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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. January 28. 1967
Reflections
(From the files of Lancaster Fanning)
\T__ A the Holstein competition,
1 6ai ngU Kauffman's win was the only
first place gained
January, 1966
Kauffman Bull Wins at Farm
Show Penn Spnngs Leader. Kline Reelected By Man
a senior ytailing Holilein bull heim YFA Paul Kline, Lit
exhibited by Robeit H Kauff- xtz R 3. was reelected president
man of Eh/abethtown Rl. was of the Manheim Young Farm-
Lancaster County’s top title er Association Monday night
winner at this .veai’s Faim (Januaiy 10). Kline is also
Show president of the State Young
Runnemp to Leader in the Fanners
senioi yeailing bull class was Other officeis elected were
an entiy owned jointly bv John Donald Heishey. vice presi-
Esh. Goulonville, and Raymond dent: Jav Rohrei. secretary.
A Seidel of Berks County Geiald Sna\ely. tieasurer, and
Although countians gamered Jay Foieman. public relations
an assoitment of 13 übbons in director
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Farm Show Celebrates Gol* The two birds were auctioned this week (January 6) the pur
den Anniversary Observing Wednesday night (January 12) chase of the Lititz Record-Ex
its 50th year of continuous op- a s a feature of the Pennsyl- press and the Record Prinifc
eration, the state's leading vania Poultry Federation ban- ing Company, a commercial
farm show this year saluted quet at the Penn-Haids Hotel, printing unit operated jointly
pi ogress in Pennsylvania agri- Harrisburg. with the Lititz weekly paper,
culture. Cigar Filler Supply At 4- Both newspapers will be pulb-
It was appi opiiate that this Year Low The 1965-66 car- fished from the Lititz plant,
should bo a record-breaking ryover stocks of Pennsylvania Campbell said,
year for the big show. Some cigar filler tobacco are about " *' *
700.000 Pennsylvanians took three percent belo.w 1964-65, Producers’ Co-Op To Stay
advantage of the generally and have hit a four-year low Independent Producers’ Co
“non-typicil” Farm Show level,' according to USDA’s operative Exchange, Coates-
Weather to beat the previous “Tobacco Situation” report. ville, will remain an independ
record of 690,000, set m 1963. The sizeable drop m carry- ent egg marketing agency by
■ ’ ! over more than offset the mod- stockholder demand.
County Tobacco Title to erate increase in the 1965 crop Members voted 150 to 54 to
Fisher _ Melvin S Fisher, a V™ oilier, USDA reject the proposal by which
Strasburg Rl, topped a 168- , + . * he Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
entry field Thmsday (Janu- The number of acres planted Cooperative Association would
aiy 6) in the Lancaster Ooun- to Type 41 tobacco in 1965 assume all assets and liabili
ty tobacco show with cham- was unchanged fiom the pre- ties of the egg marketing co-op
pionships in both wrapper and cedm S year at 27,000 acies man exchange of stock trans
fillei classes PlVf* Apro The decision was reached to
Reseive champions in wiap- S reject the proposal at a special
per and filler classes, respec- January, 1962 stockholders’ meeting Tuesday
* lv , e J y ’d! 6l6 Melvin L ong ' night (Ja'nuary 24) at Pequea
Lititz R 3, and Roy M Rohier, Top Corn Yield To Fred Valley High School
Strasbuig Rl Frey The top spot in the
The champion binder entry Lancaster County five-acre Trimble Named State Hol
belonged to Robert B Leed, corn contest this year went to s t e in Boy Donald B. Trim
-2421 Fiuitville Pike. Reserve Fred Frey, Quarryville R 2. it ble, Quarryville Rl, was named
binder was exhibited by Wit- was announced this week (Jan- Pennsylvania Holstein Boy of
mer J Rohier, Strasbuig Rl uary 6) by Penn State Um- igsi Wednesday (January 10)
In the vocational competi- versity Fiey averaged 170 2 a t the State Farm Show,
turn, Richard Thomas, Millers- bushels of shelled corn per The 19-year-old dairyman
ville Rl, won his second chani- acre operates a 60-acre faim and
pionship in a wek, having Piey said he had planted bas compiled an outstanding
topped the 4-H tobacco show corn on that same piece of 4_h an d fFA record, including
eailier ground for the past five years, the current presidency of the
and felt his yield had been 4_h County Council, and a
Champion Gobbler Brings $4 better each year He used a state FFA post last year.
A Pound The Farm Show Pfigter single cross, FSXI9
grand champion dressed tui- Second high yield in the Larson Succeeds Albrecht As
key, a 17 v 4-pound tom raised county was made by Harold Extension Director Dr. Rus
by Paul Konhaus of Mechanics- Rohrer, Lancaster R 7 Using se li e. Larson, denairtment of
burg, sold to D E Horn &Co Funk G9l, he obtained a yield horticulture head* at Penn
for $42 a pound of 1518 bushels pei acre state University, was named
J C Snavely & Sons, Inc ' director of extension and asso-
Land’isviile, bought Harry Lam- LF Buys Lititz Paper cia t e dean of the College of
ipaitei’s reserve champion at Lancaster Fanning publisher Agriculture at the university
$l7 50 a pound R. G Campbell announced ° (Continued on Page 11)
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