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SPECIAL
DAIRY
ISSUE
VOL. 14 NO. 28
MEET OUR
DAIRY PRINCESS
Mrs. Alien Peters
(the former Debrah Elaine Binkley)
See story on Page.2o
To Become A
by Rhelda E. Royer
Princess Pageant Chairman
June is the month of June
brides, graduation and selection
of Dairy Princesses
Many young girls graduating
from high school dream of be
ing a Queen or a Princess Their
thoughts may run from What
INDEX
Item Page
Classified . 14 &15
DHIA Report 29
Editorial 4
Market News . 2 & 3
Round-Table 1
Women’s 20 Sc 21
Dairy Princess
does a Dairy Princess do’
Would I be able to become a
Daiyy Princess 9
What does a Dairy Princess
do 9 A Dairy Princess represents
one of the Nations greatest en
terprises The Dairy Industry
by being a beautiful, glamoi
ous ambassador Her mam res
sponsibility is speaking up for
our most valuable pioduct
MILK She travels many miles
and has many exciting, pleasant
experiences while meeting the
public She presents ribbons
and awards to the winners at
fairs, shows and field days She
makes appearances at many
agricultural banquets and helps
with open house programs Her
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 7.1969
Dairymen’s
1969 Moon Shot
By Boyd C. Gartley
Inter-State Public Relations
It is difficult to see the impor
tance of agriculture through a
supermaiket window And, try
telling an ovei weight man 01
one who has just paid his gro
cery bill that we need con
tinual suppoit foi research and
development that will impiove
or increase oui count! y’s capa
city to produce food
There are times when I am
convinced that tiymg to sell the
importance of agricultural re
search and development, mar
keting farm pioducts, and con
sumer preference research is as
difficult as “tying clouds to
gether ”
If we were as far ahead of the
Russians in the space race as we
are in aguculture, we would be
running a shuttle service to the
various planets today
Putting a man on the moon
will not solve the problems of
crowded cities, and air and wa
ter pollution, resolve interna
tional problems, or slow the
population explosion Then, why
the great interest and support’
Simple It captures the ima
gination of the people The day
our nation places a man on the
moon every American will sing
the praises of this great scien
tific achievement Every eye
will be glued to the TV set,
every street corner conversation
will be devoted to it, and noth
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Guernsey Breeders
Report Activities
By Melvin Breneman, Secretaiy
In Fefaruaiy, 1925 a small
group of Guei nsey breedei s met
in the Farm Bureau rooms at
the call of the County Agent,
who presided and had the men
discuss the advantages of form
mg a local Breeders Association
An Extension agent of the East
ern Guernsey Breeders Associa
tion was also present and told of
some of the things that had
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Round-Table Discussion
Leading Local Dairymen
Give Farm-Level Ideas
On Herd Management
The greatest money income segment of the Lancastei County
fa*m community is the danyman and his contented cows Ranking
first in Pennsylvania with a total of 64 000 heid ot dany animals,
milk production piovides local faimers with a $36,417,000 income
each yeai And local dairy herds lank highest in per-animal milk
production m the State accoiding to the latest data received from
the Pennsylvania Ciop Reporting Seivice
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Co. Holstein
Assn. Report
by H. Richard Hershey,
Secretary
The Lancaster County Hol
stein Association has 534 mem
bers this year with officers and
directors as follows Directors,
Clarence Stauffer, Pres, Eph
rata El; V-Pres, Jay E Landis,
Lancaster R 6, Sec, H Richard
Hershey, Lititz El, Treas, John
E. Kreider, Willow Road, Lan
caster
State Director, Elvin Hess, Jr,
R 1 Strasburg, County Directors,
David W Sweigart, Elizabeth
town R 3, John J Herr, Mt Joy,
Robert H Kauffman, Elizabeth
town Rl, J Mowery Frey, Sr,
401 Beaver Valley Pike, Lancas
ter, Paul B Zimmerman, Eph
rata Rl
The annual Association bus
tour was taken to Berks County
this year with 146 members and
then families making stops at
Maid Kitchens, Reuben Fields
Claience Martin Farm, Quakei
& Son. Lesher Brothers Wei
nersville State Hospital Farm
The County Bieedeis hosted
the District Breeders Institute
held at the Farm & Home Cen
ter, and the Apul 11 barn meet
ing was held at the Robert Kauf
fman Farm at Elizabethtown
Ronald Chatman, classifier, was
the speaker
Coming events of the Asso
ciation are listed as follows The
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$2 00 Par Year
It is fitting, theiefoie, that ut
this 1939 salute to the dairy
fai mei, a number of local dairy
men should be interviewed for
then faim-level ideas and com
ments and how they han
dle then herds That’s what this
lound table discussion is all
about First let’s meet the dairy
men and then families who are
taking pait It should be noted
that these dany enterprises are
among the best in the County.
Not only are their latest com
bined DHIA held averages a
sky-high 16,385 pounds of milk
and 620 pounds of butterfat, moss
of them have two or three con
secutive yearly averages above
600 So here they are
John M. Nissley
Mr & Mrs John Nissley and
their two small boys, Tim
and Tony 2 live at Bambndge
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Farm Calendar
'Toii-’tn, June 9
5 30 pm— Elizabethtown-Don
egal 4 H Community Club
Shawbem Roundup E
town.an Restaurant EL
zabethtoivn
Tuesday, June 10
800 pm —4 H Guei nsey Club
meets, Jesse Balmei Farm
Lmtz R 1
Wednesday, June II
10 00 a m —County 4-H Straw
beuy Roundup, Holiday
Inn, Lititz Pike
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