LIKE THOSE BIG BROWN EGGS, says Howett Seiverling! The sex-linked
hens are part of a flock he raised as a farm project in his vocational agriculture
course at Warwick High School. “They may not lay as many eggs as Leghorns,”
he said, “but I’ve never seen hens that laid bigger ones.” L. F. Photo
• Seiverling
(Continued from Page 1) placed fifth in the state last
school career. In addition to year in products competition,
being president of the Red He was on the team going to
Bose FFA Chapter, he holds. Springfield, Mass., where they
the top office in his local placed seventh in that eastern
chapter. In ninth grade he was regional contest; Seiverling
named Star Green Hand of the was rated sixth in the separate
Warwick Chapter, and last individual dairy showmanship
year was Chapter Star Farmer contest there.
FOUR SEASONS Farm & Home Center
197 Greenfield Road, At The By-Pass, Lane., Pa- 397-4451
Dairy and dairy products
judging are his specialities. He
Remember —■
KeepThemßeally
Fenced In !!
Truck Load
FENCE
21 Feb. thru
' Sat. 25, Feb. «eoso/zsE
PAUL CAMPBELL SALE
DRAWS MANY BUYERS
The Paul H. Campbell sale,
held last Saturday six miles
south of Lancaster, drew a
large crowd with buyers com
ing from as far away as New
Jersey, Maryland, and northern
Pennsylvania, according to auc
tioneers Biller & Kreider
Three Allis-Chalmers trac
tors sold for prices ranging
from $1075 to $2610 Other
equipment included a baler,
generator, mower, crimper and
rake.
Coin brought $49 a ton and
hay $4O. There was also inter
est in the antiques which sold
well, the auctioneers said.
Anothei Gebl fiist! New, optional Mix-All tank of mod
ern fibeiglass reinforced plastic the space-age building
mateiial. Advantages: tank is strong as steel, yet weighs
y A as much; lust-proof (not affected by salt or mineials);
peimanent molded-in white color won’t scratch, peel or
require 1 e-painting; smooth interior sides reduce feed
bridging, allow faster unloading; insulates better, reduces
moisture condensation.
OTHER GEHL MIX-ALL FEATURES:
• 66 thin, steel hammers that CUT .. . not POUND to give’
you a uniform grind.
• Semi-suction fan draws materials through screen quickly.
• Feed aerator cools all milled ingredients. Prevents caking,
• Swinging auger feeder uniformly loads the mill at your
choice of speeds.
Come in! See the Gehl Mix-All with new fiberglass tank.
Financing available.
Make os Prove it with W
a Demonstration!
N. G. HERSHEY
& SON
Manheim
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18, 1967—-7
(From the files of Lancaster Farming)
rv v» A rrr\ sident, Kenneth Rohiei sceic
vllC I Cof AgO tary. Adam Zimmeiman cor
responding secietaiy, Geiald
Hess tieasmer, William Fiey;
repoiter, Tom Zaitman. sen
tinel, Jay Fisher. chaplain,
Leon Rutt, paihamentai lan,
Rogei Stolt7tus
February, 1966
Blizzard Blitzes County
Scheduled activities and events
skidded to a halt this week
(Feb 5) as Lancaster County
vas clobbeied by its woist
snow stoim in recent \ears
A tull week s calendar of
events was snowed unclei,
some lescheduled, some post
poned Indefinitely.
Tobacco Sales Lag Buyeis
attributed the exceptionally
late tobacco season, which start
ed this week (Feb 12), to a
generally poor quality ciop
Although the 1965 crop came
out ot the fields in good shape,
warm temperatures and high
moisture conditions in late Fall
and early Winter apparently
caused widespread shed burn.
The market opened Monday
with two major companies of
fering 25-32 cents for wrapper
and 16 tolB cents for filler. By
Thursday, wrapper prices had
stabilized at 28 cents, with fill
er holding steady. Straight
stripped prices were reported
at 25 cents.
45 Youths Get FFa Award
The Red Rose Degree, high
est county-level Future Farmer
honor, was awarded to 45 Lan
caster County FFA boys Mon
day night (Feb 7) at War
wick High School.
Also featured at the twice
postponed meeting was instal
lation of county chapter offic
ers for 1966. They are- presi
dent, Robert Weaver; vice pre-
FIBERGLASS TA
e of GEHL Mix-All
FARMERSVILLE
EQUIPMENT CO.
R. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa.
Reflections
Extension Speaker Re\icus
Farm Problems Speaking at
the Lancaster County Exten
sion Assn banquet Tuesday
night (Feb 8), Intei-Stale Milk
Pioduceis Coopeiative public
lelations duector Boyd C Gait
ley blasted the fallacies of ted
eial milk thinking
"I can’t understand,' Gartley
said, "why we in America, who
believe wholeheartedly in com
petition, won’t let the competi
tive system operate ”
He labeled the recent fed
eral milk order hearings in
Philadelphia as “another need
less cost of administration
which will have to be paid tor
by the farmers”.
Gartley also told the associa
tion members that thej must
look to their image In the
consumers’ eyes, fanners aie
living off the fat of the land,
supported by government sub
sidies, he said
NEPPCO Poll Shows Mem
bers Oppose Controls In
testifying on a nationwide
marketing older for eggs,
Richard I Ammon, executive
director of the Northeastern
Poultry Pioducers Council, said
NEPPCO members opposed
controls by 9 to 1
Ammon told the agriculture
Committee that, of a poll of
members, 85 percent respond
ing indicated direct opposition
to Senator Case’s proposed en
abling legislation.
Rowe Named Pres. Pa. Vege
table Growers Paul Rowe,
Strasbuig Rl, was elected pie
sident of the Pennsylvania
Vegetable Gioweis Assn this
week (Feb 3) at the gioup’s
annual meeting at Penn State
Univeisity
Rowe, a pioducci laimer,
succeeds Amos H Funk, Mill
cisville Rl, who declined to
urn foi a filth consecutue
teim
Relumed to office ioi his
fifth tei in was seci etai vti ea
surer Rudy Giob, 2073 Stone
Mill Rd, Lancaster.
Fanners Honor Smith —.
Lancaster County farmeis and
their wives turned out 350
stiong Monday night (Feb 19)
to honor county agent M M.
Smith foi 25 years seivice to
Lancaster County agricultuie
Main speaker Phillip Alampi,
New Jersey secretaiy of agu
culture, leferred to Smith as
“a great agricultural agent”
Abe Bucher, a well-known
figure in county agricultural
circles, showed a series ol
slides depicting Smith's life
and caieer since coming to the
county m 1937
Others recalling incidents in
Smith’s career weie Haiold
McCulloch, slate extension sei
\ice staff, Harry S Sloat foim
er associate county agent, and
Levi H Brubakei, Rohiers
town area farmer.
Poultrymen Elect Warfel —■
The Lancaster County Poultiv
Assn Thursday (Feb. 1) elect
ed Charles D Waifel, Coneslo-
Five Years Ago
February, 1962