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WINNERS OF THE AREA FFA PARLIAMENTARY Procedure contest Mon
day night were thtf-members of the Solanco team. They are, seated 1 to r., Robert
Wenger, Quarryville Rl, president; R. Edwin Harnish, Christiana Rl, vice presi
dent; Kenneth Whiteside, Kirkwood Rl, secretary; and Jay Ranck, Quarryville R 2,
treasurer. Standing, 1. to r., Larry Trout, New Providence Rl, chaplain; John
Frey, Quarryville R 2, student advisor; Charles Craig, Nottingham R 2, reporter,
and William Ulrich, Peach Bottom, sentinel. Advisor of the group is William M.
Fredd, teacher of vocational agriculture. , . L.- F. Photo
Tell Your Own Story,
Editor Tells Farmers A Lancaster County Auction
eers firm has announced plans
Farmers must learn to tell ciple. or action to establish an auction market
their own ' story, Manhenn Many commodity groups are fQr tot>acco ROBERT WEXGER
Young Farmers were told at a sood ob 04 ? ro ™°^ nS The Garden Spot Equipment Exuding confidence, the Sol
their annual banquet Thursday an d selling the product they Aucticm at Lincoln sold one lot a nco team breezed through a
nigtolt at Brunnennlle fire hall, represent, but all too often of tlvo .y ear . old Lebanon coun- 24 minute demonstration of
Jack Owen, Editor o'f Lan- they have to trample on the ty to ,^ acco at the Apnl 2 sale parliamentary practices and
caster Farming, said many org- (Continued on Page 5) and ls accepting samples to be PFA' ceremonies to narrowly
anizations claim to be speak- auctioned at the April 16 sale outpoint three other Lancaster
m'g lor the farmer when in . 1 on their auction floor in Lin- pounty teams,
reality they are speaking for a OCTcUItOH. LEUCIS coin. In. the hard fought contest
special commodity or interest _ . The crop sold at the last sale The Garden Spot Chapter from
group. rarmers As went to a farmer who baled the Lampeter-Strasburg High Sch-
Such national organizations _ crop and has resold it. pol was second; third place was
as The Grange, American Farm luipOrtcUlt LOff Elmer Murry, representing taken by the Grasslands Cha-
Bureau Federation, National the auctioneers, said a 400 pter at New Holland, while
Farmers Organization and Nat- Governor William Scranton pound sample should he brou
lonal Farmers Union, all claim called agriculture “One of the ght to the auction floor by in
to represent the farmer, but most important cogs in the forested fanners The farmer tions, selling farm machinery
most of the dime the groups effort to establish a well bal- will have the option of refusing and general auction selling,
oan not agree among themsel- anced economy and high stan- bids or of selling only part of We are hopeful that we can
ves what is best for the farm- dard of living in Pennsylvan- his crop if he so desires get an auction established in
er. In instance after instance, ia ’’ The Arm has had a year’s the county, because we believe
he said, the national groups Speaking at the annual meet- experience in the machinery the tobacco market system loc
are directly opposed in prm- ing D f the states Artificial auction at the present location ally is one of the poorest ways
Farm Calendar
Conservation District nionvvealth receive part or Co au Operator Causes Mowing Machine
C *Superviscn's discuss form ot agriculture or Tgn- Problems, Agri. Engineer Says
mutual problems, in tlhe business .
Production Credit building “When the fcnancial wel- The mowing machine opera- anical conditions of the ma.
411 Roseville Road Direc- fare of so many persons lung- tor is probably responsible for olune accounted for about 28
tors and cooperating agen- es on the success of failure ot half the clog-ups m the hay per cent of the clogging, and
cies to meet at 7 p m am one segment of our econo- held, a Penn State Agriculture only 22 per cent could be
Apr 16 7;15 p.m.'— New in>, the importance of that Engineer said Tuesday. charged to the basic design of
Holland Young Farmers to segment to our whole economy Speaking at the second of the machine
meet in the Garden Spot becomes quite obvious ” f wo Quality hay meetings spon- At a bam meting on the
High School Farm median- Scranton also called atten- sored by hte county extension farm of Robert Hess, Stres
ses instruction tion to the role of research and service, Burton Horne said ag- burg Rl, Horne advised farm
-7:30 p.m. Lincoln com- education plajed by Pennsyl- r.culture engineers at the ers who are growing extra
mnnity4-H club meets in the vama State University in the Pennsylvania State University thick hay crops to consider the
Mount Airv fire hall. development of tbe state’s ag- *ad found that 50 per cent of double side bar mowers. This
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7*30 p.m. - Lancaster said, farmers have profited tes ‘ s •* 18 ma- cases it was not needed. The
County 4-H Council meets in from research and education, chines of various makes on ex- basic design of mowing nia
> itremely heavy hay crops, he chines has changed very little
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Bleeders meeting m State Col- and the three auctioneers are to sell farm produce, Murry
lege Thursday, Scranton point- experienced in automobile auc- said,
ed out that 43 per cent of all
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13, 1963
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Tobacco Auction
To Be Started
Solanco Future Farmers
Sweep Area Competition
Solanco Chapter Future Manheim Central Chapter took
Farmers made a dean sweep fouith place. Other competing
o£ the York-Lancaster area teams weie from Hover High.
FFA Public Speaking and Par- School, Red Lion High School,
Uamentary Proceduie contest Dalla-stown High School and
Monday night at Dover, York Kennarddale High School, all in
Pounty. York County.
Robert Wenger, son of Mr. In the public speaking con
an d Mrs Paul Wenger, Quarry- test Glenn Weber of the Grass
yille Rl, speaking on “The lands chapter was runner up
Farmer and Rural Zoning” with his speech on the “Race
topped a field of eight public Between Food and People”,
speakers and then teamed with George Hanna of the Garden
seven of his classmates to pi- Spot Chapter, speaking on
ace at the top of a field of “The Challenge of Conserva
eight in the chapter proceduie tion” took third spot, and Jam
contest. es Dombach, Manheim Chapter
$2 Per Year
was fourth, with “Flirting With
Danger”.
Donald Ranch of Pequea
Valley FFA and three speakers
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Guernsey Tour
Is Next Week
The annual tour of the Lan
castei County Guernsey Breed
ers Association will he held
next week.
Most of the one day tour
will be spent in the state of
Delaware, but one stop will be
made ,at a famous Guernsey
farm in Chester County
Leaving the Conestoga
Transportation Company bus
bains at 825 East Chestnut
Street, Lancaster at 7 45 am.
and stopping at the Guernsey
Sale Barn at S 05, to pick up
passengers, the tour will make
its first stop at Spar Hill
Farm, Chadds Ford This farm,
under the management of Ken
neth Berry has the All-Ameri
can four year old, Spar Hill
Cecelia and several “Jolly
Vern” Daughters
In Delaware the group will
tour a refining plant and an
automobile assembly plant be
fore going to the University
of Delaware
The modern dairy plant, re
search projects and other
points of intei est will be ex
plained by Dr. George Haen
lein. Research Associate, who
will act as guide for the coun
tians Haenlem is in charge of
the university dairy herds.
The Wednesday, April 17,
tour is expected to conclude
in Lancaster by about 5 pm.
Tour committee 'S Robert A.
Breneman, Roy Breneman and
Raymond F. Winner.
FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next five days are expected
to average two to four deg
rees below tl»e normal range
of 41 at night to 61 In the
afternoon. Jfo important day
to day changes in tempera
ture are expected. The wea
ther pattern of the past week
is ©vpected to continue with
\ery little rain expected.
There is a possibility of light
showers about Monday or
Tuesday.
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