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First Tobacco Cut Thursday On Local Farm
CUT TOBACCO. This field' of tobacco was cut
Thursday morning on the farm of Phares H. Zimmer
man. Ephrata R 3. It had been topped three weeks ago
to the day and MH-30 was used to stop the suckers.
Zimmerman said it was one of the earliest cuttings
FIRST CUT AND BIG describes the lath of tobacco
in Phares Zimmerman’s tobacco patch. The Penn Bell
variety grew well under the weather conditions of this year.
L. F. Photo
Farm Calendar
Saturday, Aug. 2 (today)
6:30 p m —New Holland Young
Farmer Picnic, Gaiden
‘Spot High School
Monday, Aug. 4
4-S —State 4-H Days, Penn
State.
8.00 p.m.—DHIA Supervisors
and Directors meet, Form
and Home Center.
Thursday, Aug. 5
8:00 a.m. Lancaster County
FFA Hog Show. Lancaster
Union Stockyaids
200 p m Lancaster County
FFA Hog Sale, Lancaster
Union Stockyards
700 p m.—Silver Spurs 4-H
Club meets, Nancy Weber
Home
Wednesday, Aug. S
9 00 a m —Elm j Penryn 4-H tour
of projects, leave Penryn
Fire Hall
10:00 am. Lancaster County
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 2,1969
he had ever made and the one acre patch ready to cut
was quite well developed. Many farmers are topping
tobacco but the full season of tobacco harvest will not
get underway for several weeks. L. F. Photo
4-H Dairy Champions
Named At Two-Day Show
The fust of the two-day 4-H
Show held at the Guernsey Bain
this week, saw four bleed cham
pions and four leseive bleed
champions named Showing and
fitting championships weie also
awarded as well as a group se
lected to go to the District Show
later this fall.
In the Ayrshire breed, Bryon
Smeltz, Elizabethtown, leading
the 1968 winner, Masonic Homes
Flashy Carla, again showed her
to the grand championship Clara
showed as a senior yßailing this
time.
The reserve champion was Ma
sonic Homes Flashy Bliss, shown
by Henery Smetlz, also Eliza
bethtown.
Plowing Contest Reset
The Lancaster County Plow
ing Contest was postponed this
week due to the wet weather.
According to Aaron Stauffer,
Committee Chairman, it has
been rescheduled for Wednes
day, August 6, with another
rain date, if needed, of Friday,
August 8.
The time and place are the
same as previously announced:
Earl Hurst Farm, Route 222
North of Lancaster, starting at
10 a.m.
In the Brown Swiss division,
Linda Sue and Robert Witmer,
Willow Street R 2, had the cham
pions with Robert showing the
champion with Jo-Har Thelma
Nola, a senior yearling and Lin
da the reserve champion with
her junior calf, Jo-Har Miss Mat
tie
The Guernsey show had a pair
of three-year-old cows on top.
Peter Witmer, Willow Street Rl,
showed his Penn Del Brilliant
Connie to the championship and
Marlin Stoltzfus, Ronks Rl. had
the reserve in Wyno Harlequin
Rose.
Thomas Aaron, showed his
two-year-old, Lynmoore’s Epic
Cheer to the grand championship
in the Jersey bleed and Barbara
Jeanne Aaron showed Blossoms
Valov Emeral to the reserve
spot Both are from Quairyville
Rl.
The fitting awards went to the
following youths Ayrshire, Tim
othy Beaver, Elizabethtown.
Brown Swiss, Robert Witmer
Guernsey, Cheryl Balmer, Litatz
Rl; and Jersey, Wajne Lefevei,
Quairyville Rl-
In the showmanship, the win
ners were; Ayrshire, Warren
Schmuck, Peach Bottom R 2,
Brown Swiss, Linda Sue Witmer,
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$2.00 Per Year
Blossomelle Cow
Tops County
Holstein Show
Blossomelle Dairy Pnncess, a
dark upstanding Cochran Gener
al daughter shown by Herbert
and Rhelda Royer, 2025 Oregon
Pike, walked off with semoi and
grand champion honors at the
Lancaster County Black and
White Show held Thursday at the
Guernsey Barn The home-bred
cow also won the best udder ot
the show award
The reserve senior and reserve
grand champion and first place
aged cow was Sunny Craft Jul
ley, a Mooseheait Monogram
daughter shown by Clarence
Stauffer, Ephiata R 1 The Julley
cow also had the leserve best
udder
The first two animals in the
senior yearling followed each,
other to the top spots in the jun
ior animal division Henry Ket
tering had the junior champion
with Ray-Line Crescent Cuddles
and Wisholme Martha Michelle
was reserve junior champion for
J Mowery Fie.i, ,01 Besvei
Valley Pike.
Clarence Stauffer started the
day off by winning the grand
champion bull honors with Sun
ny Craft Jim Monogram and
Galen Crouse had reserve bull
honors with Len Lyn Model
Kingpin Maxim.
The show which qualifies en
tries for the State Black and
White Show, lasted only five
hours with judge Obie Snider
placing the huge classes with
good speed.
The blue ribbon winners were:
Dry Cow, Five Years and Over,
J. Mowery Frey Jr.; Richard
Hess; Vernon Umble
Three-Year-Old, Clarence Stau
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State Farm
Women Plan
Foreign Tour
The Pennsylvania Society of
Farm Women is sponsoring their
first foreign tour according to an
announcement this week by
State president, Mrs W. F. Dum
mer.
Leaving New York Sept. 29
and returning Oct 11, this tour
will include visits to Holland,
Get many, Switzerland, France,
and London, and will include
some special points of interest to
ruial people, such as visits to
Model Faims Cheese Factories,
Wineues, in addition to the plac
es of beauty and interest that
everyone going to Europe in
cludes in this itinerary
Anyone interested in such a
tour, may contact Mrs Dummer,
RD #1 Thomasville, Pa. Reser
vations must be made by Aug. 15
and tiansportation will be ar
ranged fiom Pa. to the New
York airport, wheie the party
will be flying to Europe via
K.L.M, The Royal Dutch Air
lines.