Clayton Erb
Is Given Award
Clayton B. Erb, Landis- The Hoffman firm was form- (F rom pa g e 1)
vilte, has been named red- fJm was neTrby? the aslocia- The feeder calf sale com
piont of the fifst Hoffiusn tion was q n&turnl one mittee, in order to stimulate
Se ed Man award. • Erb tegan k IOT Ho«- Vw
In presenting the award, ™ an m the 192° s and has purposeS| is offering prize
the company said, “This first keen assxciated with the com- money for any calf pUrchas
award must go to Clayton B. for the 40 years since. at this sale and p i ac i ng m
Erb for giving the most years Today at 80 years of age, the first 15 places at the
of service to his legion of Erb is still active in the sales Garden Spot Baby Beef Show
farm-friends and to the com- organization of the seed firm at the stockyards next Au
pany—he is truly the ‘num- and has a regular territory gust Awards of $25 will be
per one man’.” which he covers as he has given for calves in the first
Erb formed his association always done. He says in his five placings and awards of
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KIRKWOOD FEED & GRAIN
KIRKWOOD. PENNA. Ph. LAmberl 9-2132
WANTED-DEAD!
ALFALFA WEEVIL and Spittle Bug, too!
Your Custom Sprayer is using *
Richard R. Forry .
LANCASTER EX 7-0035
Herbert F. Gehr
STEVENS AN 7-6822
Kenneth H. Habecker
LANCASTER EX 3-4187
MOUNT JOY
with the Hoffman seed firm job 65 is just another birth
in the early 1900’s when he day,
bacame one of the first pro
ducers of seed wheat for the,
originator of the seed house
Hess Bros.
paradise
OL 3-7195
Beni. B. Landis
Feeder Calf
ORTHO*
Melvin G. Lapp
LY 3-5717
ATGLEN
Leßoy R. Pfautz
STEVENS AN 7-6015
Alvin F. Smoker
INTERCOURSE so 8-8416
Harold Zook
LANCASTER
OV 7-6535
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 21. 1961
CLAYTON B. ERB, left, accepts the first outstanding,
seedsman award from William F. Hoffman, president of A.
H Hoffman, Inc. seed firm of Landisville Erb has been
with the company since the early 1920’s Before that time
he produced seed wheat on his farm for the company Erb
was the first employee to be so honored by the company
$lO will be given for sixth
to 15th place. A good num
ber of fancy calves will be
sold separately to encourage
purchases by youths for club
purposes.
At the 1960 sale over 400
head of calves changed hands
at an average price of 27 66
for steers and heifers One
fancy calf crossed the block
at $45 per CWT to top the
sale
Over 400 head of purebred
heifers and steers have been
consigned again this year
Abram Diffenbach will be
auctioneer
Dieidrin
EX 4-5412
Honey C!ub
(From page i>
mg placings in the contest’
3, Lloyd Hahn, Columbia HI;
4, Claude Hahn, Columbia
Rl; 5, Roger Stoner, 1051
Eden Road, Lancaster, 5
Paul Schantz, Jr, Ephrata
Rl, 7, Clair E Greiner, Cob
umbia Rl; 8, Kenneth Herr,
Kirkwood Rl, 9, Harry HeL
ler, 715 Willow Road, Lan
caster, and 10, John Erb, ot
118 Kreider Ave., Lancaster,
Clarke also spoke on wim
ter care of bees at a meeting
of the Lancaster County
Honey Producers after the
club roundup
Association members made
plans for individual and
county honey exhibits at the
Pennsylvania State Farm
Show in January
Advertisers will be glad
to have you mention Lancas
ter Farming when answering
advertisements.
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Dieldrin
Distributed by
J. C. Ehrlich
Chemical Co., Inc.
736 E. CHESTNUT ST.,
LANCASTER, PA.
EX 7-3721
USE DIELDRIN
THIS FALL
CONTROL-
ALFALFA WEEVIL
NEXT SPRING
Alfalfa and clover fields
sprayed with Dieldrin
during October and No
vember gives satisfact
ory control of alfalfa
weevil and spittle bug
the following spring.
Order your supply now
from
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