VOL. 7 NO. AS . ; r j
BEEF COMES OUT OF THE PIT READY TO EAT, and hungry citizens of
southern Lancaster County soon took care of seeing that it was eaten Here the
committee from the Solanco Fair board examines one of the first roasts Left to
right are committee chairman Jason Weaver, Fair board president, John Hoff
man',"Fred Linton, Everett Kreider (face in shadow), and Fred Frey. Three hun
dred pounds of beef was cooked for 12 hours over a bed of coals in the pit cover
ed with roofing and soil. L. F. Photo.
Barbecued “Beef In A Pit”
Cooked By Solanco Fair
Three hundred pound? of
beef, and we served evei>
scrap right down to the table
top, said John Hoftraan as he
described the fust “pit barbe
cue” sponsored by the Solanco
Fair Association last Saturdai.
Volunteers fiom the fair
Farm Calendar
Oct. 26 9 am 4-H En
tomology Club roundup at
the Farm Bureau building,
'DHlerville Road.
Oct 22 8 p in 4-H Lead*
eft Council executive board
meeting at the home of Mrs.
Herbert Ro>er, 2025 Oreg
on Pike.
Oct. 22-23 Regional Land
and People Conference spon
sored by the US. Depai t
ment of Agncultuie in co
■oaeration with state and
local governments Sheraton
Hotel, Philadelphia.
Oct 35 2 30 p m Voik-
Lamcaster Area Future Fai
mers of America Leadeiship
Training Conference m the
Solanco High School
7 30 Lancaster Count}
PoHiltry Association Banquet
at Hostettei’s Banquet hall
in Mount Jov
8 pm. Halloween part\
for the combined 4-H daily
clubs of the county, at the
Lampeter Community gro
unds.
Oct. 27 Eastern District 4-
1 1 tractor driving contest at
Schuylkill Hav en.
boaid weie so pleased with
the response to their first at
tempt at this new tentuie that
thev aie hoping to make it an
annual aftair. Hodman, who
is piesident of the boaid said
this week
Seteial of the local fann
fan boaids finding it inereas
mgh moie difficult to finance
the exhibitions, have turned to
pne oi more fund-raising acti
vities outside of fair season.
The West Lampeter Fair asso
ciation has sponsored chicken
barbecues for several years,
but it appears that Solanco is
alone m trying the idea with
beef.
Fred Frey, Quarryt die R 2,
a breeder of purebred angus
cattle, serving as “pit fore-
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Poultry Banquet
Date Announced
The annual banquet of the
Lancaster Count> Poultry As
sociation will be held ne\t
Thursday at Hostetter’s ban
quet hall in Mount Jo>, Joe
Wolgemuth, committee chair
man said this week
On the program will be Paul
F Osborn who will present a
color mo\ le with comments on
points of interest on his three
month trip around the world
Entertainment will be fur
nished by the Garden Spotters
quartette
The meal is scheduled to
begin at 6:30 pm on October
25.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20, 1962
Livestock Tour
Will Inspect
Maryland Farms
Lancaster Count\ s annual
livestock tour will take in foui
stops on die Eastern Shoie of
Maryland this year County
agent Ma\ M Smith said this
■week
The tour is scheduled to be
held on Nov ember 1, but any
inteiested person should make
resen anons with the county
agent s ottice by Monday Oct
ober Smith said
Stops will include visits at
two steer feeding operations,
one beef breeding farm and
one swine feeding program.
