VOL. 7 NO. 4»JSL
WESLEY MAST SHOWS OFF THE GRAND CHAMPION steer of the Six
th annual Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition Discussing the merits of the angus
are judge Don L. Good, left, and Jacob Mast, father of Wesley The 1055 pound
black took grand championship honors in the junior show on Monday and came
back on Tuesday to beat out all open class competition The steer, dubbed Kinney
11, was one of three Angus steers exhibited by Wesley. He won the Angus champ
ionship in all three weight classes of the junior show. L F. Photo
Pennsylvania Tomato Growers
Get Less Per Acre Than Others
tomato giovv
eis received a lovvei average
gross income per acie than
most of the othei six majoi
tomato growing states, Bai
ney Stamp, maiketmg Spec
ialist from the Pennsylvania
State University said Thnis.
day nig it
Speaking at a “tomato
loundup’ sponsoied by the
Pennsylvania iUaiketing As
sociation, an affiliate of the
Pennsylvania Farmers Asso
ciation, Stamp said only In
diana, ot the major produc
ing areas had a lower gross
income per acie on tomato
last year than did the Key-
stone State
Gross income per acre was
$564 in New Jersey, $504 in
Ohio, $466 in California, S43S
in New Yoik, $394 in Pa, and
5330 in Indiana In the Unit
ed Sta*e- as a whole, the
average -a as }419-
Slamp said this is the kind
of information needed to bai-
sam for the full market puce
He said a maiketing oigam.
Farm Calendar
Nov. 12 7 30 pm Soil
Consei\ ation Distnct da en
ters meet in the Com"
House, Lancastei.
8 pm. County Ayrshue-
Jersey.Erown Swiss 4.H
club meets at the home of
Abram Flory, Jr., Lititz R 3
Nov. 13 Red Rose Babv
Beef 4-H club round up
(Continued on Page 14J
zation might not necessauU
bung highei puces to the
pioducei, but it should en
able the faimei to ask and
lecene a tan maiket pi ice
Wav ue Tv lei. field dnec_
loi ot the Amencan Agncul
tin al Maiketmg Association
said 21 stalea now have
joined the aA.VIA and aie in
the piocess of oigaiuzmg
state associations and signing
up faimeis He feels the tune
is neai w lieu gioweis can
have enough combined bat.
gaining powei to meet pro
cessor on an equal basis to
contract for pi ices before the
c rop is planted
Tyler said, “The Amencan
Faim 'Buieau Federation (the
paient organization of the
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County Girl
Places Third
In Wool Contest
A Lancaster Counu gnl
this week captured a third
place in the state “Make It
Yomself With Wool ’ contest
at the PeunsjUama Lives,
tock Exposition
Theiesa Huber, daughter of
i\li and Mrs Richard Huber,
Pequea Rl, recened a cita
tion for the best versatile suit
in the state contest She had
earlier von the three county
district contest in York Tven-
(Coatlnued on Page 11)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 10, 1962
Manheim FFA
Sets Meeting
For Initiation
The lUanheim Chaptei o 1
Futme Farmers of Ameiica
set Xovembei S as the date
foi tounal initiation ot Gieen
hands into the chaptei at a
lecent meeting of the chapter
in the 'Manheim Cential High
School
At the Xovembei S meeting
David Giavbill w ill show pic
tmes lie took on the tup to
-the West Coast last summer
The tup was sponsoied In the
chaptei and has become an
annual aftair £Ol the gradu
ated seniors.
November 20 was selected
as the date for elevating the
piesent Greenhand membeis
to the degree of Chapter far
nieis
John Swanger was elected
to fill the unexpned term oi
assistant chaplain which was
•vacated lecently
John Mier. Clarence Holter
and Jem Stohman were ap
pointed to a committee to
make an angements for elec,
tion of a Chapter Sweetheait
John Wagner and Gerald
Waltz weie appointed to a
committee to sene with the
adnsois. Mi Joseph McGah.
en and Mi Harold McAllist
er in aiiangmg for a winter
lecieation porgram in the
school Gi m
The group voted to serve
refreshments at the ne\t
meeting
Wesley Mast Has Champ
Steer At Pa. Stock Show
Weslev Mast Eheison R1
was the bis winnei at the
Pennsjh ania Lnestock Exposi
tion this week in Haniobnig
The IS \eai old son of Mi
and Mis Jacob Mast showed
the Angus champion in each of
the thiee weight classes at the
4-11 steei show' on Mondai
and went on to exhibit lus
mnnnei yeaihng to the giand
championship ot the minor
show
Tlie block'v black bent out
the Heiefoicl champion shown
In Jacob Rhoades, Ila\ mailvet,
Vngima, and the shoithoin
chammon exhibited bt 10 jea.
