VOL. 7 N 0.4- J
TWO ANGUS STEERS WON TOP SPOTS at the Manheim Farm show
this week. Wilbur Hosier, Manheim R 3, left, showed the Grand Champion for the
second consecutive year. The reserve champion was exhibited by Terry Petticoffer,
Elizabethtown Rl. L. F. Photo.
Manheim Dairy Show Winners
Include One Repeat Champion
A three year old Avishire
cotv overcame the handicap oL
showing drj m the Manheim
Farm Show to take the Gland
Championship tor the show
for the second consecutive
year.
Judy Floiv, Lititz R 2, the
12 year old daughter of Mr
and; ‘Mrs. Llovd G Floiv,
showed Florjdale Beautena to
the .purple rosette after taking
the-senior championship of the
breed with the cow, and the
junior championship with her
Farm Calendar
Oct. D- 7 30 pm. Countv
Soil conservation district
meets with the associate
directors m the Production
Credit building on Roseville
Read.
Oct. 9 7pm Lancaster
■County Farmeis Association
annual .banquet at Hostett
er’s in Mount Joy
Oct. 10 4 30 pm Coun
ty teachers of vocational
agricultine meet at the Eph
rata High School
Oct. 11 Business Farm Da\
In Lancastei County
Oct 11 S pm CounU
Young Faimeia Association
meets at the Lampetei-
Strashurg High School. To
bacco marketing panel
Oct. 12 6 45 pm Countv
4-H dairj club banquet at
Hostetler's in Mount Jo\.
lumor vearlmg
Beautena was third in the
open class at the 1961 Farm
Show in Harrisburg, while
Thin sdav's junior champion,
stood at the top of the senior
calf class at the same state
show
Another countv bred cow
took the championship of the
Holstein classes Richaid Zim
merman herdsman for Wilbur
Hiestand, Salunga, showed a
four year old cow to the top
of that breed
The cow, Wick-Haven Ane
tta Roburke, was bred by A.
W Wickenheiser. Salunga, but
purchased by Hiestand at a
state Holstein sale as a year
ling.
Following are the placmgs
AYRSHIRE
Jr Calf —1, Barbara Ann
Kupp. Manheim R 3, 2, Linda
Eshleman. Elizabethtown Rl.
Sr Call —1, Sandra
man, Elizabethtown Rl: 2.
Linda Eshleman
Jr Yearling 1. Judy
Plory. Lititz R 2 (Jr Ch )
Sr Yearling —1, Donna
Eshleman, Elizabethtown Rl
2 Linda Eshleman, C Barbara
Ann Kupp
Two-Year-Old 1. Barbara
Ann Kupp
Three-Year-Old I, Judy
Florv (Sr, and Gr Ch )
Four-Year-Old —1, Barb
ara Ann Kupp
Produce of Dam 1. Judy
Flory (Produce of Cone Creek
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6, 1962
Stockyards -
Open Hons©
Is Planned
The Laacastei Stock Yaids,
the largest Terminal Livestock
Market m the East lias plann
ed five discussion meetings
with larmeis, niarketmen and
county Agents, to take place
during the month of October.
National Livestock Markets
Month
The Yards are festooned
with flags and bunting, offi
ces throughout the area are
vying for honors in decorat
ing Farmers and business men
have been muted to tour the
2S acres of vards during the
month.
Final windup of the obser
vance will take place Friday,
October 26. when an open
Hou&e with Farmers Field
Day, Free Lunch and Feeder
Calf Sale will be the features
Truckers will display their
accommodations before farm
ers who will tour the pens oi
the livestock commission men
wnere cattle of all grades and
size will be shown There will
be go\ernment exhibits to the
interest of the livestock feed-
I- Ha-rislnua Tuesclav
Governor David L Lawrence
proclaimed to the "people ot
tse Commonwealth of Penn
svhama that October be des
ignated National Terminal
L vestock Market Month and
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I 1 1 < * 1
Hosier Shows Champion
At Manheim Beef Show
'Wilbm Hosier came within
one class ot lepeatuig Jus 11)61
clean sweep ot the Manheun
Fan Beet Show M ednesdai
night
The 20 tear old 4-H’er fiom
Manheim R 3, nudged the f)SO
pound Hitt Faims Angus call
into the top spot in the field
of 3G steeis.
