, VOL 11 NO. 34 Plowing Contest Shapes Up As A “Duel Of Champions” Next Tuesday’s contour plow ing contest on the Isaac Geib farm at Manheim R 3 is shap ing into a king-sized affair with a new entry this week swelling the contestant total <to eight, according to Lancas ter County Soil & Water Con seivation District associate di Hey Kids! I'm Yours If You Catch Me! Elmer Good, Lititz Rl, says he has a real runnm’ pig lined up for the conservation dis trict’s Field Day Pig Chase this year In addition, Good said, they’ie going to give the (Continued on Page 6) THIS 50-POUND GILT can be yours, if you can catch him next Tuesday afternoon, says Elmer Good, ,S W C D associate director, shown here hold ing this Field Day Pig Chase prize. L F Photo T #» a a Farm Calendar July 26 Sam, County FFA Hog Show, at Lancaster Stock Yards —9 30 am, Lancaster Coun 'ty SWCD Field Day at Horn -6i Graybill farm, Manheim R 3 (ram-date, July 28). —1 Pm., Lancaster County SWCD Plowing Contest at (Continued on Page 4) rector Forney Longenecker Richard Gioff, Lititz R 3, the last of the level-land cham pions, has now tossed his hat into the ring This will be the first competitive plowing on the contour for Groff, but he will be in theie challenging last year’s champion Marvin Zimmerman from Rl East Earl Groff was the big winner in 1963 and 1964, the last years the District sponsored the lev el-land event He retained per manent possession of the ro tating trophy when the event was discontinued in favor of contouring In addition to Zimmerman and Groff, entries now include Loren Zimmerman, East Earl Rl, John Campbell, Sr, New (Continued, on Pase 61 State Yorkshire Assn. To Hold Sale And Show - Two quality pork events are .planned for August 4 and 5 by the Pennsylvania Yorkshire Cooperative Association, Inc, at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion, Route 30 East, Lancaster At 9-30 a m. on the first day a ceitified litter contest will be featured This will be fol lowed at about 10 30 by a Junior and Senior live evalu ation contest Prizes in this event will total $l7O During the afternoon of the first day, Penn State exten sion specialists will discuss fitting and showing, pedigiee selections, housing and rations, and genetic basis for selection of breeding animals. On Friday, the sth, begin ning at 1 pm, there will be showing and judging of York shire sale animals At 6 30 pm, there will be a Yorkshire sale featuring 51 (Continued on Page 7) Survey Of Custom Farm Machinery Work & Rates Finds Both Increase It may cost you slightly more this year to get your grain combined or your crops sprayed, according to a survey of custom rates in the state released this week by the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service Although the agency found rates for custom work were up, it added that increases were generally less than five pei cent, with only a few in excess of ten percent Custom hiring of machinery on the farm appears to be in creasing in the nation as a whole, a U S Department of Agriculture report showed USDA found that 28 percent of the 153 million acres of grain harvested in 1964 was machine combined on a cus tom, or exchange basis Twen ty-eight percent of all the hay in the U.S. was custom baled. Jiwx lll — PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 23, 1966 Summer Picnic Planned For County FFA Members of the Red Rose Future Farmers of America Chapter made final plans for their annual summer picnic and softball game playoffs at the regular county meeting held Monday night at Manheim Central High School The affair, scheduled for the 16th of August, will be held at Hiestand’s Field which is located between Mount Joy ,and Maytov/n The picnic, be ginning at 7:30 pm, will be followed by a five-inning soft ball playoff game between FFA members from the north ern and southern parts of the county It will be played un der the lignts Each chapter will be responsible for report ing to Jay Fisher, Manheim Rl, for the number of meals needed Rese rations will be accepted until August sth Trophies to be given at the FFA Hog Show by the Lan caster County Swine Produc ers Association were, displayed at the meeting The show is scheduled for next Tuesday at the Lancaster Stock Yards.- Details for the Southeastern Pennsylvania District dairy show to be held at Hershey August 22 were discussed Members were reminded to (Continued on Page 4) County 4-H’ers Off To Nation’s Capital Four 4-H Club members from Lancaster County will be part of a 39 member dele gation from 13 Southeastern Counties attending 4-H Citi zenship Short Course at the National 4-H Centei in Wash ington, DC The Short Couise will run from Sunday, July 24 through Saturday, July 30 The four individuals taking (Continued on Page 6) and 27 percent of the silage, the report continued The hauling of farm prod ucts also i-elied heavily on cus tom or exchange trucks with 52 percent of the tonnage moved off of farms in 1964 so handled, USDA said The report showed that the four machines most often rented were tractors, trucks, fertilizer distributors, and sprayers In breaking down the rates foi custom woik in Pennsyl vania, the Crop Reporting Service showed a separate schedule for the south central and southeastern valley areas versus the mountain sections in the rest of the state The valley regions generally had slightly lower charges for most custom services Judging from the list of (Continued on Page 4) Dairymen Meet At ABC To View Parade Of County’s Top Bulls Lancaster County dairymen and their families turned out in force Tuesday evening for the Atlantic Breeders Coopera- tive “Twilight Meeting’’ de- spite a thunder stoim threat which never quite matenahz- ed into real ram in the bone dry Lancaster area Highlighting the program was a parade of some of ABC’s top bulls in the Jersey, Guern sey, and Holstein breeds Har ry Roth, sire analyst and ABC assistant manager, descnbed the attributes and breeding of each outstanding sire as he was led by Roth was assisted by comments, both solicited and unsolicited, from ABC’s “Chairman of the Board” Cy R King (shown in photo with Area Dairy Princess Carol Ann Hess) A buef flutter of excite ment prevailed as the last bull came through the line. He took one look at the crowd of some 400 people out there and de cided it was no place for him Shaking off his handlers, he dashed down the chute and headed for his stall Handlers m the barn quickly brought him under control, but he was in no way inclined to return to the stage In introducing the bull show, master of ceremonies Roger Emig,, reminded dairy families of the upcoming “At AW! C’MON, CY, DRINK SOME MILK lovely area Dairy Princess Carol Ann Hess seems to be say ing to ABC’s dapper symbol Cy R. King as she offers him a container of nature’s perfect beverage following the Twilight Meeting of dairymen at Atlantic Breeders Cooperative. ABC Photo $2 Per Year lantic on Paiade” piogram set for August 4th at the Route 230 By-Pass location A chicken baibecue will be served from 11 am to 1 pm, Emig said, with tickets costing $1 In kicking off the bull height and weight judging con test, Emig told the audience (Continued on Page 6) FFA Hog Show Set For July 26 The Lancaster County Fu ture Fanrers of America are planning to hold their Fourth Annual Market Hog Show and Sale at the Lancaster Stock Yards on Tuesday, July 26. The show will start at 800 a m and the sale at 1 30 pun., according to committee chair man Lewis C Ayers Approximately 200 head of hogs has been entered Henry Grubei of A & B Packing Company, Allentown, will serve as official judge An added feature of this year’s show will be a fitting and showing contest sponsored by Eby’s Feed Mill, Lititz. The Lancastei County Swine Breeders Association will again donate trophies for the (Continued on Page 4)
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