VQL. 14 NO. 39
NEPPCO Trip
Sponsored By
Co. Poultrymen
The Lancaster County Poultry
Association is sponsoring a one
day and a two-day bus trip to the
NEPPCO Show to be held at
Atlantic City this year in Octo v
her.
Both trips will leave the Farm
and Home Center October 15,
promptly at 6:30 a.m. the com
mittee chairman John Hess said
The one-day round-trip cost
will be $lO per person which will
include transportation and Expo
sition registration. The buses will
leave for home at 6 pm in the
evening.
On the two-day trip being of
fered buses will stay in Atlantic
City Thursday also
The cost for this is $3B for the
t’vo days which include transpor
tanon-$7 00, hotel room (2 pei
room)-$10.00, Exposition Regis-
5O; tips-$ 50, Caribbean
Dinner Party-$lO 00, Thursday’s
luncheon and speakei-$5 00
If you want a room for a sin
gle person, add $5.00. _For 'these
n-' 1 - wiping +o.,attend -th“'.Car
nbbean Dinner- Fariy, substract
$lO from the' total cost making
it $28.00.
Hess emphasized that it is verj
Important that you make resei
vations for either tour by Sept
20 Checks to cover youi choice
of tours should be sent with the
reservation to Mrs Paul McGai
vey, 379 W. Roseville Road. Lan
caster, Pa “This deadline must
be strictly adhered to,” he said
Richard Ammon, Extension Di
rector of 'NEPPCO is working
with Hess on the plans and kits
including badges, tickets and
programs which will be formulat
ed - and made available on the
buses enreute to Atlantic City
Many local poultrymen and in
dustry representatives attended
the show at Harrisburg in prev
ious years and it is expected in
terest will he' quite great for
these trips.
Farm Calendar
Monday, Aug. 25
8:00 p.m. DHIA Directors
meet, Farm and Home Cen
ter.
Tuesday, August 26
26-28 Agricultural Progress
Days, Fox Chase Farms, To
wanda.
8:00 a.m. 4-H Pig Club
Round-up, Lancaster Stock
yards.
9,00 am. 4-H District Dairy
Show, Farm Show Building.
1 30 p m. 4-H Pig Club Sale,
Lancaster Stockyards
Wednesday, August 27
9 00 am—District FFA Daay
Show, Farm Show Building
12 45 p.m. Garden Spot 4-H
Community Club meets at
Guernsey Barn for tour of
Herr’s Potato Chip Plant
Thursday, August 28
7:30 p.m. Joint 4-H Dairy
Clubs meet, Farm and
Home Center.
■ QUEENS. Mi«s Matilyn-Krantz (seated) is the
Senior ,4-H Queen for the coming year and Miss Rhoda
Stauffer is the Junior Queen. Thev were crowned Thursday
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night at the 4-H Achievement Day actmties held at the
Farm and Home Center L F Photo
Visitor From Poland
Attends Guernsey Day
“Lancaster County farmers aie
fortunate. They have lots of feed
for their cattle They get lots of
milk Everything is all light for
their families ”
This message for local farmers
came from Edmond Apolinarski,
Wschowa, Poland, via an interp
reted interview following the
Guernsey Field Day Tuesday.
Speaking German and being in
terpreted by K. D. Linde, Local
Guernsey Breeder with a good
command of the language, Apo
linarski, commented on the very
good corn crop here because of
the many rains. In 'Poland they
have corn only for silage as
there is not enough sun and hot
nights to mature the crop.
