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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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$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
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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
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