ITNO. 46 y )HN HERR, JR , salesman.for Florin Farms Hatchery, displays the trophy presented by the Northeastern ! Producers Council for the hatchery’s win in the jivision of the annual Egg To Chick show at Hams lus week. arwick Chapter FFA ins County Judging irwick Union FFA. members dethroned the Manheim rafter a reign of three years as dairy and livestock { champs at the Lampeter Fair, it was announced tek The annual event is held during the fair, but re te not announced until all cards have been scored and i „ Ihe individual scoring. Jure farmers from the 0 chapter took _the 1 Bruce Groff, Quarry imassed a fotal of 515 ‘of a possible 600, his schoolmate, John m, Christiana Rl, had e of 510. k contest sponsored : Lampeter Fair com «ix classes of farm ck are judged by gll tmbers of the FFA. rain the county. To Joe the winner, all m the chapter are ad {fther and that total is Jby the number of Participating. chapter in win n Calendar 10- iT E. District 4-H tor diiving contest, “yikiii co. » 12—7.30 p.m. 4-II hj outs at Southeast- Penna Artificial Bree -1 Landisville. Pm 4-H Ayshire club “tm Paes farm, Stras- IRI 215 FFA. National 'ttition, Kansas City, »uu 15—7 30 a m Coun- Jmstock feeders’ tour 1 at CTC bus terminal Pm 4-H play practice annual Guern- Sal °. Guernsey Sale Hyw. East. “°lslein Sale, Farm * Building, Harrisburg 22— 4-n leaders ling ■|"hlretmg of County factors Council, p Banquet at Lancas oultiv Exchange Lancaster Baby Beef l an( l sale, Lancaster Wds 3~-Penna. Livestock b ll 'mi. Farm Show k’jS, Harrisburg. —Eastern National |/° c k Exposition Show Md. ning the contest came up with an average score of 432 points of a possible 600. De fending champions, the Man heim chapter, finished, a very close second with an average of 430. Other chapters in or der of placing and their aver age scores are Cocalico, 389; Perm-Manor, 385; Donegal, 384; New Holland, 380;- Pep uea Valley, 375.9; Solanco, 375.2; and Lampeter, 370. New Holland is a new com petitor m the contest this year. Following the top two boys in the individual scor ing were Leroy Shenk and Glenn Metzler, both of Man heim chapter, with scores of 508 and 503 respectively. Other winners in the top ten individual placmgs were, in order of rank, Ronald Weav er, Solanco, 500; Jacob Har nish, Manheim, 499; Dennis Sangrey, Penn Manor, 495; Wilbur Graybill, Warwick, 495, James Brubaker, War wick, 493; and James Noll, Manheim, 491. In judging the three class es of dairy cattle with a pos sible score of 300 points. Richard Erb, Manheim, was first with 271 Tom Hess of Manheim with 268 was sec ond followed by Dale Boyer, Penn-Manov. 261; Glenn Kun kel, Solanco, 260 7 John J Hess, f’enn-Manor, 260 6 The livestock judging which includes one class each oi beef, swine and poultry, was won by James Brubaker, Warwick, with a score of 277 of a possible 300 Second was taken by William Maule, So lanco with 272 points and was followed by Lany Weav er, New Holland, 265; Leroy Shenk, Manheim, 264 9, and Harold Good, New Holland, 264 3 In winning the contest, Warwick has the first leg on the revolving trophy retain ed for the past two years by Manheim. Three wins retires the trophy into the perman ent possession of the chapter Lancaster, Pa., Saturday. October 10, 1959 Hatcheries Score Wins At NEPPCO Two Lancaster County hat cheries turned in wins in the annual egg-to-chick show ot the ' Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Expositi on at Harrisburg on Monday. First place in the white egg division of the show we nt to the Babcock Hatchery, Lititz for their Babcock Bes sies. Top score was 96 98. Winning first place in the meat division was Florin Fa rms, Inc, Mt. Joy Rl, who also won fifth place in the white egg class with scores of 91 69 for meat chicks and 93 22 for the egg strain. In the brown egg class an other county hatchery, Hub bard Farms, Lancaster, was a close second for the trophy with a score of 89 23. The en try of C. Nelson Hardy and Son, Essex, Mass, won the competition with a point sc ore of 93 35 Second place in the white egg Class went to George M Anthony "and Sons, S+»—- town, and third place to. Bur lings Hatchery, Oxford. In fourth place was another Lan caster County hatchery, Lon-: geneckers Poultry 'Farm, Eli zabethtown with a score of 93.54 Judging was on the basis of hatching egg quality and shell texture, and the uni formity of size, color, con dition, weight and condition of the resulting chicks Hat chability also counts in the scoring. The Babcock entry hatched 59 of the 60 eggs set. Competition in the show was open to hatcheries in the 12 states in the