Vol. 11, No. 20
4 Countians
Among Finalists
In J.C. Contest
Four young farmers from Lan
caster County are competing to
be selected as one of the three
outstanding young farmers in the
State to be honored by the State
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
Gettysburg.
They are: J. Mark Bushong, R 2
Columbia; J. Robert Hess, Rl,
Strasburg; Forney Longenecker,
R 3 Lititz; and Kenneth A. Skiles,
R 2 Narvoh.
They are among 20 finalists
selected from over 130 candidates
submitted by local Junior Chamb
ers of Commerce.
Leland H. Bull, deputy Secre
tary of Agriculture will give the
'principal address at the meeting.
He will award plaques to the
young farmers, all under 36 years
old, for their agricultural and
community 'achievements.
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Cooperative Assn, will also pre
sent plaques to the three fanners.
Judges for the contest are Dr.
Herbert Albrecht, director of
agriculture extension and home
economics at Penn State; Gordon
Berg, editor of the County Agent
and Vo-Ag Teacher magazine, and
J. Lewis Williams, Fayette
County dairyman and president of
the state brucellosis committee.
One of the three farmers will
be selected as Pennsylvania’s re
presentative to the national finals
at-Durham, N. C., April 15 and 16.
GRAND CHAMPION FEMALE of the
Polled Hereford event of the East is BFS
"Victoria Tone 18, entered by Battleground
Farms, Freehold, N. J. Shown with her
are, left to right, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr, M. P. Moore, Ralph. Bennett, Don
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44 Polled Herefords Average
|625 at Sixth Show and Sale
Forty-four head of registered
Polled Herefords sold for an av
erage of $625 at the sixth annual
show and sale of the Eastern
Polled Hereford Assn at the
Guernsey Sale Pavilion on Lin-
coln Highway East.
The average this year was un
(Lancaster Lounty) Fa., Friday, March 22, 1957
IT TOOK THE Bill Rickey family of
Petersberg, Ohio, only 90 minutes to fly,
to Lancaster from their farm near the
Ohio-Pennsylvania state line to attend the
state meeting of the Pennsylvania Flying
Farmers Assn. Saturday. Their light planes
Last year’s winner was Robert E.
Boyd, North East, Erie County
fruit grower.
Fred Attinger, associate Adams
County Agent, is chairman of the
state project.
Christenden, John H. Royer, Jr., John
Shiflet, Mrs. Ernest F. Tark, Ernest F.
Tark, Prof. Herman Purdy, W. J. Largent,
and at the halter, owner and showman,
Ernest F. Tark, Jr. The two year old heifer
topped the sale at $2,500. (LF Photo)
der the $661 average paid last
year. This was due to a drop from
$965 to a $703 average paid for 10
bulls at the sale this'year. ,The av
erage price for females stayed the
same", $602. ‘ ,
Topping both the show and
sale was a two year old bred
usual 100 m. p. h. speed was upped 55
m. p. h. by strong westerly winds aloft.
But. Rickey noted wryly that strong tail
winds coming are usually strong head
winds when it is time to go home.
(LF Photo)
Approximately 50 Flying Farmers
Attend Association Meeting Here
Apprcximately 50 Flying
Farmers from Pennsylvania and
heifer, BFS Victoria Tone 18, en
tered by Battleground Farms,
Freehold, N. J. The grand cham
pion female brought $2,500 from
Santa Fe River Ranch, Alachua,
Fla. She is the daughter of EER
Victor Tone 31 out of GW Larry
anne 952.
The grand champion bull was
BPF Pawnee Beau Perfection, a
three year old entered by J. H.
Royer, Jr. Bushy Park, Glenwood,
Md. He sold for $l,OOO to Fau
quier Farm, Broad Run, Va.
However, the grand champion
bull was outsold by B. Gold Count
2, an eighteen month old bull
consigned by E. W. Barr, Rose
(Continued on page 16)
adjoining states met at the Lan
caster Airport Sunday for the
monthly meeting of the
Pennsylvania Flying Farmers
Assn About 25 farmers flew into
-the meeting.
