VOL. 14 NO. 51
i- RESERVE .GRAND CHAMPION and
friends ,-a£*the Junior Livestock -Show- in
Harrisburg Monday are; 12-year-old
Steyen Gehnjani owner, at the halter with'
Stoltzfusls
Outstanding Pa*
Young Farmer
Andrew D. Stoltzfus, Elverson
R 2, was named Pennsylvania’s
Outstanding 'Young Farmer,
Thursday night at the Pennsyl-'
vania Young Fanner’s Conven
tion a( Penn State. A member
of the Garden Spot Young
Fanners’ Association at New
Holland High School, Stoltzfus
whs one of six regional winners
who were consideied for the
state honor.
He farms, 236 acres and
specializes in Registered Hoi- ,
steins. He has just built a new
stanchion .bam -and uses record
.keeping systems to run his farm
business. Andrew is an official
Holstein .judge; a director in
the -Interstate Milk Cooperative
and was a delegate to the Na
tional Milk Producers Federa-.
tion Convention and the Nation
al Holstein Convention in 1966,
1967 and 1969.
The Outstanding Farmer
helped start a new young farm
er program at Twin Valley High
School and is a cooperator in the
Berks County Soil and Water
District
Farm Calendar
Monday, Nov. 17
7-30 pm—Chemgro Feitihzer
Meeting, Fami and Horae
Centei
, Tuesday, Nov. 18
1-45 pm —Milk Releiendum
meeting. Hostetteis Banquet
Hall, Mt. Joy.
7 30 p,m.- r : Ephraui Young Fann
ers meet. VoAg Room
(Continued on Page .10)
Jay Landis
Jay Landis Is
New Holstein
President
Jay E Landis, Lancaster R 6,
was elected President of the
Lancaster County Holstein As
sociation, Wednesday evening,
in a director’s reorganization
meeting held after the Associa
tion’s annual meeting at the
Farm and Home Center. Landis
was the former vice president
Also elected weie Clarence
Stauffer, Ephrata Rl, Vice Pie
sident, H Richard Hershey, Lit
itz Rl, Secretary, and John AI
Harnish, Treasurei
During the annual business
meeting, Harnish, Robert Book,
Leola, and Clyde Martin, East
Earl, were elected directors of
the County’s largest breed or
ganization Featmed speakei of
the evening was Alpheus L
Ruth, Berks County'dairyman,
(Contlhu-ed on Page 10)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 15,1969
sister Patti; parents, Mr. & Mrs. Roland
Gehman, Stevens Rl, and County Agent,
M. M. Smith (left). L. F. Photo
Young Lamb Showmen
Find Competition Good
The local youth showing lambs
at the Livestock Exposition in
Harrisburg this week, found the
competition quite good and were
able to manage only two third
place wins as their top placings
Jay S Zimmerman, Ephrata Rl,
got them both on a pen-of three
and a heavyweight lamb He also
had a fifth place in the light
weight single lambs and a seven
th place in the heavyweight class
Two youths took fourth places
Dennis Palm was fourth in heavy
weight, and Marhn Bollinger,
Denver R 2, took a fourth in
lightweight. Palm also took sixth
in pen-of-three, .a 10th in light
weight and 11th in heavyweight
Bollinger also was ninth in
heavyweight and seventh in pen
of-three
Other sheep wuvneis included
Thomas Bollinger, sixth in both
lightweight and heavyweight
competition, and eighth in pen
of-three Frank Ruoss, Ephrata
R 2, won ninth in heavyweight,
and Carl Musser, Mohnton R 2,
was ninth in pen-of-three and
10th in heavyweight
Local Team Third At Exposition
A report at press time from
County Agent M. M Smith tells
that the local Lancaster County
Livestock Judging Team com
peting at Harrisburg this week
came in third behind Virginia
and Ohio. The team members
were Barry Longenecker. Lititz
R 2; Marvin Nissley, Mt. Joy;-
Local 4-H Group
Tops At Exposition
Local youths Marvin Niss
ley, Mount Joy Rl, 'John Enck,
Holtwood Rl, Dennis Brubaker.
