IfOL 9 NO. 35
I DON’T LET ’EM GET AWAY! Ray P. Bollinger’s “Friskey Fresians” are
p!d m tlie corner by Melvin Good, a neighbor boy who helps Ray with the farm
[ork and the photographer’s daughter who was along to see the calves. This is the
jrst set of triplet calves ever to carry Bollinger’s RA-GERG prefix.
ripiets A One
n 468 Chance
u was one cnance in four
imbed and sixty-eight that
av Bollinger’s Dean Magic
ma <ow would have triplets
ut ihe did it, coming fresh
a tre second time. Two girls
nl a boy And that, after
ictuang 10,019 lbs of milk
i a Uo year old.
These are the first triplets
iat Eu r > das ever owned but
1 have had quite a few twins,”
t said The calves were born
unit noon and they weie all
imk nt. milk by evening
ow lao weeks later, the
'hes <re eatiqg starter and
iei > mother is milking over
l ,v pounds
well known Bollinger
Eul bad the top herd average
f 505 lbs of milk, 591 lbs
* and a 3 8% test on 27
bst year He is in the
10Cc ' of building a larger
°' v bu-a to accommodate for
-1 COv >s and thus better make
SE ° r ms eighty-seven acres
The calves are sired by the
niantic Breeders Cooperative’s
- ener ‘' bull and the Tina
- s -’-om the “Dean” sire
he Ray Bollinger family
2) e D** noitheast of Highway
Ephrata
Mother Forecast'
features during the
. Sue days are expected
>bov avera § e 2 to 6 degrees
" t norm al with warmer
Cool ?r over Che weekend.
® r leather is expected
p r . ( d ‘ l i' and Wednesday,
to 2 Pltation “ay total .1
l (r ‘• ,tle h occurring as scat
ir I\j t j^ o ' vers tate Monday
Mervin Sauder Captures
Top Field Day Award
Mervin Sauder, Lititz R 2,
put his name first on the Red
Rose Challenge Trophy by
scoimg 286 3 points out of a
possible 300 points to beat out
111 other men in the Lancas
ter County Holstein Field Day
Judging Contest held Wednes
day at the farm of Hiram
Aungst, Elizabethtown R 1 Last
jear, Albert Frey, Manheim
R 2, ictired the large trophy to
make a new one necessary for
this year’s contest
Placing second with 283.3
points was Jay Mylm, Willow
Sheet Rl, third, Clair Martin,
Lititz Rl, 2813 points, fourth,
Wanen Bollinger; Lititz Rl,
268.7 points, and fifth, J Mel
vin Wenger, Elizabethtown Rl,
266 6 points
Mrs M nam Kauffman, Eliz
abethtown Rl, topped the la
caes’ contest with 283 4 points
winch was also the second high
score of the day Mis Elvm
He ss Jr, Stnsburg 111, was
second with 266 7 points Thud
was Mrs Parke Ranck, Rooks
Rl, with 266 6 points fouuh.
Mis Lawience FouP', Qua.iy
IH FIELD DAY
ON THURSDAY
Local International Harvest
er dealers will hold a huge
field day on 'Thursday, August
6 at the Kenneth Eshelman
farm. Rt 230, midway between
Mount Joy and Elizabethtown.
All types of farm machinery
will be on display and demon
stiated.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1, 1964
L. F. Photo
ville R 3, 251 points, and fifth,
Kathryn Fry, Manheirn R 2,250
points
Robie Hess took the model
cow and the Junior tr >phy
with a score of 270 points in
the youth class Second was
Edwin Hess, Strasburg Rl,
with 268 points, third, Carol
Kettering, Lititz R 3, with 266 7
points, fourth, Loren Zimmer
man, East Earl Rl, with 253
points, and fifth, Roland Weil-
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4-H Round-Up
Day Thursday
Thursday, August 6, has been
set as Round Up Day for some
250 4-H Club membeis in Lan
caster County.
Some 250 club members are
expected to enter projects in
the Food, Flowei, and Vege
table eategones. Items will be
judged accoiding to expeuence,
with each entiy leeeiving a
übbon
The judging will take place
while membeis attend an
assembly program including
demonstrations by county 4-
Hers who have won othei con
tests
Judges for the round up in
clude Mrs Maiy Myers, home
economist from PP&L, Misa
Mary Anne Smith, home econ
omist fiom UGI, and Harry
Sloat, retired county agent
Hatfield Tells Farmers;
Know Rights, Hold Temper
“As moie land is acquired
for public purposes, such as
highways, farmers find them
selves mcieasmgly involved It
is up to the farmer to know
his lights,” said Hollis Hat
field, Executive Secretary of
the Pennsylvama Farmers As
sociation
Speaking to a special meet
ing of the Lancaster County
Farmers Association, Thuis
day night at the Reed Wisslei
Faim, Ephiata R 2, Hatfield
said that the Department of
Highways or its employes have
the right to enter upon any
land, it has the power to con
demn, to make studies, sm
veys, tests and appiaisals piior
to condemnation, piovided that
the ownei has been notified
ten days piior to entiy Theie
foie “theie is no excuse for
anyone loosing his tempei ”he
said “You may not like hav
ing youi land taken but the
Government has /this light Ev
en though the law says that
you must have a fair settle
ment it becomes a miserable
process if tempei s of more
than one person are involved
It is often remarkable what
can be accomplished if Jiu
know your rights and then
L. to R., Henry Keener, representing John W.
Eshelman & Sons, Mervin Sander and Mrs. Miriam
Kauffman. Up in back is Robie Hess. These are the
winners of their respective divisions in the Lancaster
County Holstein Field Day Judging Contest.
Guernsey Field
Day Tuesday
The annual Field Day of the
Lancaster County Guernsey
Breedeis’ Association will be
held at the home of Mr and
Mi’s Melvin R Stoltzfus
Ronks R 1 on Tuesday, Au
gust 4
The morning piogiam will
begin at 10 00 am, which will
include the judging of thiee
classes of Guernseys
Mi. Elmer Salisbury, man
ager of Lauxmount Farms
Wnghtsville. will be the judge
and afternoon speaker.
$2 Per Year
‘bend over backwards’ not to
stiain the human i elation ele
ment ”
To know or talk intelligent
ly about the “Eminent Domain
Code” there are some defini
tions a person must know
“Right-of-Way” is the “Right
of Passage over another’s
land ” “Eminent Domain” is
the right of a goveinment to
take private piopeity foi pub
lic use Where this light is
exeicised, the person whose
property is confiscated has the
right to be compensated “Con
demn” means to take, injure
01 destroy pnvate piopeity by
authority of law foi a public
piu pose
The Secietaiy uiged each
laimei to “get a little black
book,” and itemize the list of
damages to ciops and pioperty
toi final settlement puiposes,
if his land gets in the way of
a pioposed highway Keaily
ninety per cent of the settle
ments are made outside the
couits yet if it becomes neces
saiy to take it to the couit, it
is important to have exact
damage lists to show the judge.*
Under the new law, farm
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Farm Calendar
Aug 3 830 am Penna
Vegetable Gioweis’ tour of
Columbia Countv Assemble
at the Bloomsburg Town
Park
730 pm Faim Buieau Spe
cial Poultry Meeting at the
Lancastei Poultiy Exchange,
340 W Roseville Rd
Aug 4 10 00 a m Lancaster
County Guernsey Breeders
Field Day at Melvin Stoltz
fus Farm, R. D 1, Ronks, Pa.
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