VOL. 13 NO. 51
$175. CASH PRIZES
Mystery Farm Contest
The Mystery Farm Contest makes its debut this week on the
pages of Lancaster Farming. And ’frhat a contest it is! The sub
scriber winning first prize will receive a personal check for
$lOO. That’s right $lOO. And second and third place winners
will be awarded $5O and $25 checks respectively.
Here’s how it works. Each week for the next 8 issues, a photo
graph of a Lancaster County Farm will be enlarged and publish
ed within the Mystery Farm Picture Frame somewhere on the
pages of Lancaster Farming. The Mystery Farms will be from
8 different areas in Lancaster County and the general direction
from Lancaster will be given.
From there on it’s up to you. Study the picture each week
Guess which of your neighbor’s farm is pictured. Put your identi
fication (the name on the mail box and his address) along with
your own name and address on a 5 cent post card or in a letter
and mail it each week so we receive it by Friday morning follow
ing the Saturday date of publication.
If you give us the correct farmer living on our Mystery
Farm, your entry will be placed in competition with all other
correct answers at a drawing to be held at the end of the con
test.
You or one of your neighbors will be receiving that $lOO
check just after the beginning of the new year. So enter each
week.
A complete list of the contest rules and our address where
you send your entries will be listed with the Mystery Farm each
week. Be sure to follow them. Of course, we will identify each
Mystery Farm in the followmg issue.
Best wishes everyone.
Mystery Farm Contest Rules
1. The contest consists of eight weekly installments featur
ing the picture of a Lancaster County Farm, each from a differ
ent area of the County. Cash prizes will be awarded from a draw
ing of the correct entries following the contest The awards will
be; First Prize, $100; Second Prize, $5O and Third Prize, $25.
2 All paid subscribers to Lancaster Farming are eligible
Subscribers may enter each week (8 times) but only one entry
per week will be allowed.
3 To enter, study the enlarged photograph within the Mys
tery Farm Picture Frame in each issue. Guess which of your
neighbor’s farm is pictured. Put your identification (THE NAME
ON THE MAIL BOX AND HIS ADDRESS) along with your own
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 16,1968
Yost And Krantz
Named At Stats
YF Convention
Two Lancaster Countv Farm
ers were given state honors this
week at the Pennsylvania Young
port. - -
Ivan R Yost Christiana Rl
was named president of the 1,-
400 member PYFA Thursday
and Willis B. Krantz, Quarrv
ville, was named the 1968
Region II “Outstanding Young
Farmer”.
Yost moved up to the state
top position from vice president
of Region II He is a dairy
farmer with a herd of 60 Regis
tered Holstein Cows
In his new post, Yost will
travel statewide promoting the
PYFA and will attend the
- -Contici-ed on Page 8>
Ivan R. Yost
Lancaster 4-H Herefords
Win Jr. Livestock Expo.
Harrisburg—A group of five
Lancaster County 4-H steer en
thusiasts led their Hereford
projects to the top in the County
Club Class here Monday after
noon at the 12th Annual Penn
sylvania Livestock Exposition
being held in the massive Farm
Show Building The win was
Holstein Assn.
Has Banquet;
Elects Officers
The directors of the Lancas
ter County Holstein Association
reorganized Wednesday night
following the Association’s 18th
Annual Banquet held at the
Dutch Town and Countiv Inn
at Paradise. The new officers
are: President, Clarence Stauf
fer, Ephrata Rl; Vice President
Jay Landis, Lancaster R 6; Secre
tary-Richard Hershey, Lititz Rl
Jj^ag John Ki-eirier.
Koaa, Laftcaster.^^'
Stauffer and Landis along
with Robert Kauffman, Eliz
abethtown Rl, were elected as
directors for three years in the
business meeting.
Featured speaker for the
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Dairy Barn Remodeling
Tour Thursday, Nov. 21
A dairy barn remodeling tour
will be conducted next Thurs
day, November 21, according
to Victor Plastow, Associate
Lancaster County Agent. It will
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52.00 Per Year
over five Angus steers from
Chester County that local ex
perts called very fine steers but
not as uniform in type as the
local entries. York County fol
lowed Chester in this class and
Cumberland County was fourth.
In all, 39 local 4-H youths and
2 FFA members led their An
gus, Hereford and Shorthorn
entries in crowded classes num
bering up to 38 steers before
judge Herman Purdy, University
Park, Pa.
Individual honors were re
corded by Sheryl and Sharon
Weaver, New Holland HI, when
their 1,000 pound Hereford en
try named Hergus, placed first
in the Junior Yearling Class.
The red, white-face steer later
was named breed reserve grand
champion and was picked for
the local winning club gioup.
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Pitzer Elected
PFSPresiJerit
John R Pitzer of Aspers, Pa.,
was elected president Wed. of
the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Asso
ciation (PFA) at the organiza
tion’s 18th annual meeting at
the Georve Washington Motor
Lodge, Allentown
Pitzer, an owner of Pitzer
Bros. Fruit Farms, Inc, was
formerly the PFA’s vice presi
dent, and replaces Gerald A.
Biggs of McConnellsburg, who
did not seek reelection after
sixteen years as president.
Warren Lamm, Sinking
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