VOL. 12 NO. 44 New Holland Fair Next Week The NeW Holland Farmers’ Day Association Farmers’ Fair will ibe held on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur day, October 4,5, 6 and 7. The 4-H Community Club will exhibit pigs fed by club members, and they will be judged on Thursday, October 5, and sold at public auction on Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock. The show is under the direction of Victor Plastow, Assistant County Agent, and is sponsored by the Rotary Club of New Holland. Hie 4-H Baby Beef Club ex hibit, dhow and sale, is under the- direction, of County Agent Max Mi Smith, representing the Oninty Agriculture Exten sion- Service.- The calves' wiM bee judged on Thursday after noon at 1:00 o’clock. They will be sold' at - the New Holland Sales- Stables after being judged ■- ' '' A complete fair schedule fol lows: " " i ’■l ‘ r '% 'jrv' r CO; 'Judging: ' ' ■ 7:00 pm.- Opening --Parade/ " Thursday 1:00p.m.-Baby Beef Show, p.m. -Swine Show. Friday 2:00 p.m. - Swine Sale. 7:30 p.m. - Pet Parade. Saturday 1:00p.m. - Finals in Tug-of 'Wor. Weed Meeting . Planned For October 5 Arnold G. Lueck, Associate Lancaster Count y Agent, an nounced a weed control meet ing t® he" held Thursday, Octo ber’s, at the Farm Credit Build ing,®! West Roseville-Road, Lancaster. George Berggren, Extension Agronomist ' and Weed Specialist from Penn State will be featured. “At this informal meeting we plan to give emphasis to winter annual weeds the ones which cause problems in hay fields. These weeds should be controll ed in the Fall and early Winter. Identification of the weeds in volved wall be hepful to many of you,” Lueck‘said. ‘ . Farm Calendar Monday ’ 1:06 p.m. Beginning Cloth -7 ing Construction Workshop, > Farm Credit Building. ’ '1:00 p.m. Cutting To Fit "Workshop,' UGI Company, Conestoga St., Lancaster. Tuesday 9:30 a.m. Manage Better Day Workshop, PP&L, Griest Building, Lancaster. (Continued: oh- Page 8) MERVIN FELPEL, 262 Strasburg Pike, with his Yorkshire PFA-grand champion alt the Lampeter Fair. iMerwri, best pen of two market hogs. He is School and Claar Eab«TSha)d‘e, had the, best pen of ipur Yorkshires. Clair is the son of Mr.-ahd Mrs. Wilmer Esbenshade. L. F. Photo 4-H Club Work Provides Learning Opportunities Two and a quarter million Americans can’t be wrong. Members of 4-H Clubs all over the -United States are demon strating this during National 4-H Week, Sept. 30-Oct. 7. The 4-H program is provid ing .. learning opportunities to help tomorrow’s adults pre pare for economic, social, and learning responsibilities, says Lelland ,G. Jinks, State 4-H Club leader at The Pennsyl ' vania State , r U hdversity. ' , In Pennsylvania, over 500,- 000 different boys ' 'and girls have' taken part in 4-H work since' 1914, when the Smith- Lever Act authorized the Co operative Extension Service ■and federal' - legislation first helped finance and conduct 4-H work. Figures show 4-H now ex tends far beyond rural areas, the State 4-H leader points out. Forty-six percent of the mem bers come from farm homes, 32 percent from rural non farm homes, and. 22 percent from unban’ areas. AH races and creed's,.and families from all economic backgrounds are represented. Projects are now geared to meet the needs of both urban and rural youth alike; They .are educational and vary from home improvement and per sonal development to civic and community service. Popular 4-H projects' in ■ which today’s youth participate • include plan and plant for 1 beauty, _ animal, science.. health .• and nutrition,' clothing, pet-"! Lancaster planning, Saturday, September 30,1967 sonaiity improvement, career exploration, home 'beautifica tion, horsemanship, automotive care and safety, and teen lead ership and citizenship, photog raphy, electricity, dog, and ge ology. According to Jinks, approxi mately 16,000 girls broaden (Continued on Page 7) A COW GOES FOR A RIDE. The PFA boys at Ephrata under ’the direc tion of Lewis Ayers and Charles Ackley, Jr., took this coW up and down Main Street Wednesday 'evening, in the an- Smucker and Weaver Win At Ephrata Steer Show A pair of Garden Spot High School 4-H- Baby Beef enthu siasts took home the champion honors Thursday evening from the Ephrata Fair Steer Show. Mike Smucker and Sheryl Frey And Book. Have Champs At Lampeter FuMonway Ivanhoe Jan, an Ivanhoe daughter shown by J. Mowery Frey, Jr, 401 Beaver VaHey Pike, won the Holstein grand and senior championship Thursday, at the Lampeter Fair Dairy Show Shown in the Aged Cow class, Jan has four records between 608 and 683 pounds of butterfat and milk records to nearly 19,000 pounds. Susan Aim Kauffman, Eliza bethtown, was a triple winner,. , showing’-bee . F. Photo $2 Per Year Weaver did it by topping the Hereford and Angus classes res pectively. Mike, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smucker, Ephrata R 2, had the grand champion with Rusty his Colorado bred Here ford that came from Ingram Ranch. He is 17-years-old and a Senior at Garden Spot. Sheryl, who will be 15-years old today, celebrated the occa sion with the reserve grand champion win with her black Angus. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Weaver, New Holland R 1 and a Sopho more at Garden Spot. In the Showmanship class Larry High, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey High, 346 East Main St., Bareville, worked his way to the top of the crowded- class. And in the'fiftmg contest Susan (Continued on Page 9) Tire And Buttery Program Launched hTdfF^FAMembcrs The Lancaster County Farm ers’ Association has entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Associa tion Farm Supply Corp., a wholly-owned affiliate of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Associa tion, to make tires and batter ies available to PFA members at cost, according to Noah. Wenger, County Farmers’ As sociation President. One of the world’s largest tire manufacturers. General Tire and Rubber Company, and the Electric Storage Battery Co. are manufacturing tires and batteries for Farm Bureau under ''the exclusive brand name “SAFEMARK”. More (Continued on Page 9)