• County FFA
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plant them and let them giow
“They make a forest OK,” Paul
says, “but we can’t cut them
for Christmas.”
At first, this project led Eck
man to consider Forestry as a
future occupation. But now, “I
don’t think so,” he says Maybe
planting 1000 trees by hand
changed his mind. He didn’t say
Paul has another mtei est that
many have to wait until after
he gets himself set up in farm
ing. “I have an mteiest in fly
ing and sometimes dm mg the
summer I go to the New Hol
land Airport and take a ride ”
The youth says he would like to
get his license some time but
going into farming after school
will “take enough money ” So
flying is in the distant future,
if ever.
Paul isn’t sure which type of
farming he wants to follow
"Maybe that’s why I have so
many different kinds of proj
ects,” he laughs. “I’ll keep my
Guernsey heifers until I’m 21,
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of course. And for a while I
tnought I would want to go into
dairying. But now I’m leaning
more toward beef and swine ”
Not unexpected is Paul’s fa
vorite subject at school agri
cultuie He has aheady learned
to respect his new Vo-Ag teach
ei, Mr Walter McDanel, who
started at the school a few weeks
ago Eckman looks for Lampe
ter-Strasburg to have an out
standing FFA Chapter m the
next seveial years
The youth doesn’t expect to go
to college after high school but
would like to tiy for a state FFA
office He sings in the Sr High
Choius, is a member of the Con-
SPivation Hunting and Fishing
Club and is class dnectoi foi
Internet.
Paul is pi esident-elect of his
chapter and was star gieen hand
in 1967 and star chapter farmer
in 1968 He is also a 4-H Guern
sey Club member
“I like it on the farm leal
good,” Paul concludes And the
expei xence gained on the farm
obviously will provide a founda
tion for many activities in the
future for this, the new Lancas
ter County Red Rose FFa Chap
ter President.
Vis X^
L. H. Brubaker N. G. Myers & Son
Lancaster, Pa. Rheems, Pa.
Nissley Farm Service R o y H. Buch, Inc.
Washington Boro, Pa. Ephrata, R. D. 2
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New Holland
Dr. Donald Singletary
Dr. Singletary
Joins Weaver’s
Dr Donald Smgletiay of My
eistown has recently joined the
management staff of Victor F
Weaver, Inc. at New Holland,
Pa. In conjunction with his posi
tion as Quality Control Manager,
HORSEPOWER)
•Mfr’s «stimat«d PTO hp.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 21,1968 —
Dec. Potato Stocks
Down 19 Percent
The 4 4 million cwt of pota
toes in storage on Dec 1 was 19
percent less than the Dec 1,
1967 amount These stocks con
sisted of potatoes held for all
uses in the hands of Pennsyl
vania glowers, local dealeis and
piocessois Potatoes held by
processois in excess of normal
supplies for current operations
were included in the estimate
Disappearance (sales, home
use, shunkage, etc) of 1968 po-
ke will spend some time in di
agnostic work for that com
pany’s Bi oiler Growing Division
Dr. Singletary received his
B S and DV M degrees from
tne Umveisity of Illinois Fol
lowing his formal education, he
spent several years in a small
animal practice as an assistant
veterinarian in Chicago Fol
lowing that he spent six years
in diagnostic work and techni
cal writing for Whitmoyer Lab
oratories in Myerstown, Pa. Dr.
Singletary is presently living at
Myeistown Rl.
May the Message of the Manger
Bring Rejoicing to Every Heart and Home
As the radiance of a Holy Night'shines across
the years, we feel it is especially fitting to
express anew our cordial greetings and good
wishes to our many valued friends.
Your Wayne Feed Dealer
MILLERSVILLE
SUPPLY CO.
Millei sville
ROHRER’S MILL
R. D. 1, Ronks
DUTCHMAN FEED
MILLS, INC.
R. D. 1, Stevens
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS, INC.
Witmer
HEISEY
FARM SERVICE
Lawn Ph: 964-3444
FOWL’S FEED SERVICE
R D. 1. Quarryville H. JACOB HOOBER
R. D. 2, Peach Bottom Intel course, Pa.
tatoes to December 1, was 3 2
million cwt. Last year disap
peal ance to Dec 1 was 3 7 mil-
Lon cwt and in 1966 was 2 7
million cwt Loss of 1968 pio
duction through shimkage and
decay to Dec 1, was estimated
to be much below last yeai The
1968 ci op of 7 6 million cwt.
was 17 peicent below the large
1967 ci op.
Yield of the 1968 ciop, 205
cwt, is the second highest of
lecord and the second consecu
tive yeai for yields to exceed
200 cwt pei acie Ciop quality
was almost excellent, and grow
eis expect culls and pickouts to
be minimal
Digging of the major fall va
lieties began about a week lat
er than last yeai However, har
vest progressed with few inter
ruptions and was generally
•completed by Nov 1 Tuber
shape was good and veiy little
hollow heait damage occuired.
The specific gravity of piocess
ing vaueties was repoited as
high, especially in the northern
counties.
Merry Christmas!
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R. D 2, Columbia
WHITE OAK MILL
R D 4, Manheim
PARADISE SUPPLY
HERSHEY BROS.
C. E. SAUDER & SONS
R D. 1, East Eail
GRUBB SUPPLY CO.
Paradise
Remholds
Elizabethtown
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