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.
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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
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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 <penn Springs JJ p.
Topper heifer to
both ends tot
the fitting and 1 showing contest.
- Susan’g father Robert had
the reserve grand and reserve
senior champion with a two
year-old and Frey had the re
serve junior champion
In the Guernsey show, Ans
mil Dividend’s Coupon, show
ing in the three-year-old class
for J. Robert Book, Kirkwood
Rl, and Stanley Graver, Lan
caster R 7, was grand and sen
ior champion. Coupon was re
serve grand champion at Quar
rywllle last week and has a
two-year-old record of 14,340
pounds of milk and 601 pounds
of butterfat.
Book also had the reserve
grand and reserve senior cham
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nual Ephrata Fair parade. The float
showed Mr. and Mrs. City Dweller and
family the miracle of milk from feed
to glass. - L>. 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
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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
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