VOL. 12 NO. 7
Master Farmer
Award to County
Conservationist
HARRISBURG More than
200 Pennsylvanians were on
hand at a luncheon here Tues
day honoring seven new Mas
ter Farmers.
Amos H. Funk, Millersviile
R 1 vegetable farmer and out
standing conservationist, be
came the first Lancaster Coun
tian to receive this distinguish
ed award in 12 years.
Funk was introduced by Lan
caster County agricultural
agent M. M. Smith who gave
a brief, illustrated talk on the
accomplishments of the Funk
family on their 240-acre farm.
Several pictures Smith show
ed illustrated the attractive
market stand on the Funk
farm, and the variety of pro
ducts retailed there. “As an
example,” the' county agent
said, "the farm grows tomatoes
during the winter in plastic
greenhouses to provide out-of
season trade.”
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E. J. Lawless Cited For Outstanding
Efforts At State Poultry Banquet
HARRISBURG Edward J
Lawless, Jr, who started his
career with the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture in
1924 and has served the state’s
poultry industry continuously
ever since, was named “Allied
Industryman of the Year”
Wednesday night at the an
nual Pennsylvania Poultry Fed
eration banquet here
A banquet crowd estimated
at nearly 400 Warmly applaud
ed Lawless’ citation which Was
awarded by a past president
of the federation, Homer
Bicksler
Lawless, Who last October
had received NlElt’PCO’s '“Poul
tryman of the Year” award,
told the audience that “.this is
getting to he a very enjoyable
habit”. He suggested he would
work extra hard in the next
Farm Calendar
January 16—7:30 pan,, Man
heim Young Farmers’ reor
ganization meeting at Man
heam Central High School
There will also be parlia-
mentary procedures and pub
lic speaMng presentations •
January 17—Noon, Red Rose
Dairy Herd Impiovement As
sociation annual banquet
meeting, at Dutch Town &
Country Inn, Vintage
January 18—7-30 -pm, Faim
Management community
meeting at Lincoln Inde
pendent School, north of
Martindale. Lem H. Brubak-
er, featured speaker
January 19 7:30 p.m, Farm
Income Tax course at Eph-
Hata High School; subject:
i MFiline Requirements”,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 14, 1967
' MR. AND MRS. AMOS H. FUNK, of Millersviile
rigMfuily proud of Funk’s newest title “Master
pSra&’ r ??H^wa^One , ! of farmers to
a,';lvtncheon , ■ IfT Hsarisburg on
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few years, ‘'and maybe I can
earn another one of these”
Lawless’ contributions to the
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Victor W. Plastow
Victor Plastow
Honored By Pa.
'Dairymen
HARRISBURG Victor W.
Plastow, associate agricultural
agent from Lancaster County
was named winner of the 1966
Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Asso
ciation Award of $lOO and an
inscribed plaque at the Asso
ciation’s annual meeting at the
51st Farm Show here Tuesday
night.
The award “for valuable and
noteworthy contributions to the
dairy industry in Pennsylvania”
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Dr D L Biemesderfer, for
mer president of Mullersvilie
State College, will be the fea
tureri sneaker at this vear’s
annual 4-H Leaders’ Banquet
extension home economist Do
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week His subject will
derstandang Today’s Youth’’
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wUI be held January’
Dimng Room on New Danville
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1967 OFFICERS IN THE LANCASTER COUNTY POULTRY ASSOCIATION
were recently elected. From left they are, seated, John H. Hess, president; Claude
H. Hess, vice president; standing, John R. Huber, Jr., secretary; and J. Harold
Esbenshade, treasurer. L. F. Photo
Top Beef Titles Travel;
3 Breed Wins Keep County
A Contender AtFaraiShow
by Don Timmons
HARRISBURG So far as
the top two titles in the 4-H
Baby Beef exhibition at the
Pennsylvania Farm Show were
concerned, this proved not to
be the year to put Lancaster
County back on top But we
had ’em worried for awhile,
and gained two more breed
wins than last year’s show
netted
The grand champion steer
of the show was a heavyweight
Angus shown by Ann Pleischel
of Columbia County, and was
the only Columbia County An
gus enteied. It was enough
Judge Roland H Mullinix of
Woodbine, Maryland, then
tapped the second place Angus
for the reserve grand cham
pion title. The latter was
shown by Adams County 4-H’er
Randy Bare of Hanover.
Lancaster’s strength came
from a sweep in the Sfeort
County Poultry Assn. Urges Lower
Freight Rates; Sets Meeting Dates
At a recent meeting, direc
tors of the Lancaster County
Poultry Association went on
recoid supporting the stand
taken by the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation favoring a
reduction of freight lates on
feed giains
The board stated that such
a late ieduction would sub
stantially help the state’s
leading poultry county to
meet southern competition in
its traditional eastern markets,
52 Per Year
horn division and a reserve
champion Hereford placing.
Leading the Shorthorns was a
heavyweight named “Ebenez
er” shown by Susie Hess,
Mount Joy R 1 The 16-year
old daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Paul C Hess was in her first
Farm Show beef competition.
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Management To
Be Subject At
Farm Meeting
At the second farm com
munity meeting to be held at
the Lincoln Independent
School, near Martindale, the
central subject to be discussed
will be farm management, ac
cording to program chairman
Edwin F. Fox.
Lancaster County associate
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and would help reduce region
al differences in egg and poul
try production costs
Meeting at the Lancaster
Farm Credit Building, di
rectors heard educational
committee chairman J. Har
old Esbenshade, Manlieim
R 2, describe plans for a se
ries of mid-winter informa
tional meetings which will
be open to all poultrymen in
Lancaster County.
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