6—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, July 15,1967
Reflections
(From the files of Lancaster Fanning)
«r * ‘‘Miss Personality” by the other
CfllC * CBT /\gO five contestants, Carol Ann Hess
July, 1966 of Strasburg RI went on to win
the county dairy princess title
Zimmerman Retains Plowing this week (July 2).
Title Marvin Zimmerman, First runnerup was Nancy L.
East Earl Rl. retained his crown Risser, Leola Rl. Miss Risser is
as county plowing champion by a graduate of Manheim Town
out-plowing six other contest- ship High School, and is the
ants this week (July 30). daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Competition among the top k. Risser.
three contestants was so close Mice upcc a firadnate of
that one observer figured' Zim- L a Tp eTe r - StrafbSg High
merman didn t clinch the title and tfc e daughter of Mr.
until he’d turned the last con- and m,. s Elvin Hess, Jr., has a
toured furrow. Having won for j on g record of 4-H activities In
the second successive year, he to her work in the baby
retains permanent possession jjeef a nd Holstein clubs, she has
of the trophy, which is donated held the county
senior 4-H pos
by the sponsors of the event ture en title
the Lancaster County Soil &
Water Conservation District. “ ’
Tieing for second place were Glenn Weber, State FFA Pre-
Ivan Yost of Narvon R 2 and sident The 17-year-old son of
John Campbell, New Holland. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Weber of
' Mohnton R 2, Glenn capped a
Miss Hess Named Dairy Prin- highly active Future Farmer
cess After being selected as career this week by winning the
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He has been president of his
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Star Farmer, and later, State
Star Farmer. He presently
operates the home dairy farm.
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4-H Queens Chosen As
dusk descended over the 4-H
county field day at Long Park
Thursday, (July 14), the spot
light shone on two young ladies
who will wear the crowns of
junior and senior 4-H queens
for this year.
Judy Buckwalter, 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David
E. Buckwalter of Lititz R 3, has
been active in 4-H work for
seven years; she is currently
president of the county council.
Junior queen, Marilyn Krantz,
twelve, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elvin B. Krantz,- New
Providence Rl. A 4-H’er for
four years, she has been active
in horse and pony and cooking
clubs.
Fisher Tops FFA Hog Show
Robert Fisher walked off
with most of the honois at the
annual FFA hog show this week
(July 30) at the Lancaster Stock
Yards.
He took the two top titles
grand and reserve champion
bounced back to win first m the
Pen of Three class, then, still
going strong, he showed the hog
judged best-fitted He did lose
one event, dropping the show
manship title to Ronald Mull of
Ephrata.
Fisher, 18, is the son of Mr
and Mrs. Earl Fisher of East
Earl Rl, and is a senior at Gar
den Spot High School
Five Years Ago
July, 1962
Dairy Breeders’ Role Outlin
ed Some 600 people attend
ing the Lancaster County Hol
stein Field Day Thursday (July
26) heard the dairy breeders’
role described by a well-known
dairy judge
Donald Seipt, manager of
Keystone Farm, Easton, Pa,
noted that with service now
available to almost any bull in
the U S. and Canada via frozen
semen, there is a great tempta
tion for dairymen to breed cows
to “the hottest bull to come
down the pike”.
He said he did not mean to
condemn artificial breeding, or
detract from the gains in herd
averages it has brought about
He believes a sounder breeding
program can be built around the
use of fewer herd sires
Through the indescnminate
use of AI, breeders may bring
entirely too many different
genes into their dauy herds, he
stated
County Plowing Title To
Kreider Nearly 200 specta
tors saw the gleaming mold
boards of Everett Kreider’s
three-bottom plow turn over the
dusty soil to win the 1962 county
plowing contest Monday, (July
23).
Kreider out-pointed nine
other contestants to win the an
nual event, held this year on
the Roy H Garber farm at Lit
itz R 3.
Finishing second was Mervin
Shelly, Lititz Kl, while Forney
Longenecker. Lititz R 3, plowed
out in third place.
Scattered Showers Fail To
Break Drought Thursday
(July 12) brought the first mea
surable ram to Lancaster- Coun
ty in more than three weeks, but
it failed to break the deepening
drought conditions
Although local farmers fail
to see yields affected seriously
at this point, most note that
crop growth in the past month
has been badly set back.
A soaking rain during the
next week would still save the
day, several farmers observed
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County 4-H Livestock Judges
Top District A three-man. 4-
H livestock judging team from
the county took the second leg
of a three-year challenge trophy
Wednesday (July 11) at the
Southeastern P e n nsy 1 v a nia
judging competition.
The team of Darvin Boyd,
Ephrata Rl, Donald Trimble,
Quarryville Rl, and Wilbur Hos
ier, Manheim R 3, beat out
teams from eight other counties
in the district to move within
one win of retiring the trophy.
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Peifer, Best Holstein Judge—
Melvin Peifer, Willow Street
Rl, was high scorer in the cow
judging contest held in con
junction with the annual Lan-
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In the close contest, held at
the Red Rose Research Farm of
John W. Eshelman & Sons, Lan
caster, Raymond Hoover of Gap
R 1 placed second. Third place
went to Mervin Hershey, Ronks
Rl.
Last year’s top scorer, Mrs.
Robert Kauffman, Elizabeth
town Rl, took the honors in the
ladies’ division. She was follow
ed by Mrs. Richard Hess, Stras
burg Rl, second; and third, Mrs.
Kathryn Frey, Manheim R 2.
Ten Years Ago
Barbecue Nets $l3lB After
costs, a profit of $1316 was
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Bargains
July, 1957
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