VOL. 12 NO. 43
Manheim Makes
A Change In
Their Fair Date
A conflict of information on
the starting date for the Man
heim Community Fair was
cleared'this week, when Howard
Swan, chairman of the fair,
said, “it starts Wednesday, Oct
ober 11 with the annual pa
rade”.
Originally, the dates had been
sent out as being a week earlier
but when the fair committee
learned that this conflicted
with New Holland Fair they
made a quick change to a week
later. However, the Department
of Agriculture in Harrisburg,
to whom the earlier date had
been given, had already printed
then- fan list and sent it out.
So the published reports con
flicted with the dates on the
fair catalogue.
But now it’s strright. The
Manheim Community Fair will
be held Wednesday,' October 11
through 13. Lancaster Farming
plans to give a full schedule of
events nearer fair time.
Enrollment In
Beef Club Set
County Agent 7vl. M. Smith
this week announced the dead
line for enrollment in the 4-H
Baby Beef Club to be no later
than September 30.
In a letter addressed to all
4-H Baby Beef Club members
Smith said i
“Since there is need for some
decisions* in buying our steer
calves- prior to our October sth
meeting-at Rohrerstown School,
(please note this change of
date) we are asking that you
complete this card and return it
to this office by no later than
September 30.
“In the meantime, your Club
Leaders and myself will be try
ing to engage some of the very
best steer calves that we can
find of all three breeds. We are
making many contacts for calves
but will need to know how many
(Oonitinued on Page 7)
Farm Calendar
Saturday, Sept. 23 (Today)
9 00 a.m.—4-H District “Horse
Show at Ludwig’s Corner.
Monday, Sept. 25.
100 p.m.—Cutting to Fit
Workshop, United Gas' Im
provement Co.
7.00 p.m.—Fulton Grange
meeting.
8 00 p.m.—FFA boys to re
port for interview for calf
awards at Lampeter
Tuesday, Sept. 26
Lampeter Fair begins. (See
complete list of events on
page 9)
8 00 p.m.—Lancaster County
Extension Executive Commit
tee meeting at Farm Credit
Bldg. •
Wednesday, Sept. 27
Epbrata Fair begins (see com
plete list of events on page 9)
(Continued on Page 8)
DOUBLE WINNER. Kay Weaver. 16-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jason L. Weaver, Quarryville
R 2, won both the grand champion showmanship 'and the
grand champion fitting awards Thursday afiterrioon at
the Quarryville Fair Baby Beef show. Kay was also the
best showlady last year. L. F. Photo
Swinehart, Thompson &
Weaver Win At Beef Show
A (black PFA Baby Beef
named “Smoky,” won the over
all grand championship Thurs
day afternoon, in the Solanco
Fair Steer Show held in the
Community Park
The Angus bred at Bel Air,
Md, was the best, steer in the
FFA division for Donald
Swinehart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M J. Swinehart, Quarryville
HI.
■ Reserve over-all grand cham
pion was also an Angus shown
"by" James Thompson to the
top of the 4-H show. James is
the son of Mr. and Mrs John
P. Thompson, Oxford HI.
The FFA reserve grand
champion was shown by Joe
Linton, Quarryville R 3, a
Hereford, and the 4-H leserve
grand champion was a Short
horn shown by Larry Landis,
Quarryville Rl.
Kay Weaver, 16-year-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Ja
son L Weaver, Quarryville
R 2, was a double winner, tak-
ing both the grand champion
showmanshai. and the grand
champion fitting awards. Kay
was the best showlady fcst
year.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 23,1967
The list of winners follows
4-H Angus, 1. James Thomp
son, Oxford Rl; 2, Kathy Wea-
(Continued on Page 5)
AUSTRALIAN IF YE YOUTH
yisiTS LOCAL FARM FAMILY. Max
u Correy (righ , t) from a 300 0 head
, ..
m Australia was the guest
of Wilbur Kraybill and family, Elverson
Australian IF YE Youth
Finds People Friendly
An Australian youth visit
ing a local dairy farm family
has found the people he has
met in the United ‘States to be
“very friendly ” These were
the words used by Maxwell
Preston LeFever
Wins Tractor
Driving Contest
A seventeen-year-old da'.ry
faimer won the grand cham
pior.ship in the tractor driving
contest at the Quarryville
Fair Thursday morning.
Preston LeFever, Quarry
ville R 3, won first in the open
competition Second was
George DeLong, Peach Bottom
R 2; third, Everett Kreider Jr,
Quarryville Rl, and fourth,
James Esbenshade, Quarry
ville R 2
In the FPA division, Glenn
[ Kreider, Quarryville Rl was
[ first; second, Glenn Sollenberg-
Lex% 'Quarryville Rl,
Kenneth Mellinger, Quarryville
-R2.
Amos Rutt served as chair
man for the contest
Thirty 4-H Horsemen
Going To District'
Show Today
1 Thirty members of the Lan
caster County 4-H Horse Club
will be competing today in 69
classes at the District 10 4-H
Horse Show to be held at Lud
wig’s Corner along Route #lOO
about 3 miles north of the
Dowmngton Interchange of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike. Show
time is 9 00 A M
All Lancaster County club
members that earned this honor
at the County Roundup are ex
pected to participate.
Allan Correy, 24-year-old son
of Mr and Mrs. Gordon Rich
ard Correy, Oalcarra Via Toodi
jay, Western Australia, when
asked for impressions of our
country Coney is a - 1967
IFYE exchangee who stayed
a few days last week with Mr.
and Mrs Wilbur Kraybill and
family, Elverson R 2
In comparing Kraybill’s 125
acre dairy farm with farming
in his home area, Correy found
things quite a bit different.
At home his family lives on
an 1800 acre farm with 1625
acres tillable They have 3,000
Merino sheep and 15 to 20
steers
The temperature never gets
below 40 degrees and rainfall
totals only 18 inches per year
coming in a six month period
from May to October.
They rotate wheat, oats, bar
ley and pastures
Of special interest is that
wheat yields only-23 bush
els per acre but they only
sow 40 pounds of seed be-\
cause of the low rainfall
conditions and little use of
nitrogen. Therefore they
still have a profitable yield
considering the small
amount of capital invested.
Forty percent of Australian
land is in the tropic zone The
average farm has between 2,000
to 2 500 acres that could be
bought for 50 to 100 dollar®.
If you wanted virgin land that
needed 'to be cleared or bush)
you could have that for 6 to 7
dollars per acre
They never get frost in Cor
rey’s part of Australia Tims
gives them insect problems
the frost would take care of.
So, they burn the stubble
fields Each set of farm build
ings has a fire barrier at least
10 feet plowed around them
for protection
(Continued on 9)
R 2, last week. The Kraybills major in
dairying but could make their visitor
feel at home with these two pet sheep
tied in the orchard. L. F. Photo
$2 Per Year