VOL. 15 NO. 9
JACOB MUSSER, has a profitable
FFAjff.gject of, guinea pigs* At present he "
Facial And Home Center
Debt Down To $128,000
The debt on the Lancaster
County Farm and Home Center
is down to $128,000 This an
nouncement was made Thursday
night at the Foundation s annual
banquet and business meeting
held in‘the Farm and Home Cen
tei.
Although the financial state/
ment prepared for the meeting
stated the debt to be $140,000 as
of the close of 1969, tieasuier
George Lewis said the recent
antique sale plus contributions
and extra building operation
funds had made possible the fur
ther reduction of debt to the
present stated figuie
Sighting the minutes of the
1968 meeting that lepoited a
debt at tnat time of $196,000,
Lewis said we have come a long
way hut cautioned that theie was
only $15,000 left in pledges from
the fund raising campaigns and
nothing has been set aside for
Farm Calendar
Sunday, Jan. 25
25-28—Southeastern Poultiy and
Egg Assn Convention, Atlan
ta, Georgia
Monday, Jan. 28
7 30 p m Lancastei County
FFA Chaptei meets, Wai
wick
Tuesday, Jan. 27
730 p.m Ephiata Young
Fanner meet, Vo Ag 100 m
7 30 p m. Gulden Spot Young
Faimers meet, Vo \g loom
730 pm Cential Aiea 4-H
Club meets, Landis Bi othei s,
Manheim Pike
Wednesday, Jan. 28
9.3(1 aun Agway Dauymen’s
(■Continued on Page 11)
d°preciatlon “So," we must keep c
the money coming in.” he said i
In othei business, M M Smith, <
lepoited on the scholarships '
available foi local youths in £
Home Economics or Agriculture £
colleges and seven duectois
weie elected as follows Di Hai- f
ry K Geilach, 57 Spnnghouse
Road, Lancaster; John H Hen. r
1564 Millport Road, Lancastei, j
J Eeverett Ki eider, Quarry ville v
Rl; Richard P Maule, Quarry- -
ville R 2, Mrs Gi.nn Myer, Knk- e
(Continued on Page 9)
Lloyd Wolf Herd Tops In
Milk Testing Association
The highest Lancaster County
Dairy Herd Improvement Asso
ciation aveiage for the 1969 test
ing yeai was iecorded by the
Lloyd Wolf heid at Quarry ville
R 2 Announcement of the high
leeoid of 16,730 pmnJs of milk
and 660 pounds of butteifat on
416 cows was made ?t the an
nual DHIA dinnei meeting held
Tuesday at the Fa.m and Hrme
Cento Paul Welk, Heidamoi
foi Wolf, accepted the av.aid
fiom association p evident. Rich
F’d I-P's The Wolf held uimo
Vvelk’s duection was also the top
held in the County m 1967
Second high hem honOiS weir
to J Mcweiy Fiey Ji , 401 Bea
ver Valley Pike, Lancaster, w.th
15,814 pounds of milk, 657
pounds of butteifat on 58 cows
New duectors were also an
nounced foi six districts as fol
lows. No. 2, Harry Troop, No 5,
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 24.1970
has 13d breeders
Farm Management
Meetings Scheduled
A series of Faim Management
meetings have been scheduled to
help faimers to be more effi
cient accoiding to an announce
ment made by Jay Irwin. Asso
date Agricultural Agent th.s
week The meetings will be held
at the Faim and Home Center
each stalling at 8 p m
The dates and speakers aie as
follows
January 28 “Estate Plan
mng” Information concerning
Investments, Savings, Insurance,
Mutual Funds and other valu
able infonnation concerning
estates Speaker Fred Hughes.
(Continued on Page 51
James Kreider; No 8, Harry
.Ranck Ji , No 11. Isaac Hostet
tei. No 14, Robert L Kauffman
Ji , and No 16 Elmer Weber
Victor Plastow, Associate
County Agent, reported average
foi all County herds was 487
pounds of butterfat That com
pares with 490 in 1967 and 479
in 1968 He also lepoited 18 077
loc. 1 cow's on test
The annual lepoit shows the
average numbei ot cow-s in
Co untv heids is 43 1 and the to
tal value ot the milk piodueed
above feed costs was 5499
Heibeic Gilmoic. Daily
Science Extension Penn State,
icpo’ted the State DHIA has
been appioved as a non pi out
coipoiation This was done, he
said, to piotect duectors of the
association
He also repoi ted 50 000 cow s
(Continued on Page 9)
Jacob Musser Has 130
Breeder Guinea Pigs
A business that stalled with
three sows and one buck has
grown into a profitable FFA p> o
ject foi 17-year-old Jacob W
Musser. East Earl Rl And when
this Junior at Garden Spot High
School discusses the advantages
and problems of his pet piojach
he isn’t talking about swine or
deer For Jacob Mussei has 130
bleeder guinea pigs
“Guinea pigs don’t mind cold
weather, Musser says expeitly,
having been in the business for
si\ years already “But they
must not be subjected to extreme
changes in tempei atures or
dampness ” Jacob keeps his up
per bam floor pens at 50 degiees
with a gas heater
He feeds his all home-iaised
guinea pigs a special ration an- 1
Co. Poultry Association
Meeting Next Thursday
L. F. Photo
The Lancaster County Poultry-
Association wall hold the first of
thiee informative meetings next
Thais , January 29, 730 pm at
the Farm and Home Centei. 1383
Aicadia Road, Lancaster
The piogram topic is “Maiket
Stability and Producer Responsi
bility ”
Speakers for the evemng aie
Di Floyd Hicks, Chan man
Penn State University, Mi Mail
net M Stein (Gieene, Maine) :
Piesident Maine Egg Farms and
one of the foundeis of UEP ■
Mi Jerry Faulkner (Atlanta
Geoigia) Managei, United Egg i
Producers, Mr. David Heflei ]
(Scarboiough, Maine) Managei ’
D E Coster Egg Farms and ‘
formerly of NEPPCO, Mi Ray 1
Delano (Durham, New Hamp
shire) Manager Noitheastern 1
Egg Marketing Association j
DHIA top herd award goes to Lloyd Wolf, Quarryville
R 2 (right) and his heardsman, Paul Welk (center). Making
the presentation at the annual DHIA banquet, Tuesday, is
Richard Hess, President. L. F. Photo
$2.00 Per Yetr
good meadow ha> You may not
feet them alfalfa hay he says and
labbit feed has alfalfa in it Mus
sel bu>s a halt-ton of feed at a
t me and that lasts se\en to eight
weeks depending on the amount
oi ha> fed 01 what off-fall greens
he can obtain fiom local pro
duce stores
A sow will, on the average,
produce a litter eveiy eight
weeks and thej have about fire
litters each > ear So, with Jacob’s
a\erage of 4 5 pigs raised per
Liter, it becomes quite a mul
tiplication proposition
’I enjoy working with the
guinea pigs, Jacob says, “I like
to watch them eat The most im
portant management practices
cie to keep feed in their bins s*
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The speakers have been in the
' forefront in trying to coopera
tively achieve a better and more
honest way of discovering the
true egg price. Theie will be a
question and answer session fol
lowing their nresentations
The second meeting will be
held on February 26, at 8 00 p m.
m the Farm and Home Center.
The program will consist of “A
Review of the Poultiy Inspection
Law” and a panel discussion on
‘ What do Consumers Want from
an Egg 9”
\ third meeting will be held
on March 17, at 8 00 p m in the
Farm and Home Center also
The program will consist of
“Forced Moulting and Ventila
tion ”
Information on the second and
third meetings will be published
at a later date