P I Special Dairy Issue VOL. 11 NO. 27 Six Farm Girls Compete For Dairy Princess Title As of press time this week, S i\ county farm girls had sub mitted formal applications for the 1966 Lancaster County Dauy Princess Contest, ac couimg to area contest chair man Mrs Herbert Royer, 2025 Smith Wins sth Annual Kunzler Scholarship Richaid A Smith, a June liiaduate of Solanco High School, and the son of Mr and Mrs Harry B Smith of hew Providence HI, got a boost yesterday in his plans (Continued on Page 5) TOP COW FOR CLASSIFICATION in the Kettering herd, Jewel, shown above with owner Henry Kettering, is a six-year-old whose last classification '"•as 93 (Ex). Kettering bought her in December, 1965, for a brood cow. Her only e alf was a bull which is being raised by Kettering. Jewel is a half sister to the P°iiular Crisscross bull. L. F. Photo Oregon Pike, Lancaster. The winner of the area princess contest will succeed the 1965 Area Dairy Princess Linda Lou Welk, Strasburg Rl, and will be crowned by Miss Welk at the Princess Pageant which will be held at the Host Motel, Lancaster, on June 30, at 7 p.m The contestants who have submitted their applications at this time are; Nancy L. Risser the 17- year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen K Risser of Leola Rl Nancy is „ 5’7” tall, has (Continued on Page 6) Vo-Ag Teachers Plan Summer FFA Activities The Lancaster County Voca tional Agncultuie Teachers’ Association held its June meeting Wednesday afternoon at Manheim Central High School High on the agenda were preparation plans for FFA Week activities at Penn State Univeisity on June 29, 30, and July 1 Several sessions were sched uled in which the boys will get ready for this big, annual state-wide event An agricul tural mechanics session was set for June 13 at Lampeter-Stras bmg High School at 1 pm (Continued, on Page 5) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4, 1966 Mary Ann Brubaker Rebecca Lea Johnson 1966 AREA DAIRY PRINCESS CONTESTANTS Kettering Sees Answer To Dairy Cost - Price Squeeze In More Milk Per Cow One ot Lancaster County’s top ten dairy heids is located in 'the shadow of the Lancastei Municipal Airport at Lititz R 3, but the whine and roar as the planes come and go doesn't seem to distuib the contented state of Henry E Kettering’s registered Holsteins For the past two years the herd pio duced an average of more than 600 pounds of butterfat In 1962, the Ketteung, DHlA tested herd lanked 30th in the county in production last yeai it moved to ninth place While many dan ymen are busy add ing cows to their heids to gam pioduction efficiency, Ketter ing believes the most economi cal approach to stabilizing milk profits lies in increasing pio duction per cow His breeding program seems to be accom plishing this objective. “We’re pretty heavy Ivan- Carol Ann Hess Doiis Fisher by Don Timmons $2 Per Year Nancy L. '■Risser Joyce Arlene Shore hoe breeding,” Kettenng said, reiemng to the outstanding Holstein sire, long popular with aiea bleeders Kettering said he has had about 50 Ivan hoe daughteis in his herd over the yeais One of these, Pet, completed the highest 305-day lactation in the county in April In 354 days she had 1051 pounds of fat and 22,279 pounds of milk. The Kettering piefix is “Hen ket”, standing foi Henry Kett eimg, and Henket breeding is gaining considerable recogni tion even beyond the county and state bordeis For ex ample, last Friday a group of Henket heifers was shipped to a dairyman in Arkansas, and other Kettering heifers have traveled at least as far. Although Kettenng relies on the aitificial breeding services of the Atlantic Breeders Co (Continued on Page 6}
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