VOL. 8 NO. 51
CHAMPION AND RESERVE CHAMPION in the junior division steer show
of the Eastern National Livestock Exposition at Timonium, Md., Monday were
both Lancaster County-fed steers. The champion, an Angus is exhibited by John
Frey,- Quarryville R 2, right, while the reserve champion, a Hereford, was shown
by Wesley Mast, Elverson R 2. L. F. Photo.
Co-op Agency Kills Resolution
To Reconsider Milk Order Vote
'Over -500 member-dairymen
at the annual meeting of the
Metropolitan Cooperative Milk
Producers Bargainings Agency
Thursday killed a resolution
to have a ballot vote on the
NOw York Milk maiketing ord
er returned to local coopera
tives for reconsideration.
The resolution to reconsider
came on the heels of a speech
by. Congressman Samuel S.
Stratton of the 35 th congres
sional district of New York
Stratton told the dairymen
meeting in Syracuse, N. Y„
“There is no doubt that a re
sounding ‘No’ vote on the
November 25th New York milk
market order referendum
Farm Calendar
Nov. 25 7:30 p.m.
■County Future Farmers of
Amen® meets at Penn
Manor High School. Con
ferring Red Rose Farmer
degrees.
8 p m. Red Rose Dairy
Herd Improvement Associa
tion directors meet at the
Farm Bureau Co-op, Diller
ville Pike.
8 pm. Fulton Grange
#'66 meets at the grange
hall, Oakryn.
Nov. 26 12 noon Coun
ty 4-H Soil and Water con
servation essay contest at
Hotel Brunswick, Lancaster.
10 am. 4-H Copon club,
roundup at Hostetters ban
quet hall, Mount Joy.
7-29 p.m. New Holland
Young 'Farmers meet at the
high school Subject feeding
dairy cows
8 pm. County Extension
Executive committee meets
at the Farm Bureau Coop
erative, Dillerville Pike.
Nov. 27 10 am. Fruit
tree pruning demonstration
at Brown’s orchard, between
■ * ■ itCoatinued -14) l-. ;
would be jjie and
most effective way of clean
ing up those outmoded and un
democratic features of the milk
order referendum proceedure ”
(Continued on Page 16)
Fulton Grange
Plans Open Meet
The public is invited to at
tend the next regular meeting
■of Fulton Grange jp 66 at the
Grange Hall, Oakryn, on Mon
day night Nov 26 at 8 pm
A feature of the program
will he an a'ct hy Miss Rose
Mary Rendler, New Provi
dence The Grange is sponsor
ing Miss Rendler in the Miss
iSolanco contest November 30.
Other numbers on the pro
gram will he Roll call ques
tion “What Have I To Be
Thankful For”; violin solo by
J. Robert 'Reed; talk "The
History Of Thanksgiving” by
Mrs. Earle Gilbert; demon
stration and talk on “Setting
A Thanksgiving Table” by
‘Mrs. W. Harold Graybeal and
games by the Youth Comm.it
(Continued on I'age 13)
Equip’t Dealers
Elect R. Wiley
At the 50th Annual Conven
tion of the Pa Retail Farm &
Industrial Equipment
Association, held in Har
nsburg last week Rankin
Wilej, owner of the C E
Wiley & Son Farm Equipment
Dealership at Quarryville and
Wakefield, Pa, was elected
President of the 600 member
state organization.
Wiley’s firm has been in
continuous operation for well
Started b/ e his father® They
haie the Massey - Ferguson
Farm Equipment franchise.
jLC^iauedi.on-f*ge
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 23, 1963
Pa. Young Farmers Name
Countian ‘Outstanding’
Five Young Farmers from
Lancaster County were .hon
ored Wednesday during the
annual convention of the
Penns} hania Young Farmers
Association at the Pennsyl
vania State Umveisity
Bari S Fisher, fortytwo.
East Bail Rl, was named
Outstanding Young Farmei in
Region II for his farming pio
grm and community activities.
