VOL. 14 NO. 2 NATIONAL FFA ,WtE, PRESIDENT, - 3, of FFA. Weber Poultry Assn. Proposes County Diagnostic Lab. The Lancaster County Poultry Association voted unanimously on two major items Thursday night at a regular board meet ing held in the Farm and Home Center. Unanimously approved was the motion to incorporate the association. Harold Esbensh'ade and Claude Hess were appoint ed to represent the board in the proceedings and George Mor gan, Attorney, was selected to draw up the papers In other discussion, Claude Hess reported on a meeting with Homer-Bicksler, Executive Director, Pa. Poultry Federa tion and Dr.-Palace Seitz, Sec retary-Treasurer, Pa.- Veterin- ary Medical -Association, to ex plore the possibility of a Poul try Diagnostic Laboratory for -Lancaster County. The board unanimously approved to pro ceed to locate a piece of land Mystery Farm Contest The Mystery Farm Contest continues this week in Lancas ter Farming With the fourth in the series of eight County farm photographs to be published weekly for yoii to identify The paid subscriber who wins first prize will receive a personal check for $lOO and second and third placed winners .will be awarded $5O and _ $25 checks respective. > ' - Kerens how it works An en larged photograph, of a Lancas ~ter; County Farm from a differ- ; - also-was named American Farmer, the highest honor bestowed on a member, at therecentFFA Convention at Kansas ;City. ancL obtain building costs The - Ephrata area was lecommended so Berks and Lebanon Counties could also be served by the Cen ter, The election of officers were as follows J. Harold Esben shade, Manheim R 2, President; Allen B. Graybill, 2735 Marietta Ave, Lancaster, Vice President; John Jacob Oberholtzer, 171 Newport Rd., Leola, Secretary; Lonn Weigard, 1031 Devon shire Rd, Lancaster, Treasurer; and John H Hess, New Holland R 2, Representative to Pa Poul try Federation. The committee chairman ap pointed by the new president Continued on Page 8 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7,1968 Layman Heads Ag Teachers - Ralph Layman,-Vo-Ag teach er from Solanco High School was elected president of the Lancaster Count l Vocational Agriculture Teasers Wednes day evening at a i eorganization al meeting held at Penn Manor High .School Layman follows Clair Zerby, Warwick, to the head of the local teachers asso ciation. Mark Campbell, teacher at Manheim Central- was named vice president, Ralph Horchler, teacher at Pequea Valley was chosen secretary and Charles Ackley, Ephrata teacher, con tinues as treasurer. Jesse Erway, Manheim Cen tral, was named advisor to the „L.-F. Photo Buckwalter Scores First At National 4-H Judging Contest For the first time ever, Penn sylvania has the high scoring individual in the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest And that winner is from Lancaster County. Richard Buckwalter, a 19- year-old Lititz R 3 farm youth, lias' won a $5OO war bond a blue ribbon and a watch for taking first place in the all $2.00 Per Year Vice in Lancaster County. I think it will continue, but we will have to operate as a business rather than a farm The basis of deci sions must be according to in come. For example, you can’t keep “Betsy” your favorite cow just because she is your pet. You will need to treat your farm operation as a machine and follow a rigid culling pro gram in your dairy herd.” To gain this decision making ability, Glenn recommends all farm youth go to college if they have any interest at all. “Try it and go even on a two year pro gram,” he says It will help you get insight into today’s prob lems and it will help you even in production agriculture.” And Glenn should know. He .has been, .going to-Penn Stata this semester culture economics same tiine'being a fni? partner in the home farm dairy opera tion with„ Irvin Martin, a young married man just diit of IW ser vice. Weber comes home week ends and works and goes over the records and thus maintains his complete interest in produc tion agriculture The 'young partnership farms about' 200 (Continued on Page 5) breed livestock and poultry judging competition at the 47th National 4-H. Congress at Chi cago. it was reported Monday. Competing with 124 other 4-H dub members from SO states, the Garden Spot youth scored 559 out of a possible 600 points. He also won highest national individual honors in the sheep (Continued on Page 7) v