The business sessions were
held in ithe hanger of the New
Holland Machine Co. at the air
port. After -lunch at the Glass
Kitchen, the group toured the
Landis Valley Farm Museum.
Guests of the association were
Mr. and Mrs. Pete-Barnum and
their son, Art, of Burdett, N. Y.
Mrs. Barnum is tthe New York
Flying Farmer queen.
Another guest of the associa
tion was Tony Mason, Bakers
field, Calif., who attended the
meeting with Mr. and Mrs.L. L.
Logan, Kennett Square.
New members attending were
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beiler
Honey Brook
The association secretary, Mrs.
L. L. Logan, invites all persons
interested m joining the organ
ization to write to her for com
plete information
Meetings Planned to Show
Care for Ornamental Plants
Spring is the best time to plan,
plant and landscape the area
around your buildings," according
to Harry S. Sloat, associate coun
ty agent.
This spring planting includes
well-arranged drives walks and
wide expanse of a good green
lawn in which only a few well
spaced foundation trees are plant
ed to provide shade during hot
summer sun.
“ Small evergreens and shrub
bery should be used at the foun
dation of the building to break
the harsh lines and tie it in with
surrounding area,” Sloat says.
A series of meetings have been
scheduled next week to demon
strate proper pruning, care and
management of shrubs and orna
mental plants. A. O. Rasmussen,
ornamental Horticulture special
$2 Per Year
Penn State Asked
For 2 Trainees
Here in Summer
The Pennsylvania Stale Univer
sity has been asked by the Lancas
ter County Extension Assn, to as
sign two student trainees to assist
in the county extension office
from June to September.
The action was taken at the or
ganizational meeting of the ex
ecutive board of the association
Saturday night.
The two trainees would be a
young man and a woman to assist
the county agent and the home
economist. They would work pri
marily with the county 4-H mem
bers.
In line with the request, the
association withdrew a request to
the county commissioners for ad
ditional funds which was made
so that a fourth county agent
could be assigned here on a per
manent basis. County appropri
ations fell $1,200 short of the ex
penses necessary for this addi
tion to the staff.
The board also voted to close
the extension office on Saturday
mornings during July and August.
Elected as officers ot the board
for the coming year are: Presi
dent, J. Loyd Rohrer, R 7 Lancas
ter; vice president, Willis Z. Es
benshade, 1631 Esbenshade Rd.;
secretary, Mrs. John Stoner, R 1
Quarryville; and treasurer, Mrs.
John Nissley, R 1 Mt. Joy.
Do You Have
Any Good Pigs
For 4-H Use?
Swine breeders in the county
are asked. to contact Associate
County Agent Victor Plastow in
the Lancaster Post Office Build
ing if they have February or
March jJigs for sale that will be
suitable for the 4-H club pro
gram.
The pigs heed not be purebred,
Plastow said. But they must be a
good type hog that will feed out
well and that will look good in
the show ring.
Chester Co. Extension
Office Changes Address
The Chester County Extension
Office has been moved to 31 West
Market Street, West Chester, ac
cording to County. Agent Robert
A. Powers, Jr.
The new phone number for the
office is OWen 6-3500
ist from Penn State, will be pre
sent* at the meeting.
The meeting schedule is as fol
lows-
Thursday, March 28, 9 a.m. at
Hie Lancaster Poultry Center, 840
West Roseville Rd. This is along
the new Harrisburg Pike (Route
230) one mile north of Lancaster.
Plant materials and planting
demonstration.
Friday, March 29, 9 am., Bart
Mennomte Church, one block
north bf Route 372 from Christi
ana to Green Tree, near Smyrna.
Plant materials and planting dem
onstration.
Friday, March 29, 1:30 pjn.,
Southeastern Artificial Breeders
Cooperative, along Harrisburg
Pike, one mile west of Lancaster.
Ornamental pruning, care and
management demonstration.