All four runhers-up in the
regional contest were also
from the county. Presented
certificates for their achieve
ments by James Fink, Voca
sor in the P e n n a. De
tional agriculture supervi
partment of Public Instruc
tion and advisor of the state
Young Farmers, were Isaac
Geib, Manheim R'3; Clifford
THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARMER for Re
gion jj j s Earl S. Fisher, East Earl Rl. Presenting a
certificate to Fisher Wednesday during the annual
mee tj n g Q f the Penna. Young Farmers Association at
The Pennsylvania State University, is James Fink left,
advisor of the State (Organization. Looking on at far
right is Gene Daugherty, advisor of the Garden Spot
Chapter. , . X.IF. Photo.,
Countians Sweep Junior
Division Of Steer Show
In an imposing show of
strength, Lancaster County 4-
H showmen earned away most
of the bleed championship
banners at the Eastern Nation
al Livestock Exposition Mon
day at Timonium, Md.
A 1,095 pound summer year
ling Angus shown by John
Frey, Quarryville R 2, was
named the champion Angus
and Grand Champion of the
junior division of the show
Resen e championship honors
went to the 955 pound Here
ford of Wesley Mast, Elver
son R 2.
A stocky Angus, champion
of the open classes, shown by
Shirley and Dons Brown, Tig
erville, SC, nosed out the
junior champion for Grand
Champion steer of the show
honors i
Resen e show honors went
to the Hereford shown by Still
House Hollow Farm, Hume,
Virginia
W Hollowa}, Peach Bottom;
El\m M Rohrer, Jr , 2521
Hoiseshoe Road, Lancaster
and Cl>de Aument, Holtvvood
Rl
Fisher, manager of Stauffer
Homestead Farms, is a chartei
member and vice president ot
the Garden Spot Chapter
Young Farmers, New Holland.
He is a leadei in the New Hol
land Community 4-H club, a
director of the Lancaster
County Shine Producers As
sociation, and a steward iu
Ranch's Evangelical and Uni
ted Brethren Church.
A natne of Jeffersonville,
Ohio, Fisher came to York
County after high school gra
duation. He became swine
(Continued on Page 12)
$2 Per Year
In the Junior show on Mon
day, all six of the finalists in
the Angus judging were Lan
caster County steers In Here
ford competition only one
steer from out of the county
spoiled the local youngsters'
record. Following Wesley
Mast’s middleweight into the
championship circle was the
heavyweight entry of Miss
Kathy Goen, Prince Georges
County, Md
In the Angus classes John
Frey took the blue ribbon in
the light weight classes follow
ed by Wesley Mast Wesley
showed the first place steer in
middleweight class and took
him on to the reserve Angus
(Continued on'Page 6)
Lititz Farmer
Is Secretary
Of State Y.F.A.
Paul Kline, Lititz R 3, was
elected secretary of the Penn
sylvania Young (Farmers As
sociation Wednesday at the
organization’s annual meeting
on the campus of the Penn
sylvania State University.
Kline succeeds John Flem
ing:, Elderton, on the state ex
ecutive board Wayne Free
man, Green Park, immediate
past vice president of Region
4, was named to head the
organization during the com
ing year
Secretary Bull Speaks
Speaking at the opening
session of the convention,
Penna Secretary of Agricul
ture, Leland Bull, said Young
Farmers must take a more
active part in the political life
of the state “It is important
(Continued on Page 13 }
Former Countian
Places Second In
Stock Judging
Darvin B. Boyd, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Boyd, Eph
rata Rl, was second high in
dividual scorer in intercolle
giate livestock judging contest
last week at the Pennsylvania
Livestock Exposition in Harris
burg.
(Continued on Page 5)
FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
ne\t five days are expected
to average 3 to 8 degrees
above the normal range of
33 at night to 48 in. the
afternoon. The weather is
expected to continue warm
throughout most of the per
iod. Precipitation may total
a half inch or more falling
as scattered showers from
Saturday through Tuesday.