VOL. 13 NO. 37 ASCS Committee Elections Set For Sixteen Local Communities The ASCS Community Com- mittee elections will be held soon to elect committeemen in each of the county’s 16 com munities. according to Dorothy Neel, Office Manager. A slate of nominees will be selected by the present com munity committee. Others may be added to the slate of nomi nees by petition if they are eli gible and willing to serve. Peti tions must be limited to one nominee each and signed by at least 4 six eligible yoters in the community. Petitions must be received at the County office by August 16th. Persons nominated should be currently engaged in farming in the community. Ballots will be mailed to all known eligible voters on Aug ust 29th, and must be returned to the Countv ASCS Office by September 16th. Three regular members and two alternate members will be elected in each community. The three regular members elected will also serve as delegates to the County Convention to elect 2,200 Dairymen Attend Atlantic’s Open House A New York State dairyman listed four, ingredients for a successful dairy farm operation at the Atlantic On Parade Day held at the Atlantic Breeders Cooperative headquarters on the Rt. 230 bypass Wednesday. Avery Stafford, of Stafford Shire Farm, Peru, N Y. and developer of one of the local stud bulls, told the more than 2000 persons attending the open house that it takes a balance of management, good cow type, the inherent ability to milk and a man to mold all of these into a successful operation. The featured speaker told the group he is a firm believer in strong families. “Not just for one or two generations,” he Farm Calendar Monday, Aug. 12 8.00 pm.—DHIA Directors and Supervisors meet, Farm & Home Center. Tuesday, Aug. 13 10:00 a.m.—Lancaster Guernsey Field Day, K. D. Linde, South of Quarryville. 7.00 p.m.—ABS Barn Meeting, Gideon Stoltzfus Farm in Chester Co. Wednesday, Aug. 14 7:30 a.m.—Ephrata Adult Farmer Field Trip, leave high school. Thursday, Aug. 15 2:30 p.m.—Judging begins at Lancaster County 4-H Achieve ment Day, Farm and Home Center. 8:00 p.m.—4-BT Queen Contest/ Farm and Home Center. Friday, Aug. 16 7-45 p.m.—Saddle Cinches 4-H Club meet, Charles Zerphey Farm, Milton Grove. „ the County ASC Committee for 1969. The County Convention will be held Friday, September 27th. at 7:30 p.m. in the Farm and Home Center. FFA Youths Ejected To National Band Two Lancaster County Farm ers of America have been elect ed to the National FFA Band They are James Hess of Penn Manor and Gerald Phillips, So lanco. Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hess, Lancaster R 6, is a tuba player and has been a member of the state band for three years. He is a senior Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs Blair Phillips. Quarryville R 1 is a drummer. He is a 1968 gradu ate of S6lanco and is enrolled at the Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture. said. “But for generation after generation.” Reporting sales from his own herd were reported at $2,300, and two at $3,000. “It doesn’t Just happen,” he said. “Getting your herd known a little, a good breeding program and growing out your heifers well,” were points he recommended Other speakers on the after noon program included David Yoder, ABC Manager, Herman Stebbins, Board President, Har ry Roth, Atlantic On Parade Committee Chairman and Deb rah Binkley, Lancaster County Dairy Princess. The all-day affair featured a “Test Your Cow Knowledge” contest in the morning and for the noon lunch a chicken bar beque was served to about 2,200 people. A VISIT TO THE BELTSVILLE RESEARCH CEN TER, was made Monday, by a group of Manheim Young Farmers. In the L. F. Photo the local farmers see the Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 10,1968 Jay Irwin Now Associate County Agent Jay W. Irwin, anpointed as sistant Lancaster County Agent im f lpfowl9fi7- has been promot eotoassociate county agent.' ac cording to an announcement made Wednesday bv Marion R. Deppen, assistant director Agri cultural Extension Service, Pennsylvania State University. Deppen said the advancement was made “on the basis of su perior performance in the youth program, and working with adults in poultrv farm manage (Continued on Page 7) Local Young Farmers Visit Beltsville Research Farm “For once it is cheaper to give the housewife what she wants,” a swine research specia list told a group of Lancaster County Farmers Monday Conducting a special tour at the USDA Research Farm at Beltsville, Md., for the Manheim Young Farmers, Dave Morgan, Staff Specialist, reported on their swine research where they started with a group of breeding Duroc and Yorkshire parents Jay Irwin Livestock Judging Teams BringHomeChampionships Bucks County Miss Is Region Furrow Queen A 19-year-old Bucks County Miss was selected to represent Southeastern Pennsylvania at the state Queen of the Furrow contest to be held at Hershey, Aug 27-29 Judy Lempa, a dairy farm girl from Newton Square, was selected from a field of eight contestants. Lancaster* County’s Queen; Miss Lynn Heistand was elimin ated at the regional competition held Thursday at Allentown Fair. Named runnerup was Virginia Lu Tallman, 17, of Schuylkill County. She will also attend the state contest as alternate County Queen ox me Furrow Contest Chairman Aaron Z. Stauffer said contestants "were not ranked beyond the runnerup. Mr and Mrs. Stauffer, Ephrata Rl, accompanied the county Queen of' the Furrow and her Mother, Mrs Walter E Heistand, Manheim R 4, and county runner up, Miss Linda Lou Welk, Stras burg Rl, to the Allentown Fair. Judges for the regional Queen of the Furrow contest were Mrs. (Continued on Page 9) and have selected each genera tion breeding stock on the basis of back fat only. Going for twelve generations now, the sires have been selected, out of the litters one for being the fattest, one for being the lean est and one average as the con trol. The specialists now have an extremely lean boar and one carrying extensive back fat, (Continued on Page 6) lean type Yorkshire boar hog developed through selec tive research. $2.00 Per Year Four Demonstrations Also Win At PSU Lancaster County’s two live stock judging teams both bi ought home championship hoti ors from the State 4-H competi tion held at Penn State Univer sity this week And both teams included the first and second high individual scores In the Junior Division, Karen High, Leola was first; Donna Hess, Strasburg Rl, second; Rob ert Donough, Manheim Rl, third; and Linda Ober, fifth. And in the Senior Division, Larry Herr, 840 Penn Grant Road, was first; Larry High, sec ond; Richard Buckwalter, Lititz R 3, ninth and Michael Smucker, Ephrata R 2, 12th. Demonstrations In the demonstration categor ies the local 4-H youth had four (Continued on Page 9) It's Time To Get Your State Gas Tax Refund It is time to start thinking about obtaining your state tax refund for gas used in your farming operation. According to Thomas S. Ruoss, CPA, Strasburg, the deadline for fil ing is September 30. No re quest will be honored unless it is postmarked by that date. For a farmer who has never requested this refund, he must write to: Thomas Z. Minehart, Chairman, Board of Finance & Revenue, Room 130 R, Finance Bldg., Harrisburg, Pa. 17 ISO to obtain the form. Those who regularly apply will get the form without special request. Complete this form and send it to the above address for your state tax refund. The na tional refund is now handled with your annual income tax report.
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