VOL. 10 NO. 38
DISPLAYING HER GRAND CHAMPION RIBBON, Nancy Nestleroth appears
to be wishing that when she reopens her eyes the facts wilt stilt be the same,
that she really did have the grand champ on pig of the 4-H show. We are happy to
assure her that that rosette and the trophies she won are hers for sure!
Nancy Nestleroth Shows Gilt
To Championship At Pig Roundup
How many years does it Kunzler and Co. Lancaster,
take to establish a tradition’ for 21 cents a pound
The time probably varies, but Waltei M. Dunlap & Sons,
the Nestleroths seem to have Inc bought the champion at
made a good start on keeping 43 cents per pound at the af
the county 4-H pig champion- teinoon auction sale spon
slup m the family. soied by the Lancastei Live-
Sixteen-year-old .Nancy Nes- stock Exchange The sale avei
tleroth of Manhem R 3 is the a S ed $26 08 P er hundredweight,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl and the average pig weight
W. Nestleroth Following in was 209 pounds,
the footsteps of her twice- Theie weie several multi
champion brothei, Mark, she ple-hreed winneis among the
poshed that tiadition one year 4-H showmen Leading these
imther into the lecoid hooks (Continued on Page 13)
at the Lancaster Union Stock
Yaids this week Her Masonic-
Homeo-Fsi m-bi ed, 205-pound
Dmoc-Jersey gilt took the
Siand championship amid some
veiy stiff competition, but ac
coiding to judge Geiald Hess,
assistant agricultural agent
fiom Northampton County, she
"‘was the firmest hog in the
show aim on the side loin;
a leal out-standing hog.” An
other tradition at work—this
!s the sixth consecutive year
(hat the champion has come
horn Masonic Homes Farm
heid-
The reserve champion was Paul Witmei farm at Willow
(lie Poland China heavyweight Street Rl Three classes of
shown by Marlin Bollinger of cows were judged with four
Denvei R 2 The 230 pound an- cows in each class Senior
mial was bought at auction toy yeailings, 2-yeai old’s, aged
cows
Thousands of agricultural
exhibitors will have a greater
incentive to enter competitions
at Pennsylvania fans
They’ll be vying foi expand
£ ft | - j The official judge for the ed piemium lists at many ex
rarm v3IGIICI3I* day was F Rot; h- as- positions, leflecting increased
sistant managei and bleed pro- financial suppoit available
August 22 22-25, The 20th giams director at Atlantic thiough the Pennsylvania Fan
annual meeting of the Soil Bieedeis 'Coopeiative He was Fund from taxes on har-
Lon.-enation Society of also the featured speakei dur- ness race betting The mcreas-
Ameijta. at the Benj Frank- mg the afternoon session when es have been made possible
hn Hotel, Philadelphia he told the Guernsey breed- by a new law, passed by the
August 24 24-29 Pennsyl- ers that they have one main state Legislature and signed
vama Dutch Days at Her- responsibility, to absorb all by Governor William W.
shey the research information and Scranton
Angus* 26 26-28 Pa. Forage facts available and put these “While most of us have been
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Lancaster Farmin
Mumma Named
Top Field Day
Guernsey Judge
At the Lancaster County
Guernsey Breedeis’ Associa
tion field day this week, Hairy
S Mumma of Landisville was
selected as the best scoring
judge in the over-all competi
tion
Approximately 115 persons
participated in the annual
event, held this rear on the
[, Saturda;
L. F. Photo
County NFU Holds
2-Day Youth Comp
The Lancaster and Chester
County chapters of the Nation
al Farmers Union sponsored
a two-day youth camp session
this week at the 700-acre Not
tingham Paik, in Chester
County
According to Clarence Blev
ins, county member, 30 young
am. to 330 pm affair from
people between the ages of 6
and 16 attended the session.
Blevins said the youths did
craftwork and enjoyed recie
ational activities. On the sec
ond day many parents attend
ed and weie entei tamed with
skits Master of ceremonies
for the program was Doug
Sheetz Blevins said that all
the youngsteis performed so
amazingly well that „'t would
be unfair to single out any
special talent
Attending the two-day, 10
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New Bill Gives
More Money To
Fair Exhibitors
•, Au
ist 21, 1965
Jim Esbenshade, Solanco
Youth, Is Area Winner Of
Farm Mechanics Contest
The old Yankee philosophy
of “fix up and make do” is
not overworked these days
when credit terms aie readily
available and the spmt of
“buying new” has become soil
of a status symbol. But Jim
Esbenshade seems to still have
some of that “Yankee spirit ”
In fact, he’s built up a $15,000
inventory in farm machinery
just by fixing up old, depieci
ated equipment.
That’s the way he made the
elevator which was his entiy
in the Faim Mechanics
Achievement Contest He sal
vaged the elevator poition
fiom a junked coin pickei
and icdesigned it to suit his
needs with nothing but a gen
eral plan in his head of how
he wanted the finished prod
uct to look Then he took a
burned-out, Vz -horsepower mo
tor and rebuilt it The belt
and chain drive was geared
down twice from the motor on
this 12-foot long elevator.
Then the whole thing was
mounted on a frame with an
JAMES R ESBENSHADE shown with his home
made elevator which won him the area award and
runnerup for regional award in the Farm Mechanics
Achievement Contest. The 12-fbot elevator was,made
completely with scrap materials during his senior
year at Solanco High School. It is in regular use on
the-home farm. L. F, Photo.
$2 Per Year
axle, and two old snow tires
that had been used to hold
down a trench silo cover weie
resurrected for active use. The
outstanding feature of this
piece of equipment is its mo
bility Esbenshade says that
an elevator that small is sel
dom mounted on wheels
This 400-pound, well-bal
anced elevator is used about
twice a week to move corn
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Nearly 200 Countians
Join Poultry Assn. Tour
Nearly 200 poultiymen,
their families, and other in
terested persons participated
in the tom conducted this
week by the Lancaster Coun
ty Poultiy Association, as in
dicated by the number of
fried chicken lunches (chick
ens courtesy of Weaver’s)
served at the New Holland
Park.
Aibout 144 people enjoyed
the' trip via chartered air-con-
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