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. ’ On July 2, the Lexington Hill
top Stitchers 4-H Club met at
the Brunncrvllle Fire Hall for
a work meeting,
The meeting was brought to
order by Nancy Bear, president,
and the 4-H pledge was repeat
ed.
The fifth meeting of the Ayr
shire, Jersey, Brown Swiss Club
was held at the farm of William
Arrowsmith, Peach Bottom. A
swimming party was held.
County Roundup for all dairy
clubs will be July 29 and 30,
1968 with the Ayrshire, Jersey,
Brown Swiss and Guernsey
‘showing the 29th and the Hoi
_ _ _ _ stein showing the 30th.
M f Ijy 11 The Ayrshire, Jersey and
Mm >1 Vli §M ¥ Brown Swiss club has charge of
■ ■ ■ * ■ the joint meeting. It is at the
For Grain Farm and Home Building on
FUMIGATION August 19 at 8:00 p.m.
use AGWAY DRUMORE SEWING
, GRAIN FUMIGANT The Drumore 4-H Sewing
DEPEND ON AGWAY Club held its weekly meeting
FOR INSECT CONTROL recently at the Chestnut Level
CHEMICALS Church House. Nineteen mem-
NEAV HOLLAND bers attended the meeting.
rtiMDnvviii i? Candidates for the 4-H Queen
QUARRYViLL Contest which will be held Aug-
The secretary's and treasur
er’s reports were read and ap
proved.
Cardboard was passed out to
the people who are going to
make posters for their bake
sale, which is to be held on Sat-
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urdoy. July 18th at Stauffer’s of u*t 15, 1968 were chosen. The
Kissel Hill; - - contestants are as follows:
Cindy Eberly and Amy Spang- Junior queen ■ Carol Culter; al
ler were chosen to participate in ternate • Janis Rohrer; Senior
County Demonstration Day on queen • Sue Boohor; alternate •
the Bth. of July. Mary Douts.
It was also decided that the The next meeting of the Dru
club will tour the Cloisters on more 4-H Sewing Club will be
j u ly la held July 16, 1968 at 7:00 p.m.
The members then divided in- in the Church House Building,
to their work groups until 9
p.m.
AYRSHIRE, JERSEY,
BROWN SWISS
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KOOKIE KOOKS
The weekly meeting of the
Penn Manor Kookie Kooks was
held July 10th at the Penn Man
or Junior High School. It was
decided to have roundup on
August Ist in the evening. The
place will be announced later.
After the business meeting
was adjourned the first year
girls made Ting-a-lings, 4-H
Tidbits and a beverage. The
second year girls made biscuits.
The next meeting will be held
at 11:30 A.M., Wednesday, July
17 at the Penn Manor Junior
High School.
CLASHING THIMBLES
The meeting of the 4-H Clash
ing Thimbles Sewing Club was
held recently at the Penn Manor
Junior High School. Ellyce Jean
Engle was elected Senior Queen
and Stephanie Herr was elected
Junior Queen.
A demonstration was given
by Miss Engle and Mrs. Lota
porter on “Hair Care”.
COSTS LESS
P. L. Rohrer & Brothers
Smoketown, Pa.
Lebanon Chemical Co.
Lebanon, Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13.1968
Potential Promising
For More Beef Cattle
About 75 percent of the beef nient practically lost. If such
eaten in Pennsylvania is shipped pastures are used for beef cat
in-from other states one in- tie, high levels of forage p.o
dication of the potential for in- duction and land values can us
creased beef cattle production ually by maintained easily,” he
in the Commonwealth, stated stated.
Lowell L. Wilson of the depart- As advantages of the commer
ment of animal science at The clal beef cow-calf enterprise, Dr.
Pennsylvania State University Wilson listed low costs of build
during a conference held recent- mgs, equipment, and laboi. And
ly in Syracuse, N.Y. he included safety of invest
naSuVrS eicellenT^S
p tU bSf a cattle is lncreasi| in £
a the dumber of
daily cows and dairy farm n as corn an(J weather .
these states has declined within £d hay> available on most fauns,
the Past 10 yeais. Also, may The mam disadvantage of beef
dairy heids aie faoh 1 ca ttle compaied to other enter
amounts of „rams and less - prises 1S tbe relatively low e
ages than used previously. He £ . f mvestment He
addressed a Livestock Reseaich affiimed) however, that a beef
Conference sponsored by A a - cattle opela ti o n can be piofit
way, Inc. a bie j£ pioperly managed and if
He indicated there are sever- the resu ] ts 0 f recent reseaich
al million acres m Pennsylvania are a ppi ie d.
and New Yoik that are suitable ’
for forage production but which
may erode and deteriorate if
used for intensive grain produc-
tion.
“When pastures are not need- person on earth, could possibly
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good chance that such pastures know it today by 1985. Satellite'!
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weeds and brush with the farm- will beam the signal toward Ihe
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