({—Lancaster Farmin
"Little Joe” The Shorthorn Takes
One-Day Course In English Class
An all-white, all right hvs classmates the different
(Shorthorn steer named Little types of Shorthorns, and
Joe found that going to showed them what a judge
school was no bonanza this look/s for in the show ring
week. the deep round, the straight
The 350-pound critter ac- top-line, etc. He also dis
compamed his owner John, cussed the care and manage-
Welk to English class at ment that must precede ge-
Lempeter-Strasburg High ting a 4-H Club steer to the
School. Well, he didn’t ac- .Farm Show.
company John quite all the John, the son of Mr. and
■way Little Joe received Mrs Leroy Welk of Stras
the English class in the ag- burg Rl, likes working with
Ticiflture shop where his own- Shorthorns. In his first Farm
er used bun as the subject Show effort, in 1965, he took
for a speech assignment. the breed championship with
With Little Joe’s able as- his lightweight Shorthorn
sistance, John explained to steer. Corky. Last year he
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Why now? If your tractor has been
through a year of field work, chances
• are horsepower has gone down . . .
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Right now, while our shop Isn’t overloaded with
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Landis Brothers, Inc.
3305 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, Pa.
Saturday, February 19, 1966
J355^
placed third in .the medium
weight class for that breed.
This year he feels that Lit
tle Joe may have the poten
tial to go all the way in the
(big state event. And why not?
He mil have 'had a.t least
one more day of\ schooling
than any of the competition!
Inter-State District
7 Meeting Date Set
District 7 of the Inter-State
Milk Producers Cooperative,
composed of the local associa
tions from Lititz, Millersville,
West Lampeter, and Donegal,
will hold its annual business
and dinner meeting on Febru
ary 23, at 12 noon. The affair
will take place at Hostetter’s
Banquet Hall, Mount Joy.
Dr. Paul E. Hand, economist
with Inter-State, will be the
guest speaker. He will explain
the milk marketing conditions
prevailing in the Philadelphia,
New York, Baltimore, and Lan
caster areas.
In addition, there will be a
business meeting which will in
clude election of all local offic
ers.
Ph. 393-3906
Set efficient Ful-O-Pep for your laying fioc^c
Grubb Supply Co.
Elizabethtown
Harold H. Good
Terre Hill
S. H. Hiestond & Co., Inc,
Sailings
J. C. Wolker & Son, Inc.
Gap, Penns.
Penn Manor To Hold A
Quality Forage Series
A serle« of four meetings
on "Quality Forage Produc
tion" will be held at the
Penn Manor *Hlgh School In
the agriculture room. Dates
arc Feb. 22. March 1, 15 and
>2 2. Meetings will start at 8
p.m.
SrHF.IHI.K
Feb. 22 “How rough Is
roughage.’’ Richard llacken
jberger w ill present this sub
ject. Some of the questions
to be answered include: the
factors that attecting yields
and quality; what yields to
expect on your farm; and
how farmers can make money.
March 1 “Materials
ROHRER’S
Can Supply These
Recommended Varieties
• Cert. “Alfa” Alfalfa
• Cert. Cayuga Alfalfa
• Cert. Buffalo Alfalfa
• Cert. DuPnits
Alfalfa
• Cert. Vernal Alfalfa
• Cert. Narragansett ® Viking Trefoil
Alfalfa Climax Timothy
• £f/« SaranaC • c «t. Russel Oats
Alfalfa
Cert. Maine Grown Seed Potatoes
Dekalb Corn - - - - SUDAX
x Alfalfa & Red Clover available Pre-inoculatei
P. L ROHRER & BHO, INC.
SMOKETOWN
FEED
FUL-O-PEP
it's the feed
of efficient feeders
...including
better poultrymetv 4.
everywhere l
Handling Syptenw,” A v« V! l
tentative from the New rA
land Machine Co. will ,;9
cues some ,of the new
terns for handling 'orag.. ■
March-15 "Summei uW
nual Grasses, Don’t JS
Thom Short.” Chris X,.. 9
from A. H. Hoffman - a
Co., Landisville will ho 9
speaker. This meeting
also include forage juri.
March 22 Panel cl ,
sion on Forage Testing. c-,Jj
here of the panel will ho . |
Garber, farmer; Sterling ■ ’
mer, farmer; and Ru l ’ j
Hackenberger, vo-ag tea<l
The survey taken last
on yields of hay, pasture . .*]
silage will also he diacu- .
at these meetings. j
TOP
• Cert. Pennscott Bed
Clover
• Pennsylvania Bed
Clover
• Pennlate Orchard
Grass
Kirkwood Feed & Groin
Kirkwood
H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc.
Witmex
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc.
Stevens, Petipa.
-i 3
Ph. Lane. 397-3339