AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY VOL. 11 NO. 42 New Teache: Paul Bahner Ephrata And Solanco To Launch ’SS CoUnty Fair Season Next Week - ' '* v ' “■ This _ cdnring , Tuesday and Wednesday Mie: Fair - season, in ‘ Comnranity -' ; Wto f ' T . g#-;UTKIer way. ;’- - '■ . SWCD Annual Meeting Date Set March 7th Lancaster County Soil & Wa ter Conservation District di reotois have set Tuesday, March 7, 1967 as the date foi next year’s annual banquet meeting The place is yet to to be deteimined At thc-ir meeting Wednes day night at the Courthouse, dnecto.s also discussed names of seveial guest speakers for the annuel event, but reached no conclusions In other business, vice chair man Henry Hackman reported on the_ recent Susquehanna River Basra meeting which he attended They were told at the meeting, Hackman said, (Continued on Page 9) Farm Calendar September 19 1-30 pm., Home Economics Extension Program to be discussed ait' Farm Credit Bldg, Lancaster September 20 Ephiata Fair . 20- 6-9 pm., Corn & Tobac co exhibits, Ephrata Fair September 21 Solanco Fair 21- —1 pm , Dairy Show, So lanco Fan-. September 22 9 am., Trac tor-Driving Contest, Solanco Fair —1 pm , Hog Show, Solan- i co Fair —2 pm , Baby Beef Show, Solanco Fair 7pm, Baby Beef Show, Ephrata Fair (Continued on Page 15) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 17, 1966 s Join County Vo-Ag Staffs Robert S. Elmer I 4-H and FFA steer, hog, and r. dairy; .extebiting, will. be .the interest, to t- tiadeiiister 'County. ss : : “practise -.sessions," in' the case ■ of■ Club steers; for' county, and state mam events later in the season. • ■ Steer showing will 'ail be on Thursday—~2 p.m. at Solanco and 7 pm at Ephrata. East year’s champion at So lanco was a Hereford owned by Fred Linton, Jr, and shown by Kenneth Rutt Fmsh ins m the runnerup spot was an Angus shown by Kathy Weaver all weie from Quar lyviile R 2 (Continued on Page 6) County Poultry Assn. Announces Annual Tour The Lancaster County Poul try Association has set Satur day, October 8, as the date for its annual tour, according to tour committee chairman Al len B Graybill Buses will leave from the Agway Supply Center, 1027 Dillerville Road, Lancaster, he said, at 8 30 am, and should return at approximately 5 pm. Highlighting this year’s trip, in addition to the autumn foli age, will be stops at < a large cattle operation', lunch ait Long wood Gardens with drinks' and ice cream available to sup plement tourists’ box lunches, and a view of an atomic pow er plant The first stop will be art the Buck and Doe Run Farm in Chester County This faim is owned by King Ranch of Tex as and has a spread of 6000 head of Santa Geitrudis cat tie fattening on its 10,000 acres Farm manager Samuel Wilson will be on hand to show the group various parts of the operation, including cowboys and quaiter horses (Continued on Page 5) Jerry L. McCarrell Three New Teachers Of Vo-Ag In County Three new teachers recently “began their duties in two of Lancaster County’s- nine high Schools offering vocational ag riculture programs, vr At placed Ralph' Layman who, ‘moved into administration ’ woi'k. Bahner, a 1956 Penn State graduate, received his master's degree in agricultur al education in 1962. He has taught vocational agriculture in Bucks County for the past two yeais He is married and has two children. Also at Solaneo, Jeny L McOanell, a native of Wash ington, Pa, will replace Wil liam Fiedd for one year Fiedd is on leave until Sep (Continued on Page 8) SUNNY CRAFT DEAN CAPTAIN, Clarence Stauffer’s four-year-old, home bred herd sire, won the reserve grand champion bull title for this Ephrata RI Holstein breeder at this week’s State Black & White Show Stauffer presently has five Dean Captain daughters in his herd, the oldest being two and one half years; their average classification score is 79.4 Stauffer said. L. F. Photo Few Laurels To Countians At Week- Long Dairy Show Although they were in there fighting in most of the main events, Lancaster County showmen were held to a few scattered hits in the highly competitive dairy show activities which took place at the Farm Show Building at Harrisburg all this week. The brightest spots came in the state junior dairy show on Monday, and m the state Black & White show on Tuesday Esbenshade Scores For County Juniors; Wins Reserve Ayrshire Title HARRISBURG The only major win for Lancaster Coun ty 4-H and FFA showmen he.e Monday came in the Ayi shire division of the 11th annual Pennsylvania Junior Da.iT Show. James R Esbenshade, Quar ryville R 2, showed his senior calf, Unicorn Royal Queen, to the 4-H junior championshup The Esbenshade calf was sued {Continued on Page 4) Stauffer Bull Repeats For Holstein Reserve Champion Title ""A fbur-yisar-old 'Wis'■Captain son owned by Clarence Stauf fer, Ephrata Rl, was the only tl f le winner exhibited by a Lancaster Coumtian at the Pennsylvania Black & While Dairy Show at Harrisburg Tuesday. Sunny Craft Dean Captain, classification 90 (Ex), is a show ring veteran His pei fo nuance this year, reserve senior and reserve giand champion, was a repeat of last year’s Black & White Show for the Stauffer bull, and lep- (Continued on Page 8) $2 Per Year Type 41 Tobacco Forecast Up 3% Some timely rainfall in Au gust has caused the state crop leportmg service to slightly upgrade its August Ist estimate of this year’s Pennsylvania Seedleaf crop Expected yield per acre ad vanced by 50 pounds to a pre dicted level of 1700 pounds. This would be about 200 pounds per acre less than the reported average for last year’s crop, and nearly 100 pounds below the 1960-64 average yield If the current estimate of 42.5 million pounds material izes, production, will be 1? percept lew' than 'last year'* (Continued on Page 4) Swinemen Plan Carcass Show The Lancaster County Swine Producers Association recent ly announced plans for its fall carcass show and on-foot eval uation contest The double event will be held on Thuisday, Sept ember 29, in conjunction with the (Continued on P'-ne 61
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