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steer feed intb the self-feeder hopper. handles this job, “ . . . the right way.”
—LH PHOTO . —LH PHOTO
could materialize in the fu
ture, but isn’t absolutely cer
tain he wants to make farm
ing a full-time career.
But, as long as that’s what
he is doing, there’s no reason
to mess around about it.
This attitude characterizes
the youth, whom Joseph Mc-
Cahon, voc-ag instructor at
Manheim Central where
Gerald was graduated last
spring, terms “One of the
truly outstanding boys I’ve
worked with. His leadership
abilities are exceptional, he
has lots of sensible ambition
and a good solid farm pro
gram.
The accomplishments whi
ch contributed to Gerald’s
selection for the Star Farm
er competition include:
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speaker, 1958; Co-op award,
1957; Champion FFA egg ex
hibit, Eastern State’s Expo
sition, Springfield, Mass; 1958
All-around judge and best
livestock judge. West Lam
peter Community Fair, 1957
and president and vice-presi
dent of Manheim Central
FFA chapter.
He attended the National
FFA convention in Kansas.
City in 1957 and is scheduled
to receive the Keystone Farm
er Degree during the 1959
FFA convention in Harris
burg, Jan. 14, when the Star
Farmer also will be announ
ced.
But with all his achieve
ments, Gerald insists on brin
ging up a highly publicized
“failure ” This particular it
em comes under his 30-acre
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crop program, when he set
forth in 1957 to attain a 300-
bushel per acre corn yield
He fertilized very heavily,
used lots of manure, close
planting for maximum pop
ulation and prepared for a
certain amount of irrigation.
“Well,- it seems we had a
dry year,” he remarks with
a dry smile, “and that ‘record
-corn plot’ didn’t make as
-much as my regular field did
the year before. In fact, it
only made about 98 bushels
per acre and I got about 114
in 1956.”
But he isn’t the least bit
sorry for having tried. In
fact, that’s the way he likes
to go about things. “Set a
high goal and if you miss, at
least you had the fun of try
ing.”
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 6, 1958
Farm Show Exhibit Space
'Sold Out', McCool Says
Harrisburg Rejection of
more than 100 applications
for commercal exhibit space
at the 1959 Farm Show was
reported today by the Farm
Show Commission.
John B McCool, Farm
Show Director, said alloca
tion of all available space
has been virtually completed
for' the 43rd show which o
pens on Monday, January 12,
and continues through Fri
day afternoon, January 16
Space was allocated on a
rental basis to nearly 250
commercial exhibitors in the
4-acre main exhibition hall
and limited areas in the poul
try section and the first and
second concourses of the lar
ge arena.
A number of applicants
who could not be assigned
space have been on the wait
ing list for several years, Mc-
Cool added.
Approximately two-thirds
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part of his I§l 81 bushel yield
Big Yields With
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The following yields were made on selected
5 acres entered in the 1958 DeKalb National Com
Growing Contest!
Eushong & Foulk, R. D. 3, QuarryviUe
J. P. Thompson & Sons, R. D. 1, Christiana 146.93
F. Russel Mendenhall, R. D. 1, Christiana 139.77
Martin. S. Greider & Sons, R. D. 2. Columbia 128.19
Lester E. Greiner. R. IX 4, Manheim
Amos L. Zook, Jr. R. D. 1, Christiana
Melvin M. Nolt, R. D. 1, Hphrata
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of the main exhib’tion floor
will be used to d’splay the
newest developments in farm
machinery, dairy and poul
try equipment
Competit’on for space to
exhibit pr.ze animals has be
en keen among Pennsylvania
farmers, McCool also expla
ined He said entry requests
for 139 more dairy cattle
than eouldf be accomodated
had been received, as well as
25 too many beef cattle Be
sides these animals, 17 horse
entries must be cut from the
list.
A record of $62,287.50 is
be’ng offered in premium and
pr z 3 money at the 1959
Show which has as its theme
“Agriculture Everybody’s
Business.”
Like people, plants get
hungry. Soil analyses help in
predicting starvation levels
of fertility.
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