VOL. 14 NO. 9
Poultrymen Plan
Informational Meetings
To help farmers meet the
changes in this fast moving in
dustry, the Lancaster County
Poultry Association has sched
uled three mfoimational meet
ings examining vital points af
fecting the futuie of the poultry
business
The three meetings, all at the
Faim and Home Center, are as
follows-
February 4-8 p.m.
—Health Management Program-
Edward T. Mallinson, Veterin
arian, State Diagnostic Lab
oratory, Somerdale, Pa
—Progress Report on Lancaster
Co Diagnostic Laboratory
—Refreshments will be served.
February 20 - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
PENNA ’S CHALLENGE- Trim
ming Egg Production Costs
—•General Chairman, L. Dwight
Schwartz, Assoc. Prof. Veter
inary Science Extension, Penn
State Univ.
—Fixed Costs and Use of Inputs
-Anthony Stemberger, Prof
Agr. Economics, Penn State
Univ.
—Problems of- Feed Formula
tlon-Roland Leach, Assoc.
Prof. Poultry Science, Penn
State Univ.
—Goals of the Future, Bird
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“LOOK WHAT DADDY WON,” is what Susan and Char
lene Martin seem to be saying when the first prize check of
$lOO in the Lancaster Farming Mystery Farm Contest was
presented to their father, Willis M. Martin, New Holland R 2,
this week. Second prize of $5O went to David Z. Sander, East
Earl R 1 and third prize of $25 was won by E. Richard
Bruckhart, Manheim R 4. L. F. Photo
Local DHIA Holds Annual
Meeting At F & H Center
The Lancaster County Dairy
, Herd Impiovement Association
held its annual meeting Tuesday
at the Farm and Home Center
, with 400 persons attending the
i noon dinner and business meet
ing Herbert Gilmore, Dairy Sci
ence Extension, Penn State,
listed changes in the State DHIA
■ program as follows the adding
■ of pounds per day in the rec
■ ords, the-listing of the date due
to calve, estimating 305 day lac
tation average, the addition of
the rolling herd average using
the previous 365 days, the start
ing of the alternate am-p m
testing program where one milk
ing per month is used; and
starting work with a state-wide
testing lab. On the one milking
’ per month program Gilmore
pointed out the records were
not official but may have merit
for commercial herds who want
to save labor.
County agent M. M. Smith
noted that in the new survey
- -just. ) eleased the most success
ful dairymen did the best job of
output per man; production per
unit (a unit being per cow or
per acre) and money manage
ment “The first three letteis in
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25,1969
management m-a-n is the
most important part of manage
ment,” Smith noted.
Other speakers included Vic
tor Plastow, Associate County
Agent and DHIA Advisor; Deb
ra Binkley, County Dairy Prin
cess and Henry Hackman with a
slide presentation on his trip to
Eurone.
The association listed total as
sets of $14,012 50 and a margin
of $7,96816 of the 1967-1968
testing year The average num
ber of cows in the association
was 16,976; average milk per
cow 12,264, average butterfat
per cow 479, average number of
cows per herd 41 and the aver
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Hazardous Occupation
Course Featured in
Tractor Club Work
The “Hazardous Occupations
in Agriculture” course will be
offered in the 4-H Tractor Main
tenance Club work this year ac
cording to Jay Irwin, Associate
Ag Agent The new Federal law
requires that a boy or girl be
tween the ages of 14 to 16, must
be certified through this course
or a similar course through the
Vo-Ag class in the schools, be
fore he or she is peimitted to
operate a tractor or equipment
on a farm othei than the par
ent’s or guardian’s farm.
