12—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday. December 19, 1959 To Farm Show Exhibitors Stalls, Pens Are All Reserved Every livestock stall and pen will be iilled for the big 1960 Pennsylvania Farm Show January 11 through 15, William L Henning, State Secretary of Agricul ture and cnairman of the Farm Show Commission an nounced recently All com mercal exhibit space was allocated by Dec. 1. Greatest expansion in the livestock show was reported for the dairy cattle depart ment with a record number of 727 head entered. How-, ever, space limitations re duced the number accepted to only 657. The total in cludes 160 head entered by 4-H dairy club members and 42 head entered by vocation al agriculture students. All species of livestock — horses, sheep, swine, beef and dairy cattle —make a barn capacity total of 1,819 head, according • to reports submitted by Farm Show di 10T VV V V vvvvvvy R.P,I, MOUNT JOY, PA. For Delivery To Your Farm Contact ELMER BRILL .19 E Willow St Elizabethtown, Pa. _ „ r . n . Peach Bottom, Pa Phone - EMone 7-5441 FRANK BUCHER P O. Box 62 RothsviUe, Pa. Ph - LiUtz MAdison fa-6504 366 E Mam St C. B. ERB Landisville, Pa. Phone - TWmoaks 8 25'!! LESTER ERB R. D. 3, Lancaster, Pa. Phone - Landis\il!e TWinoaks 8-3216 JASON H. MELLINGER R. D. 1 Ronics, Pa. Phone - Strasbm g OVeriand 7-6546 A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, Inc. LANDISVILLE, PA. PHONE TW 8-3421 rector John B. McCool. A record total of $38,817 in premiums is offered by the Farm Show Commission in all livestock departments. Broken down by departments horse exhibitors will vie for $3,750; sheep $4,866; swine $3,332; beef cattle $9,653’ and dairy cattle $17,216. Applications for more than 179 animals had to be re jected because of lack of space. More than 70 of these were dairy animals. Accept ances totaling 657 dairy cat tle represent full capacity of the big dairy barn. Horse entries for the 1960 Farm Show come to 95 head with Belgians accounting for 64, Percherons 24 and grades 7. Sheep total 365 head in cluding 104 wethers (market lambs) and breeding sheep entered by 4-H Club exhibit ors Swine applications total ed 382 head, but breed asso ciations cooperated in reduc- R. CLAIR MURPHY R. D. Ph Henscl Kimball 8-2443 JONATHAN S. SHIRK Bareville, Pa. - Lcola OLdfield 6-6.363 LEVI M. STOLTZFUS R. D. 2 Elverson, Pa. Phone - Morgantown ATwatci 6-4359 EDGAR C. UMBLE Gap, Pa. Hickory 2-4525 Phone - ing this to the pen capacity of 277 head. Vocational agri culture students will exhibit 46 head of swine. The poultry show Stacks up as one of the largest in Farm Show history. A total of 3,158 birds will be exhibi ted including 4-H Club capon classes and vocational agri culture capon and trio class es. Farm Women No. 7 induct- New Member Society of Farm Women No 7 welcomed Mrs Har old Eby into membership at the regular monthly meet ing of the group in the Km zers Fire Hall on December 12. Mrs. Chester Clark, Mrs. Paul Skiles, and Mrs. Ed ward Miller were hostesses for the event where 36 me mbers and one guest exch anged Christmas gifts. Mrs Kenneth Warfel, Bio ssom Hill, gave a very int eresting and informative de monstration of gift wrapp ing The society voted to do nate $lO 00 to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The January meeting will be a covered dish luncheon at the Paradise Elementary School with Society No. 9 as guests Mrs Walter J Snead, of Paradise HI, is news repor ter for the society. To avoid foot rot m sheep, trim their ieet every spring and fall, oftcner if necessary. *9 A » I Lvi ONE Profitmakers the World Over Winner of National Egg Lay ing Tests . . . Random Sam ple Tests . . . Winner of all THREE 1959 Belgium Ran dom Sample Tests. FOR MORE INCOME . . . . MAKE YOUR NEXT FLOCK THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS HONEGGER LAY ER. Consistently good year after year Special Early Order Discounts J. HOWARD MOORE, Sales Mgr. Second Avenue LITITZ. PENNA, Phone: MAdison 6-5408 Windle’s Hatchery HAROLD G. WINDLE COCHRAN VILLE, PA. Phone: Atglen LY 3-5941 As we remember Him whose birth we celebrate, may the Star that shone on Bethlehem cast its radiance on our hearts and homes at this holy time, And may the true meaning of Christa mas, with its many spiritual blessings, be with us now and in the coming year. Miller & Bushong, inc. Feed Manufacturers ROHRERSTOWN. PA. : New McCulloch : : 9m/4o : **«•«•••••••• • Most Chain Saw High Trade-Ins LANDIS BROS. MANHEIM PIKE LANCASTER EX 3 3906 I • X $
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