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JCEPTING THE GAVEL AFTER HIS ELECTION Wednesday night is Henry E.
, left, newly elected president of the Lancaster County Vocational Agriculture
ers Association,. Re inquishing the symbol of the office-is Herbert Heberlein, second
left, retiring president Other officers elected, Lto R, are Garland Gingerich, vice
“nt, and Louis Ayers, secretary. 1 —L. F. Photo
, ing the decline were lower
sylvania Farm Prices In Nov. cows, 5 c £ve S ho ifmbs da and h eSs
To’'Follow Down Trend- . wete slightly higher prices
received by Penn- the 225 amobth'iarlier |rxd cows," heifers
, farmery -during mid the 243 a year earlier. sheep
oer failed to follow The mid November prices i n ‘ comparing livestock
lational trend which -received for- livestock pro-'’ and poultry prices with a
‘d iiearly one percent, ducts were slightly lower tTurn to naee 141
s for agricultural than a month earlier - Lead '
-s received by Key- A
farmers remained vir- _ _ , , \JUGmS©y ASSPI.
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Drops! Percent Scholarship
• expect a price in- During rhe month ending
"for their products November 15, the index of PETERBOROUGH, NEW
November .with De- prices dropped nearly one HAMPSHIRE. - Harry Rob
prices tending to per cent, the United, States ert Mumma, a sophomore at
a slight decline, the Department of Agriculture Pennsylvania State Univer
jdvania Crop" Report- reported this week. sity, has been named as one
Service statistician said * of the three national vdn
week. The drop, according to the ners in the 1961 Guernsey
' price level in Penn- , repart ’ . was , largely Scholarship Training Pro
a now stands at sev- , to , low f r P«ces for meat gram, sponsored by the A
rnt below last year’s an !f ials ’ citrus fruit, corn, merican Guernsey Cattle
due in part to the fact and eggs -. Partially Club.
offsetting were price mcreas
November Uk showed es for some vegetables, poul Mumma was one of eigh
hai/tho wJLi tr v, soybeans, and milk, the teen young men participat
-1 season ‘ Crop Reporting Board an- ln S this year, working at
ase - nounced. * Liseter Farm, Newton Sq
index of prices re- The } ‘ d Prices Mid uare, Pennsylvania, under
which is the baro- b farmers remained the su P ervision of Winslow
of farm income was y - .. .. Towle. He will receive as
. r cent nf the IQIO-‘l4 me as for the three prece
* uing months. Thus, with
base. This compares to- farm product prJces ’ off one
per cent, and the index of
Oat PNDAP prices paid by farmers un
- changed, the parity ratio de
-9—2 to 6 n m - Chick- clmed one point to 79, from
barbecue at the Poul- the October 15 figure.
Center, 230 bypass and
wille Road. Take outs . .
■ s S r ; d Po*3^ n^Countia n Elected
o U t» V By Nat'l Group
0 to 14—Annual me- ’
of the American Homer K. Luttringer, as-
Bureau Federation sistant advertising and pub
he Hotel Sherman, in h c relations director for the
d So. New Holland Machine Co.,
11 - 15—-Annual exten was recently reelected sec-
Service Conference at retary-treasurer of the Ag-
Penna. State Uirfv. ricultural Relations Council.
11 - 7:30 pm. Soil The 123 member national
District Di- council, at the annual meet
meet in the Court ing in Chicago last week, blg award a $3OO scholar-
Planning banquet broke precedent in returning gb j p be applied toward
program of work. a member to office for a bis iggl-62 college expenses.
- County Ayshire - second consecutive term. R , , . th no£ Mr.
4-H club meets at Other officers elected are: and ° Mrs> Mumma ,
hmie of R. Edwin Har- president, Lyle Liggett, A- M h ; R 1 jje was active
. Christiana Rl. Christ- merican National Cattlemen s coun ty Guernsey 4-H club
party. " Association and vice presi- activitie g during the time
7 p.m. - New Hoi- dent, Merle J. Thomas, Na- school,
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S'! ATE COLLEGE
THE
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 9, 1981
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Agriculture Teachers Elect
Henry Givler President
Henry E. Givler, teacher and elected to a three-year
of vocational agriculture at term on the board of ad—
Pequea Valley high school, visors of the county Future
Wednesday mght was elect- Farmers of America chapter
ed president of the Lancas- The other two members of
ter County Vocational Ag- the board are Givler and
riculture Teachers Associa- Robert Honney, teacher at
tion. Warwick High School, Lititz.
