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giee, and was a member of the
school basketball and softball
teams He showed dany and
beef projects at local, county,
state and distiict shows, and was
named champion tractor driver
ai the 1967 Solanco Fan
Clair L. Erb
Clair Erb, 18-year-old son of
Mr and Mrs Daniel Erb, Co
lumbia R 2, is a senior at the
Penn Manor High School. He is
president of his local chapter
and has been County Corres
ponding Secietaiy and chapter
leporter.
Erb’s fanning program cen
ters around 5 acres of corn, 2
acres of tobacco and 2 acres of
alfalfa hay. His plans for the
future are not decided but he
wants to do something related
to agriculture.
Erb is the bird brother to~re
ceive the Farmei Degree.
Leßoy Eshleman
Leßoy Eshleman, 18-year-old
son of Mi. and Mrs Chester L.
Eshleman, Willow Street Rl, is
a senior at Penn Manor High
School. He is chapter corres
ponding secietary and a mem
ber of the school wrestling
team. Eshleman was also a
member of the Pennsylvania
Poultry Judging team at the
Eastern States Exposition.
Leßoy’s farming projects in
clude 5 acres of corn, 6 acres of
bay, 2 acres of tobacco, 4 steers
and 21 sheep He plans to be
an Agriculture business sales
man.
Ghristmos Tree People
Bidding For Notional
Contest Privilege
HARRISBURG There will
be a contest within a contest
for exhibitors of Christmas
trees at the 1968 Pennsylvania
Farm Show with the winner
privileged to enter a national
contest.
Members of the Pennsylvania
Christmas Tree Growers Asso
ciation winning blue ribbons at
the show will have their names
dropped into a box, and a draw
ing of one name will determine
the supplier of Pennsylvania’s
entry in a national Christmas
tree contest.
Farm Show competition in
the Christmas tree department
is open to all Pennsylvania
growers A blue ribbon as
awarded to the trees judged to
be the best in each specie.
The national contest will be
held in conjunction with the
1868 convention of the National
Christmas Tree Growers Asso
ciation next Aug 15-17 at Indi
ana, Pa It will be the first con
vention of the group to be held
an the Commonwealth. Twenty
isix states will be in competi
tion in the national contest.
Farm Show officials reminded
growers that their entries must
Jje delivered to the Farm Show
Building by 9 a.m , Sunday, Jan
uary 14. Premium lists contain
ing entry rules may be obtain
ed by writing to Horace L
Mann, Farm Show Director,
Farm Show Building, Harris
burg, or from the offices of
county agricultural agents The
1968 show, the 52nd in the an
nual series, will be held Jan
1619.
DID YOU KNOW
That elk still roam certain
portions of Pennsylvania The
Elk State Forest, in Cameron,
Elk and Potter counties, still
contains a small heid of elk in
the Hicks-Dent Run Area (Dept
Premiums For 52nd
Farm Show Tefal
$69,121; A New High
. Approximately 43 percent of
the wage earners in 'Pennsyl
vania now derive all or pant of
their income from Agribusiness
An estimated production value
of $l3 billion is placed on the
vast combine of manufacturing
plants and wholesale and retail
distribution systems that are al
most wholly dependent on agri
culture as >a source of supply,
or as am outlet for goods they
produce and sell. Cash receipts
from farm marketings have
reached the $9OO million mark
Economists predict even more
important strides for the future
Is it any wonder that the
Farm Show attracts more and
more people with each passing
year! Last January an estimat
ed 710,000, the highest of rec
ord, came to see the best of
Pennsylvania’s diversified agri
culture Competition, the inspir-
I ation for the individual exhibi
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tor, becomes more, challenging
with ’each show. Premiums for
the 52nd Farm Show total $69,-
121.75, a new high. .
Totals for the various depart
ments are Horses, $3,900,
Sheep, $5,704, Swine, $3,362,
Beef Cattle, $12,226, Dairy Cat
tle, $20,640; Corn, $565, Small
Grains, $312, Potatoes, $339,
Hay, $658; Tobacco, $312; Ap
ples, $2,713, Edible Nuts, $450,
Vegetables, $1,264, Maple Prod
ucts, 348; Apiary Products, $l,-
183, Entomology, $107; Christ
mas Trees, $262; Wool, $296;
Eggs, $651, Dressed Turkeys,
$lBO, Poultry, $6,698 50; Home
Economics, $3,058.25; , Tractor
Driving, $160; Folk Dance, $750,
School Demonstration Contest,
$1,040, School Exhibits, $9lO,
Potato Grading, $108; Horse
Pulling, $800; Sheep Blocking
and Grooming $25,"G00d 'House
keeping, $lOO.
You can tell a child is grow
ing up when he stops asking
where he came from and starts
refusing to tell where he’s going
1,983 Animals Competing
In Harrisburg Exposition
If the popular song, “Talk to dairy department with 100 re
the Animals,” were applied to jected Beef cattle 'and sheep
the 1968 Pennsylvania Farm were ail accepted, but 20 bors-
Show, there would be lots of es and 20 swine were turned
chatter. By total count, 1,983 away
head of dairy and beef cattle, m livestock entered in 'the
horses, sheep and swine will be „„„
available for “conservation” Pennsylvania Farm Show a
when the giant exposition opens subject to strict livestock and
its floors on Monday, Jan. 15. dairy health rules and must con
form with all such requirements
Horace L. Mann, Farm Show f ol - exhibition purposes, live
director, said 140 animals had stock exhibitors 'are not permit
to be turned away for lack of bring non-exhibit animals
accommodations. Most of these, Farm Show Building,
as in past years, were in the
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