VOL. 10 NO. 39
OLIVERDALE INSPIRATION TERRY, GRAND CHAMPION of the south
east district 'black and white show is shown here by Mrs. Robert Kauffman. The
mine-year-old champion is jointly owned by Robert H. Kauffman and J. Robert
Hess, She was also winner of the aged cow class and was senior champion.
stote And individuals |QO Area Holstein Herds Officially
Sove s2s‘MiH»on On nl , « n , t ..
Conservation Costs Classified For Breed Conformation
The non-federal contribution
in designing and laying out
conservation practices inci eas
ed ihy more than 53 percent
during the past five years, the
UISDA’s Soil Conservation
Service announced recently.
During fiscal year 1965,
about 3,516 man-years of work
was contributed toy farmers,
ranchers, state and local gov
ernment employees, district
managers, and private con
tractors. This compares with
2,357 man-years in 1960.
This contribution is valued
at more than $25 million for
196 r , based on what it would
have cost SCS in additional
staff to do the same work, of
ficials said
D A Williams, SCS Ad
ministrator, said, “The; in
creasing non-Federal activity
ovei the past five years shows
accelerated interest in the
neect for resource conserva
tion. And the $25 million, in
deed; represents a substantial
contribution by state and local
interests for the establishment
of conservation measures on
the land.”
Approximately half (1,723
man-yeais) of the time was
contributed by individual land
owners and operators. Much
of their .time was spent di
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Farm Calendar
August 30 B’p m DHIA di-
rectors meet at AgNvay Bldg ,
DJJerville Rd, Lancaster
August 31 8 am District
dairy show of 'Future Faim-
e>E of Amenca at Heishey.
Septetobei 2 10 30 am “At
lantic on Parade” at Atlan
tic Breeders 'Co-Op, Rt 230
Bypass? activities include
tour of facilities, and chic
bcn barbecue.
The iHolstem-Fnesian Asso- sided according to the report
'eration of America recently re- (the information is arranged
ported that 100 Holstein alphabetically by towns),
herds in the area had been ATGLEN
classified for body type toy of- Timoth K Kauffman _ 26
ficial inspectors Ronald C * v G ood. n Good
n Plus and 10 Good.
Cylde Wilson, Rushville, Pa - v cuit-f,,. aq
„j i t? j ti Gideon K Stonzfus 48
and Merle E Howaid, Hales
Corners, Wisconsin. (Continued on Page 7)
Classification measures the
physical conformation of in- onn n.„
dividual animals 'against the “"v vOWS *Ci
theoretical perfection of the ft
“true type” cow or bull. HlT* 1 firOUgll INOW
The following Holstein |> jl Pa #
breeders had their herds clas- Dcllll F aCUlllcS
More TDN In
Com Silage At
Full Dent Stage
Corn silage made at the full
dent to eiarly glaze stage of
grain maturity will give the
greatest yield of feed nutri
ents per acre and the highest
peicentage of digestible ener
gy, it was reported this week
from experiments at The Penn
sylvania State University.
Describing the findings was
John W. Bratzler, professor of
animal nutrition at Penn
State, who said the total di
gestible nutrients (TDN) of
corn silage increase as the
plants mature to full dent
stage
"Dr Bnatzler and associates
also found that 50 to 60 per
cent of the diy mattei of the
coin plant is contained in the
eais when hai vesting takes
place at the time of peak si
lage vialue
“The exceedingly low dry
matter content of the coin
ipltanl in its early stages of ma
tunty is enough to urge that
it should not be used for en
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 28, 1965
According to Horace L.
Mann, Pennsylvania Farm
Sh'ow director, a new bovine
bathing and barbering installa
tion guarantees clean cows for
the second Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show to be
held at the Farm Show Build
ing September 13-17.
Five wash racks distributed
over the 13-acre complex, each
with a capacity of ten cows
and a turnover at 15-minute
intervals, means 200 can bathe
in an hour, Mann figures
Tf entries reach last year’s
total of neaily 2,500 head the
bath rooms will be in steady
use half-way ’round the clock.
