VOL. 7 NO. 43 4-Jr-
Lampeter Dairy Champions
CHAMPION COWS IN THE HOLSTEIN AND GUERNSEY" judging at the
Lampeter Fair are exhibited by their owners. Nearest the camera is the Guernsey
of Rohrer Witmer, Willow Street R 2. The Holstein was shown by J. Mowery Frey,
Jr.,-1717 Hans Herr Drive. L. F. Photo.
New Holland Future Farmers
To Fly To National Convention
The seven seniors in voca
tional agriculture at the New
Holland High School along
with their teacher, will
the national comention of Fu
ture Farmers of America at
Kansas City next month as the
guests of the New Holland Ma
chine Companv
The Future Fanners will fly
in the company’s pm ate plane
Other county Future Faim
ers Attending the convention
will include Paul Trimble,
-Qaarryville Rl, and Claience
Bauman, Lancaster R 7, state
FFA officers, Harold Brubak-
Farm Calendar
Oct. I—Deadline for entries m
the Pennsylvania Livestock
Exposition
Oct. I—Deadline for entries in
the Eastern National Live-
stock Exposition.
Oct 2,3, 4 —Noitheast Poul
try Producers Council
(NEPPCO) annual meeting
in Harrisburg
Oct. 3—6 30 PM —Baby Beef
stow at Manheim Faun
Show.
8 p.m—Countiv and West
ern Music on the stage at
Manheim Fai m Show
8 p.m —Countv 4-H Beef
Club meets at Lampetei
School.
Oct. 4—l P M —Swine show
and Steei show at the Few
Holland Fan
11 a.m—Danv judging cla
sses at the Manheim Faim
Show.
1 p.m.—'Parade at the Man
, ,lo*;
er. Mount Joy, state champion
FFA" dairy judge, and Jerry
Breneman of Penn Manor High
School, third place in the state
FFA livestock judging contest
Three Calves
Are Awarded To
Future Farmers
Three dairy cattle breed as
sociations presented purebred
calv es to as many Future
Farmers Friday morning at the
West Lampeter Community
Fair.
The Holstem-Fnesian calf,
out of the herd of John J.
Herr, Mount Joy Rl, was won
by Stanley Graver, Gypsy Hill
Road He is a student at the
Lampeter - Strasburg High
School.
Shoemaker Brothers, Kirk
wood Rl, supplied the Guer
nsey heifer won by John
Campbell, Box 57, New Hoi-
laud John is a student in vo
cational agriculture at the
Garden Spot High School
The Ajrshire calf was fur
nished by Dav.d Harmsh,
Quarrvville R 2, and won by
Thomas Zartman, Ephrata Rl,
a 9th grade student at the
Ephrata High School
The bo>s won the calves on
the basis of a written applica
tion of the three bred associa
tions They agreed to raise the
heifers under the supervision
of their teachers of vocational
agriculture and sell them only
in order to further their educa
tions. !
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 29, 1962
Earl Livengood
Wins Lampeter
Swine Show
Seventeen year old Earl
Livengood ot IG4B Mornmg
side Drive, Lancaster, swept
the market hog division of the
V, est Lampeter Fair Wednes
dav Top award in the breed
ing swine division went to
John Stoner, Strasburg Rl,
for his aged Yorkshue sow
Livengood, who farms with
his parents, Hr and Mrs Pha
res Livengood, took the pen
ot-two classes with two heavy
weight Yorkshires averaging
257 pounds, and the pen-of
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Four Countians
Will Judge
At NEPPCO
Four county youths will re
present 4-H and FPA next
week at the annual meeting ot
the Northeast Poultry Produc
ers Council in Harrisburg
Competing with 11 other
state teams from the North
eastern section of the United
States in the 4-H poultri .
judging contest will be the
Lancaster Count} team of
Rogei Stonei. Robeit Hoo\er.
and Kenneth Dombaeh state
winners at the Penns\haiiia
4-H judging days earlier this
year Assistant county agent
Wmthrop Mernam, is coach
of the team.
Carson Kauffman. Willow-
Street Rl, a member of the,.
