tt-—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 30,1906
fe Reflections
. (FIVE YEARS AGO)
; (Continued from Page 16)
County FFA Swoops
Area Soil Judging
' Lancaster County Future
partners swept the first six
pinees in the York-Lancaster
•raa land ‘use and manage
■ Mat contest Wednesday
K April 19).
Winner was 13-year-old
Rlartla Wenrlch of Denver
»2. Runnerup was Harold
Lefever of Quarryvllle R 2.
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Miss Keene Named
Miss Milkmaid
Mary Kathryn Keene of
Rfcristiana R 1 was named
Lancaster County Miss Milk
maid Tuesday night (April
jg). She will represent the
■aunty in state competition
■ext month at Bedford
Springs.
Kiss Keene, an ex-farm
girl, is presently enrolled as
A junior at Penn State Uni
versity where she is study
|bg nutrition.
f Wilmer Martin Wins Area
Speech Contest
' Wilmer Martin, son of Mr.
ftttd Mrs. James H. Martin,
Mew Holland HI, took top
honors in the York-Lancaster
•area Future Farmers public
tiVew)OUVERI6SO
How CropTtaciOrwith
ftrSatefproductivity-
• Greater power. High-torque gas, diesel or LP-gas
engines develop 66 pto observed hp —certified
by Oliver! -
• Meal dastyi. 3ft tons of weight, distributed
bfeaffy over long wheelbase produces greater
puN, lees slip.
• New comfort 3-position Tilt-o-scope steering
column... full hydraulic power steering... new
deluxe comfort seat... new easy-read gauges
including oil and amp.
• Ne-stop shifting. Hydra-Power Drive* cuts
•peed ft, steps up putt Vs on the go ... 12
forward speeds in all.
• New efficiency. Battery-saving alternator stand
, ard... new dry-type air cleaner keeps abrasives
out of engine better.
<• Tailored to need. New dual-speed pto* .. •
Hydra-leetric* implement control system'A',
choice of 3-pt hitch or wide swinging drawbar.
«Sm>M •qulpmut
Come in now and see the most dynamic tractor fleet
in history. They’re all new, and all Oliver!
N. G. Hershey & Son
Manheim
g 1 Farmersville
Equipment Co.
' Ephrata, R. D. 2
speaking contest this week
(April I).
Martin, a vocational agri
culture studeht from the
Eastern Lancaster County
Joint High School, won the
judges ’ approval with a
speech entitled, “Pur Land-
Man’s Greatest Resource."
In the parliamentary pro
cedure contest, the team from
Lampeter-Strasburg High
School tied for first place
with the Dover High entry.
The contest will be resched
uled at a later date.
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Stoner Wins Electric Club
Roundup
Mark Stoner, lO'ol Eden
Road, Lancaster, won the
county Electric Club
roundup wiftf"h4s homemade
radio and. intercom system.
He placed second in the dem
onstration "'’class.
First place in demonstra
tions went to Gerald Resser,
Bird-in-Hand Rl, for his dem
onstration on wiring a plug.
Reeser was runnerup in the
project book scoring.
Both boys will represent
the county in the district con
test at Reading.
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Darrin Boyd Delegate To
National 4-H Convention
Lancaster County -Will be
represented at this year’s Na-
Chas. J. McComsey
& Sons
Bickory Hill, Fa.
2fc. ** *
Uonal 4-H Conferanca in tun wata tweed has bean
Washington, D.C., br Darvln Inapactad by the Bureau of
Boy* of Xphrata HI. Animal Induatry. None of the
Boyd will be one of four’farms wne feeding either raw
daletaiea from Pennsylvania'or cooked garbage, Henning
at *e convention, with 4-H said.
mcombers from all 60 states Sterilisation of garbage be.
represented. fore feeding to swine is ro
• • s • quired by state law. The
k "practice has materially re-
■»- —_ - duced the occurence of vari-
ICH iCftTS ASO ous diseases of swine, Henn
- Ing said.
