VOL. 10 NO. 32 ♦ * A HOME-GROWN REGISTERED HOLSTEIN heifer shown here with Dale Herr is one of three such animals he is raising as FFA projects. He was also the recipient of the registered Ayrshire calf donated by the Lancaster County Ayrshire Assn, last year, and plans to show her on the fair circuit this year. L. F. Photo. Eggs May Be High In Protein And Low hi Calories, But Right To Say So On Egg Cartons Denied By FDA “High in Protein, Low in Calories,” printed on the egg carton, has been declared “misleading and a labeling vi olation'’ by the Food and Drug Administration of the De partment of Health, Education and Welfare. An informal hearing was conducted by the Hearing Of ficer, Samuel H Hart, in Cin cinnati, Ohio, at 2-00 p.m. on July 2. The hearing was at tended by R. L Hogue, Ex- Farm Calendar July 12 7 30 p m. 1965, 4-H Officer Training School at John Neff School, Neffsville All 4-H officers urged to attend Fulton Grange meets at OaJtrym 8 pm. Lancaster County Soil and Water Conserva tion District Directors meet at County Courthouse. July 15 1:30-9 p.m. 4-H Field Day at Long Park. —'7B pm, 44H Queen final ists will compete for title .at Long Park hi-the amphi theater, - * ecutive Secretary, Indiana State Poultry Association, rep resenting Chic-a-Lay Poultry Farms of Corydon, Indiana, and Dr. L. A Wilhelm, Sec retary of Poultry and Egg National Board. The two men placed in evidence some 15 (Continued on Page 16) Pa. Enters Phase II Of Cholera Eradication Plan Pennsylvania came the 42nd state to pro gress beyond the first phase of a four-phase cooperative hog cholera eradication pro giam, accoiding to state and federal veterinary officials Forty-nine states and Puer- to Rico are now enrolled in the campaign to wipe out this swine disease that costs U. >S. hog producers approximately $5O million a year. Cooperat- This year the affair will be maw, Manheim Rl; Linda ing in the program are the located at the farm of Qar- Welk, daughter of Mr. and Bureau' of Animal Industry of ence 'Stauffer, Ephrata Rl, Mrs. H. Leroy Welk, Stras the Pennsylvania Department. according to Rdbert C. Groff, burg Rl; Marie Bushong, of. Agriculture,-' and the- Ani- -Field Day Chairman. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob continued oh Page 5) v (Continued on Page 4) (Continued on Page G) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 10, 1965 Swine Field Day To Be Held At Penn State A state-wide swine field day will be held at Penn State University next Saturday, July 17. Activities will begin at the Swine Center at 10 a.m, and tours of the facil ities will start from there. There will he a picnic, bring-your-own-lunch-style, at noontime in the area west of the stadium. Ice cream and soft drinks will be provided. During the afternoon ses sion, progress on research subjects will be discussed by the staff of the animal in dustries department. Also, Vern Hazlett, swine herds man, will talk on farrowing house management .be- recently Ten finalists were chosen five as candidates for Junior Queen, and five for Senior. The judges were Miss Londa Boyd, Miss Lancaster County; and Miss Martha Foulk, 1964 Lancaster County Dairy Pnn- The Lancaster Holstein-Frl- cess County Holstein Assn. Sets Field Day For July 28 esxan Association will hold its annual Field Day on July 28. v: * Dale Herr, New Holland Area Lad, Candidate For County FFA Star Farmer (Editor’s note: Five Fu ture Farmers are in conten tion for the County Star Farmer Degree. They are Glenn Weber and Dale Herr, Garden Spot Chapter; Clif ford Bollinger and Thomas Zartman, Cloister Chapter; and Earl Wenger, Solanco Chapter. Weber and Bollin ger have been previously featured in Lancaster Farm ing this year. In subsequent issues we will focus on each of the other candidates. The Degree of County Star Farmer is relatively new in fact, this is its second year. The current holder of this honor is Dale Hershey of Manheim. This year’s win ner will be choisen ojn Au gust 9. It is the highest hon or an FFA member can at tain at the county level.) Dale Herr is the eighteen year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Herr of New Holland R 2 The family operates a Deadline For 5 Acre Corn Club Set For Aug. 1 Fameis who are interested in entering the Five-Acre Corn Club, sponsored by The Pennsylvania State University Agricultural Extension Serv ice and The Pennsylvania Crop Improvement Association, should indicate their inten tions to the County Extension Office by August 1. Official enrollment forms are available to any farmer or farm operator who is 21 years of age or older by Au gust 1, 1965. There is no charge for entering the Corn Club. One entry is allowed (Continued on Page 4) 4-H Girls Complete Preliminary Phase Of 1965 Queen Contest Eighty, Lancaster County 4-H girls competed Thursday in the auditorium of the Penn Manor Hugh School in the preliminary contest foi Junioi and Senior 4-H Queens Senior Queen finalists are- Sue Mummaw, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harry S. Mum- $2 Per Year 77-acre dairy farm, handling 3d cows and 20 heifers. Dale’s FFA projects favor dairy. He is raising three reg istered Holstein heifers and a registered Ayrshire. The Ayrshire was awarded to him by the county Ayrshire asso ciation at Lampeter Fair-time last year He plans to show her on this year’s fair circuit. Dale has held an assort ment of chapter and county FFA offices. He was sentinel on this year’s parliamentary procedures team which placed first in county and regional competition and second in the (Continued on Page 10) 24 Counties Now Under Drought Relief Program According to State Secre tary of Agriculture Leland H. Bull, there aie presently twenty-four counties in the state that are eligible lor drought relief in the form'of hay and grazing rights on fields enrolled in federal land retirement programs. Berks and Lebanon Coun ties are the only ones so far that have enrolled in south eastern Pennsylvania. The Lancaster County ASC Com mittee met Wednesday to re view the drought situation (Continued on Page 4) Dairy Show Will Reward “Good Housekeeping” A new award for herdsmen, based upon maintenance and management of exhibits, Will be presented at the second Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show, Sept 10-14 in the State Farm 'Show Building. Herdsmen with five or more animals will he eligible. Sue plaques, one for each /breed, will he presented, and in ad dition, the herdsman with the best-of-show performance will le’ceive a gold watch A committee will score the herdsmen for the week on cleanliness of their animals. (Continued on Page 5) Weather Forecast Temperatures for the five* day period, Saturday through Wednesday, are expected to average near normal with little day-to-day change In the warm, humid atmosphere. Precipitation may total more than V-i inch, occurring as showers late Saturday and again about Wednesday.
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