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VOL. 10 NO. 31
USDA Proposes
Standards For
Feeder Pigs
The U S Department of
Agriculture has proposed
standards for five official
grades of feeder pigs The
proposed standards provide for
grades U.'S ,No. 1, 'US No 2,
U. S No. 3, Medium and Cull.
The Livestock Division of
OSiDA’s Consumer and Mar
keting Service explained that
there are presently no official
grade standards for feeder
pigs. Federal and federalistate
market reports on feeder
pigs are based on suggested
standards published by USDA
in 1940. Some states have de
veloped new standards for
use in feeder pig marketing
programs
The proposed grades would
provide a uniform basis for
marketing and market report
ing, G&MS officials said.
‘Five pioposed grades would
be determined by a composite
evaluation of logical slaughter
potential and thriftiness.
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Land Transferred For
Farm And Home Center
Plans for establishing a
Farm and Home Center in
Lancaster County took a giant
step this week with the for
mal transfer of a choice tract
of 105 acres of land along
the Route 230 By-Pass as a
site for the proposed building
On hand to accept the deed
to the gift of land made by
Elmer L Esbenshade, prom
inent retired farmer, was
Levi Brubaker, Chairman of
the .Farm Gifts Division - of
the Farm and Home Founda
tion of Lancaster County.
Other officers of the Founda
tion present, were: ‘ Willis "Z.
Esbenshade, president; B.
Suavely .Garber,- vice presi
dent; Noah W. Rreider, treas
urer; L. H. Skromme, chair
man of the Special and Gen
eral Gifts Division; and di
rectors Melvin R Stoltzfus
and John H. Herr. Esbenshade,
the donor, is one of several
men who pioneered the idea
oiiginally of a Center de
signed to seive both agncul
Farm Calendar
July 5 July 59, plant ma
terials short course at Penn
State University.
July 6 July 6,7, and 8,
Southeastern Pa. 4 j H Lead
ership School at Cocoa Inn,
Hershey
7SO pm. New Provi
dence 4-H Club at New
ProvKience Elementary
School. -
July 8 - lOi am. to 8 pm.
_ 4W JavestWCjr Club Ma : ;
PRINCESS POSES WITH PROUD PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. H Leroy Welk on steps of their farm
home at Strasburg Rl. Linda topped the county com
petition last weekend, and will be representing Lan
caster County in the state contest the latter part of
this month. L. F. Photo
tural and civic interests
The tract of land was of
fered as a “challenge gift” on
condition that a minimum of
$200,000 would ibe raised by
the Foundation before July
1, 1965 through public sup-
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TO LEGALLY COMPLETE THE TRANSFER
OF LAND TO THE FARM AND HOME CENTER
Levi Brubaker (left), Chairman of the Farm Gifts
Division, presented land donor Elmer L. Esben*
shade with onfe. Silver dollar which was minted in
the year of his birth.' Looking on alt the proposed
■ Farin "and 'Hotae sife' along '-the'-Route 230 By-Pass
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 3, 1965
Eshelman Firm
Buys “Premier
Brand” Feed Co.
John W Eshelman & Sons,
manufacturers of Red Rose
Feeds, announces the 'pur
chase of Hespenheide and
Thompson, Inc, York, Pa
The Hespenheide and
Thompson fiim has marketed
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ONE VERY BIG SILVER DOLLAR CHANGES HANDS
Linda Welk, 1965 Dairy
Princess, Looks Forward
To A Very Exciting Year
All of the events that will
require the royal presence of
Lancaster County’s newest
Dairy Princess between now
and next June are eagerly
anticipated by a pleased and
self-assured young lady in the
Strasburg ai ea. Eighteen-yeai
old Linda Lou Welk was chos
en last Saturday night to rep
resent the county’s daily in
dustry in the coming year.
This means appearing at
Various dairy functions and
field days, and speaking to
4-H’ers and other organized
gioups It also means enter
ing the competition for Penn
sylvania Dairy Princess on
the 23id and 24th of July
Area Farmers Hear Nutritionist Via
Long Distance Telephone Hook-Up
On Tuesday night about 20
area farmers gathered at the
Albram' Groff farm on Pinker
ton Road, Mount Joy, to at
tend a feeder meeting spon
soied by the International
Stock Food Corporation
(ISF).
The highlight of the meet
ing was a prearranged, live,
telephone talk by Dr Edward
J. Czainetzky, dean of agri
cultural education at the Wil
liam H Miner Agricultural
Research Institute at iChazy,
New York Although this type
of amplified hook up is not
are some of the officers and directors of the Founda
tion. Left to right they are: Melvin R. Stoltzfus,
director, 1 B. Suavely Garber, vice-president; John
H. Herr, director; Willis 2. Esbenshade, president;
Noah W. Kreider, treasurer; and L. H. Skromme,
Chairman of Special and General Gifts Divisions.
$2 Per Year
Since the state competition
is one of the first events on
the calendar, Linda is concen
tiating most of her Prmcess
like thoughts in that direc
tion The state event will be
held in Towanda, Pa, which
is located northwest of Scran
ton She will be accompanied
by Mrs Herbert Royer, coun
ty director of the Dairy Pnn
cess Pageant 'County Prin
cesses from fourteen areas will
compete for the grand title
at Towanda Linda will be
representing aiea 14, 'which
is Lancaster County. We wish
her well l
The Princess is the daugh
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new in some aieas, it is uni
que in this section ilt is ac
complished by having the
telephone company install a
special gadget which is wired
to an amplifier and it worked
very well.
Dr Czarnetzky discussed
some of the practical on
faim applications of good nu
trition practices, and told the
group that these must be
combined with good manage
ment practices if farmers are
to give their animals the nec-
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L. P. Photo