Grassland FFA
Annual Banquet
Hie al*tfa annual Parent
-900 Banquet of the Grassland
Chapter of Future Fanners
of America of the Garden
Spot High School was held in
tbe 'cafeteria of the high
saheol Bast Meek with over 250
FRA members, parents, teach
er*, school hoard members,
aai gaesU attending the af
fair.
denn S. Weber, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Weber of
SMtotoa R 2, was named the
Graeelzni* Chapter’s Star Fann
er and WHHcm Fisher, son of
Mr. and Mrs. lEarl Fisher of
Mot Barf BH, was the recipi
ent of the Leoit M. Graybifl
Manorial Award, the Star'
Gieenhsnd Award was green
ta Kenneth Weber, son. of Mr.
so# Mrs. Howard Weber of
MMarhar Ba
Ottrer BRA. Foatt-dation:
AWwS*iiKiera_htohided£-Bqb
ertWitwec, Conservation; Fred
PfalL Safety; Leonard Good,
fißeetrificafbtoa; William Fish
ex, Poultry; James Misser,
Faftftc apeaScing; Dale Herr,
Dairy Farming; Tony Poliker,
Livestock Farming; Roy Bow
man, Farm Mechanics; Dennis
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Mohler, Farm Forestry; and management; George Elsen-
Adam Zimmerman, Crop* .befgcr, farm mechanics; El-
Farming.
Certificates of Appreciation tricity; Leslie LaKH*' farm
and Honorary Chapter Parmer s*fety: Donald DCiter, zhrm
Degrees were presented a fwestry;, and John Frey, pub
mur.lbler of men and women speaking.
from the area who have help- Hamilton Little was named
ed make the local program as the first recipient of the
of Vocational Agriculture more Henry Wenger Insurance
successful, and promote agri- Award for his "initiatiTe and
culture. resourcefulness for making
■ - - the best use of his opportuni-
Solanco FFA Three members were pre
n m JO sented with gold medals for
r£U*6llt ana oon winning state FFA first place
* ID ■ in the Project Second Book
Annual Danqucc Contest, eadh in different
_ categories. John Frey with 7
The Solanco FFA Chapter projects, Clarence Neff with 2
held their annual projects and Raider
banquet aeceaftly -with * project.
** 'Banquet speaker* were Ken
servmg as toasttnaster. L , artin am} kitchen Ul-
Recermng the Honorary Martin , s tate FFA Pres-
Chapter Degree were: -Piiuci- spoke on the duties of
pat-* John A. Taddie; former a FFA officer. Mitchell
Assistant Principal Donald ulric i l) s tate FFA Chaplain,
Hershey; . Agway, Inc. "'Paid s^ce on ‘Froudest Vo-
Howarct accepted on behalf df - „
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fu A TTAim Entertainment was provided
Winners ox the FIJrA t oun- - _
, .. Tiniii-™, m the form of a vruartetmaae
dation Awards were William —tts»a
_ ~ . , up of members of tn© F&A
Frey, livestock; James Esben- v
shade, crops; Henry DeLong, chapter, namely, Bamiiwon
dairy; Loren Bucher, poultry; Little, J. Edward Kreider, J.
Randy Herr, soil and water Everett Kreider end Earl
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wood Ammerman, farm elec-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 20, 1965—-
Wenger, Also * brass quartet
under the direction ol Donald
Reed gave four selections. A
skit entitled "One Step at a
Time” was presented bar mem
bers of the chapter. Partici
pating were Ed Kreidfer, Hen
ry DeLong, James Kile, Ran
dy Herr and Gordon Griffith,
By Siring 1000
Pigs A Boar Can
Pay For Himself
A good boar is well worth
a price paid above that for an
average herd sire, says Kel
vin Bradley, extension live
stock specialist, Missouri Univ.
Bradley states that a good
boar, when he bas aired a
thousand pigs Whidh are mar
keted, will play for btouself
If . . .
—He increases feed efiid
ency of his offspring as mmcfa
as five-pounds per 100 pounds
of gain, or
—He increases sale price of
market Jtogs 15 cents per 100
pounds, or
—3O of fads daughters are
sold as breeding gilta for mar
ket price phis $lO a head.
—(The value of Ms replace
ment daughters in the herd
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programs,
■Bahia is EraEtTs lea<&h£
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