Crouse Wins Hay Show
Second Consecutive Time
Galen Ciouse Stetens Rl,
exhibited the giand champion
sample ol hat in the setenth
annual distuet hat show at
llevhet on Wednesd.it Thu
ttin ttas the second consecu
tite giand champion £Ol the
county dantman
Crouse took the champion
ship with a bale slice of leafv
line-stemmed touith cutting
alfalfa The sample w r as the
belt cmed champion of the
show
J E Lanins and son of
Voik Countv had the champ
ion held cured sample which
was a bale slice of second
cutting glass
In addition to the champ
ionship exhibit, Ciouse exhib
ited tlnee other fiist place
winneis and one second place
wuinei 111 class competition
Ciouse won fiist place aw aids
with fust cutting alfalfa sec
ond cutting glass and mixed
luu with ovei half legumes
Cooperation Of
Effort Asked At
Seed Conference
HERSHEY Land-giant
uiuveisities tluoughout the
United States vveie cited bv
two speakers Tuesday at the
44tii annual convention ot the
Intel national Crop Impiove.
ment Association for their
tiemendous conti ibutiou to
American agncultuie’ thiough
lesearch
C R Portei, Lincoln Neb,
manager Xebiaska Hi hi id
Seed Growers Association de.
dared this work hi the agii
cnlrural expei iment stations
“has been a majoi leason foi
the world-leading efficiency of
United States agiicultuie ”
The whole agiicnltural in.
dustn and the national econ.
omj, “ stand to gain,” Porter
declared, “from an aggressne,
well balanced evpenment sta
tion research progiam”
(Continued on Page 6)
$2 Per Year
oH Donna Hess of Strasburg
R1 The dauahtei of Mi and
Mis Eh;n Hess ,Ti was show
ing hei lust steei
On TuPbda\ A\ esiey took his
steei, Kinne\ II, to the top of
the open class competition and
the giand championship banner
ot the exposition
At the sale ol show steeis on
AVednesdac, Anctioneei Abe
Diifenbach exti acted t.ie se
cond highest puce in the six
ieai histou ot the shoc\ for
giand champion A B
Hollmgei and Son Lancaster
paid $2lO pei pound tor a
total sellma pnce of $2,215 50
(Continued on P,.ge 5)
He took second place in the
hist-ciitung-giass class
In the field cmed classes,
Mahlon Shenk Holtwood Rl
tCo’Huued on Page 1G)
Farm-City Week
Is Scheduled
Xoiembei 1C thiongh the
22, 1 c >62 has been set for ob_
sen mg Fami_Cit\ Week m
Peiiiis\h ama b\ businessmen,
laimeis, go\ eminent leaders,
and otbeis The eighth annual
obsei vance is being headed by
Ralph Isiame\ Assistant Dir_
ectoi oi Agi icultural Exten
sion of The Pennsihama
State Unueism
Fann-Citi ock is aimed at
cieating a bettoi undeistand
ing between the mial and ur
ban segments of oui society.
The special week is sponsored
b\ the National Paim.City
Committee composed of re
'Piesentatn es fiom agncul
tuie business, fine oiganiza
tions and go\ eminent agen
cies
State Chan man Blarney an
nounced at the State Farm-
Cits Week Committee meeting
in Harnsbuig that hundreds
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Teinperatmes during the
next fne dajs are expected
to axerage Ine degrees ab_
oxe noiaml range ot 37 at
night to oo m the Jitter,
noon. Cool weather Satnr-
daj is expected to ghe nay
to milder temperature.*
Suudax and through tile re.
nuunder of the penod. Pre.
cipitation mat total a half
inch or more falling as ram
Saturdax. Xo precipitation
in expected tlirought the
rest, of the period.