VOL. 8 NO. 33 ” V * f< . T-. " V “'I C *' w /» r < » > > w »v > s . 5 *v / •JWMf'.ww. wv *r vRTk/ -4f '^‘ : "'Jf Si " 1 v a p " <*■ J+*+- •»s>*> MELVIN BRENEMAN HAS A RIGHT TO be proud of this five year old Guernsey. Nearing the end of her lactation, she has made 13,103 pounds of milk and 649 pounds of butterfat in 299 days. Melvin says his mother, center, is his unofficial cow doctor, staying up all night to keep one calf alive. He also credits his father with much of his success for his encouragement in the dairy business. County Livestock Judging Team Retires Rotating District Trophy A three member team from nesday in Southeast District Lancaster County 4-H clubs competition on the Green* earned permanent possession farm near Wellsville, York Co. of the Warrington Greene 4 J H Going into the fray with two livestock judging trophy Wed- _ - ■ R 2; Mark Nestleroth, Man- Oil ■*2ll*lll C3lPlln2lP heim B 3; and Wilbur Hosier, W IPI 111 VPIPIIHPI Manheim 83, nosed out York Rf»nni*fWl July 21 - 27 National Farm County by a -score of 1,348 18 ICU Safety Week. to 1,328. York County teams An outstanding wheat yield July 25 9 a.m. County had previously won the tro- was ted this week b a Guernsey breeders nudging phy two years The team from LarXcafeteb ‘County farmer in school at the farm of Harry Northampton had 1,288 points; the Kirkwood area Mumma, Manheim 81. Ken- Adams County had 1,277 ' neth Berry, manager at Spar points, and Cumberland Coun- n ..ii A,, , Abram Herr, whose Hill Farm is the official. ty had 1,260 points out of the rOUltiy ASS II Maple Lane Farm is located 7:30 p.m. Elm Penryn possible 1,500. O °V . Quarrywlle-Kirkwood £ b «- " ,he *- “ °L X l- 1} M "- SchedU,e ® TOUr SSJS S? £ ££.*£ 7 .0 0 _ Fulton Grange ''T'’ We^ ver ’ le f tb ® 62 c . om ‘ Countv poultrymen will tour acre on 10 acres of Redcoat. LI « Z S.S roHoSS 5 .« d vV«a ZIS. '«™»«»«•-■»» »• «“-"f ?. ? f ,«■' Hall, Oakryn, Penna. (Continued on Page 6) ° ne br ° ller groWms fa ™ dur ‘ gra . in uf was good , w t lth hlgh tes July 23 10 am South- t'-'Ouwuuea on irage dj ing thelr annual tour July 31 we ight and moisture of just eastern district 4-H demon- _ _ Busses leave the ab ° u * “ P er “ tt ”? d ! stration contest at Allen- President SetS Center at 7 am. a lot of straw.* he said but town * 1 At tbe Brown P.rothers added that the tall gram stood 1-30* .pm (Manheim Qnfnfv Wprlf broiler operation, Yellowhouse, up very well through wind and Townshin 4-H sewm- club alC V TT cclv ) Pa. visiting poultrymen will rain storms in the area ear- I7e ts in Se production IWeS CaUtlOH 866 a 47 ’°°° CapaCity h ° US6 "* thlS Credit building, Roseville W » vauuuu which is filled four times a H err planted the Redcoat on Road, Lancaster. President Kennedy has pro- year * heated wRb bot watur ’ tobacco ground about the mid- July 25 —lO a.m. County cIa TS Julf 21-27 National COal bUrnmg brooders ’ and die of October and added 400 Holsteih-Friesian field day at FarmSafeU Week ventilated with fans. pounds of 4-12-12 fertilizer the farm of Furry Frey, oil In Shoemakersville, Arenel with the grain drill. Beaver Valley Road, off Rt. Jn Farms - Inc - will display their He sold some of the grain 222 south of Lancaster. families and a 1 pers and 1G 000 i ay i ng hens in a house from the field this week, but 8 p.m. County 4-® Hoi- orsanlzatl ° ns a ‘ ied Wltb a ' s * with three-tiered roosts with kept most of it for seed. He stein club meets at the farm A, complete insulation and fan will use it for his own needs of Daniel Martin, Mahheim t 0 reauce tne nurnDer OI larm, ven tji a ti on j n another house and sell the surplus to other 81. The 1963 farm safety cam- is,ooo birds are on a dirt farmers for seed. 7:30 p.m. County Honey P ai s n will concentrate on the floor with no roosts and no He said he has not yet har- Producers to meet at the home and highway accidents, fan ventilation. vested his Pennoll crop, but