VOL. 8 NO. 22
SHOWING FUTURE FARMERS SOME OF THE fine points of judging a
pork carcass is Carl Dalton, left, general manager of Kunzler and Company, Inc.,
the Stoltzfus, right, won the two county FFA
meat judging contest at the Kunzler plant Tuesday. William Shirk, center, placed
‘ second and will go to Penn State in June, along with Stoltzfus,’ to compete in the
state FFA judging. L. F. Photo.
County Farmer Wins Highest
National Holstein Youth Award
Donald B. Trimble, Quarry
ville HI, (has 'been named to
receive youth’s highest recog
nition if or dairy .project •work
with Registered Holsteins. The
Lancaster County farmer is
winner of the boys’ division of
the 19 6 2 National Junior
Holstein Champion Contest.
Trimble w selected from a
group of 32 boys nominated by
as many state associations of
the black and white dairy
breed registry organization.
Competitive scoring was bas
ed on dairy project work, lead
ership, ingenuity, variety of in
terests, as well as demonstrat
ed success in establishing a
foundation herd of Registered
Holsteins. Honors for agricul
tural skills are almost a habit
for Don; he’s been recognized
many times for excellence in
dairy livestock, and crop enter
prises in both local and state
wide F.F.A. and 4-H competi
tions.
Twenty-year-old Donald, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Farm Calendar
May 6 7:30 ipm, County
4-H Leaders Council execu
tive board meets at the home
of Miss Jane Thurston, 742
N. Duke St., Lancaster.
8 p.m. Fanners meeting
on wheat referendum at Sch
oeneck fire hail.
May 7 10 a.m. Garden
©pot Equipment auction fi
rst anniversary sale at tihe
sale barn in Lincoln.
7:80 p.m. Meeting of the
Southern County 4-H Hol
,) stein oluhj.at the - homo of
Trimble, estimates their value
to be in excess of $lO,OOO.
Nine years of dairy project
work are reflected in the herd’s
size increase from a single Re
gistered Holstein female, re
ceived as a gift in 1954.
Donald B. Trimble
Trimble's selection as nat
ional champion in the boys’ di
vision 'follows his selection last
year as runner up in the con
test.
As National Junior Holstein
Champion, he will he guest of
honor at the Holstein Associa
tion’s 78 th annual convention
at Salt Lake City, Utah, June
4-7, and will receive special
recognition and a bronze pla
que. A total of 63 hoys and
girls were nominated to com
pete by state associations. This
sets a new participation record
in the contest’s 21-yaar histotyi I
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 4, 1963
County Future Farmers Sweep
Area Land Management Contest
William Ulrich, a 15 year old
sophomore at Solanco High
School, topped the York-Lan
caster area Future Farmers of
America Land Use and Man-
agement contest Friday with a
score of 483 out of a possible
500.
William, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert W. Ulrich, Quarry
ville Rl, won the opportunity
to represent the area in the
state contest at the Pennsyl
vania State University in June.
At a series of five sites on
Perrydell Farm, southern York
County, Ulrich spotted needed
conservation measures, soil ty
pes, factors limiting product
ion, and made land use recom
mendations.
Lancaster County entrants
won nine of the first ten places
4-H Leaders
Hear Urban
Area Agent
James Kemp, regional 4-H
agent for the Philadelphia
area, was the speaker at a
meeting recently of the coun
ty 4-H leaders council.
Kemp, agent for the five
counties surrounding the Phil
adelphia urban area, spoke on
developing and expanding 4-H
work in urban communities.
He said new regulations
would lower the upper age lim
it of 4-H membership from 21
to 19 in 1965. He also announ
ced that 4-H club week will
be moved from March to Octo
ber this year in order to con
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Holtwood Future Farmer
Wins FFA Meats Contest
Elmer Stoltzfus, Holtwood
R 2, hit 410.6 points out of a pos
sible 500 to take top spot m
the York-Lancastdr area Fu
ture Farmers meat judging
contest Tuesday afternoon. The
contest was held at the pack
ing plant of Kunzler and Com
pany, Inc., Lancaster
The 17 year old 11th grade,
vocational agriculture student
at Penn. Manor High School,
MiUersville, won the right to
represent the area in state
competition at The Pennsylva
nia State University in June
■Placing second with 409 9
Few Wheat Farmers Here
Sign Up For Referendum
Nearly 6.000 wheat growers to cast ballots,
in Lancaster county might be Miss Dorothy Neel, office
eligible to rot© in the national
referendum! on May 21, but a
•check thin •week with the Lan
caster office-.of .the Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation
Service showed, that only about
200 have indicated intentions
in the two-county contest spon
sored by the area Future Far
mers of America in cooperation
wath the York County Soil
Conservation District.
Other placings in the field
William Ulrich
of 66 entries were; 2, Carl Ge
hman, Garden Spot High Sch
ool, New Holland; 3, Ben Hin
der, iSolanco High School,
Quarryville; 4, James Donbach,
Manheim ■Central High School,
5, Donald Ney, Donegal High
School, Mount Joy; 6, Terry
Stauffer, Solanco; 7, Donald
Kauffman, Ephrata High Sch
ool; 8, Dale Herr, Garden
Spot; 9, Allen Weicksel, Sol
anco; 10, Wajne Cram, Dov
er (York Co.).
Thomas Malin, area supervi
sor at vocational agriculture,
was In charge of-the-contest.
it' 1 i - , 1 t tii : i .
$2 Per Year
points, and also winning a cha
nce at state competition wa*
William Shirk, Goodville, an.
11th grade student at Garden
Spot High School, New Holl
and.
Stoltzfus, the son of Hr. and
■ Mrs. Samuel U. Stoltzifus, has
a swine project on the 150 ac
‘_re If arm of Melvin Meek, Mount
; NCho, where ihe is employed.
, He is president-elect of the Ma
‘ nor Chapter PFA.
! He attributes the win, in hi*
■ first meats contest, to practice
he received in the Musser lock
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manager, said this week, onl£
about 200 county-growers hare
returned--their wheat
forms. She reminded county
wheat farmers who grow, less
than 1-5 acres that they must
return the cards, signifying
their intention to participate,
to the office before May 13 in
order to he eligible to vote in
the referendum.
Miss Neel also reminded fa
rmers that the deadline for Ap
pealing the allotment assigned
on form MQ-24 is May 7.
In an effort to have farmers
informed on the provisions of
the referendum, the office held
two meetings this week.
Richard Pennay, fieldman for
the Pennsylvania ASOS, in the
first of the meetings Monday
night in .the Farm Bureau Co
operative auditorium, detailed
the two price program propos
ed by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
In most cases, he said, .the
wheat allotments represent the
farm’s share of the 1964 nat
ional wheat allotment of 49.5
million acres.
For the farm which histori
cally grows less than 15 acres,
the allotment represents the
larger of the farm’s base or 90
per cent of the farm’s average,
production during 1959-61,
He pointed out that all the'
wheat produced on a partici
pating farm’s wheat allotment
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
ne\t live da>s ate expected
to average two to seven
degrees above the normal
range of 48 at night to 70 in
Hie afternoon. Mild tempera
tures over the week end will
give nay to a warming trend
towards the end of the
period. Precipitation is ex
pected to total about 0.3
inch falling as scattered
showerst Sunday or Monday.
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