April, 1956 • • • •
Hogs Up 4b Percent Beef Club Opposes
Since January Sale Change
Moving from a price of Members of the Red Rose
510.87 per owt. in Chicago 4-H Baby Beef Club, at a re
on January 7to 515.25 last cent meeting, voted almost
week (April 7), live hog unanimously against any
prices showed a gain of 40 change in the present meth
percent, bd of distributing proceeds
Last week’s prices were the from the sale of champion
highest since October 15, steers at the Pennsylvania
1955, when the average was Farm Show.
515.3'5. Two proposed plans would
* • • • withhold from exhibitors of
Congress Passes Farm Bill the champion and stop-selling
Over Benson’s Objections steers part of the sale price.
The Congress on Wednes- TWat money then would he
day (April 10) passed the divided among all 4-H mem
pending farm bill which Sec- taking part In the state
retary of Agriculture Ezra Tvide show.
Taft Benson had labeled “not present system provides
acceptable to me in its pres- *• “winner-take-all” plan, and
ent form.” both leaders’ and members
It had passed the House
earlier by a vote of 297-181.
Red Rose Farm Disperses Herd
Topping the recent Red
Rose Experimental Farms
iherd reduction s'ale was a
of the Secretary of Aericul- seven-year-old Holstein cow,
of the Secretary ot Agncui Red Roge Elmrw - 0(>(1 winter
tnre have expressed dissatis- whMh , sold for ?1900
faction with the measure. £. race V iew Farm , Por t
Prom Augusta, Ga„ where .Alnrvland
the President is vacationing. ° The ' ‘ |4O 800
it was reported to he ques- ith , CQWS m mlk figur .
tionable whether or not Ei- ?520 h>
senhower would veto the bill * * * *
when it came to his desk. Beef Demand Hikes Cattle
The legislation was passed By 7 Million
under pressure from the Sen- The nation’s appetite for
ate Leader Lyndon B. John- (beef has risen so rapidly
son (D-Texas) who said he s ; nce 1940 that it now re
would keep the Senate in ses- quires seven million more cat
sion Wednesday night to get
The bill will go to the
President unchanged from
its present form. Both the
White House and the office
a vote, and clearance might
be granted at a late hour.
* * * # Bfe J& V V
Garbage-Fed Hogs Not g* A. I £■
Of Recent Trichinosis .
that garbage-fed Sales & Service
‘hogs might he the fpur'ce of
the initial cases ofg tnchm- Barn Cleaners - Silo
osis m hitmans in the Leb- Unloaders - Cattle Feeders
anon-'Lanca'ster County area
are unfounded, according to PflHAlif If Pa|i| , A| i
State- Secretary of Ajgricul- li ■ wl
ture William h. Henmng. Quarryville, R. D. 1
Every farm supplying hogs „ . _ o __ ft
to the distributor of pork Hensel slo-ZaaS
i ausage to which the early
•’."-Iv : I '*, AS 2: ;
U 2.-
were in favor of retaining it.
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tl» each year to satuty it
according to the American
'Meat Institute. The lncro», Q
1( In addition to the cxp.m.
■ion demanded by the ritm j u
(population, it was added.
In 1-040, per capita
consumption wai 64 pounds
in 1951 it was >55 pounds'
Currently, 1956, It Is up to
82 pounds, the institute re
ported.
Earl Groff Heads State
ABC Group
Bari L. Groff, Straslmi!*
Rl, was named to his thiul
term as president of the*
Pennsylvania Association 0 f
Artificial Breeders at a ie
cent meeting on the Penn
State campus.
An appropriation of
was voted to Penn State foe
dairy breeding research y
the group.
• 4-H Conference
(Continued from Page 13)
While in Harrisburg they
participated in a governors
'Luncheon, observed the Exe
cutive, Legislative, and Judi
cial branches of government
while in session; «nd touied
the State Capitol. William
Penn Memorial Museum, and
the Department of Agricul
ture Building. Representa
tive John Stauffer, Jr., Ben
jamin J. Reynolds, Timothy
Slack, and Senator John H.
Ware, were guests of the 4-H
members at a special break
fast on April 19.
yoiiean
fields for profit * our specialty
Call your P-A-G Dealer
PAUL G. NOLT
Manheim
WILLIS WEAVER
Mt. Joy
ELI O. NOLT
New Holland
FRED FREY
Qaarryville
ROY B. BOLL
Manheim
HAROLD S. LANDIS
WIHow Street