VOL. 13 NO. 45
,£HAMEION-STEER the New Up
land Fair is this Angus shown by 13-year-
Top Agribusiiiessman Picked As
Keynoter For NEPPCO Exposition
Dr Robert R Spitzer, fre
quently mentioned as a possible
choice for Secretary of Agricul
ture should presidential candi
d, te Richaid M Nixon be elect
ed, will deliver the keynote ad
diess on the opening day of the
exposition of the Northeastern
Poultry Producers Council
(NEPPCO)
Dr. Spitzer, president of Mur
phy Products Co, Burlington
Wis, is a member of Nixon’s
faim policy advisoiy team, and
is leputed to have exerted a
stiong hand in preparing the
GOP farm plank
He will address the opening
Next Week
The County Fair schedule
concludes with the 15th Annual
Manhefm Community Farm
Show Also for the Poultry Peo
ple there are big doings in Har
risburg when NEPPCO takes
over the Farm Show Building
A complete schedule of these
events may be found on Pages 6
and 13 respectively of this issue
of Lancaster Farming.
Farm Calendar
Monday, Oct, 7
6 30 p.m —4-H Leaders Ban
quet, Farm and Home Center
8 00 p.m —Lancaster County
Soil and Water District Direc
tors meet, Faim and Home
Center.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
8-10 NEPPCO Show, Farm
Show Bldg, Harrisburg (See
schedule Page 13). .
(3 30 p.m.—Teen Leaders Recog
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session of the NEPPCO Exposi
tion here in the Farm Show
Building on Oct 8 on the topic,
‘‘lndividual Action the Key
to Smvival ” He’s a haid-hitting
speaker, well equipped to pro
vide steam and direction to the
exposition
NEPPCO president Albert J
Russo will kick-off the opening
day educational session at 1 30
pm in the Mid-Atlantic Room
He’ll be followed by an audio
visual review of poultry hous
ing trends of the Northeast by
Harry C Whelden, Jr, and Wil
liam A. Aho, extension poultry
men of Maine and Connecticut,
respectively.
The exposition’s second day,
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Seldomridge
Is Chairman Of
ASC Committee
Fred G. Seldomridge, Gap Rl,
was elected to his seventh con
secutive term as chairman of the
Lancaster County Agticultural
Stabilization and' Conservation
Committee last week
John J Herr, Mount Joy, was'
ic-elected vice-chairman, and El
mer L. Huber, Pequea Rl, reg
ular member.
Prior to the reorganization at
the meeting in the Farm and
Home Center, Seldomridge was
re-elected to a thiee-year term
Named to one-year terms were
Jacob C Stehman, Lancaster
R 6, as first alternate, and Foi
ney L Longenecker, Lititz R 3,
second_alternate.
The offices are effective for
the year beginning on Oct. 1.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 5,1968
old Marilyn Smucker. It was Miss Smuck
er’s first steer'p'rbject. ' L. F? Photo
Advance Notice
The Lancaster County Live
stock Tour will be held Tues
day and Wednesday, October
22 and 23, into Dutchess Coun
ty, New York, (near Pough
keepsie) .
This over-night tour will
visit beef and swine feeding
and breeding opeiations.
Bus reservations will be
needed in advance. M. M.
Smith, County Agent, said
details will be available early
next, week from the County
Agent’s office.
Smoker Wins
Area Tractor
Driving Event
The Lancaster-Yoik County
area FFA Tractor Driving Con
test was held Saturday morning.
Sept 28 in conjunction with the
Ephrata Community Fair at
Ephrata Nine boys fiom various
FFA Chapters from the two
counties participated'
It was an elimination contest
to determine the area represen
tative to go to the state contest
at Penn State next June during
FFA Activities week The local
contest was conducted accord
ing to the state rules Each boy
was scored on the following.
1. Tractor Maintenance rec
ords
2 Examination of safety trac
tor opeiation and maintenance.
3. Trouble shooting a tractor
not in proper condition through
visual observation.
