County Boys
Prepare For
Activities Week
Eighty-two Lancaster County
P.F.A. members are prepaung
for F.F A. Activities Week at the
Pennsylvania State University on
July 1,2, and 3
Henry E. Givler, Area Super
visor of Vocat.onal Agriculture
for Lancaster, Yoik. and Dauph
in Counties, said they will be
The f 'EM
Satisfaction
That Conies \T^r\
From V yt 1 \
Doing A
Good Job Of fij
Fan ” ins iifir
It's a great feeling to know that you are the
master of your farmlands . . . that when you
treat your soil right, it will treat you right,
liming is one of the most important factors in
keeping your soil in the highest productive
range. By raising the pH from a level below
6.0 to 6.5 or higher, you can expect to harvest
7 more bushels of wheat per acre, with similar
increases for all other forage and cash crops.
MARTIN’S LIMESTONE
Blue Ball, Pa. 354-4125 Gap, Pa. 442-4148
MUSH-METER
Automatic liquid feeding reduced to the utmost in
Many producers find they can finish feed 170 hogs Mush Meter | s The Exception
to 200 pounds on one Mush Meter feeder at a cost r
©f approximately $4.00 per hog capacity. A producer , .. _
could get that $4.00 back on his first group of hogs in Perfected Simplicity Is The Reoson
extra profit because of lower labor and feed costs.
BIG DUTCHMAN
Differ Ave., New Holland, Po.
among (he approximately 1.500
Future Farmers from all over
the state, competing in contests
of agricultural skills and abilities
to icpicscnt Pennsylvania in the
Regional and National Contest.
They will be endoavoimg to bet
tei last yeai's record of twelve
(12) gold medals, nine (9) s.lvei
medals, ten (10) bionzo medals,
and five (5) honoinble mentions
In add.lion. Leroy Eshelman,
Dave Hoovei, Clhude Millai, Nel
son Newcomer, all fiom Penn
Muiioi FF \ Da\*d Ha’ting,
IT ISN'T OFTEN YOU GET THE BEST FOR LESS
BIG DUTCHMAN AUTOMATIC LIQUID FEEDING
IS THE EXCEPTION!
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A Division of U.S. Industries, Inc.
Lowell Senscnlg, from Ephrata
FF.A.; Edwin Brcnerran. Gar
den Spot FF A : and Wilmer
GrofT. Mnnhcim Central FF A.
icprcscntccl Pennsylvania in the
Resion.il and Niition.il Contest.
Mr. Givlei slated that each
chaptei ,s allowed one contestant
for every eight menibcis in the
locai chaptei Theic are contests
in Public Speaking. Dany Cattle
Judging, Judging of Dany Pro
ducts. Livestock Judging. Meats
ludg.ng. Poultiv Judging. Land
Judging. Agionom.v, Salesman
ship. and Ornamental Hoiticul
lure In addition, theie is a Faim
Mechanics Sk.lls Contest, a Faim
Povvei and Mach.neiy Adjust
ment Contest, and a Small Gaso
-Ine Engine Contest In these
contests, the boss must peifoim
a \ai et> oi shop and mechanical
skills and tiouble shooting They
ate judged on a bas’s of the nio
ficencv and safety with which
tney peifoim these skills
At the same time the Pennsyl
v.ma Association of Futuie
iFaimeis 01 Ameuca holds their
1 summer convention and will be
j electing new officeis foi the next
year Kenneth Webei of Gi ass
land FF A Chaptei is now seiv
mg as State Secietaiy and will
[ be helping to conduct election of
[new officeis and othei business
Jesse Balmei of Waivvick FFA
Chapter Linfoid Mai Ur of
Giassland FFA. Chaptei. and
Eail Stauffei of Cloister FFA.
Chaptei will be candidates for
state offices In addition, Lancas
tei County will have two dele
gates lepiesentmg them at busi
ness sessions They are Paul Eck
man of the Gaiden Spot FFA
Chapter and Paul Clark of the
Pequea Valley FFA Chapter
Paul Eckman is President, and
Paul Clark is Secietary of the
Lancaster County FFA.
Following is a list of the chap
ters and the number attending
from each chapter:
Cloister FFA. —12, Elizabeth
town FFA —4, Garden Spot
F.F A —4, Grassland F F A.—ll,
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HUGE STRAWBERRIES are exhibited by Fay Stoner
at the County 4-H Strawberry Round-up held Wednesday at
the Holiday Inn. It was the third consecutive year Miss Ston
er showed the best berries. L. F. Photo
Fay Stoner Wins
Again With 4-H
Strawberries
For the third consecutive year.
Fay Stoner, 15 year-old daughtei
of Mi & Mis Raymond Stoner,
1051 Eden Road, showed the
champion stiawbernes at the an
nual 4-H Stiawberry Exhibit
Manheim Central FF.A —B,
Penn Manor FF.A—I2, Pequea
Valley FFA.—7, Soianco FFA.
17 Waiwick FFA —6
They will he accompanied by
their teachers
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 14.1969—9
354-5168
held Wednesday at the Holiday
Inn. A member of the Lititz Man
hiem Club, Fay showed huge
Jeisey Bell beines
In the fii st yeai of woik, Scott
Deaiolf, 11 yeai-old son of Mr.
&. Mis William Deaiolf, Cones
toga R 2, had the highest pioject
score with 96 5 points Scott is a
membei of the Ehzabethtown-
Donegal Club and also placed
second with his exhibit
Miss Stoner was second in pio
ject scores
Audrey Yuninger, Marietta R 1
was third in both the best exhibit
and the project score. Othei pro
ject score placmgs included Re
becca Sadler, Stevens Rl, 4th;
Phil Landis, Lititz R 2, sth, Tim
othy Grube, Elm, 6th.
Sponsored by the Lancaster
Rotary Club, each exhibit was
pm chased by a Rotarian and the
4-H’ers were guests at their noon
luncheon Carl Bittner, PSU
Fiuit Specialist, was the judge.
Good
Harvest
Insurance
JOHN DEERE 95
If weather threatens, the 95 is
good harvest rnsurance Ample
power, heavy 40-inch cylinder,
cell-type gate, big grain tank
with highspeed unloading
these help you get your crop
out fast ome in soon for details.
Ask about our Credit Plan.
• Effective through 30 June
1969. No interest or cairying
charge until December 1,
1969.
• No payments until January
1,1970.
• Immediate delivery.
Landis Bros., Inc.
1305 Manheim Pike Lancaster
(1 Mile North of Lancaster
on Rt 72)
Ph. 393-3906