VOL 14 NO. 45
AN AFTER SCHOOL DISCUSSION in
Spanish. Miss Maria Garcia (center) from
the Canary Islands, is the IFYE Ex
changee visiting local farm families
Macia speaks very expressively in her na
tive language but has problems with Eng-
Ken Groff’s Fair Steer
Sells For 51 Cents A Pound
The grand champion steer at
the New Holland Fair, a Here
ford shown by Kenneth Groff,
37 Quarry Road, Leola, topped
the 4-H steer sale in the New
Miss Martin Wins
With A Landrace Pig
Susie Martin, 11-year old
daughter of Mrs Maiy Martin.
New Holland R 2, showed a long,
190 pound Landrace barrow to
the grand championship at the
New Holland Swine Show
Thuisday. It was the fust win
for Miss Martin in her second
try
The reserve champion pig
was shown by Mary Lou Fisher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Earl
Fisher, East Earl Rl. This was a
crossbred pig weighing 206
pounds.
The champion showman of
the day was Elvin Lapp, son of
Mr and Mrs. Elvin Lapp, Kin
der Rl. The pigs were scheduled
to be sold Friday afternoon
NOTICE
Next week Lancaster Farming
has scheduled a special Poultry
issue with local pictures, cunent
stories and reports from Penn
State Specialists. You’ll want to
look lor it.
Farm Calendar
Sunday, October 5
12 noon Lancaster County
Rabbit Breeders Show, Wil
-1 low Street Community
Bidg.
Tuesday, October 7
9:15 a.m.—Started. Pullet -
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Holland Sales Stables Thurs
day afternoon selling for 51
cents a pound to Robeit Groff
Trucking Co The steer named
Andy by his 13-year-old owner
was the champion in the Here
ford breed and was bred by
James Qiusenberry in York
County Ken, son of Mr and
Mrs John Groff said his win
was quite different fiom last
year when he placed next to
last in his class
Following the champion in
class and breed title was the re
serve grand champion shown
by Jeff Martin, 11-year old son
of Mr. and Mrs Robert Martin,
New Holland Rl This Hereford
named Dixon sold for 38 cents a
pound to Earl Sauder Feeds.
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Ephroto Boys Earn
National Safety
Gold Emblem
The Cloister Chapter of FFA
at Ephrata High School was noti
fied this week that they have
earned a National Gold Emblem
Safety Award Eli C Wiggins,
Advisoi of Faim and Home Safe
ty Education in Hamsburg said
the award will be piesented to
Tom Bollingei. \ ice Ptesidant
of the chapter at Kansas City
next week
Only 28 chapters the entire
United States quaLfied foi the
emblem and onlj two of these
were earned *n Pennsylvania,
one at Ephrata and the other at
Middleburg It is interesting to
note that Charles Ackley. Jr
Vo-Ag teacher at Ephrata gradu
.atedJroai Middleburg. - - .
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 4, 1969
lish so her current host, Miss Judy Longe
necker (left), got together with Mrs. Mary
No\ak, Spanish Teacher at Solanco High
School for some interpreted conversation,
Tuesday after school. L F. Photo
Campbell Tops Tobacco
Show At- New Holland
Robert Campbell, Narvon R 2,
had the grand champion lathe
of tobacco Wednesday, at the
New Holland Fair. His winning
entry was first place in the
wrapper class.
Larry Weaver, R 1 New Hol
land, had the first place in the
filler class Placings were
wrappei class —1, Robeit
Campbell; 2, J Earl Hoist, Ji ,
R 1 New Holland; 3, Lany Kiei
der, R 2 Lititz, 4, Larry Weaver
5, Thomas Bollmgei, R 4 Lititz.
filler class —1, Larry Weaver,
2, Lairy Kreidei, 3, Carol A
Weaver, R 1 New Holland, 4,
Thomas Bollinger: 5, J. Earl
Horst
Gable Wins $5O
N.H. Hay Show
Charles A Gable, R 1 Elver
son, won the grand champion
ship in the New Holland Hav
Show Wednesday. His first
place later cutting of alfalfa
was the sample that won the
coveted ribbon and a $5O puze
that annually draws a large
show
Reserve champion sample was
shown by David Wanner, R 2
Narvon His winning entry was
later cutting grass and the win
was worth $25 Placings were
as follows field cured alfalfa
1, David Wanner, 2, Charles Ga
ble; 3, Glenn Book, 655 Stras
burg Pike, Lancastei, 4 Ivan
Yost. R 1 Christiana, 5 Frank
Yost, R 2 Naivon
Alfalfa later cut 1. Charles
Gable, 2, Alfied Wanner, R 2
Coatesville, 3, Walter Mai tin,
R 2 New Holland, 4. Frank Y'ost.
