6. NO. 7 IA Banquet ins Complete s Rebecca Scheaffer, known lecturer from [illersville State College 3e the main speaker at tinual banquet of the Rose Dairy Herd Im ment Association. tcial guest at the Janu -9 event at the Plain Taney Farm, Bird In will be Carl Holhng- Id man for D. H. I. A Penn State University, i meal, served “Family is scheduled to begin pm, according to J. r Wxtmer, president of ssociation. n Hoffman Resident Solanco Fair i Hoffman, Quarry was elected president i Solanco Fair Associa- Tuesday night. Hoffman, ig up from the post of nee president last year, :es Frey Frey, Quarry -112 ving up from second president to first vice lent was Daniel Trimb luarryville Rl. Second president is John Host iQuarryville i board returned seven rs to their posts and el ; Mrs. Henry B. Rohrer idace Mrs. Clyde Dubble sasurer. Leers reelected were img secretary, Mrs. ft G. Lee; correspond pecretary, Mr*. Harry | first assistant secretary, [ Charles McSparran; p assistant - secretary, [Charles Gochenaur; as- F treasurer, Harry Herr pal manager, Everett |er and assistant gener pnager, Victor Depling- The annual Lancaster Farming Farm Show Section 11 be found on pages 5 through 12. The section in ides a complete preview story and reports on the ln *y's Keystone Farmer degree winners, the com rie F arm Show Schedule and other interesting Farm pw features. m Calendar l thru 12—Pennsylvan- Fann Show, Harris- *—B 00 p m - Quarry * Flower Club meets at home of Mrs. Robert ’> State Street, Quarry " Mrs Lynn Smith, 11 State Extension will uss care of annual its. ■0—10:00 am. - Home -ers Club of Mount Joy rneets at the home of • John Nissley, Mount Mrs. Lynn Smith discuss care of house P m. - Cloister Flower £eets at the home of R. Mohler, Ephra- ii * Mrs. Lynn n ™ ll discuss Flower 35J n a e t n 1? a ‘ open u„.*t hd Farm Bur- BOTH JOHN W. EBY, Sr. and Jr plan to exhibit gilts at the Pennsylvania Farm Show John, Jr., left, will show his Future Farmer project gilt, while John Sr. will show a tilt from the first litter of a sow purchased at the 1960 arm Show. Most of the feeder pigs now on feed are white crosses of Duroc boars on Yorkshire sows, but the Ebys would like to work toward a purebred Duroc herd. Future Homemaker Degrees Won By County High School Students Sixteen Lancaster County Future Homemakers will re ceive the degree of State Homemakers as the FHA convenes in annual session at the Farm Show next week. Ths„_gjrls, students in Lancaster County high schools, are Jean Coller, Ruth Matheny, Lucille Mus ser and Rachel Ann Nolt, all of Donegal Union High School; Marian 8011, Arlene H. Douple, Joanne Foreman, Arlene Moyer and. Judy Stauffer, all of Manhelm Cen tral H. S.; Joyce Eckman, Beverly Jean Hess, Jean Longenecker, Evelyn J. Mel linger, Ruth Miller, Marie Snader and Edith Steker vetz of Penn-Manor H. S. The degrees will be pre sented at the Pennsylvania Harry S. Sloat Given Award - Harry S. Sloat, Associate County Agent, Thursday night was presented the an nual award of the North eastern Weed Control Con ference in the Hotel New Yorker. Dr. L. Gordon Utter, chair man of the awards commit tee of the conference present ed the award to Sloat for his outstanding work in the field of weed control in the area. Sloal’s record was judged best in the states east of the Mississippi River and north of the Potomac. The report showed a well balanced weed control program covering to bacco beds, corn, hay, pas ture, potatoes, small grain, vegetables, fruit, flowers, nurseries and lawns. Sloat conducted his pro gram through the use of in door meetings, workshops Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, January 7, 1961 Future Homemakers of Am erica meeting on Wednesday morning, Jan 11, in the For um of the Education Build ing, Harrisburg. The State Homemaker De gree, which is the highest degree of achievement, is awarded by the Pennsylvan ia , Association of Future Homemakers of America on the basis of outstanding work and achievemeht. It is indicated that each girl has completed success fully at least two years of homemaking work in school beyond the ninth grade; is an active member of her chapter; has assumed res ponsibility for chapter, school and community activities; has participated in the local state and national program or work; has assisted her chapter members in working on local, state and national projects; has given evidence of leadership ability; has contributed to the improve ment of her home and to the life and welfare of her fami ly. Each girl must hold Jun ior and chapter Degrees of Achievement as prerequisites for the Stale Homemaker De gree. Tractor Club Reorganizes David Heisey, son of Mr, and Mrs. Samuel Heisey, of Sheridan Rl, was named president of the Northern 4- H Tractor Club Tuesday night. Other officers elected were vice president, Martin Wen rich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wenrich, Denver R 2, sec’y-treas, David Zimmer man, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman, Reinholds Rl; news reporter, Jerry for custom spray operators, pesticide dealers and field men, spray letters, field dem onstrations, meetings show ing results, tours and farm and home visits, the report showed. 