t *rr ;«v* v \ * VOL. 8 NO. 44 GRAND CHAMPION DAIRY ANIMALS at the Manheim Farm Show are exhibited by their, owners, 1 to r, Judy Ann Flory, Lititz R 2, Ayrshire, and John Shelly, Manheim.Rl, Holstein. L. F. Photo SheHy, Fiery Divide Manheim Dairy Awards Glenlap Sir Roburke Sarah, a seven-year-old Holstein cow from the herd of John Shelly, Manheim Rl, was backed up by three stablemates on her march to the grand champion ship Thursday at the -Manheim Farm Show. Thirteen-year-old Judy Ann Flory, Lititz R 2, showed her four-year-old 4-H Ayrshire cow to the championship in that breed. The win was the third consecutive grand champion ship for Florydale Beautena a‘ the Manheim show. During her last lactation she produced Farm Calendar Oct. 6 1-5 p.m. Tour of .Mount Gretna State Game ■lLands. Oct. 7 8 p.m. County 4-H leaders council meets at the Farm Bureau Coopera tive building, Dillerville Pike. Oct. 8,9, 10 Northeastern Poultry Producers Council (NBPPCO) show in Hams burg. Oct. 8,9, 10 Greenhouse operators and florists short course at The Pennsylvania State University. Oct. 8 7:30 p.m. Water shed meeting sponsored by Soil Conservation District at fiensemg’s Market, Rt. 323 tvest of Ephrata. Oct. 9 8 pm, Enrollment meeting for Red Rose Baby Peef and Lamb club, in Roh- Terstown Elementary School. Oct 9, io, 11 National Fu ture Farmers of America convention in Kansas City. Oct. 11 7:30 p.m. Boots «nd Saddles 4-H horse and 11,343 pounds of milk and 4-34 pounds of butterfat. She was bred in the herd of Lloyd and Maxine Flory Judy’s parents, and was Judy's -first 4-H pro ject heifer. The Shelly cow was also na med senior champion and best nddered cow in the show She stood second in her class at Manheim last year, but was best uddered cow at that show. She has over 200 pounds of butterfat for the first two tests m her present lactation, and produced 6-70 pounds of butter fat in more than 17,000 pounds of milk during her last lacta tion. She was purchased as an open heifer from the herd of Christ Lapp, Oxford, All four cows competing for Gamelands Tour To Be Tomorrow .Sportsmen and others inter ested in the outdoors have been invited to tour the state gamelands at Mount Gretna tomorrow, according to Steve Mace, game protector. Tours will begin at 1 p.m. tomorrow, Oct 6, from the Pinch Road near Mount Gret na. Signs will be erected to di (Continued on Page 11) Co. ASCS Office Moves In Dec. The county office of the U.S. Agriculture Stabilization anVi Conservation Service will move out of downtown Lancaster on December 1, it was learned this ire«k.‘ Miss Dorothy Neel, AiSCS Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 5, 1963 senior championship in the Holst,eiu division,, were from the Shelly herd. Earl Stauffer, Ephrata Rl, showed his Holstein junior yearling to the junior cham pionship, and -Sandra Eshle man took the Ayrshire junior title with a senior calf. -Following are the other pla cmgs in the show. AYRSHIRES Junior bull calf —1, Judy Ann Flory, Lititz R 2. Junior calf —1, Donna Esh leman, Elizabethtown Rl. Senior calf —1, Sandra Eshleman, Elizabethtown Rl ( Junior Champion); 2, Ken- (Continued on Page 7) County Boys Attend Nat’l FFA Conclave Twenty seven Future Farm ers from Lancaster County will attend the national F>FA con- Tention in Kansas City next week. 'Five of the blue jacketed farm boys will go a's state of ficers, two as American farm ers, seven as state winners of the parliamentary procedure contest, ten as chapter dele gates. and three as state win ners in livestock judging. Largest contingents will be going from Solanco and New Holland High Schools with nine from each. Four boys will be going from Pequea Val ley three from Penn Manor, and one ea!ch from Donegal and Lampeter Strasburg. Following is a list of the boys by schools. Solanco Donald Trimble, American farmer Degree; Robert Wen ger, state officer; Larry Trout, Charles Craig 111, Kenneth Whiteside, - William Ulrich, John Frey, Jay Ranch, and R. Freeman Pledges Probe Of Milk ‘Juggling’ Charge Secretary of Agriculture, Orville L. Freemau pledged an investigation ot alledged “jugg ling” by milk handlers under federal orders after an impas- sioned comment by a New Jer sey Dairyman Tuesday at Har- risburg, Speaking at one of a senes of “Report and Review” meet ings in the Zembo Mosque, Secretary Freeman said, “tf there is any monkey business going on in a Federal Milk Marketing Order area, I will send somebody up to take a look at it.” The statement followed an excited attack on the handling ot milk in the South Jersey area, and the allegation that most ol the so-called milk sur plus is on paper only.