6. NO. 22
WINNERS IN THE YORK-LANCASTER AREA soil judging contest are, left to right,
top six contestants in order of their placmgs- Martin Wennch, Harold Lefever Ken
i Spade, Ronald Kline, Gerald Kreider. and Carl Gehman. Of the 45 Future Fann
in the contest from both York and Lancaster Counties, Lancaster County contestants
[ seven of the top eight placmgs. .The contest was held Wednesday on the Howard
rv Farm in York County. The County winners will next compete in the state con
dunng FFA week at the Pennsylvania State University in June L F Photo
ean Up Week
Scheduled
r Rural Penna.
ARRISBURG Gover-
David L. Lawrence to
lequested Pennsylvan
ia observe State Clean-
Week w hich has been
gnatcd for the period
il 23 through 29 by the
nsylvania- Rural Safety
ncil
he Governor said; '“A
i spang clean-up makes
ies and farms safer, neat
>nd piovides more pleas
surroundmgs in which to
and work.
With the coining of sp
[ the earth takes on a
'■ fresh and clean look,
should help nature by
ng our clean-up duties
the home and on the
hsoi dor ranks second
to poor judgement as
, cause of accidents. A
int study of hospitalized
,e accident cases disclos
ed c-,e out of every five
! Pul there by disorder
idents happen more of
m cluttered, untidy sur-
Rdmgs
It t,
■'■'kos hard work, care
lanmug and the co
on of all members of
nnlv to create a well
■nod home or farm.”
m Calendar
3 to 25 Seventh an-
Ameucan Angus con
ice ut University of
'gid Athens.
1 24—7 30 pm • 4-H
icU meets at the home
Overgaard, Lan
■f R 4
Pm - Penryn com
jtj 4-H club meets in
"eiinn fire hall.
25—1 30 p.m. -South
strict Dairy Herd Im
minent Association su-.
isors meet in Valley
‘ g(J hall, Red Hill,
tgomory County.
-< 10 00 am. to 3:00
Annual Lancaster
1 y Homemaker’s day
e Plain and Fancy
urant near Bird-In-
i? m * ■ County 4-H
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Mary Kathryn Keene
Named Miss Milkmaid
Misa Mary Kathryn Keene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Roy
Keene of Christiana Rl, was named Miss Lancaster County
Milkmaid Tuesday night.
The twenty-year-old ex
farm girl who is now a jun
ior at Pennsylvania State
■i,
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MARY KATHRYN KEENE
University won the crown m
competition with Miss Jo-
Homemakers Day
Is Scheduled
Your Bole As A Pennsyl
vania Homemaker will be
the theme of the annual Lan
caster County Homemakers’
Day, scheduled to be held
next week.
Among the features on the
program will be “What is
your M.Q. 9 ”, “You and dis
aster.”, and “It’s a woman’s
world”.
A fashion show will be
the feature of the luncheon
to be served by the Plain &
Fancy restaurant near -Bird-
In-Hand, the site of the pro
gram.
Activities are scheduled to
begin at 10.00 a m. and con
clude about 3 p.m. April 27.
Interested homemakers are
asked to make reservations
by contacting the office of
the county agent before
Monday.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 22. 1961
*•4 ' *
anne Bixler, Marietta Rl;
Miss Joyce Kreider, Quarry
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Kirkwood 4-H
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Holds Meeting
The Kirkwood Community
4-H club held its regular
monthly meeting in the Bart
Colerain E’ementary School,
Bartville, last Tuesday.
For the program, which
began at 8:00 p.m., a demon
stration on sweet com grow
ing was presented.
The next meeting of the
club will be held Tuesday,
May 9 at the Kirkwood Odd
Fellows Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Reporter for the club is
Martin Greenleaf, Jr.
Boots & Saddles
4-H Club Meets
The regular month’y meet
ing of the Boots and Saddles
4-H light horse and pony
club was held last Friday at
the Stevens fire hall with a
bout 30 members in attend
ance.
