- VoL
r it * , t * f £
Nam|^P^
Of feinen";
• '-"- ,t --' J
-. By REP t 'J,
• MriVlE;; Hpberf Noll, r RI -tan
' qaster, - sec
ond tei*m Cas,-president _ol ‘the'
Society of’Fan&s
Wqmen,:jShe",was fleeted Saturday,
at the 39th annual meeting of/the
sodety .in (Manheim Township'
High School at Neflsyille.,, /-V ;.,
' Mis. -Nolt, a-memberof Farm-
Society 4, ' was elected president
a year-ago, replacing Mrs. Milton
EBerly' lof -the Elizabethtown
neighborhood. V-' _
” Others named at the. all-day.
meeting .were: -Mrs.:-' Harold
?odic, secretary, and Mrs;Pani -
JEhersole, 'treasurer;--Former ofT
ficers :,~were Mrs. Kenneth
Eshelman, secretary, and Mrsi ‘
Paul 'Erb. treasurer/ “’.
Named for two-year terms were-
Mrs; Elam Buck waiter, -first -vied'
president/ and Mrs. Ahtant Weid
man/'seebnd vice president
Speaker- of the day-was'-Mrs.
Marfan- Foster"/ Smith';- author-'
lecturer -from v Saxonburg r "/ Pa.,
who spoke /on :The :Ten.' Great
est GHts v ; Mrs.' Smith _recMlecl.
where#;membCrs'';were asked’ to
Bring their most prized' posses
sion. Some' brought'- ibeautiful
vases/,of-value;- others-brought
sentimental’ .baby shoes; others
brought little, insigntficant things
they.-themselyes. cherfshed. " ”
No one,she' v eo'ntinued, men
tioned the ’senses God “granted
each, sight,: hearing,’ taste, smell,
the body —’“and, a smile..,How
often material,value is put ahead
of everything else she told/and;
how often, individuals forget to
observe the earth,and'its beauty,
the beauty qf new-fallen snow
; (Continued on page 5)
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Holstein Meet
Nov. 20 Will
Hear Minister
The" Hew- Frederick W.* Lanan,
pastor of the Strashurg ■Presby
terian - Church, - will' be' speaker
during the annual meeting of the
Lancaster .County Holstein-FreL
sian .Association Tuesday, Nov;
20 at -6:45",p.m." la the Leola
Memorial. Building. -
Aturkeydinner .will-be
by. of the
Leola ‘Fire;. Company s2 at
plate.. Tickets are, available from
members- of- executive, com
mittee'' and other committee
members -semng the'association.
Featured in the program will
be reports from-various commit
tees obl the gear’s activities;
transaction - of business Jand - elec
tion of-"new officers and direc
|tors>Hsrief remarks bjr‘ M. Ml
Smith, 'county ’ Agri
cultural 'agfcnt,-and - Arthur Nes
bitt, _ fiejdman of -
the,- As
sociation. '
yviiie .a*„er codhtvj ra., rnday, JNov. 9, 1956
\
in "process atr fhe Wednesday' Southeast
District' 4-H Club Baby Beef & Lamb. Club
-Roundup 'and* Sale, at Lancaster Union .
PprkPurchases
To Aid Prices
Launched Again
.WASHINGTON— (USDA)
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson re
cently announced that the U. S--
Department, of' Agriculture is
-undertaking immediately, a'pork
purchase program 'to stabilize
producer- prices nnd help, en
courage additional domestic con
sumption of pork. This os in ad
dition to the current- lard pur
chase program which was an
nounced October 2. Today’s'an-,
nouncement, together -with the
■Oct. 2 announcement, will make
$lOO million available Tor use
in stabilizing hog during
the current > heavy marketing
(Continued on page 16)
8-Lb. Cauliflower?
For Shame, St. Louis
Can"' Lancaster "County' top
this? A St, Louis reader -of Lan
caster. Fuming asks, enclosing
a newspaper clipping of a cau
; liflower -that sent a ripple of
interest along North Market
'Street Gdmnwssion Row in St.
Louis a 6 pound, 2 ounce
specimen.
Yes.
The- Garden Spot has just
marketedhuge heads weighing
nv to 1? pounds, and many are
being- broken up for sals in _
basket lots. ~
. Southeast Show
•.Stock Yards, with' Angus classes in the
foreground, Herefords in'the background.
(Lancaster Farming Staff Photp)., ,
Eisenhower Wins,
Democrat Congress
-President Eisenhower Tuesday
swept to an overwhelming vic
tory in the national elections, but
wound up with a Congress that
has Democrats in the majority.
' Threats of full revolt in the
farm belt failed to materialize
as the Republican administration
was returned to Washington.