At Andelot Stock Farms,
Worton, IVId , the visitors Mill
see 300 Angus cows and 100
brood sows on a 3,000 acre
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Annual FFA Leadership Training
Conference Slated For Solanco
Solanco High School has
been designated as the site of
the annual York-L-ancaster
area Future Farmers Leader
ship training conference
While the officers of the lo
cal chapters in both counties
will he responsible for mou
ot the program, a panel of
girls will also hate an oppor
tunitv to be heard
Girls who have been elected
FFA Chapter Sweethearts will
gite their news on what the>
expect from the boys Thej
will express their tiews on
how well they think the boys
live up to the theme. “An FFA
officer is always a gentleman ”
A parliamentary drill will
Vegetable Growers Reject
Proposed Market Co-op
Vegetable and fiuit groweis
of the countv turned thumbs
down on the formation of a
pioposed maiketmg coopeia
tive Wednesday night
Meeting in the auditorium
of the Farm Buieau coopeia
tive, the gioweis unanimously
opposed the foinnng of a co
opeiative to maiket more than
one commodity Individauls in
the gioup expressed the desne
to see some kind of marketing
aiiangement between piodue
eis of some paiticulai com
modities
Giower sentiment, as ex
pressed in the meeting was
ovei whelmingh opposed to
the idea despite the obvious
urging of H H (Cluck) Bro
dy, a vegetable biokei who had
lequested the coimtv exten
sion service to call the meet
ing.
Commissioners Would Initiate
Surplus Food Program For County
Lancaster County Commis
sioners wo aid be willing to
initiate a surplus tood piogram
toi the county it theie weie
enough interest e\pi essed by
the local political subdivision
officials. Abiam Snvdei, County
Commissionei told membeis
ot the Lancastei County Agn
cultmal Council Tlunsdav
night
Snyder said theie lias not
been veiv much enthusiasm
toi such a piogiam to the
piesent time “We have had no
moie than four or fue in
quu les pei 3 eat ’ about such
a piogiam he said
In neaily all cases the re
quests ha\e come fiom pei
sons Mho hate mot ed into the
county from an area vvheie a
surplus food piogram is in
opeiation Lancaster County is
He said he believed the pio
gram should be given serious
consideration, but that town
ship supervisors and other lo
cal subdivision officials Mould
be in a better position to know
one of the few in the state
be conducted by Paul Tnmbel,
Quarryville Rl, the state as
sociation FFA treasurer, and
Clarence Bauman, Lancaster
R 7, state association sentinel
Teachers of vocational agn
cultuie from both counties
will conduct practice in Parli
amentary practice and public
speaking, and will dull the
officers in the duties of the
office to which they hate
■been elected
Toastmaster at the annual
banquet will be Paul Welle,
Strasburg Rl president of the
Lancaster Count\ association
Jerry Snader. Ephrata Rl,
count> chaplain will hate the
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$2 Per Year
Paul Rowe, piesidenl of the
Lancastei Countj Vegetable
gioweis association made it
cleat tiom the beginning that
the pioducers had not request
ed the meeting but weie there
b> in\itation
John Gauss Faimei Cooper
atne Specialist fiom the
Penns'lvania State Unnersity
led oft the discussion bv out
lining fom basic essentials of
a cooperatne He said there
must be an economic need and
a demand and asked “What
can a coopeiatue do for you
that ion can not now do for
\ oui self 9
Theie must be membeiship
suppoit he continued, explain
ing that two thuds of all eo
opeiatnes termed soon fail
because membeis do not sup
poit then organization They
(Continued on Page 43
without such a program.
Last jear more foods were
added which make the pro
giam moie attractive, but
theie are pioblems connected
with such a program Snyder
stated
Snvdei said elegibihty for
the need tor such a program.
(.Continued on Page 12)
Dist. Hay Show
Date Announced
Dates ot the 19G2 South
eastern Peunsihania Quality
Foiage Conference and District
Ha\ Show weie announced
this week
The Pennsihama Giassland
Council w ill begin at 9 am.
on November 7 and continue
thiough No\ ember S.
Judging of the hay ex
hibits will begin in the Gar
age ot the Hotel Hershey, Her
shey, at 1 pm. on November
6
Hav maj be evhibited from
the counties of Adams, Berks,
Bucks, Chester. Cumberland,
Dauphin. Delaware. Franklin,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh,
Montgomery. Northampton,
Philadelphia, Schuilkill and
York.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
ne\t fi\e days are e\[>ecte<i
to average near the seasonal
noiinal ol 43 at night to 63
in the a tier noon. Tempcra
tuies will range slightly
abo\e normal o\er the week
end and slightly below nor
mal for the remainder ot the
period. Precipitation may
total Y> inch or less falling
mainly as showers about
Sunday.