*, OL. 13 NO. 47
LANCASTER COUNTY FARMERS’
ASSOCIATION re-elected directors a t
them annual meeting held Tuesday night
at the Holiday Inn, Lancaster are (left to
Fifty Local Poultrymen Tour
York and Adams Counties Tuesda
Fifty poultrymen and friends
i ode to York -and 'Adams -Coun
ties Tuesday, on the annual Lan
caster County Poultry Tour The
first stop was in Hanovei at the
Utz Potato Chip Company.
Nearly 45 years ago, Mr. and
Mrs William D Utz formed a
man and wife team to make po
tato chips in their home kitchen
Now they have 150 employees
Facilities for storing potatoes
have been enlarged over the
jears to the present 250,000
bushels and they operate a fleet
of 70 delivery trucks serving an
aiea within 75 miles of their
home base
In the processing plant pota
County Youths
Attend FFA
Convention
Two Lancaster County faim
joaths Wednesday won the
highest award any youth in agri
culture can receive the
American Farmer Degi ee ?t
the 1368 National Future Fai m
ers of America convention in
Kansas City, Mo
James R Esbenshade, ‘>l,
Q rarryville Rl, and Glenn S
Webei, 19, Mchnton R 2 eaptui
ecl the coveted awards which
aie bestowed annually to one
oat of every 1,009 FFA mem
beis nationwide
The two farm youths were
among 10 from the Keystone
State selected to receive the
top degiee The ten boys are
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Farm Calendar
Monday,'October 21
21-24—96th State Grange Con
vention, Butler, Pa
8 00 p.m.—Fall meet, of South
east Pa District Baby Beef
Committee, Exchange Room,
Lancaster Stock Yards.
8:00 p m —4-H Development
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‘'ii r * C t
right) Ellis Mentzer, Leroy Ptautz, James
G. Kreider, and James Garber. The newly
elected directors Earl Martin and Robert
Harnish were not present L F. Photo
toes are received at basement
level and conyeawd 4a~->pe«lers
and sheers and on to the fryeis
They use 5,000 gallons of vege
table oil and 3,500 pounds of salt
in. an average week. Their out
put is 400,000 packages of chips
per week
At the Gettysburg battlefields
the poultry people acquired an
official guide and weie given an
hour-long ride through the fields
and a resume of the history of
the area Aftei a box lunch, it
was on to Adams County and
apple butter and apple slices at
the Musselman Division of Pet
Milk Co, Biglerville
The apples are mechanically
peeled and cored But there is
still much hand work involved
The seasonal employment in
the five plants totals 3,500 to
3,800 people during peak sea
sons At the Bigl rville plant
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LOOKING ACROSS THE BEAUTIFUL FARM
POND of the L. M. Svveitzer Farm at Dover. The local
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 19.1968
New Feature This Weel
The new monthly feature of
the Lancaster County DHIA
Report starts this week on
Page 13 in cooperation with
the local-’BSSIIr testing unit.
Cne hundred eleven dairy
cows finished the month with
675 pounds of butterfat or
more. Also beginning with the
report is Associate County
Agent Victor Plastow’s col
umn, “Facts Dairymen Should
Know”.
Your comments and sugges
tions on this Lancaster Farm
ing service are invited.
Don Snyder Named Manager
Of PSU Horticulture Show
Don Snydei, son of Mr and
Mis WSiren B Snyder, Lititz
R 3, has been elected General
Manager of the 1968 Penn State
Hoiticulture Show A 21 yeai
old senior majoring in pomol
ogy, Don is the first Lancaster
Formers' Association Annual Meeting
Charles Ord Sees End
To Gov’t Farm Programs
“I get the feeling, (when I
look into my crystal ball)” said
Charles O-d, Administiative bec
retary of the Pennsylvania
Farmers Assn, “we are going to
be without government farm
programs in the future ” He was
speaking to the 200 members
and guests present at the Lan
caster County Farmeis’ Associa
tion Annual Meeting held in the
Holiday Inn Lancaster, Tuesday
night
“In light of what city govern
ments are asking foi. I don’t be
lieve there is going to he any
money left for farm programs,”
Old continued "Also, politici
ans know wheie the %otes come
from ”
But he said this may be good
“When these government pro
giams get out of the way, farm
ers can then start to solve then
own problems I am convinced
they are able.” he said
On the subject of marketing
the secretary said, Tf you are
going to bargain, you are going
to have to know how much it
costs to produce ”
Duung the business meeting,
in the election of directors,
James Garber, Mt Joy R 2, Ellis
Hentzer New Holland R 2, Le
roy Pfautz, Stevens Rl and
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Countian ever to be selected to
direct the show
He graduated in 1965 from
Manheim Township High School
He was active in the Lancaster
County Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef
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poultry tour visited this poultry, beef and game bird
operation Tuesday. L. F. Photo
S 2 00 Per Year
Clyde WivelF
Clyde Wivell
Is New Farmers
Assn. President
Clyde Wivell, Columbia Rl,
was elected president of the
Lancaster County Farmers’ As
sociation Wednesday evening at
a re-organization meeting held
at the home of Noah Wenger,
Stevens Rl Wivell succeeds
Wenger, who was president for
the past three years and chose
not to run for re-election as a
director Tuesday night at the
Association’s Annual meeting at
the Holiday Inn, Lancaster
James Garber, Mt Joy Rl,
continues as vice president and
James Martin, 567 Delp Road,
Lancaster was elected secretary
treasurer