16—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 31, 1963 County 4-H Dairy Showmen Take Three Breed Championships Here Lancaster County 4-H show- men swept the Guernsey and .Ayrshire breed judging and -won a grand championship in Brown Swiss and a reserve grand championship in Jersey competition at the 18th annual district show Thursday at the Guernsey sales pavilion, Lin coln Highway, east of Lancas ter. Sue Mumma, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harry Mumma, Manheim Rl, showed her three year old Guernsey cow to the grand championship over the senior yearling of her sister Mary Ellen Sue also had the runnerup junior champion in the senior yearling class Lee Sharp, Landisvile, showed the first place senior calf, and Pet er Witmer, Willow Street R 2, had the first place senior calf. The aged cow o R Edwin Harnish, Christiana . Rl, took the Ayrshire rosette, while Judy Flory, Lititz R 2, exhibited the reserve grand champion, a two year old Sandra Eshelman, Elizabethtown Rl, took first place in the senior calf class, while the junior yearling com petition was topped by James Esbenshade, Quarryville R 2 Donald Trimble, Quarryville Rl, took the Brown Swiss hon ors with his senior yearling Gary Myers had the top senior calf. Only two county showmen took a first place in Holstein competition John Bartsch, Eph- rata, showed the first place senior calf, and James Ketter ' ing, Lititz R 3, had the top senior yearling. The grand champion went to Glenn Miller of ifork County The aged cow of Marian Jane Herr, Holtwood Rl, took the runnerup spot in Jersey judg ing behind the entry of Eli zabeth Herr of Chester Coun ty. FOR THE QUALITY THAT MEANS WQQttcD© ‘‘See your Hoffman Seed Man for heavy yielding Al falfa for Fall Seedings; 10-19 Brand 9-19 Brand Buffalo Certified Cody Certified Vernal Certified Eanger Certified All Hoffman Alfalfas are Pre - Inoculated. Farmers Choice Brand and Climax Timothy also available now” c Hoffman C/ FARM SEEDS ALFALFA • CLOVER • PASTURE OATS • FUNK'S G-H/BRIOS There were no county entries in Milking shorthorn competi tion. Placing the Guernseys, Ayr shires, Milking Shorthorn, and Brown Swiss entries was Wade White, Director of member re lations of Country Belle Dair ies, Pittsburgh Jack Fairchilds, official classifier of the Hol stein-Friesian association plac ed the Holsteins and Jersey. Following are the first five plaeings: HOLSTEIN Junior Calf 17 Terry Bru baker, Dauphin, 2. Marvin Be shore, York, 3, Nannette Stauff er, Ephrata Rl, 4 James Pee ple, Chester, 5 William Neag ley. Dauphin Senior Calf 1 John Bart sch, Ephrata: 2 Kathryn B. (Continued on Page 12) Corn, Hay Crop Estimates Up HARRISBURG A corn crop of 56 7 million bushels 29 per cent better than last y ear was forecast today for the state by the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service This would be 3 per cent above the 1957-61 average. At the same time PCRS pre dicted total hay production of 3.2 million tons, 28 per cent above the 1962 yield. The 1963 corn estimate, ba sed on August 1 conditions, is down 9 per cent from the fore cast of a month earlier. Dry weather in July lowered the expected yield per acre from 67 to 61 bushels If realized, the 61-bushel per acre yield would be 9 per cent above the drought year of 1962. County Native Is Appointed By Extension John Wiley Weaver, Quarry ville Rl, has been appointed assistant Schuylkill county ag ent on the Cooperative Exten sion Service staff of The Penn sylvania State University, start ing Sept. 1. JOHN WEAVER Weaver, son of Ola W Wea ver, R D.l, Quarryville, is a graduate of Solanco high sch ool, and Penn State, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in dairy science this* year. While in college he was a member of the Dairy Science Club, Outing Club, and partici pated in the Little International and Dairy Exposition on cam pus. He was awarded a Key stone Farmer Degree by the Future Farmers of America. .In Schuylkill county Mr. Weaver will be associated with County Agent C. I. Robertson, and Associate Agent Edgar C. Sobers, Jr., with offices in the Courthouse, Pottsville. Vegetable Growers Field Day To Feature New Plant Arterial A Field Day for commercial vegetable growers, home gar deners and other interested in dividuals will be held at the Horticultural Research Farm, The Pennsylvania State Univer sity on Tuesday, September 10. Paul Rowl, Strasburg Rl, pres ident of the state vegetable growers association, announced this week. Growers will have an oppor tunity to observe the vegetable research work at Penn State. Staff members who are con ducting the research will ex plain the projects and answer questions. One of the highlights of the day will be the demonstration of a trans-planter mulcher for applying plastic mulch and set ting plqnts in one operation. “This should be of interest to all growers,” says James Dutt, extension vegetable specialist. Field Days of this type are always interesting. Growers will be able to gam a greater appreciation for the importance of research, after they have had a chance to see how the work is being conducted. We feel certain that all vegetable growers should find this ev ent profitable, as well as in teresting, Dutt said The program is scheduled to begm at 9 a.m. on the PSU Horticulture research . farm which is on Route 45, fiye mi les west of Pine Grove Mills, Center County. Growers will also have an opportunity to 'observe tomato? pepper, and eggplant breed-, ing experiments, 'cabbage and broccoli breeding material, Nwl EXPANDED! ALL-CROP Drill Line Drill more acres a day and get a good stand whatever your fanning method. With All-Crop drills, torsion spring control as sures even depths Zero pressure press-wheels Cilable tcSgive proper seed contact with . divided hopper , . - of seed and it.' too- • New models include plain! drills with over size, single-bin hoppers that hold up to 19 . bushels of grain . . . require fewer-stops-for refilling. One 16-run model has 10-inch disc spacings .. , others 7-inch. Come in ... let us show you an'All-C*OP £lriU ~. made to fit your farm. Aix-Caop 1m •> AIIU-Ck<a»»r« Inßwuil i, ALLIS-CHALMERS A SALES AND SERVICE Njjf Nissley Form Service Grumelli Form Seryife Washington Boro, P*. QuarryviUc, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Liititz, Pa. Allen H. Motz Form Equipment New Holland, Pa. Lausch Brp?. , v v > ■*'■- 1 "1 • sweet corn varieties, plant nu. trition plots, and chemical weed control on tomatoes and other vegetable crops. N. Holland Fair Schedules Dates The Board -of Directors o{ the New Holland Farmers Association has announced that the 32nd Annual Farmens Fair will' be held October 2,3, 4- and 5. President S. O Zimmmerman had charge of the business meeting when it was decided again to hold Tobacco, Core and Hay Show at this year’s fair. Carl B -Weaver is the di rector in charge of arrange, ments. Zimmerman, announced this week that the premium list fer the Farmers Fair is more com. plete and offers better prize money than ever before. 'The 32nd Anniversary of the Farmers Fair will be observed on Wednesday, Thursday, Fri. day and Saturday, October 2, 3, 4 and 5. The Association will exceed its high previous prize record this year. The directors are presently compiling a Premium List Book let. A progress report was-made by the publicity committee. ■ More than half of the r living Nobel Prize winners who went to college :in the United States earned degrees at land-grant universities. N. G. Myers & Son! Rheems, P*. L. H. Brubaker' Lancaster, P». w r :»JV
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