—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 28, 1962
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HIGH WINDS AND DRY SOIL combined to cause
this scene at the county plowing contest Monday Five
tractors and plows were in line across the field, but
most are hidden from view by the clouds of dust The
contest was held on the Roy H Garber farm, Lititz
R 3. L F. Photo
• Plowing Champ
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a,l aj altei the contest Inst
jt u he saw things he could
nnpicne' .Uis Kieidei the
jouthlui looking mothei ot
fue child) en beamed witn
pleasure o\ei hei husband s
win but declined to pose tm
a pictuie with the champion
p’ow man
This >eai his ohsei t ations
ot last \eai were put to use
Kieidei measured the amount
ot land tinned bv each pass ot
Ins John Deere 525 three bot
tom two ivai tumbler plow
He laid olt Ins plot allowing
lust enough land to> Ins back
tin lows
He said he will allow two Anangemenls were made bv
inches loi lav ot land in the £j,e committee of Elmer V
state contest it fheie is any Good chjlrman m m Smith,
slope on his plot at Heishey w M aitm Muth Robert Hen-
His plot at the Gaiber tarm ne Elvm Hess Hemy H
was neaily level, but the Hackman, and Roy Brubaker
blight sidewavs slope threw
his cab illations olt just about
two inches acioss the plot
Kieidei believes the measnr
mg he did on his home tarm
ot 100 acies was one ol the
big tactois in the contest but
he said it w r as a combination
of seveial things “My shares
weie worn just light - not too Fift} four head of bleeding
new oi too worn out and I swine went under the auctione
didn t look back as much this er s hammer Thursday night
vcar lou must dine stiaight at Gie annua i sa i e D f the Lan
on that back tunow and know cas t e) Countv Swine Breeders
inst wheie to dine Association
He also gave ciedit to his Foitv-tive summer hied
eiiuipment and to its ddpist- o,[ts aveiaged Sll5 and nine
ment Coulteis made the du- hoais aveiaged SSS tor a sale
leienie beie todav he said totdl of ,379 - j0
Coulteis made the difteience Top gllt of t “ he sale a Yoik
-111 lea ring a smooth 01 lagged s h llei consigned bv Leon
tunow wall in the div soil lno j(j Lebanon and pur-
Plovv's with faulty coulter ad- biased bv Kenneth L Seller,
jiistment in the dustj ground p drac ] Jbe ’ri
lipped chunks out of the fur- The top-selling boar was a
low wall lesnltmg in uneven p nroc consigned bv Masonic
tin lows Home Farms, Elizabethtown,
Claiming an advantage in and bought by Harry D. Keen
ihe haid gionnd for the heavv ei . Robesoma
tlnee bottoms Kieider said Paul Z Martin was auctione
• Christ Miller had trouble er j- or Gle sale held in the
with his plow pushing out too Paul z Mdrtin &ale b arn in
t.u and not cutting a full fur- Ri ue R a u g ale manager was
Millei last jear’s win- Eai 1 Fisher, East Earl Rl, and
nci finished out ol the 11b- t [ e , b association secretary
bons in the contest this week Jame!) z Martin, Christiana
he used a two-bottom trailmg
The association fmld dav is
Othei plaungs in the con- sche dnled to- todav on the
tist wee 4 Me,le Giolt La a- ta , m of c barren Leminger,
(.ister HI <jiul • Mailm L j^ UNej j» »
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i ovv
Oi'k*i court st mis included
1i! < i). 11 f 1 fj i oil Litil7 11! Ver
non II Good Lit n > 111 (hi Ist
Millti i:ii/ (hot lit own U 1 \\ ,1-
i)i i \l< lion.ild Lancaster 11. some 10 breeders and their
<■ iiri Knn I'ntz 1. 1 1it7 111 i imihes judged the five classes
Sponsois oi the contest the oi Guernsey and discussed
Lancasrei t’oiinu Soil Conser- their platings with onieual
iat ion Distnct Unmshed pri7- judge, Lee Yost manager of
es including a permanent and V>\no Farms
challenge trophy plus 515 00 The judging school -was
for the winner, a $lO cash sponsored by the county
prize and fire gallons of‘oil Guernsey Association.
foi second place and j and
S J toi thud and fouith place
i espec tn elv_ The nstuct mil
also pav to have the vviunei s
equipment titicked to the state
contest to he held in (oniunt
tion with the tust annual Isa
tional Giasslands Field Dais
at Keishev on August 17
Judges toi Mondaj s event
vveie J Aithui Rohtoi Stias
hing 111 Hanv Shaettei as
sociate Countv Agent tiom
Lebanon Countv and Can oil
Thompson teachei ol Voca
tional Agncultuie fi 0111 Spnng
Giove Yoik Countv Henrv
Wooding, Agncultuie Engmeei
fiom the Pennsvlvama State
Unneisitv was managei or
the event
Gilts Average
$ll5 At Sale
Of Association
• Guernsey Men
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