VOL 7 NO J&^lC
A FAMILY HOBBY BRINGS THE RISSERS together. Four-year-old Karen
Risser shows her skill in the saddle from atop one of the first spotted horses the
Ephrata R 2 couple ever owned. Cocalico Creek Skeeters, the horse, was passed
down from Chuckie Risser, far right, when he graduated to more advanced
riding. The children share their love of horses with their parents, Mr. and Mrs
Charles J. Risser. who now own five Appaloosa mares and a stallion.
NotiO us ol your change
of address Because o( a re
cent diange in postal i egu
lations papers sent to the
wrong address cause a seri
ous pioblein
Please gi\e us your OLD
ADDRESS and then the
NEW one e\en n the
change might be onl} in the
route nunihei
Ghatige ol address tards
aie atailable liee ol charge
from the Post Office
Help us keep our tiles
current, please
€o. Beekeepers
To Hold Meet
Two count> wide beekeep
ers meeting are being planned
for next week
The first scheduled to get
undorwaj at b p m on April
n will bt held at the Irnit
storage building of the lla
(Coutimied on page 4 1
Farm Calendar
•Apr 9 - S pm —County Fann
ers A&sociauon meeting to
discuss national farm legi
slation in the Quan j-ville
fire hall
April 9 7 50 p m - Soil
Conservation l>istn< t 111-"
rectors Meeting at the Lan
caster Comm Court House
V3O p m - County wide
Aj«rshire-Jersev 4-H c lub
meeting at Production Cred
it balding. Roseville Road
April 10 7 p in. - Vork-Lan-
area FFA Public
Speaking and Parliamentary
(Continued on Page 10) "
Holstein Cow Makes 913 Pounds
Of Butterfat In Red Rose DHIA
A registered Holstein cow ’n
the herd of J Mower.c Fret,
.fr Lancaster R 7, finished
her ;>oi da\ lactation with
‘il.l pounds ot butterfat in
21.205 pounds ot milk, ac
cording to records released
tins week b\ the Red Rose
Dairj Held Improvement As
sociation The eight \ear'old
OFFICERS OF THE WITNESS OAK Chapter
Future Farmers of America after their election Thurs.
afternoon are. front row left to right. Glen Musser,
Mount Joy Rl. junior advisor; Jay Bixler, Marietta
Rl. sentinel; Reinhold Berg, Elizabethtown Rl, chap
lain, and Donald Ney, Marietta Rl, treasurer. Back
row left to right, Lee Staufter, Mount Joy Rl, report
er, Carl Ginder, Mount Joy Rl, president; Larry Bru
baker, Mount Joy Rl. vice president; Walter Mowrer,
Marietta Rl. secretary, and Grant Miller, advisor. The
chapter is at the Donegal Union High School. Mount
Joy.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7, 1962
cow had a 4 ! per cent test
Second high lactation was
completed b\ a registered Hol
stein belonging to Xolt Broth
ers. Pete h Bottom R 2 Her
record for the "O') dajs was
7*5 1 pounds of butterfat in
20 07 ! pounds of milk with a
j 7 per cent fed
(Continued on Page 12)
ftGniCU’''' , COLLEGE
THE PEUIiC'.^
Appaloosa Horse Farm
Raises Spotted Mounts
All (he members of a fam
ilj up near Ephrata see spots
m Iront ol their eyes and thev
don t even have a lever
That is unless von might
say thev have a fever for good
hores spotted hoises
About 1 1 years ago. Mr
and Mrs Ohailes .1 Rissei
Ephiata RJ bought a spotted
male because thev liked the
wav she handled Through a
County Future Farmers
Sweep Area Land Judging
Lancaster County Future
Farmers of America took all
the top prizes in the two
county Land Use and Manage
ment contest Tuesday at Eli
zabethtown R 1
Jerry Snader, president of
the Cloister Chapter FFA, to
ok high individual honors a
mong the 55 contestants with
a score of 304 points
L F. Photo
York County future farm
ers failed to place in the laud
judging, but Gary Joines of
the Kennard Dale Chapter won
the Horseshoe pitching con
test Runners-up in the horse
shoe contest were Donald
Patches ot Elizabethtown and
Rav Bomberger of Solanco
Follow mg close behind Sna
Farmers Assn.
Will Discuss
Natl. Legislation
A meeting to discuss na
tional larm legislation will be
held ne\t Monday night ac
cording to Herman Shirk
Quarry-wile 111 Counts Or
ganizational Director ot the
Lancaster County Farmers As
sociation
The meeting, scheduled to
get under -way at 8 pm April
!> in the Quarryville Fire Hall
will be open to any farmer
in the southern part of the
county
The meeting is under the
sponsorship of the County
Farmers Association
$2 Per Year
- chun ot events that might
, sound like the plot of an ad
\euture story, the Kissers noir
ha\t fne mares a stallion and
a spotted gelding
\\ hen thej bought their
I first mare (she is still in the
horse herd at Cocalico Creek
Aries and is nursing a colt at
piesent) the Kissers had no in
tention ot going into tha
■ Appaloosa horse business,
(Continued on page 6)
dei in the Land Judging were
R Edvun Harmsh of Solance
with a score of 299 and Mark
Hotter of Alanheim Central
tilth 297
Snader, a seventeen year
old senior at Ephrata High.
School, m addition to being
president ot ins local chapter,
holds the office of Chaplain
in the county association
Although the Cloister Chap
ter is in its first year of oper
mer FFA experience In the
ation, Snader has had for-
Cocalico Chapter which is no
(Continued on Page 12)
Gary Porter Wins
Egg Roundup
(lai\ Porter Washington,
lloio, earned otl top prize in
the I-H I’oultrj Flock Man
agement project roundup
Thuisdai night at the Lancas
ter Poult rx Center
Gary, the son of Mr and
Mrs Edgar Porter, first show
ed the thanipion egg exhibit
and then went on to taka
grand prize in the project
scoring with a score of 99 out
ot a possible 100
Judge Fritz Leusctyner. ex
tension Poultrj Specialist from
the PenusvUama Slate Univer
sitv, awarded second place to
Leslie Redder. Hartman Sta
tion Road, Lancaster Kreid
ei s stoie was 97
In thud place with a score
(Continued on Page 12)
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Satuidat - Wednesday
Temperatures during tins
next li\e dajs are expected
to axerage two to six de
grees abate the norm*!
range of ;}» at night to 6®
in tin- afternoon. MiJd tern*
per.itnrcs tlirough Monday
will gite way to near nor
mal bj Tuesday and some
what cooler bj Wednesday
Precipitation may total %
inch or more falling as
showers on Saturday and as
more general rain Monday
and part of Tuesday.