“If you are interested in trac
tors and machinery and between
9 and 19 years of age, you are
invited to take part in the 4-H
Tractor Maintenance Program
for 1969,” Irwin said. The first
meeting for the Northeast Area
Club will be Tuesday, January
28 at 7:45 at the Farmersville
Equipment Company. The lead
ers are Ivan Nolt, John Zim
merman and David Zimmerman
Mystery Farm Contest
Winners Are Announced
A new welding set, a gift for the wife and family presents
are the uses to be made of the prize money given this week to
three fortunate farmers who were the winners in the Lancaster
Farming Mystery Farm Contest They are Willis M Mai tin, New
Holland R 2, first prize of $100; David Z Sauder, East Earl Rl,
second prize of $5O, and E. Richard Bruckhart, Manheim R 4,
third prize of $25
The contest ran from Saturday, November 16, 1968 through
Janaury 4, 1969 and featured a series of eight Lancaster County
farm photographs for subscribers to identify
Martin farms 130 acres and has some tobacco and steers
but is mostly interested in his 45 head of Registered Holstein
dany cows and heifers His herd average last year was over 600
pounds of butterfat Mr and Mrs Martin have five childien
Galen 9, Brenda 8, Susan 5, Charlene 3 and Martha Ann 2 mo
Sauder farms 60 acres ]ust west of Teire Hill and from his
vantage point he can view a vast part of the county fiom his
milk house His crops are tobacco, corn, hay and wheat and he
milks 33 Holstems and has a few replacements Mr. and Mrs
Sauder have three children, Arlene 4, Ivan 2, and Anna Mae 7
months
Bruckhait farms 130 acres north of Manheim along Route
72 He has 85 head of Registered Holsteins and laises corn, hay
and wheat Mr and Mrs Bruckhart have three children: Rosene
7, Romame 6, and Richard Lamar Iff months
A total of 727 correct entries were submitted for the diaw
in<r
The winners were selected by Ralph E Stine & Co., Certi
fied Public Accountants, Lancaster.
ACCEPTING THE HIGH DHIA HERD AWARD are left
to right, Richard Hawk, Farm Manager and David George,
Herdsman of the Red Rose Research Center, from I. Eby
Hostetter, Association President. The award was made at
the annual meeting of the local Dairy Herd Improvement
Association held Tuesday at the Farm and Home Center.
L. F. Photo
F & H Completion Fund Backed
By Prominent Businessmen “ r
The Farm Gifts Division of
volunteer canvasseis opener’ the
Farm and Home Foundation’s
“Completion Fund Campaign”
this week with close to 100 men
from all sections of the county
The $150,000 capital funds ap
peal was launched Wednesday
evening at the Center with a
“Kick-Off” dinner presided over
by John H Herr, co-chanman of
the drive
Heir announced that 152 per
sons have been enlisted to help
conduct the canvass, scheduled
to be carried out by Februaiy
10 The first “progress report”
in the campaign will be due on
February 3, at the Center, wheie
$2.00 Per Year
a temporary campaign office has
been established
In launching the appeal, pre- .
sumably the final all-out effort
to practically eliminate the re
maining debt, incurred in build*
mg the $500,600 facility, Forney
F. Longenecfeer, co-chairman-of
the Farm Gifts Division, inform
ed the group that its quota -hdd
been set at sso,ooo 00 The well
known Lititz- area farmer indi
cated that this amount repre
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Penn State Specialist
Discusses Ag Recoids
“More and more, in our so
phisticated world, records are
becoming increasingly impor
tant,” says William H Dickin
son, Farm Management Exten
sion Specialist from Penn State.
Dickinson was the featured
speaker at the Farm Manage
ment Meeting held Wednesday
evening at the Farm and Home
Center
Explaining the Penn State
Agncultural Records Piogram.
the specialist listed leasons why
lecords aie important such as
foi credit rating, partnerships,
taxes, estate planning and busi
ness operation “It is nothing
for faimers to have 50 60 or
even 100 thousand doilais of
oedit borrowed and if you are
going to walk into a lending in
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Farm Calendar
Monday, January 27
6 30 p m—Farm & Home Foun
dation Annual Meeting, Farm
& Home Centei.
7 30 pm —Lancaster County-
Swine Educational meet. Pro
duction Credit Bldg (Dr Kar
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