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LANCASTER COUNTY’S PLOWING CHAMPION, Everett Kreider, Quarry
villfr Rl, poses with his trophy on his tractor after his win on Monday. Kreider
outpointed nine other plowmen to win a chance at the state contest next month at
Hershey, L. F. Photo
Holstein Judging Competition
Won By Willow Street Dairyman
Melvm Peifer, Willow Street
Rl, was high scorer in the
cow judging contest held in
conjunction with the annua!
Holstein Field Day Thursday
In the close contest, at the
Red Rose Research Farm on
Pitney Road, Raymond Hoover
of Gap Rl placed second and
Kevin Hershej. Ronks Rl was
Farm Calendar
July 30 - 10 am —Special
Brewn Swiss show. Cantons
Jour and five will exhibit
cattle at SPABC grounds on
23G Bypass
7- p m.—County Extension
Association annual meeting
andbanquet at The Willows,
on Ht. 30 East of Lancaster
7.30 pm—County Future
Farmers oi Amenca meeting
af Penn Manor High School
July 31 - 10 a m —Showing of
Ayrshire, Jeisey, Guernsey,
and Brown Swiss cattle at
the SPABC giounds, 230
Bypass.
6 p.m.—Show mg of 4-H col
ored breeds of dairy cattle
at SPABC grounds.
7.30 pm—County honev
producers meet at the home
of John Lapp. Baieville R 1
August 1 - 9am —Monthly
meeting of county teachers
of- vocational agriculture to
meet at Pequea Valley High
School.
Ift a m.—Conservation Field
Day at the farm of Gerald
Darlington, Lititz Rl.
teonttauod oa.»10)
third Fourth and fifth places
went to Earl Wenger, Man
heim R 3 and Clvde W Martin
respectively Only 21 points
out of a possible 300 separat
ed the fust five judges Top
score was 283 3
Last j ear’s top scorer, Mrs
Robert Kauffman. Elizabeth
town Rl took the honors in
the ladies' division in Thurs
day’s contest She had a score
ot 200 o Other winners in
the ladies division were Mrs
Richard Hess, Strasburg Rl,
Mrs Kathrjn Prey, Manheirn
R 2, Mrs Mildred Groff. Quar
ryville R 3, and Mrs Paul
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Guernsey Men
Hold School
On Judging
The job of the cattle breed
er is to mate the cow to a bull
that will pass on the desired
characteristics to the calf,
Guernsev breeders were told
at a practice judging session
Wednesday at the faim of
Raymond Witraer, Willow*
Stieet Rl
Witmer in. renewing the
placmgb of a class of aged
cows said if a cow is over re
fined. she should be bred to a
bull that passes strength to his
oflspnng If the cow is too
rugged, she should be bred to
a bull who transmits quality
to his calves. This is the job
of the breeder, as I see it, he
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 28, 1962
Cattle Show
On Every Day
At SPABC
Every day next week will
see a dairv show on the South
eastern Pennsvlvama Artificial
Breeding Cooperative grounds
on the Route 230 bvpass
Brown Swiss breeders will
open the proceedings on Mon
da) when about 50 of the big.
plac'd cows will compete in
a special show or cantons four
and fne of Pennsjliania
A total of 439 progeny of
the SPABC sires ha\e been
entered in the annual show
of the cooperatue which gets
underwaj on Tuesday with the
judging of the colored breeds
The count) 4-H club members
will exhibit their pioject heif
ers in the colored breeds on
Tuesday evening On the fol
lowing day, the 4-H Holstein
club will exhibit.
