VOL. 13 NO. ID
THE LANCASTER COUNTY HOLSTEIN TOUR en
ters tee barn at Sinking Springs Farm in York-County,
Wednesday morning. This farm had the high average
4-H Soil And Water
Conservation Club
Roundup And Exhibit
The 4 H Soil and Water Con
servat.on Club Roundup and Ex
hibit v,dl be held as follows:
Date: April 8, 1968
Time: Exhibits set up by 7:30
d m.
Place: Mew Farm & Home Cen
ter, 1383- Arcadia' Rd.,
Lancaster (located just
-orth of Lancaster, turn
cast from the Manheira
Pike, just south of the
Route #3O by-pass).
Jay Irwin, assistant county
agent says, “Please he sure
your exhibits are brought in and
set up by 7:30 p.m.” Judging
will start promptly at 7:30 p.m
This event will be held in con
junction with a special meeting
of the Lancaster County Soil and
Water Conservation District.
The exhibits must be suitable
for table top display and should
deal with some phase of Soil
and Water Conservation. Each
exhibit will be judged on its own
merits Completed 4-H Conser
vation Record Book should be
displayed with the exhibit
Farm Calendar
Monday. April 8
7 30 p m Lancaster County
Soil & Water District meet
and 4-H Club Round-up, Farm
& Home Center
800 p m 4-H Jersey Club
meet . Farm & Home Center
Toesdaj. April 9
C 45 p m Warwick FFA Ban
quet, Brunnerville Fire Hall
7 30 pm. E-town - Donegal
Community Club, Donegal
High School
Wednesday, April 10
8 00 p m 4-H Guernsey Club
meet, Farm & Home Center.
Beef & Lamb Club Sets $lOOO
Goal; Selects Council Members
The Lancaster County 4-H
Baby Beef and Lamb Club set a
goal of $lOOO to be raised by the
club tor the Farm & Home Cen
tex and named five members to
the County Council
The method of raising the
money will be decided later
Those to serve on the council
are- Linda Ober, Kay Weaver,
Larry High, Marvin Nissley and
Dale Bushong.
Two panel discussions were
featured at the meeting held
Wednesday night at the Farm
& Home Center One panel of
Jay Nissley, Manheim R 4; Lar
ry Herr, Penn Grant Rd, Lan
caster: Carl Longenecker, Lit
itz R 2 and Donna Hess, Stras
burg Rl, discussed the topic en
titled, “Should this year’s man
agement score determine the
grade of steer calf for next
year?”
Points for this method includ
ed The best calves would go to
the best feeders. It would en
courage members to do a bet
ter job; With a more detailed
scoring system, the member
would know more what to do.
Points against the system in
cluded It’s difficult to rate the
steer calves m the fall, A lot of
first-year-members take better
care of their steers; May lose
members the first year
The second panel discussed
the question, “Should club mem
bers be permitted to purchase
their own steers?” This panel
consisted of Carl Herr, Penn
Grant Road; Mike Hossler, Man
heim R 3, Kay Weaver, Quarry
ville R 2 and Melvin Rohrer, Lit
\ii R 3
Points for this were- The mm-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6,1968
for milk in the nation for herds of 50 cows or more, with
19,334 pounds. - L. F. Photo
ber will get experience by se-
lecting his own steer. He would
learn beef type; The best feed-
ers would make an effort to get
good calves: the Lancaster Club
would then be the same as other
clubs; Members could pay the
price they want, Club leaders
would have it easier; When a
member selects his own calf he
would take more pride in his
choice, and breeders prefer this
method
Points for this were The mem-
would have problems Picking
her own calf. Some families
could pay any price without ex-
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Farm & Home Foundation
Is Offering Scholarships
One ot the objectives of the
Lancaster County Farm & Home
Foundation is to encourage the
higher education of the youth of
Lancaster County, according to
M M Smith, Lancaster county
agent In this respect the Foun
dation is announcing the offer
ing of six scholarship awards in
1968 in the fields of Agriculture
and Home Economics
Each scholarship award will
be in the amnut of $3OO and may
be used to help defray tuition,
fees, or room and boaid expens
es at any accredited college or
university, which offers a course
of study in Agriculture and/or
Home Economics
These Farm & Home Founda
tion scholarships are earnings
from an irrevocable Trust Fund
set up by the late Elmer L Es-
Poultry Directors
Announce Queen
Contest Deadline
The Lancaster County Poultry
Association Board of Directors
announced Thursday night, at
their regular meeting in the
Farm & Home Center, they are
seeking candidates for the title
of Lancaster County Poultry
Queen Suggestions for candi
dates or persons wishing to be
come candidates should contact
the correspondmg secretary,
Mrs Paul McGarvey, 379 W.
Roseville Road.
Deadhne for entry is July 1
The next mee t mg of t he di
rectors will be June 6 at 8 p m
in the Farm & Home Center
benshade, one of the founders
ot the Lancaster County Farm
& Home Foundation The in
come from this trust fund will
be offered annually in the form
of educational scholarships
through the Farm and Home
Foundation.
All Senior Guidance Counse
lors throughout the Lancaster
County School Districts are be
ing informed of these Scholar
ships in order to get prospective
boys and girls informed
Interested youth are urged to
contact their Senior Guidance
Counselor for details and an ap
plication blank Additional infor
mation is also available from
M M Smith, chairman of the
Scholarship Committee, 1383 Ar
cadia Road, Lancaster, Pa
17601.
$2.00 Per Year
Dairymen
Fabric
Visit
Weaving Co.
The flying shuttles and deaf
ening noise of machines at
work, had the Lancaster County
Holstein Tour participants gapp
ing at the unfamiliar sights of a
fabric mill in operation. The
Tioga Weaving Company was
the first afternoon stop on the
annual tour Wednesday, taken
this year into York County.
Especially noticeable in the
factory was the 75 to 80 percent
humidity to keep the threads
and shuttles lubricated. An em
ployee mentioned that they
have trouble with the machines
when the humidity goes lower.
The general comment coming
from the group of farmers in
the factory where swirling
soools of pink, blue, white,
black and green threads hurry
their way into patterns on a
bolt of material, was one of
amazement that people could
stand working there. One mem
ber of the group reported ask
ing an employee how long
people last on the job in the
factory The reply was, “Well,
I’ve been here 27 years and I’m
still rather lively.”
So, though the farmers
couldn’t see how, evidently the
workers get accustomed to the
noise
A sign on a post along one of
the spool threading machines
said, “Don’t wake me up while
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Kendig Steers
At New Holland
Sell For $32
The champion pen of Charo
lais crossbred steers shown and
sold by Chester Kendig, 1420
Lampeter Road, at the semi-an
nual Steer Show and Sale at
the New Holland Sales Stables
brought $32 The six head went
to T M Landis, Mainland, Pa.
Other winners in the 180 head
morning show and the prices re
ceived in the afternoon sale are
as follows-
Charolais, (after Kendig), Eu
gene Eberly, New Holland R 2,
$29 50, Melvin Eberly, New Hol
land R 2, $2B 25
Hereford, Eli W. Martin, New
See Photo On Page 11
Holland Rl, $27 35; David L.
Hurst, New Holland Rl, $28.00;
Elam S Nolt, New Holland Rl;
$2B 25
Angus, Harold Wissler, New
Holland Rl, $2810; Lincoln
Keener, Elizabethtown, $2B 75;
Jacob Mast, Elverson Rl, $29.-
10.
Also of special mention were
the cattle of Aaron H. Weaver,
Mechanics Grove, who sold his
lot for $3llO
Les Burdette, Penn State
Specialist, was the judge.