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JEZEBEL GETS A PEDICURE on a specially built table. Dairy cattle need to have
r feet trimmed every once in. awhile, and this is one way to do it. On Wednesday of
week,' Snavely Garber, Willow Street dairy farmer, demonstrated the use of the tilt
operating table to several oflus neighbors. In the foreground (back to camera) is-Ray
k, Sterling, llanois. Kenneth Garber, son of Snavely, is in the center preparing to
He the hoof of the cow on the table. In the background is Paul Rheineer, who farms
Garber. Fiber straps hold the animal on the table in a standing position, and then
table top tilts by electric power until the animal is lying on her side. Jezebel, the
jtered Guernsey from Garber’s herd, appeared no worse for her experience when
was released-after some* of-the. excess gr-owth had been removed from the bottom of
fob Yes; " ' —LF PHOTO
Day Will
egin Farm-City Week
ovember 19 has been ,
aside by the Lancaster ‘
mber of Commerce as j
Iness .Farm day in Lane- ,
f According to Walter
Dunlap, Jr., chairman of ;
Agricultural Committee *
the Chamber of Commer
the day is being "plan- ,
to afford an opportunity
representatives of both
Culture and business to ■
i a better understanding !
their respective roles in
local economy,
hia year representatives
the various agricultural
Suizations in the county
» been invited to spend
day touring many of the
>ness places in and aro
i Lancaster. The program
Kheduled to begin ah 10
alerainoGrange
lans Meeting
Viliam Maule, son of
and Mrs Richard Maule
,r oville R 2, will recount
experiences at the Nat
convention FFA. in
“sas City last month at
open meeting of the Col
'lie Grange. The meeting
Wuled to be held on
Sday evening, November
m the basement of the
t Fellows Hall in Kirk-
W will be open to the
of the grange.
'hule, a junior in vocat
“l agriculture at Solanco
b School was one of the
1 boys from that school
“ Played in the Nation-
FF A band. Tht other me
of the bancTwas John
JJhia. Christiana ill.
Se Voral guests have been
to share in the coy
' dish social which will
the program in the
'bug hall, Henry Weng
1 Quarryville R 2, is slas-
r ° f Coleraine Grange.
i.m. when the farm repre
;entatives arrive at the host
lusiness location. A day of
;ours will conclude with a
general assembly of all per
sons participating m the
program at 2:00 p.m. for an
’valuation of the days act
ivities.
The Business-Farm Day
in Lancaster comes just one
day ahead of the scheduled
National Farm-City week
which will run from Nov
ember 20 through 26. Ac
cording to National chair
man of Farm-City Commit
tee for 1959. Roy Battles,
Asistant to the Master of
the National Grange, “This
year will mark the sth an
nual observance of this hi
ghly successful affair. It has
grown until it has attracted
the attention of some six orw
seven thousand rural and
urban areas, and it has en
loyed the annual prestige of
a ‘ joint resolution by the
United States Congress, and
a Presidential Proclimat
lon ” ,
In Pennsylvania the week
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FirstladyNamed
Farm-City Comm.
Hon. Chairman
Mrs David L. Lawrence
W ife of the Governor, is one
ol three honorary chairmen
named for statewide observ
ance of 1959 Farm-City Week
Nov 20 through Thanksgiv
ing Day
Mrs. Lawrence will serve
as the representative of con
sumers of farm products, ac
cording to Leland H. Bull,
State College, state chairman
for the event which will be
observed in scores of commu
nities over the State.
Lancaster. Pa., Saturdov. November 14, 1959
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday • Wednesday
Temperatures for the
next five days will average
5 or 6 degrees below norm*
al. Normal for ths week
ranges from a low of 36 at
night to a high of 52 in the
afternoon. Moderately cold
Saturday and colder Sun
day and Monday. Warmer
Tuesday, but colder again
about Wednesday. Precipi
tation over the week end
and again about Tuesday
may total about Vz inch.
Showers will be rain, but
some wet snow is likely.
County Holstein
Breeders Elect
County Holstein breeders
this week elected Henry Kfev
tering, Lititz Rl, to the presi
dency of their association.
Vice presidency in the group
went to Elvm Hess, Jr. Stras
burg Robert Groff, Quarry
ville R 3 was elected secre
tary and Paul B. Hess, Lit Hz
is treasurer.
-Directors elected at the
meeting were Wade,Groff, oJ
Lancaster R 7; Everett Kreid
er, Quarryville B 2; Melvin
Peiffer, .Willow Street, and
Kettering. Krcidcr was alsc
named milk market represen.
tative for the group
The voting was held at the
; annual meeting of the asso.
ciation at the Elizabethtown
; Evangelical United Church
• on Tuesday evening
On Wednesday evening
i Jack Fairchild, official das
• sifter for the National organ
• ization was the speaker at i
, barn meeting held at th«
l farm of John Kreider, Wil
■ l°w Road. Approximately 71
■ members attended the meet
ing.
