FFA MEMBER, JAMES L. HIGH,
Lancaster, is shown with Sunny Craft
Stacy, his purchase at the recent Penn-
More sweet corn is expected
to be planted this year than was
planted last year, the State Crop
Reporting Service says. This
year’s prospective plantings are
expected to total 546,800 acres
Enrollment has started for
the 37th NEPPCO Egg Quality
, tt i . • a •. • School to be held on the campus
sy vama Holstein Association State Calf of the Umversity of Maryland,
Sale at Harrisburg. Clarence Stauffer, College Park, Md r from June
Ephrata, consigned the animal. 16th through the 20th, icports
‘ Dr C E Howes, head of the
compared with 509,450 planted rner crop is sold in fresh mar- Poultry Science Department of
last year. Pennsylvania cabbage kel with only a small amount Virginia Polytechnic Institute
growers intend to harvest 2,000 going for use in kraut Groweis who is Director of the NEPPCO
acres of late summer cabbage, mteno to narve- f 450 acres of school
about 200 acres less than 1967 spring spinach, about 50 acres “We have again revised the
acreage Most of the late sum more than last year .chool’s curriculum to include
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 20.1968
SECOND SECTION
State Calf Sale Average Is
$345.03 On 156 Head; Top $670
One hundred forly-onc con
signors fiom 36 counties partici
pated in the recent Pennsylvan
ia Holstein Association State
Calf Sale at Harrisburg. New ie
cords weie established as the
156 calves averaged 5345 03 witn
a top of $670 for an entry from
the Robeit L Stoich faim, Tioy
Pennsyla\ nia
Heading the list of buvers
was the fnm of W H Waldman
and Gerald Reedy, Chandler,
Oklahoma, who made 71 piu
chases
Nearly 50 of the calves weie
purchased as proiect animals by
4-H and FFA members in Penn-
Enrollment Begun For
NEPPCO Egg School
sylvania. The remainder went
to dairymen who are changing
from grade to Registered Hol
stoins, or to established Regis
tered breedei’s desiring to im-
(See Photo On Page 22)
prove their held or to dairymen
in the business ol i.using herd
replacemnets
The fact that 68 of the con
signments sold foi S3f9 01 more
was an indication local Holstein
club officeis who made the se
lections made sine then county
was well repiesented according
to Association Secretary, Wil
liam C Nichol
instmction and practice in all
the newest techniques and pro
cedures not only related to
quahtv in shell eggs, but to
liquid, frozen, dried and further
orocessed egg products as well,”
Dr Howes said
The course includes three
days of classroom and labora
tory work, plus a written and
practical examination Certifi
cates are awarded to those who
pass the course Over the years,
these certificates have frequent
ly earned advancements for
those who held them
“There are no formal educa
tion requirements tor those de
smng to enroll,” Dr Howes em
phasized “In the past, we have
had many students who success
fully completed the course with
no more than a giade school
education Nor is age a barrier.
Our students have ranged in age
fiom the late teens to 60 or
over And each year we have a
half dozen oi more women en
i oiled as well as a few students
fiom other countries So when
we talk about students, we are
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