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x VoL 111. No. 31.
Miss Janet Koser, Manheim, 1958
Lancaster County Poultry Queen
Miss Janet Koser, 18, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koser,
R 2 Manheim, is the 1958 Lancas
ter County Poultry Queen and a
candidate for the title of “Miss
Pennsylvania Poultry Industry ”
JVliss Koser was chosen for this
honor Saturday evening at the
annual Lancaster Paultry Assn,
barbeque at Lititz Springs Park.
ATTENDANT to the queen was
Miss Rosemary Andrews, R 7 Lan
caster.
A graduate of Manheim Cen
tral High School, Miss Koser was
attendant to the farm show and
yearbook queens this year. Her
father is an egg producer.
Judges for the contest were
Robert Best, Lancaster Farming,
J. Donald Brandt, Lancaster (Pa )
Intelligencer-Journal; and Larry
One Point Decline In Prices Received
For All Except Dairy Products in May
HARRISBURG, June 12 A
one point decline in the index of
prices received by Pennsylvania
farmers in .mid-May- for all-their,
pioducts except dairy was report-'
ed today by the State Department
ot Agriculture.
The dairy products index re
mained the same as the previous
month as the average price,re
ceived for wholesale milk con
tinued at $4 60 per hundred
pounds, a Pennsylvania Crop Re
porting Service survey showed
Pennsylvania’s index for farm
products obherthan dairy dropped
to 241 per cent of the 1910-14 base
as Keystone State farmers receiv
ed lower prices for hay, potatoes,
eggs, rye and soybeans Including
dairy, the index for all products
declined one point for the 30 da>
period, but was 16 points higher
than a year ago.
University of Connecticut Graduate
Named New Assistant Countv Agent
j
A recent University of Connec
ticut graduate, Wmthrop Mernam
Jr will be the new assistant
county agent in Lancaster Coun
ty, according to an announcement
Monday by Dr H. R Albrecht,
extension director.
Mernam’s appointment will
Start July 1, although he is ex
pected to repoit in the county on
June 17
He is the son of Mr and Mrs.
\V mthrop Mernam, Coventry,
Conn A farm boy, he has had 10
years of work m 4-H Club pro
jects He was graduated “from
Windham, Cann , High School
While at the University of
Connecticut, where he majored
in animal production, he was a
member of the Block and Bridle
Club and served as chairman of
the 1958 Little International
Livestock 'Show He was a mem
bei of the livestock judging team
Already experienced in county
agent work, Mernam served last
summer as a 4-H assistant in Tol
land County, Conn. During the
summer of 1956 he operated a
sheep dipping service for the
stale of Connecticut From 1953
to 1955 he served m the Armj
with the rank of corporal
He is married to the foimer
Baumann, Lancaster Newspapers.
Inc. Master of ceremonies was
James Forney of WLAN, Lancas
ter.
WHILE ACCOUNTING will
take about two weeks, early in
dications are that the barbeque
will prove to be a financial suc
cess. Nearly 4,000 halves were
served at the grounds or boxed
as carry-outs. This number is
about equal to the number sold
last year.
Winners of the cooking contest
were Mrs. C Warren Leminger,
R 2 Denver and Miss Joyce Nolt,
R 1 Reinholds For their prize-win
ning recipes, see the Women’s
Page.
The prize-winning cooks and
Miss Koser will compete in state
contests at Dutch Days in Her
shey m August.
At mid-May, higher prices
‘ were received for com, beef cat
' tie, cows, steers and heifers
i caives, milk cows, hogs and chic
. kens thejsuryey also revealed.
* Corn was up '2'cents' per bushel"
.to average $147 while beef cattle
prices rose $2 20 per 10 pounds !
liveweight to average $212.0
Steers and heifers were up $l.l a
hundred pounds liveweight, and
calves showed a -gain of $3 10 to
average $29 per hundredweight.
Milk cows increased $5 to an aver
age of $265 per head, or $45 more
than a year earlier
Hogs rose $1 30 per hundred .
weight and increases were also
recorded for sheep and lambs
Chickens and broilers showed
slight increases, while turkeys
suffeied a minor drop. Egg prices
declined 4 cents a dozen but were
8 cents higher than a year ago.
WINTHROP MERRIAM JR.
Elizabeth R Panzek, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. Charles Panzek,
Wilhngton, Conn They have two
children Katherine Prall and
Charlene Rose.
QuarryviUe (Lancaster Countv) Pa., Fridav. June 13, 1958
LANCASTER COUNTY Poultry Queen and a candidate for
the title of Miss Pennsylvania Poultry Industry is Miss
Janice Koser, R 2 Manheim Shown with Miss Koser is Miss
Marcelena Hess, 1957 Poultry Queen. Miss Koser was se
lected from a field of eight lovely farm girls who entered
the contest (LF Photo)
Lancaster County Represented
By 62 Boys at State FFA Week
Lancaster County is represent
ed at state FFA Week at Penn
State this week by 62 boys The
agriculture students will partici
pate in judging contests, sing in
the state chorus and play in the
state band
State officers will be elected
during the convention.
