, L . 6. NO. 41
ounty Man Produces
x-Year Long Crop
Most farmers plant crops, with the idea of reaping the
jest m one year or possibly two, but Maurice Herr of
ton has a crop that will not bring any return for six
rs and possibly not then.
f course, Herr does not
entirely for his liveh
j on such a long time and
>itam crop, but his suc
with the crop determines
income
he ci op which takes so
I m the process of devel-
i/o District Rosettes
3 County 4-H Showmen
A double win in Ayrshire competition and the top
t in Guernsey judging kept Lancaster County 4-H‘ers in
purple at the District Dairy show Thursday.
[ciiilyn Harnish of Quar
ille d 2 teamed up with
y Floiy, Lititz R 2 to
" oil the double win with
r Ait shires while Bill
?u-on, Kirkwood showed
Guernsey cow to the
nd Championship of that
id
lie 17-year-old Mfss Har
i showed Glenhurst Dix
llossom to the top of the
iv for the third time,
isom was Grand Champ
of the district show in
1 and 1960, and was re
e champion in 1959. The
was the fourth in the
; five years for the dau
;r of Mr. and Mrs. Dav-
Hainish.
nning Named
> Nafl Board
AERISBURG— Pennsyl
la Secretary of Agncul
: William L. Henning has
i appointed to the Soil
Water Conservation Ad
ry Committee by U.S.
•etary of Agriculture,
ille L. Freeman,
he 18-man committee is
posed of farmers, edu
is, conservationists and
cultural businessmen fr
ail sections of the United
es Secretary Henning’s
n will be for three years.
We intend to renew the
e to protect every acre
farm land under a soil
"ator conservation plan
to speed up the small
ershod program”, Secre-
Fieeman said m out
ig 'omc of the goals of
committee
Henning will
11 h Hie next session of
committee to be held
I’uu n In Washington,
Mm Calendar
‘ -9 am. - Third aix
idl -Pennsylvania Turkey
row,,- s conference at
* e Pcnna Slate Univer
,} 111 - Annual beet bar-
(,i the Red Rose
al b and Lamb club
Uu> Pcnryn Picnic
row
\ :s 00 pm - Town &
'" Ul ' 4-H club to be
Piusts of Senior Exten-
at a beef barbe
-1,1 the Penryn picnic
•0\
■ to in 16 —National con
* i°u of County Agncul-
A Kents in New York
lTl| iu i 0 page J 4)
oping is a new variety of
gladiola.
Herr raises about three
acres of gladiolus each year
with which he supplies local
greenhouses and other retai.
florists, but he says, “The
(Turn to page 5)
Walnut Grove Levity Ann
the winning Ferguson entry
repeated her feat of 1959
when she was adjudged best
in the state 4-H and went
on to competition m the na
tional dairy cattle show at
Waterloo, lowa. Levity Ann
was bred by the 15-yoar-old
showman’s father Harvey
She is a four year old cow.
(Turn to page 12)
CountyDalryman
Nat'l Director Of
Breeding Co-ops
A Lancaster County Hol
stein breeder has been elect
ed to serve a second con
secutive three-year term on
the Board of Directors of the
National Association of Arti
ficial Breeders.
Earl L. Groff, Rl, Stras-
EARL GROFF
burg, was re-elected to the
seven-man Board at the As
sociation’s 14th annual con
vention held recently at Syr
acuse, New York.
Mr Groff represented the
Southeastern Penna Artifici
al Breeding Cooperative at
the convention He is also
presently serving on the S P.
ABC Board of Directors,
and is chairman of the Coop
erative’s Holstein Sire Pur
chasing Committee
He has served several
years as president of the
Pennsylvania Association of
Artificial Breeding Coopera
tives He has also been a del
egate to the National Hol
stein convention for more
than 20 years, and was presi
dent of the state Holstein As
sociation
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 2, 1961
BEGINNING A SIX YEAR SEARCH to find a new and
belter variety of gladiola is Maurice Herr, Refton. From the
time of making the initial cross between two varieties of the
flower until the resulting bloom can be evaluated, six yeais
of painstaking work and record keeping are needed. Seed
from the flowers pollinated this year will produce tiny
corms next year. The following year these corms will pro
duce flowering size bulbs After the bulbs have produced
b ossoms one year, their cofms niust be planted and the re
sulting flower checked against the original to see if they
grow true to type. Herr has one established and accepted
variety to Ins credit plus several un-named strains which
look very promising. —L. F. Photo
19 Winners
To District
4-H Horse Show
By; Barry Kulp
Nineteen members from
the two county 4-H light
horse and pony clubs won
the right to represent the
county in the district horse
show at Ludwig Corners, in
Chester County on Septemb
er 16.
