Penn-Del Farm
To Receive
Guernsey Award
PETERBOROUGH, N. H.
Raymond F. St Louise A. Wit
mer, owners of Penn-Del Farm,
Willow Street, Pennsylvania
have been named Gold Star
Guernsey Breeder for 1967 by
the American Guernsey-Cattle
Club.
The Witmer’s met all of the
high requirements for this
award during the past year.
Some of these requirements
were that all Guernseys over
eight months of age owned by The Witmer’s will receive a
the farm were registered, that special certificate from the
the herd included at least 10 American Guernsey Cattle Club
registered Guernsey cows with in recognition of their Gold Star
production records made offi- Guernsey Breeder Award for
cial during the year with at 1967.
least 70% of them home-bred,
that the herd was on official AR The leading cause of cancer
•r HIR-DHIR test with a lacta- death in women, says the Amer
lion average at least 15% over ican Cancer Society, is breast
the breed average for either cancer.
Ortho Starter Special Fer
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planting time.
Band it to the side of the seed
row, or apply it with a drill as a
pop-up application. Either way, it
gives planted corn a big growth
push when it needs one. Early.
It’s strong on the elements
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milk or butterfat 305-2 x M.E.
and that 80% of the cows with
official records completed dur
ing the year were classified with
an average score for the group
of 82,5% or better.
* The production summary of
the Witmer’s herd showed 41
cows with 44 records averaging
12,142 pounds of milk and 599
pounds of fat, 305-2 x M.E., and
with an average classification
fgr 40 cows of 85 6 percent.
To win a Gold Star Guernsey
Breeder Award a herd must al
so meet rigid health require-
ments and an applicant for the
award must be an active mem
ber of both a State Guernsey
Association and the American
Guernsey Cattle Club.
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THE RED ROSE 4-H BABY BEEF
AND LAMB CLUB OFFICERS, (left to
right) seated, Marvin Nissley, treasurer;
Sharon Weaver, secretary; Dale Bushong,
president; Mike Hosier, vice president.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 9.1968
Standing, Donna Hess, game leader; Kay
Weaver and Larry Landis, song leaders;
Barry Longenecker, game leader; Ray
Brubaker and Sheryl Weaver, news re
porters. L. F. Photo
Quarryville - Fred Linton. Jason
Weaver, Lampeter-Strasburg -
Elvin Hess Jr , William Dean:
Central - Myhn Good. Ray
Ober, Ephrata-New Holland -
Melvin Rohrer, Lairy Weaver;
Lititz-Manheim - Jay Nissley,
Carl Longeneckei, Mount Joy-
Ehzabethtown - Harold Frey,
Wilmer Nissley
A special Lamb Club leader
was appointed He is Mark
Bushong, Columbia
The meeting held in the Ex
tension Training Room featuied
four adult leadeis in a panel
discussion of care and manage
ment of the steer projects
NORTHERN SOIL & WATER
The Northern Lancaster Coun
ty 4-H Soil Conservation Club
met on Friday evening, Maich
1, at Twin Pine Auto Sales along
Route 222 Douglas Sensenig
demonstrated on two mmiatuie
farms, how contour holds the
soil A movie was shown, en
titled “We Guard Our Heritage”.
Dennis Martin was appointed
to show his project on conserva
tion practices at the annual
meeting and banquet at Quarry
ville
The next meeting will be held
at the Pennsylvania Tourist Bu
reau, 200 Hempstead Road, Lan
caster
SOUTHERN SOIL & WATER
The Southern Lancaster Coun
ty 4-H Soil and Water Conserva
tion Club met recently at the
home of Ira Welk, Quairyville
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Jay Irwin, assistant county
agent, explained taking soil sam
ples and analysis and showed a
film entitled “The Heritage We
Guard”
Garry Dean was chosen to go
to county council
The next meeting will be held
March 18, at the home of How
ard Schewing, Quairyville Rl.
Time is 8 00 p m
4-H Service Committee
Gives Progress Report
The committee’s du ector,
Norman Mindium, noted that
208,000 awards were given 4-H
members in lecogmtion of their
achievements Of these awards,
290 were scholarships and fel
lowships valued at $165,000.
Rounding out the total were
1,400 educational trips and
awards given for achievement
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