In the showmanship contest
Hosiers pei feet foim won the
nod fiom judge Tom Dobios
kv, comm agent fiom Voik
Hoslei handled seieial steeis
in the show exchanging steeis
Blocky Angus Wins At
New Holland Beef Show
A block!. 1000 pound Ang
us waddled awav with the
purple rosette of the Grand
Championship in the New
Holland Baby Beef Club
roundup at New Holland Fair
Thursday
The champion, owned and
entered by IS year old Richard
Beaman, 2554 Creek Hill
Road, was shown b> Harold,
15, a brother of Richard.
The steer’s owner, a gradu
ate of Conestoga Valley High
School who found it impossi
ble to be away from his job
on Thursday, realized nearlv
$6OO from the sale of his pro
ject after the show
The top steer was purchased
by the New Holland Sales
Stables, site of the show, foi
top price of 5 5 cents a pound
The reseive champion, a
Heieford, shown In Mane
Grumbme 2450 Hoiseshoe
Roads weighed 1040 and was
pui chased by H D Matz,
Sheridan R 1 for 40 cents a
pound
In the open show, William
Fisher, East Earl Rl, beat out
Lany Weaver, New Holland
Rl. The steers stood in the e
vetse position at the Lampeter
Young Farmers
Meet Features
Tobacco Market
Tobacco marketing will be
the subject for discussion at
the County Young Farmers
Association meeting next
Thursday night
A panel ot tobacco company
officials will discuss tobacco
qualitv cultural practices (in
cluding use of MH-30). wluu
makes tobacco puces and the
new -varieties ot seedleaf as
the Lampetei Chapter hosts
the countv YFA at a meeting
m the Lampetoi-Stiasbui
High School at S p m
Aecoidmg to Geoige Mveis
advisor of the Lampetei "t FA,
the panel will be composed of
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$2 Per Year
with seieial othei showmen, ia
pioMiig his skill at the art of
exhibiting beet Last yeai,
Hoslei went on to take the fit'
ting contest but this year
failed to place in the top three
“I knew I wouldn’t win that”
the fainiei-ductioneei said, “I
■didn’t haie tune to wash him
enough ’
A second Angus fiom the
Hut Famis Landenbeig, Pa,
was shown to the reserve
champion spot In Tern Pet
ticohei Elizabethtown R 3
Petticofiei the 17 \eai old soa
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show a week earlier
The fitting championship
went to Elxm Hess, Bareville
Rl, and Cail Weaver, Natf
Holland RX took the show
manship contest
Following aie the placiaga
in the show
ANGUS
1, Richard Leaman, 2554
Hill Rd (grand cham
pion) 2, Elvm Hess, Barevall®
Rl. 3 William Fisher, East
Earl Rl, 4. Rov Bowman, New
Holland Rl, 5, Larry Hiffh,
Bareville
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Barbecues Begin
At PouL Center
The Lancaster County
Poultrj Association announc
ed this week that the popular
Satuidaj Chicken Barbecues
will be resumed on October
13 at the Poultiy Center on
the 230 Bjpass
The Barbecues, which were
discontinued during the sum
mer months, will again offer
carrj-out chicken halves from.
2 to 5 p m. on the grounds at
the blpass and Roseville Road.
The Barbecues are one meth
od by which the Poultry As
sociation raises lunds to pay
otf the remaining mortgage on
the building
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
ne\t fne duvs are expected
to average near or slightly
above the noim.il of
4<) at night to 70 in 'the
afternoon. Tattle daj to/d»y
thange m teinpei attires is
expected. Precipitation will,
piobablj total well over *
hall inch, e»pec iall> nearer
the coast. iscatteied showers
Saturd.iv vvill he followed
b,v more general rain Sunday
ot Monda>.