—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 2, 1965
8
Boyd Helps DVC
To Ist Official
Livestock Title
Following some lost minute
coaching by Darvin Boyd,
Bphra.n HI, the Delaware Val
’-v (.oUcje livestock judging
learn '<vent on to win its first
latte in the history of the col
lege, at the Eastern States Ex
position at Springfield, Mas
sachusetts, recently.
Boyd, a 1954 graduate of
DVIC and now a graduate stu
dent in Puiblic Administration
at Penn .State University, was
asked by the college to ac
company the team on a judg
ing trip through several
states on the way to the Ex
position. The ten-man team
worked out at Meadow Lane
Farms, Ankony Farm's, and
Sir William Farms, aW in New
Ytoik 'State, and at Mole Hill
Farms in Connecticut
'Dr Tibor Pelle, head of the
Animal Husbandry Depart
ment, who has worked with
the judging team for many
years was at the last moment
unable to accompany the team
to '.Springfield
At the Exposition, 47 par
ticipants from five colleges
provided some stiff competi
tion. In addition to DVC,
team's were entered fiom Penn
State University, Michigan
State University, U of New
Hampshire, and U of Con
necticut The .boys judged four
classes in each species beef,
sheen, and swine DVC scored
3895 out of -a possible 4500
points The next closest team
was Michigan State w.th 3878
points
The highest any DVC team
bad placed at the Exposition
was second and that was the
1&63 team led toy Boyd Whale
a student at DVC, Boyd seived
• Poultry Litter
(Continued from Page 1)
so they react to the tubercu
lin test without actually hav
ing the disease.
3—Other diseases 'Sal
monella organisms might get
in‘to the milk through the
cow.
Until more facts are known
about his question, the vet
erinarian said, the extension
service would not recommend
feeding poultry litter even
on a trial basis to dairy
even to beef
cows.
mals.
• Farm Calendar
(Continued from Page 1)
October 7 6:30 p.m Dauy
Show at Mai.heim Pair.
—8 p m West Lampeter
Young Farmers Assn, at
Di rr pe t er-S'* ha stow r g H. S ;
speaker. Ike Falk. Ann
viJ’.e M'.neial Products Corp;
IS, tojeett “Wonders of
Working with Nature ’’
October 8 1 pm Tractor
di'iv.ng contest at Manheim
Fan-
—8 pm Pat Hog Sale at
Manheim Fair.
as pi evident of the student
body in bis senior yeai. He
leceaved tvs BIS degiee in
Husbandry in H9S4
At that tune he won the Joel
Hil’iman Aiwaid as the stu
dent bunging the most tavoi
able recognition to the col
lege, and the Walter Biggins
Award for a combination of
citizenship, and
scholarship achievements
After 'graduation, he served
five morphs in 'Koiea in the
International Farm Youth Ex
change Piogram
He is the -son of Mi and
Mrs Elmei Boyd
New
• Steers
rfonMniied from Page 1)
The reserve champion was
ai'so 'an Angus which was
shown by (Larry High of 346
E. Mam 'Street, BareviUe.
Last year, L'arry had the
grand champion at the New
Holland show, which was also
judged by agent Stewart. Lar
ry, 15-year-old son of Mr and
Mrs. Harvey High, had a good
day. all things considered—
besides rc'serve champion, he
Captured first m the fitting
contest and was runner-up an
the showmanship event.
Miss Weaver, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester M.
Weaver of New Holland Rl,
is in the Bth grade 'at Garden
Spot High (School. In top
ping the Angus class, it is
possible she may have de
nved just 'a sm'alil ibit of sat
isfaction in seeing her older
bi other and sistei ’about halt
way down m the class Her
sister Sharon had the reserve
chan ipion at the Ephaala Fan
last week, and brother Larry,
always high an the showman
ship aanfcs, went on -to wan
in that event in this show.
The 20 calves sold at the
New Holland Sales Stables
immediately following the
show brought an average of
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The grand champion brought
her owner a birthday present
of $245, as a result of the top
bid of 52 cents per -pound by
H. D. Metz, Newmanslown Rl.
The reserve champion brought
45 cents per pound and was
purchased by Burkholder s
Store, New. Holland Rl. The
average weight of the calves
sold was 906 pounds.
A® of the Angus steers an
this show were purchased at
the Lancaster Feeder tCalf
Sale at the Lancaster Union
Stock Yards lust October. The
Hereford calves came from
John Van Tyne, Bradford, Fa.
The Hereford class Was
topped -by Candy Myers of
New Holland iBl, with James
Musser of East Earl Rl as
lUDnemp.
Show results:
1, Sheryl Weaver (grand
champion), 2, Larry High
(reserve oh'amipion); 3, Bar
bara Mbit; 4, Dale Groff; 5,
Galen Yoder; 6, L'any Weav
ei; 7, Randy Myer; 8, Sharon
Weaver, 9, Terry Myer; 10,
William Fisher; Tl, Mary 'Lou
ise Fisher; li2, Daryl Weaver;
18, Bonnie Molt; 14, Robert
FiFiei, 15, Mike S mucker, 18,
Ronald' Gehmran
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ANGUS
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1, ‘dandy Myers; 2, James
Musser; 3, Karen High; 4,
Carl Campbell.
SPECIAL CLASSES
Showmanship: 1, Larry
Weaver; 2, Larry High; 3,
Galen Yoder.
Fitting: 1, Larry High; 2,
Galen Yoder; 3, Sheryl Weav
er.
• NEPPCO
(Continued from rage 1)
and new, available 'to poultry
men at the big annual event
in the Farm Show Building.
Manning the traditional
poultry health Clinic this year
will be an expert on poultry
diseases, Dr P. H. Seitz, of
the Bureau of Animal Indus
tries, Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture.
A new feature on the exhib
it' floor .will be the NEPPCO
Egg Quality Clinic, a 20-foot
booth inviting producers and
packers to discuss egg quality
problems with qualified ex
perts.
This 'booth will be manned
by Dr Earl Hess, of 'Lancas
ter Laboratories, Inc., and a
team of U >S Department of
Agriculture scuentiats beaded
by Richard Guhch.
Grubb Supply Co.
Elizabethtown
Kirkwood Feed & Groin
Kirkwood
Witmer
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc.
Stevens, Penna.
HEREFORD.