T *£iZ* \to *-**V -k*- / •v r**-* Vm; * * * * " TWENTY-FOUR TOP steers were se-_: lected Tuesday at Union Stock Yards, Lan? caster, to be shown as Lancaster County j Change in Mutton And Lamb Grading I WASHINGTON (USDA) The U. S. Department ot Agri culture has proposed to amend tbo official standards for grades of lamb and mutton caicassos Proposals to change the stand ards were discussed and demon strated at several meetings with various segments of th ; indus try 'during the last 18 months, and the proposed changes were approved by an industij-wide committee appointed by th' 1 Na tional Wool Growers Associa tion jliiiiiiiiimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiuiiiiiiiiiiimin I SEE THE NEW | I SILVER KING | I Direct Drive 1 | CHAIN SAW I | LESTER A. SINGER | | RONKS | | Ph. 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Herefords Dominate Chicago Feeder Show, Sale at $42.50 Top CHICAGO, 111 (Special) Herefords continued to dominate the annual Chicago Feeder Cat tle Show and Sale when a uni form load of 20 Hereford feeder steers were named grand cham pion of the show over all breeds These Herefords were shown by Mike Hinman Ranches, Kremm hng, Colo, and sold for the top price in the sale of $42.50 cwt. to Elkhart, Ind, 4-H Club The steers weighed an average of 336 pounds. There were a total of 826 loads of all major beef breeds exhibit ed, and Herefords made up 674 loads of the total. The reserve champion Here ford load of feeder steers was shown by the Egan Cattle Co., Ashby, Nebr, and sold to the Elkhart, Ind , 4-H Club for $32.50 cwt In the Hereford yearling steer division, the first place load was shown by A J Barta & Son, Buf falo Gap, S. Dak. In the Hereford heifer calf di vision, firgt place went to Mil ton Starr, Stapleton, Nebr. In the yearling Hereford heif er show, Earl Macke, Blooming tori', Wis., showed the first place load. The show was judged by a ■committee made up of Tilden Berg, Sciota, 111.; Anton Winth er, Wisner, Nebr ; Warren Mpn fort, Greeley,'Colo ; and Armour Morgan, Perryville, Ind. HIS LOSS COVENTRY, England m order to get a little extra need ed money,, s'* husband sold his wife’s sewing machine for six pounds (about $3O) -She object ed strenuously and made him buy it back. The husband had to pay the dealer’s new price twelve pounds -r- or about $6O. A - ! •i *r * - J. Buff Coleman To Direct 1957 Livestock Show HARRISBURG Bull L Cole man -of Easton, for more than 30 yeais county agncultuial acent m Northampton County, today wn? n-irned director of the an nual Pennsylvania Livestock Ex position to be held in the Faim Show arena in November of next year Announcement was mad a by .Chairman Leon Falk, Jr., Pitts burgh, follQivmg a meeting of the exposition’s executive com mittee He said Coleman’s back ground m livestock work, mclud ng activities during -each Penn sylvania Farm Show, fit him deally for the task of handling all details for the exposition. Coleman, who started county agent work in Cumberland Coun •y, retired from his Noithamp 'on duties in September. Tlt> new manager said the ex oosition will attract several ‘housand head of outstanding beef cattle, sheep and swine from livestock breeding areas of the United Slates and Canada, mak ing it an open show of interna tional proportions. The 1957 .show is being made nossible through a $50,000 ap propriation to the State Depart ment of Agriculture The event "'dl be conducted by the Penn sylvania Liv’stock and Allied In ’ustnes Association in coopera t’on with the Department Falk reported progress in ar rangements for the appearance during the expository of one of the nation’s outstanding western ”odeos m the Farm Show arena. Steps are being taken to arrange for educational exhibits stressing new aids to the livestock indus- Date for the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition is Nov. 12- 16, 1957. MODEL T RACES POLICE WAUSAU. Wis. Two men in a Model T of 1917 vintage fail ed to outrace a police car and were fined a total of $5OB re cently. The old car, however, didn’t stop until it turned into a farm yard and banged against a shed. The driver, Joseph Uas tuska, 36, was fined $279, given a mandatory 30-day jail sentence and lost his driving license for a v-ear, after being convicted of drunken driving and two other traffic charges. Mike Somers, 43, owner of the car, was fined $229 on charges of drunkenness and two traffic violations. California tops all the states in the rise in population. Lancaster Farming, Friday. Nov. 9, 1956—11 Farm Show Committee Launches Last Preparations for Big 1957 Exposition Intensive pieparations for the 1957 Pennsylvania Faim Show next January 14 18 stalled with the annual fall meeting of the Farm Show Committee composed of leprosentatives of 52 state wide faun and allied organiza tions The 41st State Farm Show theme was announced as “Penn sylvania Agriculture Builds for Tomorrow ” State Secretaiy of Agricul ture W. L. Henning, chairman of the Farm Show Commit tee, also announced at the Oct. 4 meeting that a record-break ing total of $58,536 is being offere’d hy the Farm Show Commission for' premiums on winning exhibits at the 1957 show. This exceeds the previ ous record set last Jan. by $2,588. Committee members filed ic quests for rooms in which to hold the annual meetings of their associations Appi oximate ly 30 statewide faun organiza tions plan to hold educational meetings during Faun Show week. Declaring that the 1957 Faim Show theme is most timely, Sec retary Henning said “Every m dustry must plan ahead in this, the atomic age, if it is to sui vive. Agriculture is no exception Technological developments in farming are bringing change and advancement at a lapid pace. ’ He said education has been “the sparkplug for past achieve ments in Pennsylvania agricul ture,” and the Farm Show “is recognized nationally as one of the State’s most valuable assets in the education of producers and consumers of faim pio ducts ” The theme will be reflected in every phase of the exposi tion, “making the 1957 Farm Show one of the most effective ever held,’’ he added Two new departments have been added for the coming Farm Show, the committee was told. The Commission is offering $240 in premiums for Christmas trees and $360 as prizes in a hay show. The additions make a record total of 27 departments for com petitive exhibits at the exposi tion. Representatives of the Penn sylvania Flying Farmeis Associa tion and the Pennsylvania York shire Swine Club attended their first meeting of the Farm Show ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!■■■■■■«■■■■■■■ H. M. 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