Deadline Dates
For Farm Show
Entries Are Set
Notice of entries in competitive
livestock and most poultry
classes at the,1957 Pennsylvania
Farm Show must be filed by
Nov. 17, the Farm Show Com
mission has announced. Excep
tions are 4-H Baby _Beef and
lambs for which the deadline is
Deer 22.'-Horse pulling- contest
entry blanks are due Dec. 22 also.
Pennsylvania livestock breed
ers are expected to enter more -
than 2,000 head of their prize
horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle,
swine and sheep in competition
for state championship awards,
according to State , Secretary -
of Agriculture "William L. Hen
ning. From advance reports he
predicts an exceptionally high ,
quality of ’animals- Will be cn
tered in Hie coming show.
' “Activities “are expanding in
the -raising of purebred livestock
in all-parts ofthe State,!’ he de
clared- “On a quality basis I am
confident that the coming show
will exceed' all others.”
In addition to fcll
general ’ poultry entry 1 ' blanks
must he filed with the Farm
Show Commission" by Nov. 17.
e
Frey Brothers
Buy Top Steer
At New Record
By ERNEST J. NEILL
Twin Oaks Angus Farm—where
Angus are a partnership between
two young brothers m Southern
Lancaster County Saturday
paid the $5O cwt top in the Sec
ond Annual Pennsylvania Feed
er Calf Sale at Union Stock,
Yards, Lancaster.
i Fred Frey, Jr., and his broth--
er Ernest, E 2 Qnarryville, were
in the bidders’ bleachers when
the fifth lot came into the ring.
Bidding was spirited, as Auc
tioneer Abe Diffenbach car
ried the price higher and high
er. The fancy 535-pound An
gus was consigned by Mrs. John
B. Hannum 3d, at Unlonville,
Pa.
In all, 323 head were sold, with
(Continued on page 6)
Last Flight Leaves
Intercourse Airport
Intercourse’s airport a
sTxip through pasture and corn
contours —_ has closed, having
served hut one plane, an Air
“Force C-46 cargff plane which
made" a forced landing on an
Amish farm Oct 26.
In landing, a wing-tip was
damaged. Meanwhile Anush
’ friends around the neighbor
hood , convinced the airmen of
the nwaning ofthe Garden Spot
Vith huge tray dinners, shoo
fly pie, and hospitality the
Garden Spot alone can show.
Wednesday the plane returned
to Neweaslle via Olmstead.
$2 Per Year
Verna Landis
Wins Southeast
Beef Round-Up
By ERNEST X NEILL
' Miss Verna Landis, whose light
heavyweight Angus stood- high'
in the Tuesday Lancaster County
Baby: Beef [Roundup, moved* on
to championship over _all breeds
in the Southeast District 4-H
Club Baby Beef Roundup at Lan
caster Union Stock Yards the
next day.
Miss Landis, 16-year-old dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lan
dis, R 4 Lancaster, scored first
among 291 entries from Adams,
Berks, * Chester, Cumberland,
Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon,' '
Northampton, Perry and York
counties, marking another high
spot in seven years of 4-H
showing.
Now a junior at East Lam
peter, Miss Landis obtained
“Mickey the 3rd” through "Val
ley Creek Farms, dispersed: ,ih
the estate of Ralph McConnell at
West Chester last spring. Thick,
on top, firm in all quarters, well
coated, but standing much less in
height than many other Angus,.„
Shorthorns and Herefords, Mic*
key the 3rd ranked above a Here
ford shown* by Jimmy Quisen
berry, Jr., of R 1 Stewartstown,
York County.
For Jimmy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Quisenberry, and
a distant descendant of _ a
famed Kentucky Angus breed
er, this was a high experience,
his first encounter in the show --
ring. Ten years old, he han
dled his steer Star Duke
like a champion throughout.
Now a fifth grader, he is in
his first year of club work. Star
Duke, truly a show animal,,
came from Blakely Farms,
Charlestown, W. Va., of Poca
Dot breeding.
Breed championships were
large, and welHought, as judges
moved deliberately, sift-
(Continued on Page Three)
Turkey Club Sets
Roundup Nov. 15'
Plans for a Nov. 15 roundup
by Lancaster County’s newest 4rH
Club, the Lancaster County 4JI
Turkey Club, have- been an
nounced.
The roundup will be at noon
that day in the Willows, with
sponsorship by the Paradise Ro
tary Club The countywide round
up will be Nov. 20 in a noon
meeting at Hotel Brunswick,
■Lancaster.
Noted Judges Serve
Livestock Events
Prof. Herman Purdy, who has
been named judge of Aberdeen
Angus classes in the 1956 Inter
national Livestock Exposition! at
Chicago, Tuesday served as judge
in the Lancaster County Baby
Beef Roundup at Lancaster.
Wednesday found another not
able in the Garden Spot, Roifert
Hartley, named last week as
herdsman at the Gettysburg fkrm
of President Eisenhower, judging
steer showmanship at the South
east District 4-H Club Baby Beef
ami Lamb Club Roundup.