VOL. 12 NO. 31
BIiOSSOMELLE PRINCE CHARM-
ING, owned by Mr. and Mrs.-Herbert
Royer of - Lancaster, topped the list of
County Vo-Ag Boys Capture 34
State Awards But No Firsts
by Clair Zerby,
Warwick Vo-Ag Teacher
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.
Lancaster County’s blue-jacket
ed farm boys who traveled to
Penn State University Wednes
day for Future Farmers activi
ties week held their own in
fiercely competitive judging
events Wednesday and Thurs
day, but were unable to suc
cessfully defend any of the
four championships won last
year.
Thirty-four awards were wen
hy the 63 local boys—nine, of
these medals were gold 9 sil
ver, 7 bronze, and 9 honoiable
mention. This compares with
Farm Calendar
July 5-8 p.m., Red Rose Baby
Beef Club, at home of John
Zimmerman, Ephrata Rl,
program: “Highway Safety”.
July 6-8 p.m., Lancaster Coun
ty Poultry Assn directors, at
Lancaster Farm Credit Bldg
-8 p.m., 4-H baseball game at
Lampeter Community
■Grounds with Garden Spot
and Willow Street Clubs
playing.
July 7-1 p.m.,4-H Public Speak
ing and Demonstrations con
tests, at Lampeter-Strasburg
High. School.
July 8-12:30 p.m, 19th Key
stone Stud Ram & Ewe Sale
at Farm Show Bldg, Harris
burg.
-Guernsey youths meeting at
Penn State University to or
ganize a Junior Guernsey
Breeders’ Association.
July 9-13-NEPPCO Egg Qual
ity School, at Penn State
University.
the 22 gold, 16 silver, 5 bronze,
and 4 honorable mention awards
won last year.
TRIPS
Four boys were awaided
trips for their gold medal fin
ishes Abe Fisher, from Penn
Manor, will be traveling to the
Eastern States Exposition in
Springfield, Mass, to compete
in the dairy products judging,
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2025 Oregon Pike, was named
this week as one of five 4-H
Leadership Council members to
serve as advisors for next year’s
4-H Club Congress. That event
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 1,1967
local consignments at the National Hol
stein Sale Thursday. Charming went to
American Breeders Service for $ll,OOO.
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Grangers Oppose Tax
Increases For State
Fulton Grange £66, meeting
in regular session at Oakryn
June 26 went on record oppos
ing increased or additional
taxes as a source of revenue
for the State Legislature, and
requesting that body to operate
within its present budget They
also opposed House Bill 1156,
a bill to impose a net income
tax on all unincorporated busi
nesses and piofessions They
believe this to be an unjust
bill
Fulton Grange will furhish
a US government savings
bond as a prize in the Harvest
Queen contest at the Southern
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Bull Issues Hay
& Grain Warning
HARRISBURG The State
Department of Agriculture yes
terday warned farmers and
dealers to be extremely careful
when buying hay, straw or gram
in certain western Pennsylvania
areas and from the states of
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan.
Cereal leaf beetle infestations
have been found in 13 sites in
Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and
Mercer counties since mid-June.
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jjjgjl WesfAer
Temperatures for the five
day period Saturday through
Wednesday are expected by
the weatherman to average
near seasonal normal. Little
day-to-day change in the tem
perature pattern is expected.
Showers about Sunday may
deliver as much as one-inch
of precipitation locally, it is
anticipated.
Royer Bull Tops County
Holsteins At National
Sale; Color Change Axed
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Three Lancaster County con
signments were sold Thursday
at the National Holstein Asso
ciation Sale held in the twin
city of St. Paul Topping these
at $ll,OOO was a young bull
consigned by Mr and Mrs. Her
bert Royer of 2025 Oregon Pike.
A son of Royers’ outstanding
cow Blossomelle Zsa Zsa, the
bull is the product of three of
the all-time great A-l pi oven
sires—his sire, Skokie Glamour
Boy (EX-92); grandsires, Bur
kov Inka DeKal (EX-92), and
Osborndale Ivanhoe (EX-90).
The bull, Blossomelle Prince
Charming, was purchased by
the American Breeder Service
of Madison, Wisconsin.
A two-year-old bred heifer,
Bobbi Penn Springs Moohaven,
consigned jointly by owners J.
Robert Hess of Strasburg Rl.
and Robert Kauffman of Eliza
bethtown Rl, was sold for $l5OO
to an lowa concern. Bobbi is a
daughter of the Hess-Kauffman
aged cow Oliverdale Inspira
tion Terry, and the famed
Crisscross bull.
Carl L. Martin, Ephrata Rl,
consigned a five-year-old cow,
Spring Shade Wallie Ruth,
which sold to a California in
terest for $l6OO. Ruth is the
daughter of Vista Grande Hav
en Wallie, a bull Martin re
cently sold to Tri-State Breed
ers of Wisconsin.
The top-priced consignment
was a cow named “Sparkle”.
She was owned by Heather
stone Enterprises, and sold to
a New Jersey interest for
$12,000.
The 55 animals sold avei
aged $2804.
COLOR AMENDMENT
DOWNED
One of the highlights of the
business meeting conducted by
the association’s 218 elected
delegates at the annual meet
ing was the matter of liberal-
Larger Pa. Tobacco Crop Expected
Despite Smaller Acreage Planted
According to the U.S De
partment of Agriculture’s To
bacco Situation quarterly re
port released this week, pro
duction of Pennsylvania Type
41 filler tobacco may be some
what larger this year in spite
of fewer acres planted. With
last year’s per acre yields av
eraging the lowest in nine
years, it is anticipated that
yields this year are likely to be
nearer normal. On the other
hand, the report notes, a fur
ther drop in carryover stocks
is indicated. It is probable the
total 1967-68 supply may be
the smallest in eight years.
CONSUMPTION DOWN
Cigar and cigarillo consump
$2 Per Yea*
izing color markings for fe
male legistration.
According to one of the dele
gates attending from Lancaster
County, the question went to
the floor as an amendment to
the by-laws, and the issue im
mediately became clouded in
parliamentary procedure when
the amendment itself was
amended; the ensuing discus
sion only deepened the confu
sion. When it finally came to
a vote, the matter was downed
132 to 82
A second proposal to permit
a separate registry for red and
white Holsteins was voted down
swiftly with delegates repre
senting the 45,000-memiber
breed organization apparently
in no frame of mind to accept
the “red gene”, which has long
been discriminated against by
Holstein breeders.
The proposals on color mark
ing changes were the result of
the efforts of a committee ap
pointed at last year’s annual
meeting to study the question
Of the 218 delegates attend
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LATE BULLETIN
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.
It was learned at press
time that no state FFA
offices will go to Lancaster
County Future Farmers this
year Our slate of officer
candidates was shut out com
pletely, making this the first
year in memoiy that at least
one state office was not won
by a countian.
A recent ruling, reportedly
unofficial, prohibits more
than two state officers being
selected from one area. Al
though the county had only
one office last year*, it was the
top one, with Glenn Weber
of Mohnton R 2 winning the
state presidency.
tion by U S smokers in the
year ending June 30 is estimat
ed at 8 2 billion—off 300 mil
lion under 1965 66 This mark
ed the second successive year
of decline from record 1964-65
fiscal year total of 8.9 billion.
Carryover stocks on October
Ist may be around 118 million
pounds, USD A says. If so, this
will place them at their low
est point in six years, and near
ly 10 million pounds below
1966. The total supply for this
year’s crop plus carryover may
approximate 160 million pounds,
the smallest since 1959-60 and
about five percent under last
year.