County Exhibitors Place
In Pa. Livestock Show
Lancaster Countians had little to shout about early in
the week at the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition. It was
not until Wednesday that a Lancaster County entry made
the ranks of Grand Champions at the show. On Wednes
day afternoon, C. Warren Leininger, Denver R 2, showed a '
Spotted Poland China Sow to the top spot after taking
three first places in the breeding class competition, and re
serve championship honors in the market barrow class.
- The nearest any Lancaster
county entry had come to lop ;
honors was on Tuesday when (
the Angus steer shown by
John Henry Manheim
R 2 was named reserve cham
pion for the breed in the 4-H
and FFA. steer competition.
Wesley Mast of Elverson R 2,
who had the reserve champ
ion steer of tlie show last
year showed his Angus to
the top of the senior -calf
class, but could not place
higher.
Lancaster County 4-H show
men aid come through, in the
county group winning first
place as they beat out runner
up Northampton County.
Fred Frey, Quarryville R 2,
set out to capture the on foot
championship in the carcass
class for the third _ consecu
tive year, but could place no
higher than second in- the
class. Frejr owned "steers stood
NEPPCO Holds
'Quickie' Conv.
Hendrik (Hank) Wentink,
sales manager for Miller and
Bushong, will be one of the
speakers at the Northeastern
Poultry Producers Council
“quickie” convention to be
held December 3 and 4 in
New York. Wentink will dis
cuss the poultry business us
ing the title, “Don’t Nobody
Pay Cash Anymore?”
Some of the poultry Indus
try’s toughest problems will
get a going over at the two
day conference sponsored by
the Northeastern Poultry
Producers Council and The
American Poultry and Hatch-
ery Federation.
The program will begin on
Thursday with a panel dis
cussion on “Who Makes Egg
Prices”, featuring such ex
perts as Gordon Urner —of
Urner-Barry Co; B. B. Geb
gan, manager of the North
eastern Poultry Cooperative
Association; and Dr. Norr'S
Pritchard, USD A marketing
research expert.
During the afternoon in
addition to the talk by Won
tink, a discussion on “Chang
ing Patterns in Food Market
ing” will be headed by
Frank M. Atcbley of the
Grocery Manufacturers of
America. Rounding off the
program will be the USDA
statistician, Edward Karpoff,
outlining the 1960 outlook.
Friday, the conference will
hear Dr. George W. Luke of
Rutgers University, speak on
“Adjusting Northeastern Pro.
duction Targets”. Two top
flight geneticists Drs. Ste
ven King and Edward F.
Godfrey—will sift what can
be expected today in laying
flock performance, while the
final presentation deals with
“What Makes Farmers Tick.”
The latter will be discussed
by Drs. Joseph Bohlen and
George Beal of lowa Slate
University," using a giant
flannel board-
$2 Per Year
second in both the Junior
Yearling and Get of Sue
Classes, and third and sev
enth in the Summer Year
ling class. Top steer in the
Junior yearling class owned
by George E.--Allen and B-
G. Byars, Gettysburg went
on to take the grand champ
ionship in the on foot judg
ing.
In the Carcass judging,
the Frey entry took reserve
champion honors behind the
top on foot steer. Frey’s steer
sold Thursday night in the
large arena for 65 cents a
pound.
The Pennsylvania State
University showed the Grand
Champion steer of the show,
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John Henry Hess
Wins Steer Calf
John H. Hess of Manheim,
RD, Lancaster County, is the
new owner of a fine Polled
Hereford calf, his prize as
the winner of the nightly
calf scramble at the rodeo.
Finishing second to Hess was
Robert George Barr of Penn
Run, Indiana County, with
Richard Fought of Mechan
icsburg R 2, Cumberland Co.,
third. Mr. and Mrs. Leon
Falk of Falklands Farms,
Schellsburg, Bedford County,
Donated the calf awarded
Hess. Mr. Falk is president
of the Pennsylvania Live
stock and Allied Industries
Association, Inc., co-sponsor
of the livestock exposition.
Holiday Ideas
Is Theme Of
Home Ec. Meet
Holiday foods and Christ
mas decorations will be the
subjects under discussion al
the county wide home eco
nomics extension meeting to
be held on Thursday, Nov
ember 19 in the Lafayette
Fire Co. on the Lincoln Hi
ghway east of Lancaster.
Beginning at 10:00 am.,
Max Smith, County Agent
will discuss the selection
and care of the Christmas
tree.
During the afternoon pro
gram, Mrs Noah J. Fuhr
man, Lititz, will present a
serious reading entitled,
“Peace on Earth, Good Will
to Mon.” Christmas greens
and their selection and ar
rangement will be discussed
by Mrs. Theodore Schmid oJ
Lititz. Concluding the pro
gram will be a demonstrat
ion on holiday foods my Mrs
Karen Borland, home sor
vice representative from
Pennsylvania Power-and L
ght Company
The program will be in
charge of Mrs. Norma D(
Lcllis, Extension Home Ec<
nomist, who invites all in
terested persons to attend.