farm, owned by, John Moo,re. prevention of fires and falls. At the hatchery of George his Dual wheat was “a little Lrtitz-iBl, •j 1 stiwiiHnniiii r,-n Pirn . , . (Continued on Page 61 better than average”. r .F •IV V. V «■' y/ s VvsCv legs on the challenge eu'P, Kenneth Weaver, Quanryville Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 20, 1963 ■* mm mm mm State F. F. A. Chaplain Says Parents Helped Most Editor’s Note; This is the last of a series of five articles about Lancaster County’s five state PFA officers. “My parents deserve a lot of credit for what success I have had,” the chaplain of the Pennsylvania Association of Future Farmers of America said this week. 'Melvin Breneman, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Henry Breneman, Strasburg Rl, went on to ex plain how his parents helped and encouraged him to develop his farming program and par ticipate in FFA and other com munity activities. My mother is my unofficial veterinarian, Melvin said “Once she sat up all night to keep a calf from dying.” Melvin explained that one of his club project calves be gan bleeding after dehorning and several things were tried to get the flow stopped. After several products recommended by the veterinarian had failed to stop the bleeding, Mrs. Bren eman went to her first-aid book. “It just seemed that I had to do something.” she said. She located the blood ves sel that was causing the trouble and applied pressure. The bleeding stopped, but be gan again when the pressure was removed. So Mrs. Bren eman spent the night sitting on a bale of straw with a L. F. Photo. calf’s head in her lap. Next day the bleeding subsided and the call recovered. Melvin, a 1962 graduate of Lampeter-Strasburg High Sch ool’s vocational agriculture de Excellent Yield $2 Per Year partment farms three- farm# with his parents and brother, Larry, who is 16. The major enterprise on the farms revolves around Guern sey dairy cattle, but Melvin also in the swune business. As a freshman, Melvin pur chased 16 pigs which he fed for market. “Dad never had a pig on the place.” he said, but Melvin wanted to diver sify the farming program. He also started a pure bred Guern sey calf that year By the time he had reached the 10th grade, Melvin's swine program had grown to include two gilts and 15 fattening hogs. He continued with his Guernsey heifer, started .fen other calf and raised one acre of corn. He, farrowed three sows and added’ two more gilts in his 11th grade program. He has found that live sows is about the limit for his operation at home, and still keeps his'swine program on this basis, fatten ing out the .from his five sows. ' “ *' His dairy program had grown to include a cow, a Siei fer and a calf. He now has two cows, two heifers and a calf. In addition, he feeds out about 300 head of hogs <in| partnership with a feed dealer on another farm. The family has about 140 acres in three farms and share (Continued on Page 13) Holstein Men Set Field Day For Next Week The annual Field Day of the Lancaster County Holstein Association will be held on Thursday, July 25 at the Spring Belle Farm of Furry Frey, 1343 Gypsy Hill Road, Lancaster. The Frey farm is located just off route 222 (Beaver Valley Road) two miles east of the junct’on of route 72 and 222 (Mylin’s Corner) which is four miles south of Lancaster. The morning program will begin at 10 00 a.m. with the dairy judging contest Official (Continued on Page 6) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures for the no\t five days are expected to avenge about normal. Normals for this time of year range from 66 to 86. Warm at the beginning of period. Not quite so warm Sunday and Monday. War* mcr again Tuesday and Wed nesday. Precipitation is ex pected to total about 0.2 to 0.6 inch falling as scattered showers or thundershowers Sunday and possibly again near the end of the period.
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