tfOL; 8 NO. 52
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caponsiat ibe-Efizab6th f -
‘at MounVjJoyC Presenting
Floyd Kicks' -Poultry-Exten sion- ■ Specialist from' -tfie* Pennsylvania
jS^tejUniyersity;,:All exhibit'-.birds wete purchased by 'members of "the Mount
JdySEafa%;;iClub. ,- > r - ‘ ' ’ - ; ., " L. F. Photo.
Twelve Cp. Herds Produce Holstein Group
a r ( - - rf Vot6s Support
Over 600 Pound Averages For Dairy Show
Twelve herds in the Red
Rose Dairy Herd Improvement
Association'.produced over 600
pounds of-butterfat per cow
during "the 1963 -testing ’ year,
Lancaster Farming learned,
this- . - _, - ,t
’ 184~ T herds- in -the
county/ made 'better .'than J50 0
pounds' "'per" cow. During the
1962 only one herd made more
than 600 ••pounds of butterfat
and*,.only 84' herds had more
than'- 500 pounds. .’No other
-county in "the nation* has as
many herds above - either 500
pounds or 600 pounds of but
terfat., - - ■ >
'Two' county,herds ranked at
the -top -of to.breed
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Farm Calendar
Dec. 3 — 7:30 p.m. — New
Holland 'Young Farmers As
sociation meets in-the high -
school- ibuildi'ng. _ Subject,
feeding dairy cows. ,
Dec. 5 — 4: 30 p.m.-'"—Lancaa- -
' ter- County teachers of vo r '
cational agriculture meet alt
Donegal High School, Mount
Joy. ■ < .
flf p.in. — ’ Solanibo .Young
Farmers meet 1 -in-"the 'high
i efchool, Quarryville:" Subject,
',-ILpng Term" F>rm-; Oredit; ,£
DdeF'S,'--- —- ; ip;m: Fulton-.
r-Grahge* .#66: ymeete..' at-- ,th«-
averages ' The 4 6' registered
Guernsey cows in the herd of
Raymond and Louise Witmer,
Willow Street Rl, led the
state’s 'Guernsey herds with an
.average* of 11,751- pounds "of
jbut,terfat and. 594 ‘pounds of
butterfat. Ed "Osborne’s 132
registered -and. grade Jerseys
at Cornwall' Farm, Peach Bot
tom, led that breed in the state
with 10,178' pounds of milk
and 568 .pounds of -butterfat.
The top" Holstein herd with 1
713 -pounds of . butterfat is
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DHIA Banquet
Date Is Set
Directors of the Red Rose
Dairy Herd Improvement As
sociation Monday ' night an
nounced January 23 as the (
date for the .annual banquet.. _
The meeting will ‘be held
at 12 noon*-in the Host Motel, |
Lancaster. " ’
President Jason Weaver ap- '
pointed two committees. John '
Kreider, Paul Brubaker, and '
Isaac Brubaker were appoint
ed to choose the outstanding 1
tester in the county. Leon Hess -
and Ellis Mentzer were named !
to the auditing committee..
■ Donald Miller"Hanover, was""”
appointed supervisor the J
newly-formed -testing mnit- in
TJhe 1
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 30, 1963
The Pennsylvania Holstein
Association, m convention last
week at the Host Motel, Lanc
aster, voted to support a move
by the Pennsylvania Depart
ment olf Agriculture to secure
an International Dairy Show in
Harrisburg,
The department has-reques
ted a $100,000 grant to stage
such a show.
Meeting at the Golden Anni
versary convention, members of
the group passed .other resolu
tions- calling for the Pennsyl
vania State University to de
velop total nutrient ‘ testing
techniques, and for the Penna.
Department of-Forests, and Wa
ters to -acquire only marginal
land, and not cropland, for
Project 70.
Blvin Hess, Jr., Strashurg
Rl, was elected to the board
ocf.,.directors of the state asso
ciation.
■ He .will represent-the Lanc
aster. County iHolstein-Fnesian
Olub. Hess succeeds Clarence E,
Lyons, 204 Hess Blvd., Lanc
aster,'the county’s representa
tive for the past eight years.
B. W. vNewlin, Granlville,
succeeded Ohm Snider to the
presidency/of the'.state origan i
zatidh.* NeWiiifc' had served as
rice'-presKlen t.
'■-JjOther officers elected were as
fo^UmS;.
’Glen 'P. Jflffiin
buig'i vis* pre»i-
Capon Club Championship
Won By LiUi Ann Wiyell
A rery uniform exhibit of
two dressed birds won the
grand championship rosette
in the Elizabethtown-Donegal
-4-H-Club capon roundup Tues-
day for Miss Lilli Ann Wivell,
Columbia Rl.
. Floyd Hicks, Exten-,
sion PouUry Specialist from
the Pennsylvania State Umver-
T Y ’ vf" , lr 6 J ea n, 0 i d
daughter of Mr. .and Mrs. Clyde
Un °T
birds in a field of W excellent-
quality exhibits. The 10th
grade student’s exhibits scored
high in all five phases of the
judging - conformation fin-
ish, freedom from defects,
dressing, and uniformity, Hicks
said
iTilli, a sixth year member
Eggs In Plastic Feature
Built - In Maid Service
,Pre-cooked, plastic coated
eggs are , being marketotested'
to Bqpie", areas of'•NeWi-York.-j,;
'
pT-Pood- Science at Cornell Un
iversity, 1 Ithica, N. Y., says
that- sales 1 have -been good.
'Pro*. Baker says that peel
ing’iiani cooked -eggs has be
come a problem because poul--
THE LATEST IN HARD COOKED eggs is this
plastic coated roll being market tested by Cornell
University. 'Die roll contains four large eggs and is
pre-cooked before going to the retailer. The process is
stilt being tested by the university.
U.S.D.A. Reports
Milk Orders
Are*' Combined
j
The U.8. Department of Ag
riculture' today announced that
the Philadelphia and Wilming
ton Federal milk manteting or
der® will be merged on Dec. 1,
and present marketing areas
will be expanded to include all
of southern New Jersey not
now covered by the New York-
New Jersey order. The single
order will be known as the
“Delaware Valley" order.
A referendum was held re
cently to which the Delaware
Valiey under was approved by'
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ttl MHbHtfW HmfftU-MiilJMWiaillii
$2 Per Year
in the club placed .second,
hind the entry ‘of her ■'sister,'
Virginia, in her second year of
club work. Her capons weigh
ed eight pounds and 12 ounces
each.
In the projetet book score
the contest, Janice
B lxler. Marietta R-l. plaked Snrt
out a m& 100
Points. Miss Wivell had a
9? g - score f fourth pla#e .
Second In the scoring with, a
98 . 2 Jo 6 WlveU> a brott .
er Qf while Vlrglnia Wi .
yeU lae0(1 tbird with
j to Fraaecs
B Marietta Rl. with a
g 7 g
’ *
Second in the exhibit score
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try-men are giving the ©on
sumer*-a ' much , fresher .egg
.than"in
?
hard'’ cooked. ""The inner shell
membrane sticks to.the aSbif
mln,' and housewives report
that they not only have diffi
culty peeling the eggs, but’ a
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FIVE-DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next five days are expected
to average near the normal
range of 30 at night to 45 In
the afternoon. Cool weather
Saturday and Sunday will
give way to milder Monday
becoming cool toward the
end of the period.' Precipita
tion may include a few snow
flurries in the higher
tions Saturday and Sunday.
Scattered showers Tuesday
and Wednesday will be more
general over the area T*f#-
-day and,. Wednesday. .
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