VOL. 9 NO. 51 LANCASTER COUNTY’S 4-H STATE CHAMPION LIVESTOCK JUDGING TEAM added still another title to their laurels by topping the junior contest at the Pa. Livestock Exposition last week. Shown left to right: Eugene Hosier, R. I>. 3 Manheim; Larry Weaver, R. D. 1 New Holland; John Prey and Kenneth Butt, both R. D. 2 Quarryville; and coach M. M. Smith, Lancaster County Agent. The team will .compete at the International Livestock Show at Chicago Nov. 27, Dec. 5. 100 Poultrymen Attend DeKalb Meeting At Lane. Poultry Center About 100 poultrymen and allied industrymen groped their way through the fog Thursday night to attend a DeKalb poultry meeting at the Lancaster Poultry Center. The first phase of the pro- gram was handled by Jack Nelson, Assistant Manager of the DeKalb Poultry Division. He illustrated his talk on the company’s research program with colored slides which showed the research farms, and offered graphic explana- tions of how the commercial inbred-hyhrid chick is “manu- fclCfollTGCl ** Nelson explained that close inbreeding is essential for fix- ing desired traits. Part of the variation in chickens comes C a |i m f alimflar ■ MIIII. vaimnicn Nov. 23 7:30 p.m.. Meeting to elect county FFA officers. Lampeter-Strasburg High School. 8:00 p m.. Dairy Clinic, soianco High bcnooi. tod at Pe“„ SS. uStveS lie days’ Is and 24 y ‘ * ' Noy; 24 12 noon- New Hoi- 4 . H Soii and water Conservation Club exhibits at Kiwanis Luncheon, Hotel Brunswick, Lancaster.’ BOO p.m, Dairy' Clinic, John Neff School, Neffsville! Nov. 26 Have a nice Thanks- giving Day! Nov. 27 International Live- stock Show, Chicago. 11/27- 12/5 Nov. 28 10 a.m. - 4;30 p.m., Open House at Landis Valley Farm Museum, Rt. 222, Lan- -master. from genetic makeup, and part from the influence of manage ment (environment), Nelson said As inbreeding -progresses through several generations the genetic elements become “purified,” and the breeder gams more control over this (Continued on Page 12) * rrjv-v A AJ ’ UoUA AOVISCS „ A? VsOUUOllaXlOn vl rv» „ n„ n _ L/lVorSlOll * lOg. rpbe Department of Agricultures Advisory Coin mi^ee oa Grains and Wheat, at the conclusion of a recent two-day meeting, strong ly recommended that the Sec retai T of Agriculture seek continuation of the voluntary wheat and feed grain legisla tion. The committee also recom mended that the feed grain and w heat programs he of at j eas t five years duration so farmers can make better plans ‘ Thc “« »' a stfategic com modity reserve was endorsed. This idea ’ contained in a re " port by a subcommittee of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission, was presented to the Secretary in October. 'lt suggested study of the feasi bihty of a 630-million-bushel strategic wheat reserve and a 45-milhon-ton feed grains re serve It was further recom mended that the policy of re leasing such reserves be clear ly stated in advance. The group discussed a long range land retirement pro (Continued on Page €) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 21, 1964 Farm Credit Holds Three-County Meetings The Lancaster Farm Credit Association, composed of the Federal Land Bank and Pro duction Credit Associations, re cently concluded its series of annual meetings in the three county area serviced by the Lancaster office. The meetings were held in Upper Dauphin High School, Ehzabethville, on November 10; in Lampeter-Strasburg High School, Lampeter on Novem ber 12; and in Cleona High School, Annville on November 17. Total attendance, including members and guests, at the three meetings was 296. At each of the meetings an FFA member spoke to the group. The three speakers were Larry Engle, at Eliza bethville; Donald Ranck, at Lampeter, and Dennis Crum bine at Annville. At each meeting votes were oast for Directors, and total votes were tallied at the con elusion of the series. Newly elected Directors were: Jacob N. Smith, Annville Rl, reelect ed as a Land Bank Director, and presently s «ving as Pres- Ment of the Association; H. Wilbur Heller. Conestoga Rl, also reelected as a Land Bank Director, and presently a mem her of the Loan Executive Committee; John J Kahler, Millersburg Rl, reelected to the Board of the Production Credit Association. The featured speaker for the meeting was S L. Greenly, Ephrata, Pa. His talk was il lustrated with movies of hunt ing and fishing expeditions along the Alcan Highway and in Canada, Northern United States, Yellowstone National (Continued