Mary K. Bettendorf, Librarian THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE eOLLCGffc Vol. 111. No- 43. Local Girl Cops Championship Second Time Lancaster County 4-H Club Members took top honors m both Ayrshire and Guernsey judging at the Southeast District 4-H Dairy Show last Thursday at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion, Lincoln Highway East. Marilyn Harnish, 14, Quarry ville, Rl, took the Grand Cham pionship in Ayrshire Breed for the second year in a row. H. Ross Ferguson of Kirkwood was the winner of the Guernsey Breed. George Rutt, Jr., Stevens Rl, won honors in the Holstein Division with a second place junior calf and third place junior yearling. William F. Ferguson, brother of Ross, took first place honors with a senior yearling in the Guernsey judging Sandra Rutt, Stevens Rl, and Carol Ann Krantz, New Providence Rl, took prizes in fitting, while Miss Har nish 14, was also the winner of the Showmanship Blue Ribbon. The show qualified the blue rib bon winner for competition in the Pennsylvania Jr. Dairy Show, September 18, in the State Farm Show Building, Harrisburg. No county animals showed to blue ribbons in the Jeisey Breed. Breed Champion was shown by Merle Miller, Jr., Cumberland County. Judges for the show were Gordon Cairn, Dean of the Col lege of Agriculture of University of Maryland and Cuthbert Nairn, Douglasville, Ayrshire breeder. John H. Holbert, Bedford coun ty Agent, and Robert J. Rugaber, Center County Assistant Agent, judged the fitting and showing. Cattle were shown from Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumber land, Dauphin, Franklin Lancas ter Lebanon Lehigh, Montgom ery, Northampton, and York Counties. Future Farmers Win Three Grand Championship Ribbons at Dairy Show Future Farmers from Lancaster County collected three of the four grand championship ribbons at the Southeast District FFA Dairy Show at the Guernsey Sales Pa vilion last Friday. In addition to the championship rosettes, two reserve championships came to county showmen as well The big winner from the coun ty was Tom Halladay, Jr Kirk wood Rl, who earned home both champion and reserve ros ettes for his Jerseys His three year old cow, Brampton Bea con’s Jane Susie, got the judges nod for grand champion while his senior calf, Spinaway Far Star was named reserve. Rock Acres Dixie repeated as champion Ayshire at the show. The two year old cow owned by Ned Paes of Strasburg Rl, will try to equal his 1957 mark when she was grand champion of the Penna. State FFA Dairy Show. Two Future Farmers teamed up to keep both top Guernsey honors in the county. C Kenneth Young, Mount Joy Rl. showed Meadow Wood C. Socrota to the championship while Kenneth Gar Three Young Men To Be Awarded Highest FFA Degree AARON S. LANDIS AARON LANDIS, 20, R.D. 1. Strasburg, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin L. Landis. He graduated from the Lampeter- Strasburg High School in 1955 and is married to the former Mary Ann Embly. He now farmsji 60 acre farm, and has 32 fattening hogs, nine steers, and 1000 laying hens. He grows corn, tobacco, wheat and hay. He started his freshman year with four fattening hogs, one acre of corn, three acres of wheat, one-half acre of tobacco, and one acre of tomatoes, increasing his farming program each year there after. Landis was secretary of the Garden Spot F F A., reporter in the Lancaster County Chapter, and member nf a quartet that sang at the State and National F.F.A. conventions in 1956. He was on the State and National F.F.A. chorus in 1955. In 1954, he was second in the State in the one acre corn grow ing contest. In addition to his farming pro gram he continues his love for music and accepts numerous sing ing engagements ber, Willow Street, Rl, took re serve placing with his three year old cow. Princess Marie’s Little One. Another heifer shown by Garber and a blue ribbon win ner shown by Jon Timothy De doon helped the champions to first place in county groups. The Show which was scored on the Danish system was the qualifying round for the State Junior Dairy Show to be held in Harrisburg on Sept 19. Under the Danish system of scoring, the animals are awarded blue, red, or white ribbons with no ranking. Eleven county animals were awarded blue ribbons mak ing them eligible for state com petition. In addition to the seven mentioned before, blue ribbons were won by E Laverse Mull, Quarryville R 2, with a senior yearling and a two year old Guernsey, and William R. Sei bert, Lititz Rl, with an Ayrshire senior calf. The Blue hibbon winner of Seibert’s along with two red rib bon Ayrshires belonging to Roy R. Mentzer, Gap R 2, backed up (Continued on page 16) I Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Sept. 5, 1958 KENNETH RUTT KENNETH RUTT who farms 223 acres in partnership with his father Ira Butt at Peach Bottom Rl, began his farming operation in Vocational Agriculture with a steer, two pigs, and one acre of corn. His present operation includes 80 acres of tomatoes, 40 acres of corn, 18 acres of wheat, 15 acres of barley, two acres of rye, and 15 acres of soybeans and sorghum for silage Livestock on the farm includes 40 head of steers 1200 laying hens, and 300 replacement pul lets. Thirty three migrant work ers are hired to help harvest the tomatoes Rutt who is 20 years old is married to the former Vivian Kreider and has one son, Jeffrey, eight months old. The farming operation is a family partner ship in which Mrs. Rutt helps with the farm and field work whenever possible. Kenneth en tered into a Father-Son partner ship agreement several years ago when he graduated from high school and bought into the farm ing business. Each year his share of the farming program in creases and his managerial re sponsibilities increase also. The trip to Kansas City to ac cept the degree will be the sec ond trip to