The next meeting will be
held in the Landisville fire
hall on May 12 New mem
bers are welcome to join the
club at that time.
Steven Sites is club report
er.
Agreement On Disagreement
Expressed By Silage Experts
Experts agreed there is to questions pointed up the
still a lot to~"bo learned m truth of this statement.
the making of silage at the Experts tended to agree
Southeastern Regional Silo 0 n some major points how-
Chnic Tuesday at Allentown. ever . ]\i os t G f the speakers
In response to a farmer’s were in agreement that the
comment that he had been most important factor in
making silage for 13 years making silage is the manage-'
and was still learning, John ment decisions made by the
E. Baylor, extension Agron- farmer. Fred Hughes, exten
omist said, “We all are.” sion economist* said every
Many of the answers given (Turn to page 11)
' AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
County Future Farmers
Sweep Soil Judging Tilt
Lancaster County Future Farmers awept the first six
placings in the York-Lancaster Area Land Use and Manage
ment contest Wednesday.
Winner in the contest, in er County scoier was from,
which 45 FFA members from New Holland High School,
the two counties participated A York County member
was 15 year old Martin Wen- took seventh place while So
rich, the son of Mr. and Mrs. lanco came hack to tie for
Walter Wenrich, Denver R 2. eighth position m the con-
He is a 10th grade student at test.
Cocalico Union. The annual event, popul-
His closest competitor was arly known as Land Judging,
Harold Lefever, son of Mr. was held on the farm of
and Mrs. Jay Lefever, Quar- Howard Perry, south of
ryville R 2. He is in the 10th York
grade at Solanco High The first three place win-
School. ners in each county will
Cocalico chapter placed have the opportunity to rep
two other contestants while resent the county in the stale
SoJanco scored with one oth- contest during FFA week at
er judge. The other Lancast- (Turn to page 7)
Darvin Boyd Is Co. Delegate
To National 4-H Convention
By; Winlhrop Merriam, ton D C While there, dele-
Assistant County Agent gates will study the opera
„ _ . , tion of our government, have
Lancaster County will be a c h ance to meet with Cong
i epresented at the National ressmen, and join in many
4-H Conference by Darvin discussion groups on subjects
Boyd, Ephrata, Rl. This am 0 £ common mterest. In addi
nual affair opens on April 22 ti ori) c j u b members will tour
with four club members a number of points of inter
from each state in attend- es t an( j have much opportune
ance ’ ity to exchange thoughts and
ideas with young folks in
the same age group.
Club members are selected
to attend this event on the
basis of their over-all 4-H
record. In addition to a wide
variety of project activity, a
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CHS- IT H
' * *
DARVIN BOYD
All 50 states and many
foreign countries will be lep
resented at this top national
4-H activity held in Washing-
Gardenspot 4-H
To Buy Books
The Gardenspot 4-H Club
has voted to help purchase
books for the young people’s
reading room at the Lancast
er Free Public Library dur
ing National Library week.
The action was taken at the
regular meeting of the chib
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Camera Club
Makes Plans
For Care Program
By Lois Ann Overgaard
The 4-H Camera Club met
recently at the home of the
club president, Wilmer Wen
ger, 76 Greenfield Road.
The club decided to con
tribute to the 4-H Care pro
gram Through this program
many 4-H’ers over the world
who lack resources are given
help needed to set up group
or individual projects - Caio’
will let us know where and
how our money is used.
The club plans to prepare
a scrapbook oi photographs
of our members’ projects,
home and surrounding coun
tryside. The completed scrap
book will be sent to the for
eign 4-H" club sponsored thru
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
next live days will average
two to eight degrees above
the normal range of 43 at'
night to 64 in the after
noon. Seasonable tempera
tures will prevail over the
week end with above nor
mal temperatures for the
rest of the period. Precipi
tation may total Ihree
lenths of an inch, occur*
ring as scattered showers
Saturday and again at the
end of the period.
$2 Per Yeat