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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.