—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 1,1967
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Pennsylvania Participates In
National Egg Industry Campaign
HARRISBURG Pcnnsyl
tnniu is pulicipaling in ;1 na
lionnl milestone event in one
o' the egg industry's most sue
cessftii campaigns in the past
10 years. accoi cling to Earl
lle>>s of Ephrata. the eastern
chairman for the Egg Sell-A-
Biation
The 1000.000 th hard-cooked
c«u in the "Golden Goodness
oi Eggs” campaign will be
h.nulecl to a consumer in a two
week sweepstakes. Api il 1-15.
in the greater X V motiopoli
t..n aiea. and that lecipient will
v.m an all-expense paid, two
week vacation for two in Lon
don Pans and Rome, awarded
by Hess and Claik. division of
Riehardscn-Merrell. Inc-
On March 31. gaily decorated
vchicles from seveial partici
piling states will be welcomed
at the Jeisev City exit of the
New Jersey Turnpike by Will
iam J Flanagan, executive di
rector of the New Jersey Turn
pike Authonty The vehicles
will proceed into New York
Otv Paiticipalmg in these
ceiemomes and thioughout the
(l.iv will be (fiom Pennsylvan
ia) William R Myer, Myers
town, president. Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation, Donna
Heagy. Lebanon. Pennsylvania
Poultry Queen. Ruth Konhaus,
NEPPCO Princess, repiesent
ing the Noitheastern Poultry
Pioduceis Council, and Mis
Phyhs S Moffett, executive sec
i eta iv of the Pennsylvania
Poultiy Federation
Sessions Scheduled To
Measure Deer Antlers
Two deev antler measuring
sessions have been scheduled
m the state foi Sunday, April
9 bv the Pennsylvania Game
Commission.
The measunng sessions will
be held at Lincoln Giange,
along Route 26 about five miles
south of Marklesbui g, Hunting
don County fi om noon to 5
pm. and at the Armoi y in
II ones d a 1 e Wayne County,
ii om 10 a m to 5 p m
Measumm sessions aie also
scheduled for Sunday, April 2,
at Cai lisle Fish and Game Club
house, noon to 5 p m , at the
Ml Jov Spoilsmen’s Club, 1
pm to 5p m and at the Bi ad
ioid County Courthouse, To
wanda 10 am to 5 pm
Antleis must have been tak
en in the commonwealth, and
fophies taken by both lesident
and non lesident hunteis aie
eligible The piogram is a pub
lic seivice of the Game Com
mission and no chaige is made
ioi measuimg
Entiy foiins aie available at
all measuring stations On the
entiy foim the owner ceitifies
fiat the deei which he is en
leung in the Pennsylvania Deer
Recoids Piogiam was taken m
tan chase in Pennsylvania
The following uiles govern
tins contest
1 Only V” bucksaw greater
will be measured
2 Split or icpaued skulls
\m!l not be accepted
3 Antleis may not show xe
moved or icpaued points
4 Tiophv was taken in com
pliance with the Pennsylvania
Game Law
5 The Pennsvlvama Game
Gommission shall not be les
ponsible fc am tiophy lost or
damaged
6 The Pennsylvania Game
rominission letams the right to
jc-icct any entry
7 Trophies measmed in a
jncuous Game Commission
contest majj not be re-entered
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In n proclamation issued by
Lester F. Burlein. chairman.
Pennsylvania Turnpike Com
mission, the Pennsylvania Turn
pike was named “GATEWAY
TO AMERICA’S EGG BAS
KET’’ for the day yesterday.
The proclamation noted that
Pennsylvania producers and
marketers rely on the turnpike
for fast, convenient and depen
dable transportation, and as a
Jink in the chain of arteries
which annually speed 500,000
quality eggs, produced in Penn
sylvania under a state program
ol giading and marketing, to
the New York metropolitan
markets.
Later that day, 10.000 hard
cooked eggs provided by the
Egg Marketing Association of
Pennsylvania were distributed
to the crowds at Rockefeller
Center in New York City by
"Egg Queens” of the various
states Assisting in this distri
bution were six Future Farm
ers of America from Ephrata
High School Also taking part
in the festivities were “Miss
Nutritia Egg”, a five-foot tall
fiberglass character developed
by the Market Development
Division of the Bureau of Mar
kets, Penna Dept, of Agricul
ture, for the Pennsylvania Egg
Marketing Association
Also cooperating in the pro
gram were the Morton Salt
Company and the Poultry &
Egg National Board.
DOG TRAINING SEASON
CLOSED TILL AUGUST 1
The dog tiammg season in
Pennsylvania will be closed
tiom midnight March 31 until
August 1, the Game Commis
sion lemmded sportsmen this
v/eek Certain counties where
petitions have been filed to
permit fox hunting with dogs
will be closed for only sixty
days during the four-month
period.
Landis Bros.
Lancaster
Wilbur H. Graybill A. L. Herr & Bro.
Lititz, R. D. 2 Quarryville
Chas. J. McComsey Longenecker
& Sons Farm Supply-
Hickory Hill, Pa. Rheems
Allen H. Matz Chet Long
Denver Akron
FUTURE FARMER CONTEST WINNERS were among the guests of honor
at Baron Stiegel Lions Club Farmers’ Night on March 23 at Polly’s Restaurant,
Brickerville. From left, Earl C. Stauffer, Cloister Chapter junior president; Lin
ford Weaver, treasurer, Cloister Chapter; and Howett Seiverling, County FFA
president. Other guests included Clair Zerby, Warwick High Vo-Ag instructor.
Who spoke on vo-ag work.
Agribusiness
Program Starts
At Ephrata H.S.
Ten semoi vocational agricul
ture students at Ephrata High
School have begun a seven
week agribusiness training pro
gram as an occupational work
experience
Vo-ag teacher Lewis C. Ayers
explained that the students
work four hours a day, five days
a week on. the jobs The peri
od began Tuesday and ends
May 12.
“Students enrolled in the pro
gram attend regular school
classes in the mormng and re
port after lunch to their agri
business ]Obs,” Ayers said. “The
A. B, C. Groff, Inc.
New Holland
on-job training provides the
students with the opportunity
to learn by doing in the most
practical sense ”
The eight cooperating firms
and their student employes are:
Ephrata Turkey Farm, Ephra
ta HI, Earl Hertzog and Lin
ford Weaver: Agway Inc,Eph
rata, Charles Hailing, Hamil
ton Equipment, Ephrata, Irvin
Schannauer and Edward Red
cay;
Matz Farm Machinery, Den
ver K 2, Daiyl Bollinger, Farm-
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Seed Available at all times.
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Contact EUGENE G. HOOVER, Lititz R. D. 3, Pa.
Phone 569-0756
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Barry Sensenig: and Organic
Plant Foods Co, Lancaster,
Randal Kline
This is the second year for
the agi’i-business training pro
gram at Ephrata High School,
Was the first year success
ful 9 “Eleven boys were out on
jobs and nine of them wore, of
fered full time employment,”
Ayers reported.