VOL. 13 NO. 38 Belgian Horses To Join Co. Plowmen At Hershey Plowmen across Pennsylvania and the nation are shining their plows and thinking about their chances of winning at the Na tional and State Plowing Con test' to be held the week after next, at Hershey But not all of them are going to pull their plows with tractors Take Elmer Lapp, Kinzers Rl, and his 12-year-old son Elvin, for instance. This father son team fs planning to plow with their big, strong Belgian horses in the special horse plow ing event to be held on .the morning of the opening day Tuesday, August 27. At that time, the Lapps along with Pennsylvania’s other best horse and mule plowmen will com pete with' two' to five horse hitches in four categories, which include walking plow, sulky plow, one and two gang plows. Elmer plans to use three horses and Elvin will use a team of two. They also plan to hitch the five-together "for theTiditit'-piow event. ' ’ A chicken. barbeque will', be sponsored by the state associa tion the preceding evening and horse demonstrations will be held on Wednesday arid Thurs day. Tickets for the barbeque are available from Lapp. The nine adult horses and three colts in stalls at' the Pequea Valley Farm, are very ASCS Tour Next Thursday The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service An nual Farm Tour will be held Thursday, August 22 according to Dorothy Neel Office, Man ager. Buses will leave Penn Manor High School promptly at 9 00 a.m. and return by 3:30 p m.- The schedule' is as.follows: 9:00 v am. Leave Penn Manor High School 9:30 a.m. Victor Weaver’s Poultry Processing Plant 11:00 a.m Lester Weaver Farm. Contours and steer feed ing 12:00 noon Lunch at New Hol land Community Park 2:00 pm. Stauffer Homestead Farm. Cross-bred cattle, hogs, lambs and cattle feeding Bus fare for the touri- $l.OO for adults and 50 cents for children under 12 Farm Calendar Monday, Aug. 19 800 P.M. Joint 4-H Dairy Ciubs meet, Farm and Home Center. Tuesday, Aug. 20 800 A:M. • Lancaster County 4-H Pig Roundup, Lancaster •Stockyards 1 00 P.M. Selection of FFA County Star Farmer, Farm and Home Center 1 3C P.M. 4-H Swine Sale, Lancaster Stockyards. -(Continued on Page 7) much at home with the Lapp family As the horses were brought out of their stalls Mon day morning, and their har nesses fixed into place, one of them reached down and grabb ed a mouthful from a bale of straw Elmer, gently chided the Belgian m tones that really weren’t chiding at all but reas suring words as he worked the collar and straps into place Later when one of the team was wandering in the barnyard waiting to be hitched, Elmer called him by name and the horse maneuvered over to his position without hesitation. And what started to become (Continued on Page 5) THE BIG BELGIAN HQRSES of Elmer Lapp, Kin zers Rl, and his 12-year-old "son Elvin (behind the plow) are getting ready to join competition at the 'National and State Plowing Contest to be held August 27 to 29. LS School Board Evaluates Ag Course; Holds Meeting To Hear Farmers; Decides To Continue The recent resignation of Gerald M. Kiger, "Vocational Agriculture teacher at Lampeter' Strasburg High School, brought into the open a reevaluation of the VoAg course by the local school board And therefore, a meeting of parents, students, farmers and other interested per sons was called by the board Monday-night, to obtain facts for making a decision. . Boaid President, Dr.- Donald B Witmer, opened the meeting by posing the problem of getting a teacher_at such a late date and the declining ag enrollment at the He listed fpjjr pos sible way&tlie board cojiJdmove:, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 17,1968 New 4-H Queens Are Miss Hess & Miss Nauman New 4-H Queens were clown ed Thursday night at the Farm and Home Center auditorium as a climax to the 4-H Achieve ment Day activities that drew an over-flow crowd to the new facilities. They are Miss Donna Hess, daughtei of Mr and Mis Elvm Hess Jr, Strasburg, chosen senior queen and Miss Janice Nauman, daughter of Mi and Mrs. J. Richaid Nauman, Man heim R 4, as junior queen The girls were crowned by the 1967 queens. Miss Audrey Yunginger, Marietta Rl and Miss Debbie Hess Strasburg Rl Chosen runnersun were Miss (Continued on Page 7) continue the program as it is: it; phase it out; or drop it immediately. “We are inter ested in tax payers,” he said “but we are interested in pupils more ” Dr Melvin Rosier 1 District Superintendent of Schools then listed the needs to be consider ed (1) the needs of the com munity: (2) the needs 'of the pupils,, (3) effects of the new !Vo-Tech school, (4) enrollment (present and future); (5) em ployment potentials; (6) maxi mum use of facilities and (7) al ternatives . „ , (Continued on Page 8) Guernsey Breeders Hold Field Day At Lindenhof The Lancaster County Guern sey Association held its annual Field Day Tuesday at the Lin renhof Farm of Mr. and Mrs K D. Linde and family, at Union. In the morning judging con test, Jesse G. Balmer, Lititz R 4, was named the top judge of the day and first m the men’s divi sion of 33 entries He had a score of 148 points. Contestants judged three classes of dairy cattle, and Donald Brown of Applebrook Guernsey Farm, was the official judge Following Balmer was Fred Linton Jr., Quarryville R 2, 146 points, and J Robert Book, Mill ville R 2; 142 points. A special horse plowing event is set for 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday the 27th, in which Elmer and Elvin will both compete. L. F. Photo Weber And Esbenshade Slated For American Farmer Degree Award Two Lancaster County farm youths have been nominated for the American Farmer Degree highest award given by the Future Farmers of America or ganization according to Hen ry E. Givler, York-Lancaster Area Ag Supervisor They are Glenn S Weber, and James R. Esbenshade Weber, the 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Andrew G. Weber, Mohnton R 2, has served as pre sident of the Grassland Chapter at New Holland and was presi dent of the Red Rose FFA Chapter, the county organiza tion. He graduated in 1966 from Garden Spot and served as state FFA president the same year. (Continued on Page 12) $2.00 Per Year In the ladies class of 12 en tries Thelma Garber, Willow Street R 2, was first with 147 points, followed by Joyce Wag ner, Quarryville R 2, 136 points and Melinda Book, Millville R 2, 132 points First place in the youth con test of 34 entries went to Jane Myer, 1150 Village Road. Lan caster, with 146 points Audrey Wagner, Quarryville R 2 was second with 143 points and Cynthia Balmer, Lititz R 4 was third with 142 points In the afternoon program the host showed slides on dairy (Continued on Page 12) Below Average Tobacco Yield Expected Here Production of Pennsylvania Seedieof tobacco is forecast at 36 million pounds. Down 5 per cent from the Julv i estimate, according to the Pennsylvania C "n R ar> oitng Service Esti mated yield declined from the 1.900 pounds expected on July 1 to 1,800 on August 1 based on development and progress of the crop during the month The current yield per acre estimate is 50 pounds less than last year’s yield and 25 pounds less lhan the 1962-66 average yield. If the current estimate materia lizes, production will be 7 per cent less than the 1967 crop of (Continued on Page 6)
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