yn T , ** mo. 6 CONTENTED COWS AND HIGH QllAuii i JciAx are mgft on. ihe nst of factors enry Kettering lists for successful dairying. These registered Holstems receive a to il of tour different kinds of hay in three teedmgs each day Good light and venlala on in clean surroundings help to keep disease to a minimum Milker- can be ;en just over the withers of the cows on the right of the picture Milk is carried into le milk house and into the bulk tank under vacuum To further save on Labor, the ink is cleaned with an automatic cleaning device and requires no hand scrubbing. : our Outstanding Rural Souths Are Given Honors Four young leaders in ieir respective organizat ns were chosen this week • receive awards as the itstanding Rural Youth of ancaster County. Future Homemakers sele ;ed Dorris Sollenberger, da JOHN WIKER JJNDA MUMMA ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Iv an Sollenberger, Holtwood R 2, and Future Farmers se lected their County Star Farmer, John Wiker, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Wiker of Strasburg, Rl. Represen ting 4-H are Linda Mumma DORIS SOLLENBERGER GLENN PORTER Lancaster. Pa., Saturday. January 2. 1960 daughter of Mr and 'Mrs. Harry S Mumma, Manheim R 3, and Glenn Porter, son of Mr and Mrs. Edgar Por ter, Washington Boro Rl. The awards are made w arly from a fund set up by the Lancaster County Rural Youth, a voluntary organiza tion of young folks who •” '■>- re former active members m FFA, FHA, and 4-H. The club, organized m 1937, de cided to disband in 1953, and invest all treasury funds and other remaining assets in Lancaster County Farm Bureau shares. All interest from the shares is divided equally among the represen tatives chosen by the four groups of rural youth/ in the county. Miss Sollenberger has be en an active member of the Solanco Chapter of FHA for the past three years, during which time she has succes sfully held offices for two (Turn to page Xl> Farm Calendar January 4, 730 pm 4-H county Council in the Lan caster post office bldg 730 pm Board of Di rectors of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District in the court house January 5, 7 30 pm —North east 4-H Tractor club meeting at Farmersville Farm Equipment Com pany, Farmersville. January 6, 730 pm—4-H Electric Club ' reorganiza tion meeting in the PP&L building, Lancaster January 7, 7.30 p m —Lan caster Area 4-H tractor club at Landis Brothers Farm Equipment on the Manheim pike. 800 p m —Senior Exten sion club tour of Bell Tel ephone offices, Lancaster. 12 30 pm. County Tobac co show at the Farm Bur eau Auditorium, Diller ville Road, Lancaster. (Turn to page 10) Good Cows, Feed, Care Make Farming Profitable For Holstein President Good cows, good records, and good management, are the combination Henry Ket tering makes pay off in the dairying business at the Brethren Home farm, Lititz R 3 “My experience is a little different from hiost dairy men ” says the president of the county Holstein Breed ers Association, “I was a D H I A tester in New York state for two years and five months, and then worked at a local dairy processing plant for five years, so I have seen this business from many angles I would test my cows and keep rec ords on them if it cost twice as much as it does now ” This kind of devotion to record keeping was one of the major factors in helping to make a herd record of 12, 947 pounds of milk with a test of 3 9 for a total of 509 pounds of iat per cow —LF. PHOTO Trimble Brothers Sweep 4-H Com Club Roundup Paul Trimble, fourteen year-old 4-H club member from Quarryville Rl, climax ed a three year assault on the county com champion ship on Tuesday In winning both the exhibit champion ship and the record book score contest. Paul erased the hopes of his brother Donald for a third consecu tive win. Donald took the reserve spot this week. During 1957 and ’5B Paul had taken the reserve cham pionship behind his brother, but in both instances had gone on to place above Don ald in competition at the Farm Show In the tobacco club roundup at the same time, Billy Hackman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallis Hackman, Elizabethtown R 3 with a score of 98 2 out of a pos sible 100 points outscored the other 27 exhibitors to N wo the project record con test In a close second place with a score of 97 7 was Betty Hahn, Columbia Rl Top award for exhibit of one hand of fillers and one hand of wrappers went to Donald Herr, Lancaster R 7. followed by the exhibits of James Groff, also of Lancas ter R 7, Billy Hackman, and Wendell Martin, Drumore Paul and Donald, the sons of Mr and Mrs. Daniel Trimble, have yields to back up their placings. On his one acre plot, Paul had a total yield of 157 7 bushels, while his brother husked 135.4 bushels from his one acre plot. In addition to the two sweepstakes winners in the corn contest, three other en tries from the southern end of the county and two from the northern end were pick ed by judge George Bergren (Photo on page 12) $2 Per Year in 1958 The average p<# cow production this yeai was 12,579 pounds of milk and 502 pounds of fat in milk with a 4 0 test Records on the Kettering farm are not something you hear about and never see. Each cow’s individual record is posted dnectly above her stall iin plastic covered fold ers where they are plainlv visible at all times ‘T some times wish they were where I could see them when I am milking,” Said Henry, ‘-In stead of overhead where I have to get up to look at them I think we ought to keep those recoids m front of us all the time ” In addition to production records, Kettering keeps records of type. His herd was classified recently and averaged 8015 for the 41 cows in the milking string. This included 3 very good and 21 good plus animals. (Turn to page 8) Extension Agronomist at the Pennsylvania State Univer sity, to exhibited at the Farm Show, Judges Richard harles and Ben E. Mann, ' h of Bayuk Cigar Inc, vided prizes among the coi slants m four sections of h coun ty. Following are the I cings in both the corn and >aceo clubs. (Turn to page 1‘ FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures will aver age near or slightly above normal for the next five days. Normal temperatures for this time of year range from a low of 25 at night to a high of 40 in the af ternoon. Slightly warmer Saturday, and a little cold er Monday or Tuesday. Chance of some snow or rain about Sunday. Precipitation during the past week was .58 inch. Precipitation for the month was 2.55 inches as compared to the normal of 3.12 inches. Only Oc tober had, above normal precipitation during the year. Total precipitation for the year was 31.28 in ches as compared to the normal for this area of 41.- 17 inches. The year averaged about two degrees above normal and the summer had more than twice the normal number of days of 90 de grees or more. Only Jan uary and November were cooler than normal, and they were only slightly cooler than average.
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