VOL. 13 NO. 4 Hertzler Cow Champion At Chicago Show Conewago Reflection Trudy, a four-year-old Holstein owned by Conewago Farms, 2623 North Market Street, Elizabethtown, won Senior and Grand Cham pionship honor's in the female Holstein division of the Chicago International Dairy Show, No vember 24. Carl -Hertzler, co-owner of the local farm, which borders Lan caster said it was the first time a Pennsylvania cow ever won the grand champion ship at the nationally known show. With a rating of ‘excellent -92,” the animal was also nomi nated for All-America four-year old 1967. Previously, the cow had won the reserve All-Pennsylvania three-year-old heifer competi tion in 1966, and fourth place in a three-and four-year-old dry cow contest in a 1966 Pennsyl vania All-American show. She placed first in the three end four-year-old dry cow class and won the reserve senior and reserve grand championship for s Pennsylvania cow in the state Blade and White contest in 1966 also. Conewago Farms is operated hy Warren Hertzler and his son, Carl Hertzler. County Heifer Places Also taking Chicago Interna tional Dairy Show honors was Penn prings Bill Topper, shown by Susan Ann Kauffman, Eliza bethtown R. D. 1. The animal won second place in the junior yearling heifer competition, and was nominat ed for All-American in the jun ior class for 1967. Garden Spot H. S. Plans Welding Course Am’evening -arc welding school for farmers and other interested persons will begin Thursday evening, January 11, at 7:00 at the ‘Garden Spot High School 1 Vocational Agriculture Dept The .school will be conducted one 'night a week for five con secutive Thursday nights. It is designed for beginners and oth- i ers interested: in improving their welding skill's. Donald Robinson, Vocational - (Continued on Page 6) Farm Calendar Tuesday, December 26 Winter Small Gome Season Opens Thursday, December 28 7:30 <p.m. Bphrata Young Farmers Tax meeting, school Aig room. Friday, December 29 1:30 pan. Judging 4-H To bacco.and Corn Exhibit, Bay uk'Cigar Company, 850 North WaßeriSt. SUPPER FOR TUTTIE. Nine-year old Debra Landis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Landis, 1312 Shreiner Rd., Lancaster, feeds her 80 pound calf # _ f\ eW Potato Variety Foimd , superi or For Food Processing “ ** The availability of a new po tato variety especially bred to ■meet the needs of both growers and food processors has just been announced by the U S De partment of Agriculture in con junction with the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Sta tion. The new potato, as tested by the Wise Potato Chip Company of Berwick, Pa _ has been found to have especially high specific gravity and excellent chipping qualities Cooperative research by Wise, which helped to de velop the new variety, and Penn State University, 'has established that it has a combination of qualities seldom found in one potato. “One of the most desirable properties of this new potato,” says James Watts, Wise’s com pany hoaticulturist, “is its abil ity to process into light colored chips under a wide range of con ditions, including storage at 50 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. In addition, it requires less stor age and reconditioning after harvest. We like the fact that the shape is round to oblong. This, and the white skin and shallow eyes, makes these tu bers particularly suitable for the manufacture of an even grade of potato chips.” The new potato ha® heen named Lenape after the Lemhi iLenape tribe of the Delaware Indians who once lived in Penn sylvania. 'Main growing charac teristics include medium-late maturity, medi urn -resistance to VeitimiLilium wilt, and good re Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23,1967 si stance to late blight, tuber symptoms caused by stem-end browning, net necrosis follow ing leafroll infection, and mild mosaic In establishing other desired (Continued on Page 6) Winter Small Game; Archery Season Open December 26 Small 'game and bow hunters get their final chance to be afield during the elevenday sea sons starting December 26 Squirrels, grouse 'and rabbits will be “in season” starting the day after Christmas and ending Saturday, January 6. Archers wil also get thealr final crack at deer of either sex during the same period. The season for snowshoe rab bits (varying hares) also opens on December 26, but the season for this species ends on Jan. 1. Daily bag 'limits in effect dun tog the regular seasons will ap ply during the late seasons. Harvests of small game during the regular seasons are includ ed in the total 'limits for 'all sea sons. For small 'game the diaiily and season limits follow: squir rels, 6 daily 'and 30 per season; ruffed grouse, 2 daily and 10 per season; cottontail rabbits, 4 daily and 20 per season; hares (snowshoe rabbits), 2 daily and 6 per season. Only one deer may be taken by a hunter during each license year. A bowman must possess (Continued on Page 6) that is a project in the 1968 4-H Veal Production Club that started this week. Debra is the youngest member of the club. L. F. Photo Animal Nutritionist Discusses Dairymen's Filled Milk Problem An animal nutritionist start ed lus dairy seminar Tuesday afternoon by warning faimers about the serious threat of filled milk to the dairymen Dr. K L. Dolge, Animal Nu tritionist for Agway, told a group of 75 farmers and coop erative representatives, at the Blue Ball Fire 'Hall, “I doubt if you know how serious this can be” Dolge said the bad part about it is that the filled' milk product can Ibe manufactured for $316 per (hundredweight, 'and can sell to the store for 29 cents a half gallon “The store’s suggested retail pnce is 39 cents a half gallon,” he said. “The store makes more on it than milk ” (Continued on 'Page 12) readers. Do have a nice Christmas. ... from all of us on the Lancaster Farming staff to each of you, our i3BRESgQaa3Kee«S»9i: $2 Per Year Veal Calf Club Starts Second Year A fairly new 4-H club was started this week in Lancaster County. Known as the 1968 MI Veal Production Olub, it was formed last year with seven members and has increased to 17 members this year. The club is designed to run about ten weeks, and the rules for raising the calves are very strict. The reason for this is, according to Victor Plastow, As sociate Agricultural' Agent, that even if the calf only eatts a lit tle bit of shavings from the pen or licks a water pipe, etc., the veal meat may be discolored. 'So the calves must be kept on. a raised slatted stall with no bedding They must be fed a high fat all imik-product re placer The members were to obtain a calf born between Dec. 10 and 20 A roundup will be held the latter part of February at New (Continued on Page 5) Plastow Lists Reason For Low Milk Output Victor Plastow, Associate Ag ricultural Agent, recently dis cussed some of the reasons for a fail milk production slump being experienced in many Lan caster County dairy hierdls. “Some dairymen depended too heavily on pastures in late sum mer and fall,” he said “In addi tion hay quality is considerably lower and the forage supply 'has resulted in reduced levels of grain feeding and a tendency to be more lenient in culling low producers and problem, cows.” In a letter addressed 'to dairy men, Plastow said: “Pali forage generally does not come up to expectations based on its fineness and high protein content. Forages tested to date suggest that the T.D.N. content of hay may be las much (Continued on Page 5) isasswsssa:
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