. - ••• > L/u'LLEU* rOL. 6. NO. 8 DOWN HERE IS YOUR DINNER, seems to be what Florence Mae Flory is ' telling Ayshire calf bom Monday, just a few m inutes after her mother came from the judg nng where she stood at the top of her 4- H class Miss Flory, Manheim R 3, finally got new calf to nurse, but not before a huge crowd had gathered to watch. —L F. Photo ractor Club Reorganizes Elvin Hess, Bareville Rl, ras named president of the rorlhern 4-H Tractor club t the recent meeting at jandis Brothers machinery :ompany. Other officers elcted were >avid Denlmger, of 2351 iorseshoe Road, Lancaster, rice president; Robert Hol inger, Lititz R 3, secretary - reasurer; Dale Clymer, of 858 Hempstead Rd., Lan :aster, news reporter. Adult leaders of the club ire Andrew and Ed far Porter, both of Washing ton Boro Rl. Next meeting of the cl s scheduled for 8:00 p, Fanuary 19 at Haverstj Brothers Farm Equipnw ' Columbia Pike. New mem bers will be enrolled at the meeting. Farm Calendar Jan. 16—7'30 pm. - North ern Tractor Club meets at the Matz farm machinery company, Denver. 7 30 p.m. - Southern Trac tor club meets at Conesto ga Farm Service, Quarry ville. Jan. 17—8 00 p.m. - Co. 4-H leaders meet with Char les Freeman, Rural Socio logist from Pennsylvania State University at the Farm Bureau, Dillerville Road, Lancaster. 1.30 pm. - Pesticide spray Program for 1961 to be Presented by Taylor, Pep- Per and Berggren, exten sion Specialists from P. S. U at the meeting of 'the ounty Fruit Growers. Reduction Credit, Rose •TQ/f ■ Road > Lancaster. T , do P m - - Meeting of livestock producers, mark ctors and packers to dis- S ra <iing. John Neff Sdiool, Neffsvllle. teni Pm> ‘ Penn state ex- specialists to dis- Zf s Pesticides of field rr,~~ 9:30 am - * Pesti utim to page 10) Livestock To Consider Grading Should Pennsylvania have a Livestock Grading pro-' gram? Representatives of the livestock industry in the state will be asked to express opinions on this question at a series of meetings next week. The controversal issue of grading livestock at markets throughout the state will be discussed at a meeting in the John Neff School, Neffs ville, four miles north of .Lancaster -on Rt. 501, Janu ary 17 at 7:30 p.m. All livestock producers, marketing agents, packers and others interested in live stock, whether in favor of grading or against, are in vited to attend the meeting, ask questions, and express their opinions. The meetings, called by the Livestock Industry Study Committee of the Pennsyl vania Department of Agri culture and the Agriculture Extension Service of The Pennsylvania State Univer C. WARREN LEININGER, DENVER R 2 poses his Grand Champion Gilt Live Susie. The Junior Spotted Poland China brought h er second win to Sandstone farm before be ing sold for $170.00 Wednesday. She was a winner at the Pennsylvania State Livestock Exposition last November. Leininger showed two other gilts but failed to reach the top of the class with either of them. —L. F Photo Lancaster, Pa., Saturday, January 14. 1961 « - 'tf "> sity, are designed to receive the opinions of all persons interested in livestock. The initial program would include the grading of feeder pigs and calves, veal calves and market lambs on a I>asis similar to the ones used by Virginia and West Virginia. Any grading service would be on a voluntary basis. This would mean that live stock market operator could request the service and would pay for the service. Produc ers could also select whether or not to have their live stock graded. Grading would permit the sale of livestock by descrip tion and bring about a de crease of misunderstanding. (Turn to page 10) the ?_■' Garden Spot Showmen Return With Ribbons Lancaster County showmen started off in winning stlye last Sunday by sweeping every prize in the tobacco show and finished the major competition on Thursday by taking both top prizes in the steer division at the Pennsyl vania Farm Show. Between Sunday and Thurs day, county exhibitors fol lowed the precedent of many years in bringing champion ships and other high aw ards back to the Garden Spot. Beginning last . Sunday, highlights of Lancaster Co unty’s Farm Show winnings include the Grand Champ ion hand of wrapper tobac co, exhibited by J. Arthur Swarr, Landisville and the grand champion hand of fil ler tobacco shown by Rich ard Buck waiter, Lititz R 3. Misses Second Try On Monday, R. Edwin Har msh, the 15 year old So lanco High School Future Farmer from Christiana Rl, narrowly missed the top spot in the Ayrshire breed He showed last year’s grand Ag. Teachers Name Heberlein President Herb Heberlein, teacher of vocational agriculture at Solanco High School was named president of the county Ag. teachers at a re cent meeting. Heberlein succeeds Gar land Gmgerich, teacher at Penn-Manor H. S. Other officers elected by the Lancaster County Voca tional Agriculture Teachers Association were vice presi dent, Marlin Henninger of Elizabethtown; secretary, Robert Herr, New Holland and treasurer, Joseph Mc- Gahen, Manheim. The LCVATA meets each month with T. M. Malin, area advisor of Future Far mers of America and voca tional agriculture for York and Lancaster counties. $2 Per Year champion to the breed’s re serve spot after taking the grand champion of the 4-H show. His cousin. Marilyn Harnish, Quarryville R 2, to ok top honors in the Ayr shire showmanship contest and the reserve champion ship of the 4-H Ayrshire show. On the same day, Miss Jean Miller, Elizabethtown Rl showed her lightweight Southdown wether to the grand championship of the market lamb class. C. Warren Leminger, Den ver, kept Lancaster County in the championship columns Tuesday when his Junior Spring Gilt took the purple rosette in the Spotted Po land China division of the swine show. Success Story A real success story came to light Wednesday when Tom Daugherty, a Kirkwo od 4-H member showing two bulls from his newly-estab lished Hereford herd took second place in class with one and went all the way to the top with the other. Daugherty was the only Hereford breeder from the county to exhibit in the show this year. A half sis ter to the champion bull stood second in her class to the grand champion Here ford female in the 1960 (Turn to page 12) Defense Unit' Is Headed By Martin Muth W. Martin Muth, Lititz R 4, has been designated as chairman of the Lancaster County Emergency Planning Committee of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. Muth is Work Unit Con servationist with the U. S. Soil Conservation Service in Lancaster. The USDA emergency or ganization is responsible to the office of Civil Defense and Mobilization. In a de fense alert of post-attack period, it will assume direct ion of all Federal agricul tural programs. FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday - Wednesday Temperatures for the next five days are expect ed to range three to ten degrees below the normal range of 25 at night to 40 in the afternoon. Mild, weather is expected thru out the period except briefly colder Saturday night or Sunday. Colder a bout Wednesday. Precipi tation may total about 0.1. inches as scattered showers Saturday night or Sunday with more general precipitation about Tues day.
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