5, Ivan Yost: first cutting
grass —-I, Glenn Book; 2, Frank
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IFYE Spanish Guest Is
Visiting Local Families
A dark haired young lady who
speaks hei native Spanish lang
uage veiy expressively is the
1969 IFYE Exchangee from
Poultrymen
Set Banquet;
Cancel Tour
The directors of the Lancas
ter County Poultry Assn set
Thursday, October 30 as the
date for their annual banquet
this week at a regular meeting
of the board at the Farm and
Home Center Committee chan
man Roy Erb said the dinnei
meeting is to stait at 6 30 pm
and will be held at Hostetteis
Dining Hall in Mt Joy
The tickets aie pi iced at
S 3 50, the same as last yeai and
may be purchased from Eib,
Glenn Herr, Aaron Brubaker,
who are serving on the banquet
committee or any of the board
members. A number of tickets
have also been placed at the
County Agent’s office in the
Farm and Home Center
The program includes Mrs
Mary Hawk, Local Recording
Aitist and the Rev. M A Tros
tle, with a travelogue slide pre
sentation entitled, “America the
Beautiful”. Reservations should
be made for the banquet by
Thursday, October 23
In other business, John Hess
reported the cancellation of the
local NEPPCO tour to Atlantic
City scheduled for next week
due to lack of interest Those
who made reservations for the
tom will have their checks re
turned
Merle E. Groff
Merle Groff
Wins Mystery
Farm Contest
Merle E Groff, Lancaster R 4,
was selected as the winner of the
Mysteiy Faini Contest sponsoi
ed by Lancastei Famnng last
w eek at their booth at the Lam
petei Fan Gioft identified coi
iectly the farm pictured at the
bootn as that ot Glenn Hen
Laxnpetei and his name was
drawn iiom all the othei collect
entnes
•Mi and Mrs Groff have thiee
children Merle Jr. 7, Joanne 5,
and Marlin 2. They have farmed
at their home about nine years
* m i- K s i * * m 4*4 f • » 1
$2.00 Per Year
Spain visiting local host families
Miss Maria Garcia from the
Canary Islands, belonging t<j
Spam, is a guest in the home o£
Judy Longenecker, daughter o€
Mr and Mrs Arthur W Longe
necker, Diumore R 1
And while the IFYE giii is
well educated in her own lang
luge and selves as a home econ
omist in hei homeland, commun
ication breaks down into sign
language and pointing to words
in the dictionary when English
is the only language available
So it was that Miss Longeneck
er and Miss Garcia got together
with Mrs Maiy Novak Spanish
teachei at Solanco High School
Tuesday aftei class for a little
mteipietive con\e>sation and an
mteiview with this editor
“They didn’t tell me much
about what to do 01 how to act
heie,” Maua said with a smile.
“All they told me was to ear
when everyone else did and to
sleep the same way. So that’s
what I’m doing ”
Miss Garcia has a sister and
bi other-m-law living in the States
so she had been particially in
foimed of the American’s way of
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Testers May
Send Samples
To Central Lab
Lancaster County milk testers
were given the opportunity to
send their samples to the Cen
tial Lab at Penn State for pro
cessing this week when the DH
IA Boaid of Directors voted in
favor of the request by one test
er to do so The director’s meet
ing, devoted almost entirely to
the problem, was held in the
Faim and Home Centei, Monday
night
State director, Robert Hess, re
ported the approved new state
testing laboiatory building is not
let out to the contractors yet, but
the thinking of the directors
seemed to indicate that eventual
ly the local organization would
be forced to send all the samples
to Penn State. £ T think the cea
t* al lab and the once-a-day test
ing programs we previously agre
ed to go hand-in-hand,” one di
rector said
The big question was who will
pay the additional cost for the
cential lab testing work It was
finally agreed that the tester
would have to oav the additional
cost it he wants to use the ser
v.ce at this time, with the pro
vision that the board will review
tne situation at the end of one
yeai It is not expected that the
entne County will be required
to go on Central Lab Testing dur
ing that penod of time
In othei business the directors
decided to send a one-year re
newal subscription of LANCAS
TER FARMING to all D.H.LA.
members. The monthly D.H.LA.
Report is carried in the local
farm newspaper each month.