VOL. 12 NO. 36
Fisher Again Tops FFA Hog Show;
270 Sale Animals Total $13,789
Last yew’s Future Farmer -
county bog show champion
Robert Fisher of East Earl HI *
proved Tuesday that it was no
accident. Although he didn’t
match last year’s record by
winning grand and reserve
champion titles, he set a new
record by repeating for the top
title in the fifth annual show
and sale at the Lancaster
Stock Yaids.
In addition, the Grasslands
Chapter youth paced the win
ners with firsts in six classes
including Pen of 10 and ’
three second placings
In tapping Fisher’s 205-
pound Hampshire barrow for
the championship, judge Hen
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Philip Ogline
Dairymen Okay Base-Excess Plan
Dairymen in the Delaware
Valley federal order milk mar
keting area approved amend
ing the order to include the
proposed base-excess plan, U.
S. Department of Agriculture
officials announced this week
The amendment became ef
fective August Ist, after more
than two-thirds of the dairy
men voting in the referendum
indicated their approval. The
base-excess pricing plan estab
lishes an incentive to dairy
farmers to adjust their milk
production to an even output
Farm Calendar
August* 7 -7, 8, and 9, State
4-H Days at Penn State Uni
versity.
- 7.45 p m., Joint meeting of
Red Rose DHIA directors
and supervisors at Lancas
ter Farm Credit building.
August 8 - Bth to 10th, 1967
Pa Greenhouse and Retail
Florists Conference at Penn
State - University.
August 10 - 10 am., Lancas
ter County Guernsey Breed
ers Association field* day at
farm of C. Henry Brenemam
Hessdale.
- 4 p.m., dedication of di
agnostic laboratory at New
Bolton Center.
Donald Robinson
Two Join County
Vo-Ag Staffs
"Two newcomers were intro
duced this week at the county
vocational agriculture teachers
meeting held at _ Penn Manor
High School. Both have joined
the department at Garden Spot
High School: they are Philip
Ogline and Donald Robinson.
Movement of teachers in
several of the county’s voca
tional agriculture depart
ments in recent months re
sembles a sort of “musical
chairs” activity.
At Solanco, the three-man de
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throughout the year The base
f aiming period will be July
through December, except this
year, when it will be August
through December.
Each farmer's base will re
flect rhis- average daily deliver
ies to> the market in the'base-
lt wilt, deter
mine ’Bow mud?'milk can
deliver to the market in the
following months of March
through June to be priced at
the base rate Milk sold m ex
cess of his base will bring a
faimer a lower pnce,, USDA
notes.
The amended order is based
on a public hearing in Phila
delphia, June 12-13, held at
the request of the Inter-State
Milk Producers’ Cooperative.
HSlfjji sfher
Temperatures during the
next five days are expected
to average near the normal
range of 86 to 65 with lit
tle day-to-day change expect
ed.
Precipitation in the form
of showers is expected to to
tal more than Vi -inch, oc
curring about Monday.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 5,1967
26 County 4-H'ers To
State Days Aug. 7-9
Twenty-six Lancaster County
4-H youngsters will be joining
some 1200 others next week at
Pennsylvania State 4-H Days to
be held on the campus of Penn
State University August 7-9th.
Competition will center
around judging events and
demonstrations, with state titles
at stake. Teams and individuals
who have recently won blue
ribbons in district agricultural
and home economics competi
tion will be featured. Agricul
tural judging contests include
dairy, entomology, general live
stock and horse.
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County Guernsey
Breeders Field
Day Set Aug. 10
The Lancaster Guernsey
Breeders’ Association will hol/d
its annual field day August
10th, according to association
secretary-treasurer Elmer D.
Lapp.
This year, the event will be
hosted by Mr. 'and Mrs. C.
Heniy Breneman . & Sons,
Strasburg Rl.
The morning program will
start at 10 o’clock, and will in
clude judging of three classes
of Guernsey cattle. David J.
Olig of McMillen Feed Mills,
Inc., will judge the morning
event and will be the fea
tured afternoon speaker.
Reservations are requested
of anyone wishing to purchase
the fried chicken lunch, which
will be offered at $1 50. Those
interested are advised to con
tact one of the three field day
committeemen by August 7th
They are: Herbert Myer, 637-
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RICHARD RUTT, 17-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs.‘Arnos Rutt of Quarry
vdTe R 2, once again showed his home
bred cow Twinkle Edgefield Star Se
quoia to the grand championship at
Mary Lou Landis Named
’67 County Poultry Queen
Mary Lou Landis
Many Repeat Wins At County Dairy
4-H Roundup; 31 To District Show
At ithe two-day counity 4-H
dairy roundup, held this week
at the Guernsey Sale Pavilion,
quite a few of last year’s win
ners proved lightning could
strike twice.
In the Holstein division on
Monday, Richard Rutt of Quar
ryville R 2 retained the title
he won last year with Twinkle
Edgefield Star Sequoia The
four-year-old cow also again
proved her worth. She will not
be one of the 31 animals eligi
ble for the district show Au
gust 25 at Hershey, however,
because Rutt has sold her to
another area Holstein breeder
the county 4-H dairy roundup this year.
But this mil be the last time Rutt and
Twinkle will appear in the show ring
together as Dick sold the 4-year-old cow
to another Holstein breeder this week.
L. F. Photo
$2 Per Year
Directors of the Lancaster
County Poultry Association
Thursday night chose a queen
who will carry the county bann
er into competition for the State
Poultry Queen title at Hershey
later this month.
Meeting at the Lancaster
Farm Credit building, directors
endorsed Mary Lou Landis as
Lancaster County Poultry
Queen for 1967. The 17-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Myron
L. Landis appears to be a young
lady of many talents.
Her high school career at
Lampeter-Strasburg was high
lighted with outstanding
achievements in music and
sports. For example: she was
high scorer in field hockey for
the past two years; was captain
of the girl’s hockey and basket
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Reserve Holstein honors went
to Henbet Apollo Ellen, a sen
ior yearling shown by Mary
Ellen Kettering of Lititz R 3.
Another repeat winner in
the breed judging was Steven
Arrowsmrth, Peach Bottom. He
again swept both top Jersey
titles, with his grand cham
pion Hillacres Milkboy Penny
repeating in the top spot
Another repeating champion
was Avernl Royer, 2025 Oregon
Pike Her animal was judged
best fitted, and won the senior
and grand champion fitting ti
ll for all breeds.
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