VOL. 7 NO. 4jfl Aj
ELECTED TO THREE-YEAR TERMS AS DIRECTORS of the Lancaster
County Holstein-Friesian Breeders Association Tuesday night were, left to right,
Robert Kauffman, Elizabethtown Rl; Donald Eby, Gordonville Rl, and Roy
Book, Ronks Rl. Election was held during the twelfth annual meeting and ban
quet of the association at Hostetter’s banquet hall in Mount Joy. L. F. Photo.
Three Directors
Elected At
Holstem Meet
Thrift directors were elected
to fclfee_' year terms at the
twelfti annual meeting and
banquet of the Lancaster Coun
ty Holsteln-Fnesian Associa
tion Tuesday night at Hostet
tei’s banquet hall in Mount
Joy.
The-new directors are Don
ald Eby, Gordonville Rl; Ro
bert Kauffman, Elizabethtown
Rl, and Roy Book, Ronks Rl.
Retiring directois Henry Ket
tering, J. Eveiett Kreider and
J Wade Grotf served a no
minating committee."
State Director, Clarence Ev
ens, announced that arrange
ments have been made to hold
the state annual con\ ention in
Lancaster County in 19ti3.
State secielaiy and fieldman.
Bill Nickel, lepoited that theie
were 40,000 Holsteins registei
ed and 20,000 tiansfened last
Farm Calendar
Nov, 19 7-30 pm. ■ — 4-H
Electric club roundup at the
Little Britain Elemental y
School
Nov. 20 12 noon ■ — Soil
and water conservation
awards to 4-H club membeis
to be presented by the Lan
caster Kiwanis Club at Hotel
Brunswick
12 noon Mount Joy Tur
key and capon club roundup-,
at the Mount Joy
Club meeting, s
banquet hall
Nov. 22 THANKSGIVING
DAY
Nov. 25-29 National 4-II
Club Congiess, Chicago
Nov. 26 7 30 pm Coun
ty Future Farmeis of Ameri
ca meets at Solanoo High
School.
Nov. 28 Pennsylvania
Young Farmers Association
convention at the Penns > 1-
vaaia State University. ,
. ifr S.-IH H>.l '■(‘SlHuHf tl'’ f f f"
year in the state. This means
that 62 per cent of all regis
tered cows are black and
white, he said, and this is a
net gain of one per cent over
jthis pi avion a yeaiy
Speakei of the evening was
Di." D 'L. Biemesderfer, Mill
ersville State College, who
soke on “The Good Olid Daiys’V
Wesley Mast
Has Reserve
At Timonium
Weslev Mast narrowly miss
ed his second grand champion
ship in as manv weeks as he
showed both the Hereford and
Angus leserve champion 4-H
steei s Monday at the Eastern
National Ln estock Exposition
at Timonium Mai \ land
Fiesh foi his clean sweep of
the 4-H Angus exhibition and
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FARM-CITYiWEEK
NOVEMBER 16-22, 1962
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17, 1962
John Frey Has
Carcass Champ
At Timonium
Join Frey, a fourteen year
old Futme Faimer from Qua:,
ryville R 2, saw tho first fruits
of his FFA Angus Cow pro.
ject bring him honors in the
on-rail judging of the carcass
steer class at the Eastern Na
tional Livestock Exposition
Tuesday ~
The steer placed fourth in
the on.hoof judging at the
Timonuun, Mainland. show
last Satuidav He was sued
bv biother Fred Fiev s held
sire a Kev stone Eilenmeie,
and out of an Angus biood
cow which John has enteied
as an FFA pioject at Solanco
High School.
The Frev hi others who
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Chester County 4-H’ers
Sweep District Show
A pair of 4jH showmen
fi om Chester county swept
the two tap placmgs in the
Southeast Distnct 4_H Eabv
Beef club show at the Lan
caster Stockyards Wednesday.
