, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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