- Callmg Federal Orders, “A license for 'handlers to steal the tanners’ milk” an uniden tified dairyman said dealers ship milk back and torch be tween plants to create a "pa per surplus” which results m a lower Class I utilization per centage and consequently a lower blend price. In an interview after the meeting, Pennsylvania Secre- Angus Is Champ At New Holland “Gerommo” was the cry as the grand champion was crowned Thursday at the New Holland Fair baby beef show. Miss Rosemary Nolt, 16- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Nolt, Bareville, named her Kmloch Farms Angus after the famous Indian chief because he was “the wildest steer I ever had.” The grand championship came to Miss Nolt on her fourth 4-H club steer; she had the reserve championship at the same show with her first steer. The senior at Cone stoga Valley High School is a semi finalist in the National Merit Scholarship awards, and plans to attend Goshen College in Indiana next fall. Judge Tony Dohrosky, Asso ciate York County Agent, put the reserve championship on the Hereford of Leon Weaver, 16 year old son ‘of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Weaver, New Hol land Rl. Weaver, a senior at Garden Spot High School showed his sixth and last 4-H steer. He plans to enroll at the Penn sylvania State University next fall. At the sale of show entries during the afternoon Miss Nolt’s Angus, weighing 985 pounds, went to Elam Burk holder’s Food Marketr New Holland on a bid of 52% cents a yiound. The reserve champion weighed 990 pounds, and was $2 Per Year tary of Agriculture, Lee Bull, confirmed that there has 'been some “juggling’’ of milk with m the orders both “in the east and in the west’’. Bull said his department is supplying personnel to aid the state Justice Department in in- vestigations of reports and ru mors of mishandling by milk dealers. However, Lin Huber, newly appointed chairman of the Pennsylvania Milk Control (Continued on Page 4} Cloisters FFA Wins Judging At Lampeter •Cloister Chapter Future Far mers of America won their sec ond consecutive county FFA judging trophy at Lampeter Fair with an average of -568.5 out of a possible 800 points. The Bphrata hoys outpointed their nearest rivals. Grass lands Chapter, also runners up last year, by a margin of 32.8 points per boy. In individual scoring, Roy Bowman, New Holland 81, scored top points with €64.5. Runner up was Thomas Zart man, Ephrata H.l with 683.8. The boys judged four classes of dairy, two of beef, one ot hogs and one of poultry. Edward Redcay, Reinholda R 1 was top dairy judge with. 347 pomts, while Roy Musser, East Earl Rl, had 382.3 points to top the livestock division. Following are the results compiled at a meeting of the county vocational agriculture teachers at Solanco Thursday night. Elizabethtown Chapter totals were incomplete. Result* will be printed next week. DAIBY 1. Edward Redoay, Rein holds Rl, Cloister 347; 2. Roy Bowman, New Holland Rl, Grasslands 332.9; 3. Melvin Sander, Manheim Rr.D., Man heim 326.5; 4. Thomas Zart man, Ephrata Rl, Cloisters 326; 5. Donald Diem, Stevens Rl, Cloisters 322.6; 6. David Merkey, Stevens Rl, Cloisters 321.8; 7. Earl Wenger, Quarry ville Rl, Solaneo 320.1; S. Ben jamin Nolt, Manheim K.D., Manheim 317.6; 9. Daniel Say (Continued on Page 12) FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Near normal tempera- tures are expected during the next five fiaj s. Normal temperatures for this time of year range from 48 at night to 70 in the afternoon. Precipitation is expected to total more than, a half inch, falling as scattered showers during the middle of the period and as rain near the iLiiiniiJ lot 1 hb*Uoeitio<h.... I
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