6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 16, 1962 Date, Place For Plowing Matches Set By Soil Conservation Directors The date has been set and plans aie almost completed tor the annual countj plowing contest sponsored bv the Lanc aster County Soil Conseivation District, it was announced Monday night at the legular monthly meeting. The contest, featunng only level land plowing will be held on Monday, Juy 23 on the faim of Roy H Garber, Lititz R 3. Ram date is Julj 30. The contest is open to anv farmer, fanner's wite, son, daughter or an\ hired man on a Lancaster County Farm. All contestants must be 1G yeais of age or older, according to County Agent M M. Smith chairman of the publicity com r TROPHIES TO BE AWARDED at the annual plowing contest sponsored by the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District. The larger of the two will be a -revolving trophy which has to be won three times for permanent possession The district will furnish one of the smaller awards to be given to the winner each year. L. F. Photo i# Joyce Kreider (Continued from Page 1) crown. June 26-27 in Reading. Runner-up m the contest Tras Miss Anna Johnson, 17, the daughter of Mr. and Mis Carl Johnson, Quarry ville H 2 Also in the top competition was Miss Joanne E. Newcom er, 17, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Newcomer, Mount Joy Rl. Miss Kreider, a graduate of Solanco Hugh Schioqil is a •secretary in the oftice of the County Agent. She is also serving as secretary of the 4-H council’s agriculture sec tion She has been a member of the 4-H dairy clubs for 10 years concentrating mostly on Ayrshires, although this year she will show a Brown Swiss Her family milks 40 Holstein cows If Miss Kreider wins the state contest m Reading, she •will move on to the Pennsyl vania Groveis’ association agr iculture queen contest and the American Dairy Princess con test later this year Miss Johnson, a June grad uate of Solanco, is an eight year 4-H club inembei with projects in vegetables, floweis, cooking and sewing Her fannlj fauns 9 7 acies and milks 2S mixed Holstems and' Guernseys She intends to be a sfono eraphei in 'Vashington, I) C Miss Newcomer, a 1062 gia duate ot Donegal Union High School, is also a eight-vear member of the 4-H club pro- nnttee Elmer Good, Lititz Rl, Gen eial Chan man ot the contest has set July 16 as the deadline date for application A one dollar entiy fee must accom pany each application, but the entry fee will be refunded it the applicant plows m the contest Good said H H Wooding, extension Agnculture Engineer from the Pennsylvania State University will again act as manager of the contest Two trophies, one a peiman ent trophy tor the winner each year and the other a challenge trophy which must be won three times for per manent possession, have been piovided by the district. V 'T^3T m ' wx <• fStmmm* fli gram She intends to attend beautician school in the fall Her fanny farms a 130-acre farm and milks 40 Holstems Judges for the contest, held at the Lancaster County P’ann Bureau 'Cooperative As sociation auditorium, Diller ville Road, weie Ann Herr, WG-AL-TV, Larry Baumann, Lancaster Newspapers. Inc , and Lloyd Nolt, dairy farmer. Master of Ceremonies was G Donald Siemer, director of public relations, Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers. Get the BIG silo unloader value! VnnDcilo Delivers more silage faster 1 • Doubt* auger sys* / tem digs the silag* faster and mor* •vsnly underall con* dliions whether sit* eg* ■* frozen, wef or dry. O Exclusive, adjustabi drive hub gives moi positive tractio, keeps the machln operating even); and requires les: power. DELIVERS BE. The double augers, operating In conjunction with the patented V-paddle impellers, digs the silage, mixes It thoroughly, and then throws It down the chute. Your cows and cattle get good, palatable silage ... not a powdered mash as so often happens with unloadars using blowers. CALEB M. WENGER R D. 1 QUARRYVILLE, PA, Druraoie Center KI S-2116 v> s ♦* < * * A ELMER V. GOOD, CHAIRMAN OF THE county plowing contest committee, left, and Elvin Hess, a member of his committee, exhibit the trophies to be sknted at the annual Lancaster County p lowing contest The large trophy, held by Good, is to be a challenge trophy which must be won three times for permanent possession The county Soil Conservation District directors will furnish the small trophy each year to go to the winner. Good is a farmer-member of the soil con servation district directors. Hess is teacher of vocational agriculture at Elizabeth town High School. L. F. Photo In other business, directors voted to paiticipate m the P H. Glatfelter Company’s tree planting progiam again this year. 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