While at Penn State the boys
will observe demonstrations on
/arm mechanics, wildlife, bee
keeping, land judging, livestock,
dairy, forestry and poultry.
Here are boys attending and
the activity in which they are
participating.
LAMPETER - STRASBURG:
Ronald Book, poultry judging,
Arthur Brenneman, dairy cattle
judging, John Reinhart, farm
mechanics contest, William Mel
linger, farm mechanics contest,
Le Roy Brubaker, officer candi
date, Burnell Andrews, band
member
PEQUEA VALLEY: Charles
Hoober, farm mechanics, William
Yohn, livestock judging, John
Yost, dairy cattle judging, Glenn
Yost, member chorus, Norman
Hcrshey, member band, Lee Hoai
member band, John Yohn, mem
ber band
COCALICO UNION: John Zim- aid Trimble, dairy cattle judging,
merman, band, Richard Lorah, Rodney Martin, dairy cattle judg
farm mechanics, Vernon Shenk, mg, Darnel Groff, poultry judg
land judging, Robert Good, FFA mg, Wilbert Asbury, farm ma-
delegate, William Wingeroth
farm mechanics
MANOR: Larry Snyder, agro
nomy contest, Richard Hackman,
poultry contest, John Hegs, dair,
cattle contest, Dennis Sangrey,
livestock contest
MANHEIM CENTRAL; Gerald
Greiner, public speaking, Ken
neth Bushong, chorus, Barry
Haldeman, chorus, Joseph Sharp,
chorus, Ronald Auker, chorus,
Dean Hoffer, officer candidate,
Clair Hoffer, dairy cattle judging,
Ronald Rohrer, livestock judging,
Harold Becker, poultry judging
Clcir Kreider, farm mechanics
contest, Robert Fahnestock, agro
nomy contest, Glenn Shenk, farm
mechanics contest, Marlin Cassel,
agionomy contest
WARWICK UNION: Vincent
Backer, dairy cattle judging, Da
vid Longenecker, livestock judg
mg, Kenneth Seibert, livestock
judging.
SOLANCO: Ralph Kreider,
band, Lewis Darnell, band, Murl
Aument, band, Clyde Kreider
band; John Graham, band; La
Verne Mull, chorus, Wilbur Sol
lenberger, chorus, William Coop
ci. land judging contest, William
Jackson, livestock judging, Don
S 2 Per Year
Hot Weather
Needed for Field
Crop Production
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
farmers need a period of hot
weather to stimulate the growth
of crops, the State Department of
Agriculture said today
While rains Monday night and
Tuesday night might help in some
areas, the Pennsylvania Crop Re
porting Service also reported the
need for additional rainfall in
most sections of the Common
wealth.
Main farm activities for the
week ended June 9, as cited in
the weekly crop and weather
round-up, were the harvesting of
hay, cultivating of corn and vege
table crops, harvesting strawber
ries and the setting out of tobac
co plants.
HAY MAKING HIT full swing
during the week of favorable
weather and first cuttings were
termed generally good In some
Northwestern counties, hay is
making slow growth because of
cool, dry weather. Pastures in
some scattered sections are be
coming short because of dry
weather.
Barjey is ripening in the -South
and some Central sections, while
wheat is heading rapidly in the
South and is good after a slow
start In some areas, barley and
wheat have been flattened by
wind or ram Cultivating of corn
is progressing in most areas, al
though some corn remains to be
planted in extreme Northern Tier
counties Planting of soybeans is
underway in the South.
SOME POTATOES early
Cobblers are in blossom in
Southern sections and good
growth is reported In the ex
treme Northern areas, some pota
toes remain to be planted. Tobac
co plants are being set out in
Lancaster, Lebanon and York
Counties, but plants are small
and warm nights are needed to
stimulate growth
Strawberries started to move
in volume in the South and Cen
tral parts of the state. Sweet
cherries are beginning to ripen
m the south. Peaches are sizing
nicely and thinning is underway.
1 emperatures averaged three
to five degrees below normal
during the past week Heaviest
rainfall 2 13 inches was re
coided in the Brookville area.
chmery contest, Harold Clark,
poultry contest, John Weavei,
hmd nidging, Donald Wenger,
livestock ludgmg, Martin Dom
bach, dairy products judging;
Tied Esbenshade, farm mechan
ics, Robert Armstrong, officer
candidate
DONEGAL: Luke Brubaker,
choius, Donald Musser, chorus;
Kenneth Young, band, Richard
Ober, livestock judging contest,
and David Hess, dairy cattle judg
mg
The following FFA Chapter
Advisors will attend the conven
tion George Mj ers Lampeter-
Strasburg, H E Givlcr, Pequea
"Vallej, H P Siglin Manor, Har
old McAllister and J H. McGa
hcn, Manheim Ctntral. R C Hen
ne>, Warwick Union, Ralph Bit
tler, Solanco and Grant M Miller.
Donegal