VOL. 13 NO. 28
THSTEARBTAND HOffiDE" r (3ENTER , ’TS'" 1 UKjSifS
DEDICATED TOMORROW. The’Center, 1383 Arcadia “
Road, is located off the Mahheim Pike, near the inter
section of Rts: 230 and 30. Shown above, admiring a
memorial plaque, are Mrs. E. Robert Nolt, (left) and
Mrs. Landis Myer, Farm and Home Foundation direc
tors. The plaque honors the late Elmer L. Esbenshade,
who donated the 10.5 acre tract of land. The plaque
5 & W District
Plans Air Tour
6 Furrow Queen
The Lancaster County Soil &
Water Distnct has announced
plans to'sponsor an air tour of
the County on Sunday, June 30
Airplanes will leave New Hol
land Airport and fly a Northern
or a Southern route. Those per
sons participating will be given
the choice of direction. The cost
will be $3 00 per person.
A special tour will be held for
all youth such as members of
4-H, FFA, Boy Scouts, etc., dur
ing the morning hours from 9 to
12 The cost for this special tour
is set at $2 00
Aaron Stauffer, chairman, in
vites all interested persons to
take advantage of the opportun
ity to see Lancaster County
from the air.
Another June activity an
nounced at the District directors
meeting Monday night at the
Farm & Home Center is the
County Qjieen./of-' the Furrow
Contest settlor Saturday, June
22 at Miliersvulie State College
Stauffer reports' seven 1 entries
to date and deadline for entry
as June 15.
Farm Calendar
Sunday, June 9
2 00 pm -Open House at Farm
& Home Center.
Monday, June 10
7.30 pm—Teen Leaders Meet,
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Three Houser feoys Are
_ p llr .
Keystone r armer W inners
“You only out of it what
you put into it,” says Tom Hous
er in discussing his experience
in FFA. Tom is the third son of
Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Houser,
Lampeter, to receive the Key
stone Farmer Degree for work
completed at Lampeter - Stras
burg High School. “The shop ex
perience was good I like any
thing mechanical,” he contin
ued.
Tom .and his dad 'both think
teaching production agriculture
in the Vo-Ag Department has its
problems. First of all, many bf
ihe boys can’t possibly stay in
production agriculture because
of the high cost of getting start
ed in farming. Therefore many
of the. student? are more inter
ested in learning Agribusiness
and disinterested in. learning
"farming'.
> And many of- the haVe
dads who have’gone through an
agriculture Course in school This
along with thd Extension Serv
ice, Young Farmer Programs
and farm publications-make the
boys aware of up-to-date meth
ods because they are using them
at home
Also, -Tom pointed out, it is
hard to keep text books up to
date. *
Tom started work this week
for L H. Brubaker Farm Equip
ment, after graduating from
Lampeter-Strasburg' as the out
standing Vo-Ag senior. He re
ceived a $5O bond from the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 8,1968
Lancaster- County
Parra and Home Foundation for this tract of land now
dedicated to the “continual promotion of agriculture and
.home making. Presented by Helen E. R. Shenk, niece.”
The featured speaker at the dedication and open house
. tomorrow, will be Dr. Russell E. Larson, dean of the Col
lege of Agriculture, The Pennsylvania State University.
Strasburg Lions Club for his
club work, and received $5 from
his chapter for winning the De-
Kalb award.
The oldest Houser son, James,
recently returned from Alternate
Service at the New Jersey State
Hospital in Graystone Park, N.
J. He works for Andrews Exca
vating Inc.
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' THE J. WILBUR HOUSER FAMILY:
Mr. and Mrs. Houser with Tom, (left) and
Dwight. The Housers have three sons who
DHIA Report
Takes New Form
The new system of reporting
the centering day for herds on
DHIA has prompted a new
method of recognizing the top
herds in the monthly DHIA re
port from Penn State. Accord
ing to Wilbur Houser, head test
er for the local association, the
reports are coming through on
a milk and butterfat per day
basis.
For the month of April, the
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have received the Keystone Farmer De
gree. L. F. Photo
$2.00 Per Year
Farm&Home
Open House
Tomorrow
Formal dedication and official
open house of the Farm & Home
Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lan
caster, will be held on Sunday,
June 9 at 2 pm The principal
speaker will be Dr. Russell E.
Larson, dean of the College of
Agriculture, Pennsylvania State
University.
The Farm & Home Founda
tion extends an invitation to the
residents of the county to attend
this event
Dr. Harry K. Gerlach, Lan
caster County Superintendent of
Schools, will be the master of
ceremonies Participating in the
dedication exercises will be
Thomas J Monaghan, mayor of
the City of Lancaster: Benjamin
F. Weaver, chairman of the Lan
caster County Board of Commis
sioners, B Snavely Garber,
president of the Farm & Home
Foundation: and M M Smith,
Lancaster County Agricultural
Extension Agent
Area' clergymen participating
are the Rev. Richard E. Dun
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Poultrymen
Again Invite
Queen Entries
The Lancaster County Poul
try Association Board of Direc
tors renewed the invitation for
applications and suggestions for
contestants to represent the lo-
Sf 1 Poetry industry as Poultry
Queen for the coming year. The
girl Participates must be
a . re f « f Lancaster County,
between 9S es
I T, and Z^ 3- She a^so * )e
™! ,ing t( \ P™mote the P 0"
industry during the year of her
reign Those interested should
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