Edmund is paying a return
visit to Mr and Mrs. Henry Hack
man, Manheim Rl, who visited
Poland in 1967 The visitor had
also been here in 1962
In comparing his foimer visit
with now, Apolinarski said he
sees more mechanical devices
and less hand labor on our farms
“Your new farms,” he said, “are
very modern and very expen
sive ” He also noted more and
larger bioiler operations
In Poland, Edmond is the di
rector of 7,500 acres oi govern
ment farm land about 40 miles
south of Poznan, Poland. The
vast acreage covered by this
government complex is divided
into 12 farms They have 500 lab
orers taking care of 1,600 dairy
cows, heifers and bulls, as well
as 3,000 sheep and a large num
ber of swine
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 2-3. ISW9
The top producing cow has a
record of 22,110 pounds of milk
and 836 pounds of butterfat. The
herd average on 700 head is 10,-
758 pounds of milk and 436
pounds of butterfat The cow of
Poland is more beefy than our
own. They test for TB twice a
year and their breeding is done
through artificial insemmation.
Crops on the farm include oats,
wheat, barley, rape on rye.
Yields on the grain crops show
good fertilization. Oats yield 97
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VISITOR FROM POLAND at the
Guernsey Field Day is Edmond Apolinar
ski (left). Ken Myer, 2nd from left, won in
the Men’s Division of the judging contest
Marilyn Krantz,
Rhoda Stauffer Are
New 4-H Queens
“I was never so surprised in
my whole life,” said pretty Miss
Marilyn Krantz. upon being
crowned the new Lancaster
County 4-H Queen Thursday
night at the Farm and Home
Center. Showing poise and per
sonality before a crowded audi
torium, Miss Krantz told what
4-H means to her, drawing the
audience along with sincerity
pleasant humor A junior at
Solanco High School, Marilyn is
the 15-year-old daughter of El
vin Krantz, New Providence R 1
and a member of the Lampetei-
Eckman Namsd
FFA County
«r
Star Farmer
Paul Eckraan nom the Lam
p,l^ r ' S^ ai?b f uls High J 5 h . 0 . 01
FFA Chapter was namea the
Lancaster County Star Red Rose
Farmert Friday morning in a se
lection meeting held at the Farm
and 'Home Center
Eckman is the County FFA
President and was selected from
a total of 8 contestants from
County FFA Chapters. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs George Eck
man, Strasburg R 1
Runner-up was Charles Smith
from the Solanco FFA Chapter.
The youths filled out Keystone
Farmer Applications and were
interviewed by the judges, Stan
ley Mussleman, Lancaster Coun
ty Farmers National Bank and
Ed Lawton, Assistant Superin
tendent of County Schools.
Eckman will receive a trophy
and expenses paid trip to the
National FFA Convention in
Kansas City in October.
and the youth winner was Mark Witmer
(3rd from left). K. K. Linde served as in
terpreter for Apolinarski. L, F. Photo
$2 00 Per Year
Strasburg Mernmaids 4-K
Club
The Junior queen is Miss
Rhoda Stauffer. Rhoda also said
she was surprised to receive the
nod of the judges Miss Stauffer
is a Freshman at Ephrata High
School and is the 13-year-old
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Clar
ence Stauffer, Ephrata Rl. She
is a member of the 4-H Holstein
Club i
Other finalists in the event
were Senior Division, Cynthia
Balmer, Ellyce Jean Engle;
Kay Sheaffer and Nancy Yun
gmger In the Junior Division
the finalists weie Donna Find
ley Claudia Giaham; Marilyn
Landis and Kathy Shonk.
The queen contest climaxed a
day of activities that included a
talent contest and round-up acti
vities Winning first in the 10
act talent contest was Becky
Glatfelter, East Petersburg, who
presented a piano solo entitled
■‘Scotish Ballade”. Second was
Joanne Leatherman, Akron,
who gave a dramatic mono
logue on “Charlie Brown” and
third place went to Sheila Buch
for a cornet solo featuring “The
Party’s Over” and “Georgie
Girl”
The day’s events began at
noon with registration for 4-H
Roundup exhibit competition,
in which 120 youngsters vied for
blue ribbons in eight major
categories Seven youths won
first place blue ribbons and
best of show awards.
In vegetables competition,
Dennis Steinmetz of Ephrata Rl
and of the Lincoln Community
Club won best of show and first
place. Other blue ribbon wia»
ners in vegetables included
Alan Mays, Lancaster; Tom Esh»
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