'• Regional Star ' from Page 1) of five regional star farmers aelocted from 197 Keystona Fanner degree winners. The award will be presented at ceremonies in the forum of the state education building, Harrisburg, on January 15, 1964. Kenneth Martin, Denver R 2, ■was runnerup to Brubaker for region II honors in the contest based on vocational agriculture students’ scholar ship, leadership, farming pro gram and community actm- :ies. Brubaker, vice ■president of ;he Witness Oak FFA Chap ;er and first vice .president of Professional Service Sl*M CETTIK* MORE MILK AND FEWER SICK , COWS!-WiY NOT l YOU too? For Details, Write or Call: ir, Scott Heffner, Nutritionist and Veterinarian 1299 Lititz Pike, Lancaster Phone 893-2406 D. H. I. A. Members: [isnect drain Feeding Meterb [of Four Cows Arailatble, $2.50 K.,’ '-a* , wt&fiS w:t;' 't"f rSBBE^yAWk- m 1 V r v. 4 P ? i '• J- Joseph M. Good & Sons Leola villa miit-THij. {W*Si| »!#x.fW'fßf- r -t}Tj f-Jmj icMtj »*» w«nrf i»-,».,-r-f" - ' l the county association, is a memiber of the National Hon or Society at Donegal High School where he stands sixth in a class of 134. He has been elected Teen of the Week, Boy of the Moath, a member of the sen ior play cast, and Editor in Chief of the school yearbook. He is currently serving as treasurer of the Ehsabeth town-Donegal 4-H Club. Last year Brubaker was state FFA dairy Judging champion and was a member ot the Pennsylvania team that won a gold medal in national competition at Waterloo, lowa Last year, also, he was the state winner of the Penn- FARM LOANS Loans for Machinery, Livestock, Gars, Repairs, and any farm purpose. 10 - 85 year Farm Mortgages Full and part-time farms eligible FARM CREDIT OFFICE 411 W. Roseville Rd. Lane. 393-3921 - v ducing thousands of pounds more milk than you’re getting. The potential is there. 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Stop in and talk over your problems with us and. get started on a PIONEER management-for-profit program soon! sylvania Association of Farm er Cooperatives contest and became the state representa tive to the Amrican Institute of Cooperation at Ohio State University, His activities in in breeding Holstein cattle and managing sales of Hoi stems won the title “Penn sylvania Holstein Boy’’ in 1962. The 'Regional Star Farmer award represents a two year march beginning in 1962 when he was named Star farmer of his chapter. Earlier this year he was named Star Fanner of the County. Brubaker repiesented the state earlier this year as Pennsylvania winner of the Youthpower contest, and was awarded a tup to Chicago. With all his activities, Bru baker still finds time to care for his 'five registered Brown Swiss and 20 registered Hol stein cattle, 6,000 broilers, and farm 180 acres of corn, wheat and alfalfa in paitnei ship with his father. Brubaker’s cattle have won a host of ipnzes in the show ring. At the 1961 regional FFA show he had the sen ior and grand champion Hol stein. In 19'62 his senior cham pion Holstein at the regional show was named reserve champion and went on to first. < ’’’■ sow erd by breeding and that the extra profits ;age is for you. Your in a feeding program our cows to the very bred-in capabilities. are capable of pro- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 14, 1963—13 place in the aged bow class at the state junior dairy show. His regional dairy show en tries this year won the Brown Swiss junior championship, senior championship an 1 grand championship He went on the state junior dany show, repeated all the region al wins and added the resene grand championship Biubaker’s advisor is Grant Hiller, teachei of vocational agriculture at Donegal High School, • FFA (Continued fiom Page 1) G Spitler, Siiendan HI, Clois ters Chaptei, Donald S Hil ler, Elizabethtown HI, Eliza bethtown Chapter; Dale K Heishev, Hanheim R 3, Man heim Chapter, and Stanley Graver, Beaver Valley Pike, Laucastei, Garden Spot Chap ter The fathers of all the boys will be presented an honoraiy Keystone Farmer degree, and each of the mothers will le ceive a certificate of apprecia tion from the Keystone Asso ciation FKA. 'Mr Aaron Martin, Denver HI, will receive a special V/ A S PIONEER L award reserved for lathers of three or more Keystone Faim. eis. Hartiu's son, James, won the degiee in 19.1 S A second son, David, recen ed the de giee in 1961, and this vear the awaid was won by Ken neth Hoie awaids will go to Gulden Spot High School as Robert P Simon, Ji Supei v using Pnnupal at the school receives the honoiaiv degioe. A total of 197 degiees weie aw aided acioss the state. Tim teen school atlminislia tois will lecene the houoiaiy degiee The degiees aie based on scholai ship, leadeiship, tann ing piogiam, and community actn ities • Tobacco Hearings (Continued from Page x) iemoted is also being im ported under the lb 1 cents dut>. Hess said since the scrap to bacco has no stems or nbs it is essentially stemmed cigar leal and should be subiect to a duty of 23 cents a pound Meanwhile, Representatn e Paul B Dagueassuied 31 Lan caster County tobacco grow ers, an Washington for the hearings this week, that he would personally investigate the charges of prefeiential tariff treatment on US im ports of scrap tobacco (t * He said he would request the Treasury Department to explain why sciap tobacco con taining no stems is peimitted to be withdrawn fiom bonded warehouses at the same duty rate as unstemmed cigar till er leaf Dague pledged he “would do eveiythmg possible ’ to preient a tariff reduction on imports of loreign tobacco. ! / > t J Hess said this week that he understands theie are some 1,100 to 1,500 people who haie aequested pei mission to testify at the tariff hearings The healings will piobablv diag on all wintei,” he said, “but the inequities now exist ing should be collected im mediately ” “We can not censme the tobacco companies tor trying to buy their raw mateualb as cheaply as possible,’’ he said, “but the Lancaster Countv tanners can not attord a dias tic cut m price We aie too near the cost ol pioduction now, and we really have no alternate crop to turn to A reduction in tantf on import ed tobacco can’t help but lead to a downgrading ot the cali ber ot agriculture in Lancas ter County.’’ Hess said Thursday night he had not had an opportunity to study the testimony presented by tobacco companies He said the Pennsylvania Faun Bureau Cooperative would be given tune to testify in rebuttal later, but he has not vet decid ed if rebuttal testimony would be advisable “until we have had time to study the testi mony ” Samuel J. Orr, Geneial Manager of the Connecticut- Massactuisetts Tobacco Coopei atrve, Inc . Thuisday supported Hess before the five man tanft commission He said a cut in tantfs would hate a direct effect on tne grower and his familj m that “with possible added imports of tobacco our present surplusses would be “gieatly increased and as a le sult our chances tor a maiket tor our tobacco would be de cieased greatly ’ Hess repeated that the fann er needs to bfe' rept esented col lecmely in the.njarket place tipbasco complines are in business tq a piofit, he said, bfot'the groweis can not affprd a further cut in pnces.
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