4 Maintenance demonstration
Servicing and testing a battery
5. Driving skill
Each of the 5 parts counted
equal points with a possible to
tal score of 500
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Miss Smucker Wins At NH
Steer Show In First Try
A n.cely-balanced Angus with
thickness ovei the rump won
the grand championship Thurs
day afternoon, at the annual
Mew Holland Fair 4-H Baby
Beef Club Show “Fabion”, the
935 pound entry of Marilyn
Smucker, 13-year-old daughter
of Mr and Mrs Edward F
Smucker, Ephrata R 2, later sold
to Charles Myers and H D. Matz
foi 60 cents a pound or 5561 in
the club sale held at the New
Holland Sales Stables It was
Miss Smucker’s first steer proj
ect
Reserve grand champion was
a Hereford named “Butch”
shown by Jacob Musser Jr, 16-
year-old son of Mr and Mrs Ja
cob H Musser, East Earl R 1
Poultrymsn To
Tour York And
Adams Counties
>p, Q Lancaster County Poul
try Association will go on tbPir
annual tour. Tuesday. October
15 Buses will leave the Farm
and Home Center at 8 00 a m
and arrive home at 5 15 p.m
The tour will go to York and
Adams Counties with the agen
da as follows
1 A tour of the Utz Potato
Chip Company in Hanover
2 A tour of the Battlefield
and lunch stop at Gettysburg
3 A tour of Musselman’s at
Big’ervilie where apple pio
cessmg will be m full swing
1 Finally, a visit to the L M
Sweffzu- Farm at Dover to see
a flat deck eight birds to a cage,
laver operation
The bus tare will be 32 00 per
pei son which includes the be
verage and ice cream at the
lunch stop The committee re
quests you bring a box lunch
Reservations should be made
with the Association secretary.
Mrs Ethel McGarvey, 379 West
Roseville Rd, Lancaster 17601
by October 11
R«ioss Wins Third
Chompionship At New
Holland Swine Show
A member ,of the New Hol
land 4-H Pig Feeding Club won
grand champion honors for the
third consecutive year at the
New Holland Fair Swine Show
held Thursday afternoon. Frank
lin Ruoss, son of Mr. and Mrs
William Ruoss, Ephrata R 2, won
with his first place Duioc
Reserve grand champion was
a crossbred shown by Enc Zei
set, son of Mr and Mrs Abram
Zeiset, East Earl R 1
Ruoss also won the fitting ti
tle and Lester Bowman, son of
Mr. and Mrs Raymond Bowman,
East Earl Rl, won the showman
ship contest.
The placmgs are
Type: 1, Franklin Ruoss, 2.
Eric Zeiset; 3, Mary Lou Fish
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$2 00 Per Year
This 975 pound steer sold for 49
cents a pound or $447.75 to Nor
man Kolb
The 32 steers sold at auction
foi $lO 015 95, at a total weight
ol 27,955 pounds The average
price, with champions was
$35 83 a hundredweight, and the
average weight was 874 pounds
Average price last >ear was
$4165, including champions, and
average weight was 942 pounds
Charles Myers and H D Matz
each bought four and one-half
steers, Weaver’s Poultry, three,
and G S Sensenig, two
Other patrons supporting the
4-H show and sale were Horning
Dodge, Hurst Twe Service, Leo
la National Bank, New Holland
Supply, Farmers National Bank
and Tiust Co, New Holland.
New Holland Meat Market,
Good’s Feed Mill. Cailos Leffler,
Elam Burkholder, D M Buck
v/alter, First National Bank of
Intercourse DeVault Packing
Co, C. B Hoober, New Holland
Sales Stables, Vintage SaleVSta
bles, and Whitford Sales .
Results by class-
HEREFORD .
1, Jacob Mussex - , East Earl HI,
reserve grand champion, 2, Mike
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Later Cutting
Alfalfa Wins
At New Holland
A sample of later cutting a!
falfa hav shown bv Len-Lyn
Farm, Stevens Rl, took grand
champion honors at the New
Holland Fair Ha\ Show, held
Wednesday morning Galen
Kiausc owner of Len-Lyn re
ceived the $5O awaid donated by
the New Holland Division of
Sperry Rand
The reserve grand champion
sample was shown by Rose Ann
Yost, NarVon R 2 This entry was
also later cutting alfalfa and re
ceived a $25 fair prize
Other division first place wins
were legistered by David A
Brubaker, Ephrata, m the Ist
cutting alfalfa, and J. Earl
Hurst, New Holland R 2, in Ist
cutting grass Krause also had
the Ist place sample of later
cutting grass.
FIELD CORN
In the Field Corn Show. Ja
cob Sto'tzfus Naivon R 2. had
the best single ear and Marlene
F Bolhnger Qnarryville Rl.
had first in both the 10-ear and
the 30 esr class Miss Bollinger’s
two fiist place wins totaled $4O
in pnze money
' TOBACCO
In the tobacco show, Harold
Leaman, Creek Hill Road, Lan
caster showed the grand cham
pion lath of five stalks. His
champion exhibit was first in
the broad leaf filler class.
Lany High, Leola, had the
Ist place entry in the broad leaf
wiapper division
Judge for the tobacco, corn
and hay was John Baylor, Penn
State University