• FFA Officers (From Page 1) 'fcurg High School, is a past president of the County Chap ter of FFA as well as past president and junior advisor of the local chapter He had held, the office of vice piesi dent and county delegate an his local chapter He was a' student council represen tative at his school, tieasmer of the senior choius and a member of the junior and sen ior play casts. Starting his freshman year program with one purebied Holstein calf which he won at the Lampeter fair, Claience ifiow farms with his paients He also raises corn, peas and tobacco in partnership with fins father, nad. caies foi a ifcord of 40 cows and 23 heif ers, Clarence has been a member Of the State FFA chorus, has iron first place in the county .judging .contest at' the Lam peter Farr and a first place i award in the record book contest. In January of 1961, he was awarded the Keystone Farm er degree. Newly elected president of the state association is E Eugene CtontS, ATillersbiirg, Rl. Other officers elected and ■installed Friday are vice presi dent from region I, Eugene Franklin, Wyalusmg R 3. Trp. of region 11, Kermit C Ohlinger, Fleetwood R 3, vp. of region II and first vice president, Duane A Fishei Altoona R 3, \ p of region IV, Edward Mazur, Washington Rl, v p of region V, Donald K Homan, Center Hall Rl, secretary, Ralph Horlachei, Newcastle, reporter, Leo W Paul, Mvresdale R 2, and Chaplain, Gene Heishey, Ship penshurg Rl • County Agents (Prom Page 1) ”‘We feed cattle to keep our ground in shape,” he said One of the major cash crops on the farm is tobacco, about lu acres ot it, for which he uses the steer manure Rolner estimates he buys SO per cent of the feed toi his cattle. Several of the county agents, hero on a scholaiship tqui sponsoied by the Dow Chemi cal -Company, vveie paiticulailj interested in tobacco tanning and the differences in cultuie of Lancaster Countj Cigar leaf and their cigaiette types County agents fiom Geoigia, South Carolina, North Caro lina. Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New Yoik, New Jer sey, Kentucky, Maine, Massa chuseltes, and Pennsylvania began the tour June 11 fiom Richmond, Virginia Before re turning there on June 30 they will.have toured in New York Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Ken tucky, Tennessee and North Carolina Mj Neighbors “All that fuss over a run in her stocking!” • County F.F.A. (Continued from Page 1) J 3 per cent of all the pnzes in the state. Following is a rundown ol pnzes in the contests duimg the thiee day event at the Peunsjlvaiiia State University In the Poultry judging con test, with 8 5 boys competing Carson of Penn Manoi High School won 7th in the gold medal gioup, Dale Rohier of Lampeter - Strasbuig High School was second in the sil vei medal gioup, and JDalc Rohier ol Lampeter-Strasbuig High School was second in tlid silvei medal group, and Da’e Hostetler, Pe'quea Val)e> was first in the honorable mention group. Larry Weaver from the Grasslands Chapter at New Holland, Lancaster County’s entiant in the tractor oper ation contest finished third in the state. In addition to John Hess, who won the state title, in the land judging, R. Edwin Har msh, Solanco High School was first in the bronze medal group, Jerry Snader of Eph rata H.S. was fifth in the bronze group and Raymond Sanders of Penn Manor H.S. wa's second in the honorable mention group A total of 77 it one of the largest contests, boys were in the contest. A total of 140 contestants in the livestock judging made it one of the largest contests Jerry Breneman, Penn Manor H S tv as third m the state and won a gold medal award James Eb>, Pequea Valley H S w T as hist in honorable mention gioup, and Glenn M zlei of Manheim HS. was eighth m the same group In the dairy pioducts judg ing, the Lancastei County contestant, William Wilson, lames Predd a ostudent at Oxford H S in Chester Coun ty, but the son of William Fiedd, teacher of vocational agncutuie at Solanco H S won fifth place in the state Vfl MaR I HP|b W and received a gold medal a- ■ ■■■■ I™** ■ Largest contest was the R|*AA(l|||f| FaPIH dairy cattle