Future Farmers of America
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Idsr: if: : ,
Only One Repeat Champ
In Lampeter Dairy Show
Only one grand champion
lepeated last jeai’s peifor
mance in the Lampeter Fan
Dauj show at the Lampeter
Community giounds Thuis
dav
Roluei Witmei, Willow
Stieet R 2 showed Mac Dag
lime Sophia a fom-v eai-old
to the pin pie losette of the
gueinsev du ision toi the sec
ond consemtue leai Doiotln
Gaibti, Willow Stieet R 2.
Lampeter Fair Beef Show
Is Won By Larry Weaver
A 1G veai old Futme Fai
niei with a panchant toi giv-
ing steei s unusual names
showed Ins 925 pound angus
to the gland campionship of
the West Lampeter Fair beef
show Wednesday night.
I.an v Weav ei New Holland
Rl. son of Mr and Mrs Les
ter Weaver, best out all com
petition with “Pap" to score
his second grand champicm
ship in as many years Last
year at the New Holland Fair
tarry took the purple rosette
with an Angus named John
Nolt
The West Lampeter champ
ion which was bought last year
at the Garden Spot feeder
calf sale' from a consignment
by S. K Shotsbergei’s farm
Wesley Mast
In Clean Sweep
At Ephrata Fair
Wesley Mast, El verson Rl.
showing a flashy 950 pound
Angus steer took all three top
awards at the Ephrata Pair
Beef Show Thursday night
The Kinloch Farms - bred
black was tapped for grand
champion of the show and
strutted his stuff to help Wes
ley collect the fitting and
showing awards as well
Nancy Frey, Marietta Rl,
had her reserve champion, a
Hereford, fitted well enocgh
to place next to the champion
in the grooming class as well
as the type judging.
Gerald H°ss, a former 4-H
member from Ehzabethtow n
and now assistant county agent
in Northumberland County,
was judge of the event His
.Job was complicated by the
heavy downpour which toiced
the showing inside to the tie
up area of the Kellei biuldnis
The 15 Angus and eight Heie
fords competed foi standing
room in the hotly contested
showmanship contest
Following are the placing*
in the show
ANGUS
1. Wesley Mast, Eherson
RIT 2. Mae Mast, Eherson
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$2 Per Year
took leserve championship
honors with a junior calf.
J Mowen Frey, Ji., 1717
Hans Hen Drive, showed Oak
ton B B Mi&tiess Jo, a five
leai-old New Yoik hied Hol
stein cow, to the top spot of
the black and white division
ot the show J Robeit Hess,
Stiasbuig R 1 repeated as the
resene champion wnnner in
the bleed competition Junior
champion in Holstein compe
(Contmued on page 4)
in Lebanon county, will be en
teied as a summer yearling i*
the Pennsylvania Livestock
exposition and the Eastern
National Livestock exposition
at Timomunr, Maryland
Reserve champion, a Here
ford, was shown by Dortrthy
Grott. 11, a 4-H club member
from Lancaster R 7. The 1100
pound white face, named Pol-
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Rabies Outbreak
Noted In Two
Penn’a Counties
HARRISBURG
Pennsylvania state agencies,
the Department of Agriculture
and the Game Commission,
joined toda\ in a combined ef
foit to wipe out a persistent
rabies threat in two northern
tier counties w here fourteen
cases have been leported since
last Januarv 1
Officials of the two agencies
said fo\es, skunks and rac
coons tv ere known carriers of
the disease and were believed,
to have transmitted it to-do
mestic animals in Bradford
and Tioga Counties.
'Bradford County known -eas
es have included three cows
and three foxes. In Tioga
County, the disease has been
found in three cows, three
cats, one dog and one fox.
Neither county reported a rab
ies case in 1961.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
nevt tne dajs are expected
to average tu o to seven
degrees below the normal
range ot 52 at night to 73
in the afternoon. A cooler
trend wall develop bj batnr
daj and little daj to day
change is expected thereaf
ter. Less titan a half inch of
rain is expected falling
mainly near the end of the
period. 1
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