Riders placing in the four
top spots in county competi
tion at the roundup in Bare
ville Saturday were desig
nated as eligible to move up
to the districts From the
district show, top winners
will be eligible to show their
projects m the state show
held at Harrisburg in Novem
ber
From the Rough Riders, or
southern, club the winning
riders and their classes arc
Sidney Ann Shoemaker, of
Quarryville R 2, Grooming &
showmanship, Trail class, &
Cloverleaf. Michael Shoe
maker. Quarryville R 2, West
ern Working, Western pleas
ure, Bareback equitation, and
Conestoga 4-H
Entertains at Tea
A fashion show was the
mam featu’c of the after
noon as the Conestoga Valley
4-H Sewing and-Cookmg club
entertained at lea last Fri
day at the Conestoga Valley
High School
As Lois Ann Uvorgaard
and Phyllis Landis narrated,
the members modeled gar
ments they had made during
the summer as club protects
Linda Hoober and Esther
(Turn to page 11)
Break and Out; Barbara
Shoemaker, Quarryville R 2,
Cloverleaf, pole bending,
Western Working, Western
pleasure, Trail class, and
Bareback equitation; Karl
Herr, Kirkwood, Showman
ship and grooming, and Bare
back equitation; Gerald
Wagner, Quarryville, Pony
driving; and Anna M. Bink
ley, Quarryville R 3, Saddle
seat equitation.
From the Boots and sad
dles club are Harold C.
Groff, Manheim R 2, Break
and Out, Western working,
and Pole bending; Billy
Gibble, Manheim R 3, Trail
class, and Pony pleasure;
Robert Gibble, Pole bending,
Eugene Wenger, Manheim R 2
(Turn to page 11)
Garden Spot 4-H
HostsManorClub
By Lois Ann Overgaard
Hosts and guests joined in
a Incndly game of baseball
as the Gardcnspot 4-H Com
munity entertained the Man
or community club at the
Lampeter Community park
on Tuesday evening.
Wilmcr Wenger, Garden
Spot club president appoint
ed David Denhnger, 2351
Horseshoe Road, chairman of
the ticket committee for the
4-H Leaders Club Chicken
Bai bccue The committee
will sell tickets for the bar
becue to bo held Sept 16th
from 4 to 9 p m in the Lam
peter park
Lois Ann Overgaard, ie
portcr for the Garden Spot
club was appointed chairman
of a committee to prepare a
booth at the barbecue
In other business, the club
voted to donate S 5 00 to the
Buchmiller Park emergency
fund to help repair the re
cent wind damage.
$2 Per Yeas
Rate Change
For New Cows
In Co. DHIA
Members ot the Rod Rose
Dairy Herd I mprovement
Association will be subject
to a now rate on all cows
added to their herds atter
October 1, the board oi duec
tors announced at their meet
ing Monday night.
An additional twenty cents
per cow will be charged lor
each addition during the
testing year
Since the DIIIA records
have bean processed at a
central point, accurate rec
ords have been kept on the
cost of processing the rec
ords, a spokesman tor the
boaid said These accounts
show current monthly costs
(Turn to page 14)
Frey Herd Tops
DHIA Averages
For The Month
The registered Holstein
herd of J Mowrey Frey, Jr,
Lancaster R 7 posted the high
butterfat average in the Red
Rose Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association during the
month of July, the records
released this week show
The 33 cows in the herd
averaged 1,549 pounds milk
and 55 pounds of butterfat
and a 3 8 test.
The 43 registered Guern
seys in the herd of Raymond
and Louise Witmer, Willow
Street Rl, made the second
high average with 1,050 lbs.
of milk with a 5 2 test and
54 pounds of butterfat.
A registered Holstein m
the herd of Elam Bollinger,
Manhcim Rl completed the
highest lactation record in
the assoc ation Paula B pro
duced 17,254 pounds of milk
and 697 pounds of butterfat.
She had a 4 1 tost. Runner
up in the 305 day records
was the Registered Holstein
cow, Nettie, in (he herd of
C. J. Kurtz, of Elvcrson R 2.
She pioduced 17,864 pounds
of milk with a 3 7 tost and
656 pounds oi iat
Only one other cow in the
association produced 650 lbs
of lat in milking year end
ing in July. A holstein m
the heid ot J Mowory Frev,
Jr made 16 707 pounds of
milk and had a lest of 3')
for the 650 lat record
Other daiiymen with cows
pioducmg lactation lecords
O urn to page 11)
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Snrhirdov - Wednpsdcr"’
Temperatures during ine
next five days aie expected
to average 7 or more de
grees above normol range
of 60 at mcjht to 80 in the
afternoon. and humid
days aie expected through
out the peuod turning cool
er about Wednesday. Preci
pitation may total ,1 to .5
inch as widely scattered
thundershowers through
Monday and as more gener
al showers Tuesday and
early Wednesday.