VOL. 7 NO. 59 WINNERS IN THE 4-H Dairy show Thursday proudly display their animals. Top left with the champ ion Brown Swiss county group are. L to R, Donald Trimble, Gerald Kreider showing the heifer of Joyce Kreider, and Paul Trimble, all of Quarryville Rl. Phyl lis Hoover, Gap Rl, was not present for the picture. At top right the Guernsey county group includes. L to K, Richard Ankrum, Peach Bottom; Suzanne Mumraa, Drought Aid Requested By Farmers Here The Lancaster County Dis aster Emergency Relief com mittee met Thursday to ap prove the application for four farmers for drought aid. The four may harvest grass for hay or pasture on land previously letired from pro duction undfer the conservation reserve program, but the value of any forage removed from 'meh diveited acies will be deducted from government Payments to the farmer under Idle progiam The four farms, one each In Mount Joy, East Donegal, Mar t'c, and East Lampeter Town ships repiesent only a small traction of the approximately 8,000 aues now under the Farm Calendar 5 - 8 pni Red Rose Bain- Beef and Lamb 4-H Club annual beet barbecue in the Penryn Picnic woods. Sept 6-4 30 pm meeting County teacheis of Vocational Agriculture meets at the Elizabethtown School. Sept. 8 - ii a m - State Ham pshire Sheep Field Day at ©reem Meadows Farms, Bare- Tillo. •Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1, 1962 program, according to Miss Doiothy Neel, Manager of the Lancaster Office of the Agri cultural Conservation and Sta bilization Committee. Miss Neel said other farm ers m the count> will be eligible for reduced freight rat es on hay as soon as the rail load companies receive certi fication from the Federal Gov. and that Lancaster County has been classified as a drought emergency area In order to take advantage of the reduced freight rates, tarmers will need co get certi lication from the county ASC office that he will feed the ha> to livestock on his farm. Meanwhile, a five month ex tension of the period for re duced freight rates on hay shipped into drought disaster areas was reported this week b\ State Agriculture Secretary William L Henning on his return from a special con teience with U S Agriculture officials in Washington The 75 per cent rate on hay gi anted by eastern railroads was scheduled to expire Oct ober 31. It will now continue in effect until March 31, 1963, Secretary Henning said The move was in line with the recent extension by the U. S Department of agriculture in extending grazing and haying permits on reserve acreage in disaster areas from August 31 to November 15. and Mary Ellen Mumma, Manheim, and Evan Lapp, Kinzers Rl. In the lower left picture Marilyn Harnish, Quarryville R 2; Judy Flory, Lititz Rl; James Esben shade, Quarryville R 2, and Donna Eshleman, Eliza bethtown, exhibit the champion Ayrshire group. The Holstein exhibitors with their champion group are low er right. They are,"L to R, Averril L. Royer, 2025 Oregon Pike; Richard Shelly, Manheim Rl; Lorae Har bold, and Robert Hoover, Denver R 2. L. F. Photos DHIA Directors Plan Banquet The Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association de cided this week to hold the annual banquet at noon again this year. Up until last year the ban quet had always been held during the evening, but be cause of the snow storm which kept the 1960 banquet attend ance at a minimum, the direct ors voted to hold the meeting at noon on a trial basis tor one year. Directors meeting Monday night at the Farm Bureau Building voted to con tinue the afternoon meeting because ot the success last Aiar The tentative date for the banquet was set for the week following the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January. The specific date will be announc ed alter the committee has made final arrangements Three committees appointed by president Jason Weaver were Banquet place and meal committee, Banquet program committee and the committee to select the outstanding test er in the county Committee members were as follows Banquet site, John Jacob Oberholtzer, Leoa, chair man; Irvin R. Musser, Mount Joy Rl, and Hayes Hastings, Kirkwood Rl, Banquet pro- gram, Paul Hess, Lititz Rl, chairman, Robert Hess, Stras burg Rl. and Elam Bollinger, Gordonville To choose out standing tester, Robert Mc- Sparran. Peach "Bottom, chair man; Leon Summers. Gap Rl, Gray bill Gibble. Manheim R 3. Charles Tindall. Peach Bottom and Kenneth Skiles, Karvon R 2. Wheat Vote Is Light; Negative Lancaster County farmers Thursday continued true to form as they turned down national wheat quotas for the 10th time by a vote of 47 to 4 with six ballots being challeng ed at the polls. Historically, farmers in the Garden Spot Oiave rejectee wheat quotas in every refer endum, but they have been outvoted nationally as they were again this week In Thursday’s voting only about 7 2 per cent of the 795 eligible -voters tuined out to cast ballots at the eight community polls, according to Miss Dorothy Neel, office manager of the Lancaster Co unty Agricultural Conservat ion and Stabilization office. However, the turnout was better than the 5 7 per cent of the approximately 2,800 (Continued on Page 4) $2 Per Year County 4-H Dairymen Win Honors Two Grand Champions, one Resell e Championship, and foui out of the fi\e county gioup championships supplied decoiaaions for mantles as local 4-H \oungsteis furnish ed stiff competition Thursday .11 the 14-counti Southeast Distnct 4-H dau\ show ' The FFA regional dairy show n.b held Friday at the Guernsey Sales Pavil ion, but no results were av ailable at pi ess time. Blossomelle Zsa Zsa contin ued her winning ways ’With Aieiril Lindel Royer 2025 Oiegon Pike Lancaster, at the Haltei Zsa Zsa remained un beaten in class competition as a two year old and went on to garner the Grand Champ ionship of the Holstein class es, repeating her success in last year's distnct show'. Glenhurst Dixie Blossom hi ought a smile to the lace of her owner. Marilyn Harnish Quanyville R 2, as she collect ed her fifth Grand Champion rosette in the distnct show. Both the Grand Champions led tneir respective breeds to the championship in the coun ty groups of four animals. Teaming with Miss Royer were Richard Shelly, Manheim R 3; Lorae Harbold, Elizabethtown, and Robert Hooier, Denver R 2 Judy Ann Plory, Lititz Rl; James Esbenshade. Quarryville R 2, and Donna K. Eshleman Elizabethtown Rl, joined Miss Harmsh and “Blossom” to bring the group championship to the Garden Spot. The Reserve Champion of the Guernsey breed was Spring Locke N. Jew el, exhibited by Richard Ankrum, Peach Bot tom. Combining with Suz anne and Mar.\ Ellen Mumma, Manheim Rl, and Evan Lapp, Kmzers Rl, Richard led the county group to the champion ship m that breed Four of the first six Brown Swiss 4-H cahes in Lancaster (Continued on Page 16) FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturdaj -Wednesday Temperatures during: the next fixe dajs are expect ed to axerage more than seven degrees above the normal range of CO at night to 80 m the afternoon. Vorj xv arm xveather is ex pected to continue in. the area through Saturdaj and Sundaj xvith a cooling trend by Tucsdaj and Wednesday. Precipitation maj total .1 to .5 inch of rain falling as scattered shoxx’crs or thundorshoxv ers late Mon day.
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