VOL. 13 NO. 52
Joan W. Scotl
John W. Scott
Now Head Of
National Grange
Jonn W. Scott, Meehamcs
burg, who on Monday was elect-
ed master of the National The 118 delegates, represent
■Giange at-its-402nd-annual con-,-Hig-j330&-dairy farmers in;.Dela
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ENTERS SECOND WEEK
Mystery Farm Contest
The much talked about and well accepted Lancastei Farming
Mystery Farm Contest now enters it’s second week As you
know, the subscriber winning first prize will receive a peisonal
check for $lOO and second and third place winners will be award-
ed $5O and $25 checks respectively.
Be sure to entei each week If you didn’t knpw the farm
last week tiy this one If you did, you got a head start At any
rate, you or one of your neighbors will be leceiving that $lOO
check just after the beginning of the new year.
A complete list of the contest in'es and ova address where
you send your entries will be listed With the Mysteij Faim each
week Be sure to follow them
Last week’s Mystery Farm from Southern Lancaster County
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Inter-State Milk Members
Sack Increased Promotion
Philadelphia Problems as
general as the United States Im
port Policy and as specific as
improved milk handling at the
store level were discussed at
the 51st annual meeting of Inter-
State Milk Producers’ Coopera
tive, Tuesday and Wednesday,
November 19 and 20.
Dr. Carl S. Winters, world
traveler and former head of one
of the greatest Baptist churches
in America, cautioned against
the misuse of “durgs and such
other devices” as an escape in
this confused and unsettled
period of our history, and said
this “escape pattern” is of in
ternational scope and not only
an American problem.
Speaking at the banquet for
700 persons, Tuesday evening,
November 19, Dr. Winters said
that “you,” the people of this
nation, are the people who have
the ability needed to guide the
world.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 23,1968
and Pennsylvania, passed a reso
lution on Wednesday, Novem
ber 20, recommending that In
ter-State take the initiative to
study the merging of coopera
tives for the purpose of improv
ing the dairy farmer’s position
in the marketing place
Wilbur Seipt, president of
Inter-State, opened the annual
meeting by emphasizing to the
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Ayrshire Breeders To
Hold Annual Business
Meeting November 29
The Lancaster County Ayr
shire Club will hold their An
nual Meeting and Banquet on
Friday, November 29, at the
Lancaster Production Credit
Building, 411 West Roseville
Road Starting time is 7.00 p m
The banquet style is a cover
ed dish luncheon Participant 1-
are asked to bring one hot and
one, cold-dish- arnpl own place,
settings Bevei ages and id
cream wiU be furnished Offi
cers will be elected in the busi
ness meeting
Entertainment for the even
mg wJI be slides of South
\menca by Frank Wdson of the
National Ayrshire Office
County 4-H Four Win
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ve s roc " JUCSCJincj mt
COStem Nation Expo
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Lancastei County 4-H \ouths
cCmi P lJec ‘ L® oo team points out
01 a P OSSI We 2,000 in the Intei
s*;a*:e Livestock Judging Contest
a ' c the Maryland State Fair
giounds last week to carry
Pennsylvania to the top of the
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ON THE DAIRY BARN REMODELING TOUR
(Left (o right) Robert Clark,
Quarryville R 2 demonsti ates
his mechanical feed cut foi
Victoi Plastow, Lancastei Coim
tv Associate Ag Agent and
Roger Grout, Ag Engineer Penn
The C'aik’s feed then 97
Holsteins both short feed and
silage in a matter of a few
minutes with these mechanical
carts
Other stops on the tom
Thursday, included Turkev Hill
Dairy Farm, Conestoga R 2, J.
$2.00 Per Year
*'owery Frey Jr Farm, 401
Beaver Valley Pike; John Har
msh Faim, 1036 Beaver Valley
Pike, and James Kreider’s
Farm, Quarryville R 1 About 60
dairymen went on the tour de
scribed by Grout as very suc
cessful L F Photo
Funk Named To
Soil And Water
Commission
Gov Ravmond P Shafer sent
to the State Senate Tuesday the
name of Amos H Funk, Millers
ville Rl, for re-appointment ro
the State Soil and Water Con
servation Commission.
The appointment is subject to
Senate confirmation.
Funk was first named to the
commission by Gov. William W.
Scranton in 1963 and reappoint
ed in 1965. Terms on the com
mission are for two years.
Also renamed a former mem
ber on the commission bv the
governor was Robert C Lott of
Aspers R 1 Adams County T A.
r>r '' s b of Jerse\ Shore, Clin
ton Countv. was nominated as
a new farmer appointee, while
two others were nominated as
new urban members: Vernon
K Shaffer, Reading, and*Will
iam D. Lange. Claiks Summit,
Lackawanna County.
Funk, a veteran conservation
ist. is rounding out his 16tk
term as county chairman for
the conservation group A fruit
and vegetable farmer, he receiv
ed the Lancaster Kiwanis Club’s
Farmer of the Year award in