon be stalled Special booths will be set up at the Satuiday, June 9 annual chicken barbecue at Lititz Springs Parir to receive dona-( tmns for the building fund Barbecued chicken will be serv ed that day from 3to 8 p m i At this time about $12,400 has I been raised through donations or pledges June 15 has been set as the deadline to raise the i needed funds WOOD FOR SALE DENVER, Col Government officials have announced that one and a half billion board feet of wood, killed by hordes of beetles, would be sold at auction The estimated three billion cords of wood covers 275,000 acres in White River and Routt National forests northeast of Glenwood Springs, Col. H 24-Hour Service | n ft H 1956 AUTO TAGS i| 11 EDWARD G WILSON H ti No* ary Public 16 S Time St Lancaster, Pa jj LIVE POULTRY PHILADELPHIA, May 16 (USDA) Market weak. Sup plies of all classes were in ex cess of the light selective de mand. Sellers had difficulty in realizing country costs with sales forced. White Rock pullets 30-32 c, Rocks 34c, No. 2 quality 32c Large White Rock capon ettes 28-32, crosses 30c without clearing Fed lots cross fryers straight cockerels sold slowly at 23-24 c, mixed 24c, White Rocks 23-25 c, Vantress Reds 24-25 c. Light type broilers were unsold. Turkeys Unsettled. Demand light for limited supplies. Bronze breeder hens 41-42 c, toms 35c Reeceipts May 15 included Delaware, 4,000 lb, Maryland 2.000 lb Wholesale selling prices No. 1 & fancy quality: Broilers or fry ers, heavy type 34 lb 23-25, pul lets 4% lb & over 30-34, hens, heavy type 26-32, light type 15- 20, old roosters 11-13, ducks Pekin 30. One thing about the dem ocratic form of government: If you dislike the men in office, you can run for their jobs. MUSSER Leghorn Chicks For Largo White Eggs DONEGAL WHITE CROSS For Broiler Chicks “Direct from the Breeder ** Plume Mt. Joy 3-4911 MOUNT JOY. PA. 3
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