the National Con vention of FF A. for Rutt. In 1956 he was Pennsylvania State livestock judging champion and represented the state in the na tional contest. Rutt is active in the Mechan ics Grove Church of the Breth eren and is a member of the Christian Workers Sunday School class of that church. He is a mem ber* of Lancaster County Farm Bureau, Eastern States Farmers Exchange, and Farm Service As sociation Kenneth was active in FF A. at Solanco holding office of sec retary and sentiel in the local chapter and secretary of the County Association. His plans for the future in clude increasing the size of the farming operation and accepting more of the managerial respon sibilities of the partnership. Price Index Down HARRISBURG, Sept. 2 Tha Pa Prices Received by farmers index for all farm products fell again for the fifth consecutive month. The drop was a result of lower prices paid producers for corn, oats, hay, apples, beef cat tle, cows, steers and heifers, milk cows, hogs, lambs, chickens and vegetables. itsmmmat übrarv n JOHN D. STONER JOHN STONER, 21, R.D. 7, Lancaster, is the son of John H Stoner and the late Marly L Stoner He graduated from the Lampeter-Strasburg High School in 1955. He now farms 180 acres in partnership with his father. It includes 28 dairy animals, 6 brood sows, and 1600 layers. They also fatten hogs and beef cat tle, and grow corn, small grain, hay and tobacco. Stoner started his high school Vo Ag farming program with 4 fattening hogs, 300 chickens and 2 acres of corn. He continued to enlarge his farming program and entered into a partnership agree ment with his father in January, 1957. He was vice pres, and pres of the Garden Spot FF.A. at Lam peter-Strasburg High School, president of the Lancaster Coun ty F.F.A., and vice president of the State Association. He was a member of a quartet that sang at the State and National F.F.A. con ventions in 1956, and the vice president of the Parliamentary Procedure team that placed sec ond in the State contest in 1954. John was president of his high school class for three years, and was named the outstanding senior at graduation. He is now a member of the board of directors of the Lam peter Community Fair Associa tion. Breeders Plan To Show Top Strains At NEPPCO TRENTON, N J—For the first time in the history of the U. S. poultry industry, entries from most of the nation’s random sample tests will be on display for first-hand examinations by poul trymen from every corner of the Northeast. In a special test exhibit, the Northeastern Poultry Producers Council (NEPPCO) will put these famous strains of birds on dis play at its annual exposition in Harrisburg, Pa., Oct 7-8-9. Each pen, consisting of three birds, will have came directly from official contests in various parts of the country. All birds will have com pleted a full year of production under rigorous testing conditions m competition with birds of other top flight breeders. Twenty-five entries are already in for the exhibit, according to> (Continued on Page Five) American Farmer Degree Won By Three In County Youths Capture Vz Of State Quota The National Association of Fu ture Farmers of America will awaid its highest degree to three young men from Lancaster Coun ty at the National FFA conven tion in Kansas City m October. The degree which is conferred an nually on young men who have done outstanding service to the FFA, their communities, and agri culture, is awarded on the basis of one per thousand membership in each of the states This year Pennsylvania had a quota of only nine degrees to be distributed among the near 10,000 Future Farmers in the, state. The three young men and their chapters are Aaron Landis, Garden Spot Chapter; John Stoner, Garden Spot Chapter; and Kenneth Rutt, Solanco Chapter. The minimum qualifications for election to the Degree are as follows The applicant must have held the degree of State Farmer pre ceding election to the Degree of American Farmer and have been an active member of the FFA continuously for at least 36 months and have a satisfactory record of participation m the ac tmties of the local chapter and the state association Must have satisfactorily com pleted at least three years of in structional vocational agriculture, or have completed all of the voca tional agriculture offered in the school last attended, have been out of high school for at least 12 months prior to the convention at which the degree is granted, and have in operation an outstanding program of supervised farming. Productive projects must show comprehensive planning continua tion, growth, and increase in scope with records to substantiate such accomplishments. During the period covered by his application, the candidate must have earned by his own ef forts from farming and other agriculture work and have de posited in a bagk or otherwise productively invested at least $l, 000, provided that at least two thirds of this Amount is derived from his supervised farming pro gram. in the cases where the appli cant has assisted in the support of dependents, the amount so ex pended, in the judgment of the National Board of Student Offic ers, may be considered as an in vestment. Show outstanding ability as evidenced by lus leadership and cooperation in student, chapter, and community” activities, and have a satisfactory scholarship record certified by the local school superintendent or princi pal. A state association may submit, annually, the application of one candidate for the American Farm er Degree for each 1000 active members in the association. Each state association in good standing shall be entitled to sub mit the application of at least one candidate for the American b armer Degree each j ear. Applications for the Degree ap pi oved by the State Advisor, must (Continued on Page Five) $2 Per Year
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