Running Pump Road. Lancaster
Mike Ober, 532 Petersbmg Rd
Lancaster, and Steven Gehm.m,
Stevens Rl, got together with
their Hereford steer pi ejects
Monday afternoon and gave
Lancaster County the coveted
win in the class for the best five
steei s from one county, to cli
Steven Gehman
Has Champion
Expo Hereford
Little Steven Gehman. 12-year
old son of Mr & Mrs Roland
Gehman, Stevens Rl, without
appaient emotion walked his re
serve grand champion of the
Junior 4-H Beef Show (see lead
story) to the over-all champion
ship ol Hereford breed Tuesday
But that was as far as the local
trim steer could go, as a pair of
steers shown by Knic Overpeck
and S. Ehman, Clinton, Indiana,
took top exposition honors with
an Angus as grand champion and
a Chaiolais as reserve giand
champion
In the open Herelord Show a
local entry by I K Mast and
Larry Weaver, Morgantown,
placed first in the summer year
ly class and went on to be re
serve champion Hereford in the
open show Mast and Weaver
also had a second, third, and
fourth, and fifth place in various
other classes in the Tuesday
Show (See photo page 12).
Farmers Elected
To Agway Unit
Farmer Directors were elect
ed to the Agway Garden Spot
Unit Policy Committee Monday
night at the annual meeting
held in the Farm and Home
Center They are- Roy H. Book,
Ronks Rl, Henry Kettering, Lit
itz R 3, Noah Kreider, Jr, Man
heim R 3, reelected, and John
W Sangrey, Conestoga R 2, new
ly elected
Book, whose farm is located
in East Lampeter Twp, rents
three farms totalling 150 acres
His main crops are corn alfalfa,
and bai ley Book is a membei of
(Continued on Page 26)
Donna Hess, Strasburg Rl and
Karen High, Leola
Nissley was 6th high in the
contest with 713 points and
Bany Longenecker was the sth
high mdmdual in the beef
■judging and the team was 2nd
In Swine the team was sth and
in. Sheep they were 4th.
$2.00 Per Yew*
max an eventful day at the
Junior Livestock Show in Har
risburg
Starting the day with a blade
Angus named “Brownie,” Karen
High, Leola, look her first place
summer yearling to the cham
pionship circle, only to be out
classed by a Chester County en
tiy, as Judge Herman Purdy,
University Paik, gave the cham
pionship to David Wylie. Not
tingham Wylie later was to be
come the Grand Champion whi
ner Miss High had to be satis
fied with the Reserve Breed
Championship, but not for long
In the Shorthorn Division, she
bi ought back another first place
summer yearling and this time
went on to the breed champion
ship This steer was named
“Weevil ” Elene Bucks, Palm
yra R 2 in Lebanon County had
th“ reserve champion Short
horn. -i
When it came to Herefords,
especially in the Summer Year
ling Class, local 4-H’ers took
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Farm And Home
Plans Benefit
Antique Auction
The first Farm and Home
Benefit Auction of Antiques and
Art Items is planned for Sat
urday, December 6 at the Farm
and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia
Road, Lancaster, with Larry
Skromme, member of the Board
of the Farm and Home Founda
tion, heading the auction plan
ning committee Assisting him
as auction manager is Mrs.
Thomas Erb, 111, Lititz R 3, who
is presently receiving advance
listings from prospective con
tributors.
The Auction listings will in
clude antiques and related -art
or handiwork items of any age,
having artistic merit such as
paintings, quilts, handmade
rugs, cut gjass, carvings,
needlework and Lehn ware.
Factory reproductions will not
knowingly be accepted. Listings
for authentic antiques, good art
and hand created items are soli
cited to keep the quality of the
sale at a high level.
Solicitation is directed toward
all Lancaster County residents,
in particular to offer listings
and consignments for this sale
on the basis of contributing the
entue proceeds to the Founda
tion 01 a reasonable percentage.
Both type donations are tax de
ductible and a icceipt will be
issued to conti ibutors on re
quest
The sale is being staged in
close cooperation with the Farm
Women Societies of Lancaster
County with Mrs Paul Witmau,
Mount Joy R 2 liaison represen
tative. Refreshments on the day
of the sale will be available
through societies 3 and 23.
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