on Page 4) Frey Leads County Showmen To Sweeping Victory At Timonium After sweeping the competi tion in the junior division at the Eastern National Livestock Show at Timonmm on Mon day, the county was further honored when John Frey’s grand champion Angus defeat ed all comers foi the cham pion steer of-the-show awai d on Tuesday Fiey’s junior yearling, T 0 Laddie, is the same animal with which he won the junior division championship and re serve champion steer of-show title at the Pennsylvania Live- stock Exposition at Harnsbuig a week ago In the junior division show on Monday, the youngsteis from Lancaster took every title in sight Frey had the Candidates Are Named For FFA Keystone Degree ■lt was announced recently by the Pennsylvania State FFA Association that twenty-one boys in Lancaster County were among the one-hundred and ninety-eight Pennsylvania FFA members nominated to receive the Keystone Farmer Degree in January 1965. Accoiding to Thomas Mah lon, FFA County Supervisor, this degree will be presented during Farm Show Week. Ten tatively, plans are to present it on January 13 in the Forum of the Pennsylvania State Edu cation Building, Harrisburg, in a meeting scheduled to start at 1 pm. No state is permitted to have more than two per cent of its registered FFA members re ceive this coveted award in any one year. Applications of outstanding boys from the in dividual FFA chapters are sent to the State Ass’n., and the latter organization rates these on the basis of leader ship, citizenship, scholarship, and supervised farming pro grams. The nominees selected for Lancaster County were drawn from seven FFA chapters; Witness Oak, Manheim, Gar den Spot, Grassland, Solanco, Manor and Cloister. County degree candidates: Witness Oak FFA Chapter (Donegal High School) Stu art Emenheiser and Dennis and Donald Drager. Manheim FFA Chapter (Manheim Central High School) Lowell Landis, Jo seph Russell and Gary Lefever. Garden Spot FFA Chapter (Lampeter - Strasburg High School) Kenneth Hess and Donald and Jay Herr. Grassland FFA Chapter (Garden Spot High School) Fred Nolt, Warren Good, Wil liam Fisher and Tony Folker. Solanco FFA Chapter (Solan co High School) Robert Ul (Continued on Page 10) $2 Per Year giand champion, Wesley Mast showed his champion Short horn to the reserve title, and Lancaster captured the county gioup championship In the Angus class, Frey had champion and reserve, the lat tei being the senior calf that had also topped his class at Harrisburg Mast had the Shoi thorn champion which he later showed to the reservo position behind Frey’s Angus. Mast also won the reserve championship in the Hereford event This was the second conseo utive year that Frey had tale- en the 4-H and FFA show title at Timomum The sevea teen-year old senior from So lanco High School is the son of Mrs Anna Frey, Quarryville R 2 Don Good, University of Kansas, judged the steer events on'both days. In the conten tion for steer-of-show prize ho picked Frey’s 1100-pound An gus over one shown by Conr? _ Grove, Chester County. H* then picked the Grove animal for reserve champion over Mast’s outstanding shorthorn. Frey was only the second Lancastrian to ever win the top steer award at the Eastern National. The other was Wes* (Continued on Page 4) FARM INCOME TAX SHORT COURSE The 1964 Farm Income Tax and Social Security Short Course will be held December 7 and 8 on the Mam Campus of The Pennsylvania State University. Farmers and those who help farmers prepare returns will receive the latest informal tion concerning the new in come tax law. Changes in the 1964 tax re turn which will be discussed are treatment of patronage dividends, wages paid children, rule 64-222 pertaining to ex emptions, itemized and stand ardized deductions, interest on deferred payment sales, busi- ness casualty losses, farm dis persal, farm assets, and tbe like Tax instructors from the Internal Revenue Service will assist University personnel (Continued on Page 12) Weother Forecast Temperatures for the five day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average below normal. The high readings will be in the mid 40’s with a low of 30*35 degrees. The coldest temper atures will occur in the first half of the period. Precipitaition will occur mostly as rain, or rain mixed with snow, and will be most ly in the latter half of the period. Total accumulations are expected to be from %• Vz inch.
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