Northeast known to the organization as Neppcoland. County Farmers May Inspect Corn Plots Lancaster county farmers were invited today to inspect experimental hybrid seed corn varieties on the farm of William M. Shenk, Lancaster R 6 about V 2 mile west of Rt. 72 at Mylin’s Corner The hybrid corn demon stration plot was arranged by Wayne B. Rentschler, Membership Relations, and Victor Denlinger, fie’dman for Lancaster County Farm Bureau Rentschler said the plot, a bout 75 by 90 feet in size, includes most ot the certified hybrids recommended for the area by the Agricultural Ex periment Station at Pennsyl vania State University Each hybrid is labeled for easy identification He added the plot was planted for educational pur poses —to demonstrate dif ferences among hybrids, such as disease and insect resist ance, root stalk strength, and performance at different pop ulation levels. All hybrids were planted at 13,000 and 18,000 plants per acre Avoid legume pasture for the ewe flock during the breeding season, advise Pur due University animal scien tists. BRUCE BABCOCK, on the right, owner and manager of Babcock Hatchery, is congratulated by Russel Mease, salesman for Babcock, on winning the white egg division in the Egg To Chick show at NEPPCO this week. Six Co. Future Farmers Attend Natl. Convention : Six members of the Lan caster County Chapter of Fu ture Farmers of America will attend the National FFA Convention in Kansas City . next week. Two boys will re •rceive American Farmer de grees, two wilt play in the ■ band, one will sing in the chorus, and one will act as ! official delegate for the Pen nsylvania State Association. Dean Hoffer, Manheim R 3 and Kenneth Boose, Lititz R 2 will receive the organizat ions highest degree at color ful ceremoinies in the Muni cipal auditorium next Tues day evening. John Graham, Christiana Rl, and William Maule, of Quarryville R 2, both of So lanco High School wall par ticipate in the National FFA band. Members of the band are selected from the state bands at their summer con ventions. Maule and Graham, who applied for the honor at the Pennsylvania convention in June, have already left for "Kansas City by train. The band will participate at most of the sessions of the con vention. Donald Musser, Mt Joy Rl will be the only Lancaster Countian to participate in National Chorus. Musser was also selected at the Pennsyl- FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures will aver age normal to 4 degrees a bove normal during the next five days. Much cool er weather is expected on Saturday with warming trend over the week end and into Monday. Chance of showers Monday with cooler temperatures Tues day and Wednesday. Nor mal temperatures for this week are 48 at night and 68 during the afternoon. Rainfall measured .6 cl an inch at Lancaster with much heavier precipitation in some parts of the coun ty- Temperatures for the past 19 days have averaged well above normal. $2 Per Year ’ vania state convention, in • June from among applicants m the state chorus. He will travel to the convention by train with other members of the delegation from the co unty Representing the more th an 11,000 FFA members in the Keystone Association is President, Gerald Greiner, of Manheim Rl. Greiner and Hoffer plan to fly to Kansas City on Sunday. Boose will drive with his lather and fa ther-in-law. The convention will close October 18 with opening of the American Royal Livesto ck Exposition. Farmers Begin Corn Harvest In County With tobacco harvest vir tually completed in the coun ty, farmers are turning their attention to other crops. Corn picking is under way in most parts of the county, but reports indicate that not a'very large percentage has been harvested at this time. Scattered reports from a round the area are that mo >i of the corn picked thus far was put on driers either as cob corn to be shelled imme diately or shelled and then dried. Early seedings of winter grain in some sections got off to a slow start because of the dry conditions of the soil, but the rains of last week have helped substantially. Newly seeded crops m most parts of the county aio mak ing good growth. The Pennsylvania crop aud weather reporting service said early Uns week thai k’l ling frosts have been report ed in all sections of the state except the extreme south east. The continued wai n weather in this area contin ues to push growth of pas ture and forage crops, but lack of moisture is a proo lem in sortie sections, since the rams of last week were spotty. Supplies of potatoes and (Turn to page 9)
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