o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13,M8§ '"’9o
0y 0 mAg Teachers taught vocational agriculture
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satisfy the buyers, as reflect- 18 ® 1956 gi at!luate
ed in the hogs averaging om Penn State, and received
$29.07 per hundredweight; hlB masters degree in agn
«bout S 2 over the day’s aver- cultural education in 1962.
age selling price.” Ayers said.
Another new high was set
when the champion brought
71 cents per pound.
Following the association’s
business meeting, area super
visor T. M. Malm told the
teachers of several upcoming
FFA activities
August 26. Malin said, the
State Tractor Driving Contest
will be held on the John Rod
gers farm in Mifflin County.
Hie event, which will begin
at 9 a.m., will be open to a
maximum of two b ys from
each chapter. This will be on
a first-come basis with the to
tal entries limited at 40.
The Junior Dairy Show will
be held at Hershey, he said,
on August 22. It will begin at
1 pm. The FFA boys may
bring their animals in on Sun
day from 1-3 pm, or until 11
a.m. on Monday.
Malin announced that pro
ficiency winners in different
categories have been submit
ted for the National Proficien
cy Contest. James W. Musser,
Grassland Chapter will be
competing nationally in the
area of poultry. Also, Malm
said, the Grassland Chapter
had been entered for a Na
tional Chapter Award for hav
ing conducted the best FFA
programs during the year
Two new Solanco vocation
al agriculture teachers were
introduced to the group They
are Jeny L McCarrell and
Paul Bahner McCarrell is
from Washington, Pa He is a
1965, daily science graduate
from Penn State He will be
working primarily v/ith the
freshman, sophomore, and
junior vo-ag students for one
year.
Balmer, mairied and the fa
ttier of two children, has
Robert Elmer Replaces
Daugherty at Grassland
Robert S Elmer will be re
placing Gene Daugherty in the
vocational agriculture depart
ment at Garden Spot High
School, according to Robert D
Herr, Garden Spot agriculture
teacher Elmer will take ovei
his duties as of September 1.
Daugherty, a teacher at
Garden Spot for the past five
years, and the 1966 president
of the county vo-ag teachers
association, resigned his teach
ing post effective August 1 to
accept a position with the De-
Kalb Agricultural Association
Elmer, a graduate of Penn
Manor High School and Penn
State University, did his prac
tice 'teaching at Garden Spot
in 1965. During the past year
he has been teaching agricul
ture in a York County high
school.
• ASCS Tour
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diverted acreage will be fea
tures seen on the Andrew Mar
lin farm at MarticviUe.
The group will eat a picnic
lunch at the Elmer L Huber
campsite, MarticviUe Huber’s
farm features contour strip
ping, campsites, and farm
pond with boating, fishing and
Swimming
The final tour stop will be
at the John Sangrey farm,
Conestoga R 2 Sangrey oper
ates a steer farm featuring a
self-feeding trench silo. Tour
ists will also see a drainage
ditch and a farm pond.
If bus transportation is de
sired, reservations should be
made with ASCS by August 12,
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT ....
• TO APPLY AT THE RIGHT TIME OF STALK DEVELOPMENT
Discuss These Points With Your AGWAY Man Today
WILLOW STREET INTERCOURSE EPHRATA
MT. JOY ELIZABETHTOWN
AND THE STORES OF THE GARDEN SPOT UNIT
NEW HOLLAND LANCASTER QUARRYVILLE HONEY BROOK
Agway
" Hie two new teachers ’ will 'partmerit to Hie »dmlnl«tr«t£dn
replace William Fredd end at Solinco.
Ralph Layman. Fredd will be it was further reported that
on sabbatical leave until Sep- Garden Spot High School had
tfember 1, 1967. He will be secured undisputed possession
studying at .Penn State prior f or o ne year 0 f the rotating
to his return to Solanco. Lay- chapter plaque for the best
man moved from the vo-ag de- chapter performance at the
• TO USE THE CORRECT AMOUNT
• TO AVOID CERTAIN WEATHER CONDITIONS
Available in one and five gallon cans and 30 gallon drums'
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PPA hog sliow'. ''Gtrcten
scored 500 points; next n*
cat competitor was Warn
with 212 points: and Ephri
with 195. This was the fi
year since the show’s start
1963 that Ephrata has r.ot \\
the plaque.
MANHEIM
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