Electric cables have been
strung overhead above all
stalls for power clippers and
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GRANGERS OPPOSE
SUNDAY ELECTION BILL
Fulton Grange #66 held
their regular meeting August
23 at Oakryn Gyles H. Biown
conducted the business meet
ing when the Grange voted a
donation to the Arthritis
Foundation Floois in both
rooms of the Grange Hall have
just been refinished, and the
w'alls and floor of the vesti-
Lancaster Co. Dairymen
Win In All Major Classes
At Black And White Show
Holstein breeders from Lan- ior championship, and grand
cas'ter 'County swept the South- championship for the Kauff
east District Black and White man-Hess team In tapping
Show 'this week at Heishey hei for semoi champion, judge
to retain the drought-breaking Jack Fairchild put her over
crown which was lecaptuied 120 othei females two years
last year after a “dry spell” old and over, and for the
of seveial years. giand championship, over ap-
Leading the champions was pioximately 265 other females,
a nine-year-old Holstein cow (Continued on Page 4)
owned in partnership by Rob
ert H. Kauffman, Elizabeth- ‘
town (Rl, and J. Robert Hess
of Strasburg 'RI. She is Oliv-
erdale (Inspiration Teiry, she
took the aged cow class, sen-
Grand Champion
Honors To Wylie
In 4-H Hog Show
Sam Wylie, Bryn Mawr, won
top honors Friday evening at
the Chester County 4 J H Swine
Roundup, held at the Vintage
Livestock Auction, Paradise,
Pa His 220-pound hog won
grand champion honors over
twenty-five other entries Sam
also worked his way to first
place in the fitting and show
ing contest. His champion hog
was purchased by New Hol
land Sales, New Holland, for
75 cents per pound. The 4-H
Pig Sale also was held at the
Vintage Livestock Auction,
Saturday morning. Auctioneer
for the sale was Norman Hart
Reseive champion hog, ex
hibited by Etha McDowell, Ox
ford R 2, was purchased by De
vault Packing Co, Devault,
for 36 cents per pound Avei
age price for the 4-H pigs, ex
cluding these two champion
hogs was $27 40 per hundred
Average weight was 213
pounds
A total of twenty-six 4-H
pigs were exhibited at the
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USDA Issues Policy
Statement On Packers
And Stockyards Act
The U S Department of Ag
riculture has outlined details
of a proposed Packers and
Stockyards Act policy state
ment covering meat sales and
purchase contracts, to serve
as a guide to packers (includ
ing retailers who slaughter
livestock or manufacture or
prepare meat and meat food
pioducts in commerce) and
others in the meat industry
in settling contract disputes.
The policy statement, pro
posed by USDA’s Consumer
and Maiketmg Service, sets
forth the factors which C&MS
would consider—'when contract
disputes are brought to its at
tention—in determining pos-
sible violations of the P&S
Act.
Officials of C&MS’s Packers
and Stockyard's Division ex
, (Continued on Page 6)
$2 Per Year
Election For
ASC Committee
Set For Sept. 2
Eligible voters in the coun
ty leceived ballots this week
for the upcoming election of
community committees to
serve under the Agiicultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service for the coming year.
The sixteen community com
mittees will assist the ASC
county committee, according
to Fred Seldomndge, county
ASC chairman A farm owner,
tenant, or shiai e-cropper is el
igible to vote if he is eligible
to take part in one or more
of the programs administered
by the AS'C committees.
B'allots must be marked and
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ABC To Hold
"Parade Day” At
Lane. Sept. 2nd
Thursday, September 2, has
been designated “Atlantic On
Parade” Day for daiiymen
thioughout the Atlantic Breed
ers Cooperative service area,
according to David Yoder, gen
eral manager Special “Parade”
events will be held all day at
Lancaster headquarters.
Tours of facilities and ex
hibits will begin at 10:30 a.m.,
a chicken barbeque will Tie
served starting at 11:30, and
the afternoon program will
follow. Appearing on the pro
gram will be Mark N. Wit
mer of Dalmatia, Pa., presi
dent of the cooperative. Stud
sire's will be paraded and com
ments made on their blood
lines and transmitting abih-
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Weather Forecast
Temperatures for the five
day period, Saturday through
Wednesday, are expected to
average near normal. Normal
high for the period is 83
degrees; low, 61 degrees. It
will be mild Saturday, cooler
Sunday and Monday, and
mild again Tuesday and Wed
nesday.
Precipitation may total
to % inch. This will occur as
showers Saturday and again
toward the eud of the period.