1 A Family Farm Program is Successful For Ebys Steers, laying hens, truck gardening and a swine breed ing and feeding enterprise have been combined into a well rounded farming program for John W. Eby and his son John, Jr. at their Gordonville Rl farm. Latest addition to the program is a hog house con structed last summer. “We are still working on it, and cleaning up where the con tractor left off,” Eby said. The new house, built of concrete block and roofea with alummum roofing is divided into two main sect ions. Two large p°ns in the house will serve as a feed ing floor for the feeder pigs farrowed on the farm and fed out for market. The third section is divided into individual pens for holding the sows during the gestation period. Each of the pens is equip ped with a sell waterer and the floors arc sloped toward a dram. A two-by-four ac ross the of each pen keeps the bedding in the back half of the pen. The front half of the pen is bare concrete where the sows —L. F. Photo Three Top Prizes Jn Tobacco Show Purple ribbons for grand chmpion hands went to three Lancaster county tobacco growers at he county show Thursday. The top wrapper hand was shown by Jay Hostetter, of Manheim Rl; filler champion was Roy M. Rohrer, Stras burg Rl, and tire binder title went to Paul Nissley, Holt wood R 2. Members of tire Lancaster County Tobacco Growers As sociation returned all offic ers to office for another year. Serving his eighth consecu tive year as president is H. B. Endslow, Marrietta Rl. Jacob Stehman, Lancaster R. D. 6, was reeleced vice presi dent; Arthur L. Reist, 1050 Eden Road, Lancaster is sec retary, and Willis Hackman, Elizabethtown R 3 is treasur er. Other placmgs were as fol lows: . CLASS 78, Wrapper over 26 inches. 1. Jay Hostetter; 2. Milton Snyder, Manheim R 4; 3. Paul Nissley; 4, Eugene Weidman, Peach Bottom Rl; 5, Joan Nissley, Holtwood R 2. CLASS 78, Wrapper under 26 inches. 1, Jay Hostetter; 2, J. A. Hostetter, Manheim Rl; 3, ■ Melvin Long, Lititz R 3; 4, f John D Habecker, Lancaster [ Rl;; 5, Arthur L. Reist. CLASS 79, Fillers over 26 inches. 1, Roy M. Rohrer; 2, Wil lis Hackman; 3, Jay Hostct , ter; 4, C. H. Martin, Mount ' Joy Rl; 5, Anna G. Long, of Lititz R 3. » • Snader, son of Mi's. Eva • Snader, Ephrata Rl. • Adult leaders of the club r are Ivan Nolt, Farmersville; Glenn Porter, Washington , Boro Rl, and John Zimmer* . man, Reinholds Rl. Next meeting of the club . will begin at 7:30 p.m. on t January 16 at the A. H. t Matz farm equipment com pany in Denver. ’ $2 Per Year make their manure, keep ing the bedding clean and dry. The liquid portion of the manure flows down the dram to a cistern where it is stored until it can be hauled by tank trailer to the field. To help keep disease to a minimum, the Ebys have in stalled germicidal lamps ov er every farrowing pen. Mr. Eby says he believes the lamps help cut down on scours among the small pigs. After a few days, a trough is placed under the brooder and pellets are creep fed to the pigs until they are wean ed. After weaning, the pigs are taken back to the new house where they go on the self feeder till market time. A portion of the feeder pigs follow the 75 head of stocker steers in the barn. A self feeder in the center of the steer pen keeps the pigs growing right up to 200 pounds. Most of the pigs on feed at present time are white in color; being a cross of York shire and Duroc Jersey they followed the color character istic of the Yorkshires. To balance out the stock er steer and swine program on the 52 acre farm, the Ebys last year grew almost two acres of celery which they are now taking out of the trenches for their mar ket stand trade. Sweet corn and cabbage in season are also maiket items on which the program depends and the eggs from the 750 lay ing hens find ready accept ance on the retail market. John Jr,, a vocational ag ricultural student in the eleventh grade at New Hol land High School, helps with the chores after school and during vacations. There is plenty of work here to Keep us busy, says the senior Eby, and I will be glad when he has finish ed school. We can sure use him here. The family farm is not completely gone from the scene in Lancaster County. The John W. Eby family is proving that a farm need not be huge to be a sound business. FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days will average three to nine degrees above normal range of 25 at night to 40 in the after noon Mild temperatures Saturday will turn slightly cooler Sunday. Warmer < Monday and Tuesday and turning colder Wednesday. Precipitation may total 0.5 to 0.8 inch occurring as showers Monday and Tues i day and a few snow flur i ties Wednesday. Cooler temperatures could pro • duce snow earlier in the week.
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