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The association.! meeting Henney is serving the last
in the agriculture depart- year of his term while Giv
ment of the new Solanco ler has two more years to
high school named Givler serve.
to succeed Herbert Heber- Louis Ayers, vocational
lein, teacher at Solanco. agriculture teacher at Eph-
Garland Gingerich, teach- rata high school was named
er of vocational agriculture secretary,
at Penn Manor high school Howard Siglin, teacher
was named vice president (Turn to page 14)
Alfred M. Overly Named
OutstandingYoungFarmer
A gain in net worth from about $4,000 to over $39,000
in just five years has earned the title of Regional Outstand
ing Young Farmer for a county dairyman.
Alfred R. Overly, Quarry- , „ , , ,
ville R 2 was so. honored last on ty ive years but he has
week at the annual meeting managed to make some re
ef the Pennsylvania Young markable advances.
Farmers' Association at the After a four year tour in
Pennsylvania State Univer- the United States Air Force,
sity. Overly began farming in
Overly, who purchased his partnership with his father
140' acre farm last year, has on the family farm at East
been an actual farm operator (Turn to Page 6)
County Com Borer Population
Greater Than State Average
Lancaster County’s corn ers found an average of 2.16
producers paid rather heav- worms per stalk compared
jly for the deep snows last with 344 in the current
winter, the Pennsylvania crop.
Department of Agriculture’s
Bureau of Plant Industry
said this week.
* Damage from the Euro
pean Com Borer, was much
heavier in the county in the
1961 crop than in last year’s
Corn In surveys made by the
bureau, 34 out of each 100
stalks examined in 1960
were infested with the bor
ers. In the current crop, the
number had gone up to 63.
In 1959 only 25 stalks per
100 were attacked.
Along with the more wide
spread damage, the borers
per infested stalk was up
this year. In 1960, research-
Guernsey Assn.
Elects Officers
Harry Mumxna, Manheim
R,l was elected president o£
the Lancaster County Guern
sey Breeders Association at
the reorgamzational meeting
Wednesday night at the home
of Harold Herr, Kirkwood.
Mumma succeeds Paul An
krum of Peach Bottom Rl.
Ellis Denlinger, Gordonville
Rl was named vice president
and James Lefever, Quarry
ville R 3 is the new secretary,
treasurer. John Landis, Wit
mer, was . elected publicity
director.
K. Deiter Linde, Kirkwood,
was appointed chairman of
the Spring Tour Committee.
Serving with him will be
Raymond Witmer, Willow
Street Rl, and Richard Maule
of Quarryville R 2.
Denlinger will chair the
Field day committee compos
ed of himself, Jesse Balmer,
Lititz R 4 and Herbert Myer,
Lancaster R 7.
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The degree, awarded to
not more than 15 per cent of
the membership in the coun
ty association of the Future
Farmers of America, is based
on class work in vocational
agriculture, supervised farm
ing program and leadership
ability of the applicant.
Recipients of the degree
will be honored at a special
meeting of the county FFA
on January 29 in the high
school at New Holland.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
$2 Per Year
(Turn to page 7)
Future Farmers
Confer Degrees
On 39 Members
Thirty-nine Future Farm
ers were chosen this week to
receive the Red Rose Farm
er degree in the second year
the award has been made.
(Turn to page 7)
Saturday • Wednesday
Temperatures during the
next five days are expeted
to average near the normal
range of 28 at night to 44
in the afternoon. Milder on
Saturday and turning cool
er on Sunday and again
near the end of the period.
Precipitation may total 0.1
to 0.6 inch or more occur
ring mainly as scattered
snow flurries over the
week end and as more gen
eral rain with snow in the
higher elevations on Tues
day.