nidging with 224 DlCCllllll| ■ 0111 l contestants In addition to AN INVESTMENT FOR LARGE PROFIT j n Agriculture, as in | FARMERS LOOKiNG FOR I businegs> a good way iMnnPfn Pfflfibjblfii increase assets and in- is buying a related ■ ■ farm business with “ready | Call | made ” customers and a | SUAVELY | long history of high per- I CIIO | centage profits. ~ OMIU _ Tax records show this “ - hatchery - farm enterprise tv- bad average profits the i| C'UiavtUialA P ast seven years of $17,061 X 'if JillClu, (before depreciation) and in 1961, a profit of $19,449. T" “| • suit* your Owner has reinvested needs at $5,000 to $20,000 each j it’ yon year- Without heavy plow l' m | to p«y„_ back each year, a good • y^ar 1 * 7 * manager can net $20,000 or ’ : — warranty more • ™“ ct °“ iB This is the time to b «y «iio your- ~ . when, due to sudden *ad- illness, owner will sacrifice asset and earning values, aeso coitcrete stave sieos built up over 23 years. This southeastern Penn sylvania farm business, with 50 tillable acres, is in a low-cost area, ideally ar ranged for profit. DATA SHEET tells why. Trained help lives on premises. Near main highway. Cus tomer-prospect list 4,000 names, carefully catalagu ed Present staff is willing to stay. Foi lull diilii, write; IJo\ A, Lancaster Panning BU CXXBS • Pea' new Coni S yu< 0 Available vrlth either natural ventilation or forced ventila tion, heated or unheated. Immediate delivery. Phone or write: SNAVELY SILO SALES, INC. Box usmsuiiiE, r\. PREPARING FOR THEIR BUS TRIP TO THE Pennsylvania State University for FFA week, the Grasslands Future Farmers gathered in the Garden Spot High l School agriculture shop. At the hour of 5:30"a.m on Wednesday, the weather made outdoor photography extremely hazardous if not impossible. In the drench, ing ram, one of the largest county delegations to the chorus at "FFA week deJ parted without dampened spirits. Seventeen of the 21 blue jacketed, 'farm boysi sang in the state FFA chorus, and four of the number formed a quartette which entertained at a mass meeting of the 1,500 members in attendance at the three-day conference of Future Farmers at P.S.U. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Kneel ing, left to right, are Richard Martin, Wilmer Martin, Kenneth Martin, Nelson Wert, (the quartette members), Leon Weaver, Roy Musser and Tony Folker; sec ond row, Ito r, Kenneth Snader, Wilmer Esbenshade, Walter "Musser LaVerne Good, Ray Bowman, Richard Kackel, Fred Nolt, and Robert Witwer; back row, 1 to r, Larry Wevaer, James Sensenig, Glenn Hoover, Fred Lando, Dale Houck, and Bill Fisher. L. P, Photo the state -winner, Harold Bru baker of Mount Joy HI, Don egal H S , Paul Welk of Lam peter-Strasburg was fifth m the state and won a gold med al, Ronald Kline, Ephrata H S was second in the silver div ision, and Robert Wenger, Solanco H S was first in the honoiable mention gio'up In the faim mechanics con test, with 119 bovs competing Dale Herr, Solanco H S tied f Ol fomth place in the state He ivon a gold medal lames Boose, Warwick H S , was be for 7th m the gold medal I*. O. Ho\ 1524, Lancaster, Pa, group; Glenn Hess, Penn on the team -were, Kenneth Manor H S was second in the Meek, Melvm Breneman, Don silver medal group Jay Herr aid Kraybill, Earl Livingood, of Lampeter-Strashurg and Kenneth Denlinger, Charles Craig of Solanco were Sheitzer, Roy Slaymaker, and tie for first place in the honor- James Houser, able mention group Teachers of vocational The parhmentary proced- ncultuie returning to the me team fiom Lampeter- county yesterday count the Strasburg won honorable men- showing as the best made hy tion in that contest. Boys the local boys in many yens Totally new from Mss I FUST GRIIMMN ke WITH ♦-KLT DRIVE! * Quiet running * Choice of 4 or 5 bar reel * Easy-to-change reef speed * Only 3 daily points * Attractive Low Price Look at *Tew Tde* before you buy Chas. J. McComsey & Sons A. B C. Groff Now Holland Wilbur H. Graybill Lititz, R. 1). 2 H S. Newcomer & Son J H. Reitz & Son, Inc- Mount Joy Lititz, K. D. 4 Allen H. 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