Sheep Breeding Chain Formed
By Warwick Chapter Of FFA
The interest in the sheep assured them that bred ewes
breeding enterprise among were available. They quoted a
members of the Warwick Chap- pnc f a , ncl j nc)l cated that they
. .„ , „ c * would donate one half of that
ter of Future Farmers of Ameu- ?moun t toward the purchase of
ca has begun to move toward the ewes.
realization A sheep bleeding The Lltllz j aycee s were con
cham has been formed and ten tacted and infoimed of the pro
blackface yearling ewes have g ram a nd they veiy generously
been purchased. The ewes aie donated one bundled dollais
oow in the hands of their new, toward the sheep bleeding pio
eager owners Eight of the ewes giam . The dlffe ience between
have dropped 13 lambs thus far donation fiom Barbouisville
Barboursville Farm of Bar- Faim and the Lititz Jaycecs was
boursville, Virginia had been put up by the FFA Chapter,
contacted and were ask if they Each boy that was interested
had any yearling ewes bied to in a pair of ewes made an appli
lamb in January or Febiuary. cation for them. A complete
The type of program the War- budget for one yeai for one ewe
wick Chapter wanted to get was required, plus a list of ap
slarted was discussed with the proved practices to be followed
owners of Barboursville Farm, m handling the ewe and her
Mr. and Mrs. C F Smithers and lambs. Each boy had to indicate
their farm manager, Mr. E why he desired to leceive the
William Hess. They were very ewes. After the student receives
happy to learn of the interest in the bred ewes he has two years
these young Future Farmers and to return a bred yearling ewe to
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ing our Open House. We want you to inspect our new mill and
see our complete feed facilities. See our grinding and mixing
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ed for bulk feeding service, too.
Complete Agrico fertilizer service will be available to you
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the Lititz Jaycees and Warwick
FFA Chapter. He returns one
for every one he received.
Should the student have all
ram lambs born the first year or
for some reason did not have
any yearling ewes after two
years, he shall be granted an
additional year.
The bied ewes that are return
ed to the Lititz Jaycees and the
FFA will go to Fieshmen or
Sophomores interested in the
sheep breeding enterprise
Should their be no interested
students then the ewes will be
sold and the proceeds will go to
the organizations sponsoring the
piogiam The intent of the pro
gram is to allow students to get
an enteipuse stalled with veiy
little initial investment and 'to
get the student better acquaint
ed with sheep.
The recipients of the first set
of ewes were: Gerald Marlin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Z
Martin, RD, 1, Lititz; Kenneth
Grube, son of Mr. and Mrs El
mer Grube, RD. 1, Lititz; Jay
Showalter, son of Mi. and Mis.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969
from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Holsteins Have
Record Year
Another year of rccord
shatteung activity has been an
nounced by Robeit H Rumler,
Executive Secretary of Hoistcin-
Fnesian Association of Ameri
ca. An all-time high of 292,128
Holsteins were registered, the
second consecutive year a new
record was set for number of
ceitificates issued For the fifth
year, Holsteins made up over
two-thirds of all the daily cattle
registered and for the first time
exceeded 70 per cent of the ali
bi eed total.
The general high volume of
Luke Showalter, R D 2, Lititz;
Dale Mai tin, son of Mr and Mrs
Albert Martin, R. D 4, Lititz;
and Dennis and Bobby Styer,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Styer, 21 Wentlmg Lane, Roths
vdle.
So, in between your form
duties on February 27, come
and see us. You'll meet some
of your neighbors here, too.
We'll look for you.
BROWN &
REA, INC.
ATGLEN, PA.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22,1969
business was reflected in gains
for most major activities Total
transfers were well above the
average of the five pievious
ycais The grand total of 150,-
782 was second only to the all
time high set in 1966.
The “active member” count
of the Association continued to
climb and again set a new le
cord 25,915 Included aie all
those who legisteied or tians
fened an animal within the 24
months preceding December 1,
1968 Total membeiship, includ
ing both actives and mactives,
stood at neaily 45,000.
Combined state association
membership leached 28,308
a new high What’s moie, each
of the five pievious yeais set a
new all time high'
The stiong intei est m Regis
tered Holsteins by young people
was evidenced by anothei year
of ovei 2,000 new junior mem
bers Holstein Association re
cords cunently list a total of
some 13,600 junior membeis
Descriptive Type Classifica
tion bioke previous recoids A
total of 88,534 animals in 3,655
herds were included in this
breed impiovement piogiam.
Programs are available on a
group basis about every sixteen
months A staff of 13 classifiers
travel throughout the country
providing the Association’s offi
cial body confoimation evalua
tion service
During 1968, 2,463 head were
officially transfened to foreign
ownership Eighteen countnes
obtained animals, with the thiee
biggest impoiters being Japan,
Mexico and Italy, in that order.
With the establishment of Hol
stern-Fnesian Services, Inc , the
export of U S Holsteins will en
ter a new era In February,
1969, Mr C T Barns, Jr. of
Richmond, Virginia, assumed
the responsibilities of Export
Director for H-F Services, Inc.
The new corporation is a subsi
diary of Holstein-Fnesian Asso
ciation of America.
Over 128,000 Registered Hol
steins were eru oiled in the As
sociation-sponsored official test
ing program, DHIR While-this
repiesented moie herds than in
1967, the total cow numbers aie
below the aveiage of the past
five years.
Additional services are iegu
larly being made available by
the world’s largest dairy bleed
organization. A major new ser
vice inaugurated during the
past year was the publishing of
“Registered Holstein Sire Per
foimance Summaries.” Printed
three times a year, the new pub
lication combines USD A Sire
Production Summaries and Hol
stein Association Type Sum
maries.
The continued strong demand
for Registeied Holstems at
home and abroad, the ever ex
panding services available to
breeders of Registered Hol
steins and other economic ad
vantages of the breed, point to
still higher volumes of business
in the years ahead.
The FPA piovides an oppor
tunity for youth in agriculture
to learn, to do, to earn, and to
serve.
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Slang seems to be as popular
as ever, only it changes every
few years
Robert K. Rohrer
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