SPABC progeny will again
enter the ring on Thursday
morning when the Holstems
will be judged To round out
the week, approximately 240
Holstems will again parade
on Frida) u. tne annual South
east District Black and
White show The number of
entries in the Holstein show
make'- it the o.ggest on record
for the d strict
Breakdown b) breeds in the
SPABC show is as follows
A)rsmre, 69, Brown Swiss
31, Guernsey, 78, Holstein,
199, and Jersex. 62 Last
year’s entries totaled 364 head
In the 4-H classes there will
be 17 Ayrslures, six Brown
. ~
County Plowing Champ
Is Everett Kreider of Buck
Nearlv 20 0 spectator saw
the gleaming moldboards ot
Everett Ki eider’s tlnee bottom
plow tin u ovei the dusty soil
to win the 1962 county plow
ing contest Monday
The 4 2 veai old danyman
fiom Quan >Mile R 1 outpoint
ed the nine othei plowmen to
win the light to lepiesent
Laucastei Cot ntv in the le\el
land d'vision ot the state plow
ing matches at Heishey ne\t
month
Judges called attention to
the eaiemely smooch finishing
tin iow and the level back fal
low of the winning plot Ktei
dei was only tom inches tiom
the boundi y maikei toi a
veiy close toleiance on the
neiriv level plot
Kieidei s 526 point scoie
was onlv 14 points bettei than
the score racked up by Mei nn
Shelly Lititz Rl, whose tiac
Breeder’s Role Plotted
At Holstein Field Day
With service axailable to al
most any bull in the United
States and Canada through the
use of frozen semen, there is
a great temptation for daii)-
men to breed cows to “the
hottest bull to come down the
pike” County Holstein Breed
ers were told Thursday
Donald Seipt, manager of
Kevstone Farms, Easton, Pa
told the 600 people attending
the annual Holstein breeders
field day. breeders sometimes
bring entirel) too man) dif
ferent genes into then dairy
herds through the use ot aiti
ticial insemination.
County Is Not Disaster Area
But Crops Still Need Rainfall
Light and scattered rams in
the county early this week
brought some relief to parch
ed crops, but most farmers felt
it was only a temporaly re
prieve for the doomed corn
and hay crops unless moie
ram is on the way.
The rams had some bearing
on the decision of the countv
tarm disaster committee to re
train from asking for drought
disaster status at the meeting
Wednesday.
The committee issued a
statement at the close of its
session which said, we ha\e
gone on record not to declaie
Lancaster a drought disaster
area If conditions do not
improxe, we will tall a meet
ing m about 10 dais toi
furthei discussion
The committee consists if
Fred Seldonmdse cluuim.m
of the Lancaster Couutv Ag
ricultural Stabilisation ami
Conservation Committee M
M Smith, Countv Agncultuie
Ag'ent. and Richard Hoover,
county supervisor of the Far
t i ' i " «'r - '
$2 Per Year
tor pulled a two-bottom trail
ing plow, one of the three
tiailing plows in the contest
Anothei Lititz aiea farmer,
Forne> Longeneekei Lititz
R 3, tini&hed in thud place in
the competition on the Roy
H Gnibei taim also at Lititz
R 3
All of the fil'd three wm
neis weie ceteians of former
counfv plowing contests Shelly
was the winnei in 1 *>bo but
could not go to the state con
test he did not compete last
>eai Longeneekei is one of
the coiisibcmit competitors, ai
wavs finishing up among the
top contendeis
In the 14bl matches, Kreid
ei w r as on hand as a contes
tant but he also came to
leai n
Atter Monday's contest, Mrs
Kieidei said “He sa>d right
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Seipt traced the breeding of
the Kei stone bleeding pro
gram to four sires He said lie
did not mean to condemn arti
ficial breeding or detract frohi
the obi ions fact that herd av
eiages haie been increased
through AI, but he believed a
sounder breeding program can
be built around the use of
fewer herd sues
Seipt said purebred Holstein,
breeders haie a responsibility
to theniseli es their families,
to the breed and to their
Maker to leaie something bet
ter than thei tound in the
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mers Home Administration,
and tiio farmer adnsors. Mil
ton Brubaker Lititz Rl, and.
Lems Bi\ler. Marietta Rl.
The committee said the
rains had improied county con
ditions somen hat. and the
decision not to ask for federal
status as a diought stricken
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
Temperatures during the
ne\t fite days are expected
to axeiage two to tour de
vices below the normal ran*
ge of 65 at night to 85 la
the jiiteinoon. A rising trend
is expected through the week
end turning cooler about
Monday. Precipitation will
be scattered show ers and
tlinndershow ers late Sunday
and Monday, and may to
tal .1 to .5 inch.
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