Ronald Mentzei, a 16 year
old junior at Dowmngton
High School exhibited a 1010
pound Angus to the top spot
of the show. In his first show
ing at Lancastei, the son of
Mr. and Mis Charles Mentzer,
Downingtown, collected the
rosette with his fourth 4_H
steer.
Ronald purchased the steer
fiom his father who in man.
agei of Reynard Run Farms
in Chester County The steer,
Wrhich was the Chester County
champion and placed fourth at
the Pennsylvania livestock
Exposition last week, was
purchased at the sale Wed.
nesday by Kunzler and Com.
pany, Inc of Lancaster on a
bid of 87 cents' a pound.
The reserve champion, pur.
chased by Bxton Sales Coni
pan\ for 45c a pound was a
960 pound Angus exhibited by
Fied Miley. The 15 year old
son ot Mr and Mrs James M
SCD Directors
Approve Plans
For Five Farms
Fne conservation plans cov.
ermg 499 acies weie appiov
ed bv the 'Lancaster County
Soil Consenation District
Dnectois Monday night
The terms of tw r o membeis
of the distuct dnectois will
expne as of Januan 1. 1960.
accoiduig to intoimation ie
ceived tiom the state office of
the Soil Consenation Sen ice
The teim of Countv Com.
missioner Richaid Witmer and
Committee Chau man Amos
Funk will end but both can
he re.appomted bv the Coun
tv Comnussioneis who have
the responsibility, under the
charter of the Soil Conserva.
tion District, of filling all va
cancies
Thirteea designated Countv
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Milk Producers
Co-op To Meet
In Philadelphia
Philadelphia — A tsei'-
routided program de\oted to
discussing changes in agncul
tme in geneial and milk mai
keting in parnculai is be.iediil
ed foi the 27th Annual Meet
ing ot the Inter-State Milk Pio
ducers here on Tnursdav and
Fi iday Kotember 29 an> 30
Business sessions in the Ben
jamin Franklin Hotel v. ill be
attended by-approximately 100
persoi s, 134 of them official
delegates. Seven hundred meiu
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$2 Per Year
Miley, Jr , Downingtown 81,
is a neighbor of the champion
exhibitor
The champion Hereford,
shown bv Fred Hinton, Jr.,
Quarrjville R 2, was purchas
ed by the Stockyaid Inn, Lan
caster at a bid of 40c a pound.
The 104 5 pound steer, shown
by the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Linton, was named
champion over the entry of
Nancv Fiev, Marietta Rl. bliss
Frej’s steer, the reserve
champion at the Ephrata Fair
in September, was purchased
by the Consolidated Dressed
Beef Company of Philadel
phia for 34 cents a pound,
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Watershed Meet
Is Scheduled
At Penryn
a sounds color, motion pic
ture called “Beyond Tomor
row’ will be the feature of
the program at a watershed
meeting in the Penryii fire
hall Mondav, November 19, at
i 30 pm
The film, produced by the
Penns* Ivama Department ot
Agriculture about a year ago,
tells in \l\ld and graphic sty
le the stor* of the need for
consenation and what is be
ing done about it in Pennsyl.
vama
A panel of several farmers
from the aiea will discuss the
couseivation programs on
their faims and answer q'ues.
tions of faimeis who would
like to know more about the
piogiam W Martin Muth,
Woik I’n't Conseivatiomst
£10111 the- comm office of the
Soil Consen anon Semce, will
also be on hand to answer
am technical questions con
cerning soil conseiration prac
tices
Henrv H Hackman, Man_
heim R2, issues an invitation,
to anjone interested in con
servation but specially urges
fanners, who feel they have
an erosion problem on their
farm and would like ito find
the answers to attend.
Follow mg the program,
snacks will be served.
FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next fix e da> s are o\i>ectcd
to axerage near the normal
range ot do at night to 32
in the afternoon. Near nor.
inal temperature readings
aie expected at the begin
ning of the period becoming
cooler near the end of the
period. Precipitation may
total 0.1 to 0.5 inch falling
Saturday morning and again
Monday.
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