Lanchester Pony
Judßcs for their May 2 horse Brig Gen F. F. Wing, Jr.
show hove been announced by Leesburg. Va. Col D W
Lanchester Pony Club. The Thackeray, New Windsor. Md
fourth annual show, to benefit Miss Susan Powers, Monkton
Pony Club activities, will be Md. and William H Mini ay
held at Pony Club Hcndquaitcrs Newark, Del. have accepted
at the John Gibson f.nm at Dm- invitations to judge the show
more, Pa Bug Gen Wing judged at
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Judges for Show
the Pennsylvania National
Horse Show and the Washing
ton International Horse Show in
1009 Ho is a former chairman
of the Dressage Committee of
the United Slates Pony Clubs
Col Thackeray is the current
chan man of the Dressage Com
mittee of the United Stales
Pony Clubs, and United Slates
Combined Tunning Association
and the Ameucan Hoise Show
Association
Miss Poweis is a National
Examine! of the United States
Pony Clubs Mi Mm ray is Dis
ti ict Cotnmissionei of Delawaic
Pony Club
The Lanchester Pony Club
show will bo open to udeis
through 21 yeais of age There
will be 34 classes for hoises
and ponies A complete list of
classes is available from the
show secretary, Mrs W W
Rankin, R D 6, Lancaster, Pa
Entry fees will be $2 per class
Mrs George Hassler, 11, Hid
den Acres Farm, and Joseph
Little, both of Quanyville, are
the District Commissioners of
Lanchester Pony Club
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Wc just received another let
ter from Amos Hively, who has
written to us regularly for near
ly two years from Australia.
Amos is a former Lancaster Co.
agribusinessman. Besides giving
us a run-dowr on the over-supply
crop situation in Australia. Amos
tells us abou* his own good for
tune in finding a farm for him
self:
Deal editoi
Since it takes six weeks or
more lot sea mail to leach us, by
the time I get the Lancastei
Fanning issue that contains my
last lettei, it is time to wnte
again Aftei a slightly cool, and
moderately wet summer the
days are getting shorter and the
nights a bit coolei
The harvest of soighum, sun
flowers, millet and coin is in full
swing, with yields about double
of last year But with prices cut
in half or less the faimeis are
unhappy to say the least They
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 18.1970
Across the
Editor’s Desk
v /
y(i il 'in.fMd
held a piotest match in Melbour
ne last week in which 10.000
fai mei s took p.n I
Wool puces aie the lowest for
20 yeais and theie was a gathei
ing of 2,600 wool gioweis in
Mo.ee, New South Wales, last
week to tiy to deade what course
of action to taki
The soybean haivest will not
stait toi a few weeks, but the
p.ospccts ot a heavy yield look
excellent Many ciops should go
well ovei a ton to the acie Oiu
company is planning a much
largei aeieage next yeai, and I
am suie we will have no trouble
getting groweis
The beef maiket is holding up
well with heavy exports to U S
and also Japan and Russia Since
the drought seems to be broken
in most areas, many breeders
are buying females for expansior
of their herds again and this also
helps to keep prices high
The King Ranch had a record
breaking sale of Santa Gertrude’s
here in Queensland last week
with an average on 12 bulls of
$23,667 The top bull sold for
$39,000 The pure-bred Brahman
of top quality are selling even
better
The first Charolais-Cross calves
in Australia hate been arriving
the last two months They made
television and radio news at first.
Now thev have 50 at the Queens
land Agricultural College, about
25 miles from here They are
weighing them every week and
icport gams of 3 3 pounds pet
day on the bull calves
After a long «eaich of trying
to locate the light farm at the
right price 1 closed .the deaLon
one yesteiday It is onlv 141 acr
es, but I have an option on 70
more acies that joins up perfect
ly It has 50 acies of lucerne (al
falfa) and I hope to be able to
irrigate nearlv all of it There is
50 acies moie of nice level culti
vation and the balance in native
pasture It has a laige barn and
a very nice house, and is on a
black-top load It is only 10 miles
fiom oui new house
I hope to buy about 40 white
Shoithoin heifets oi cows before
Seplembei when I will be getting
'he Charolais semen I plan to
keep on with mv selling 30b for
‘wo or thiee years, until the
held gets built up
The government announced a
'ew months ago that all weights
and meastues will be going on
‘he metuc system within 10
years They estimate the cost at
100 million dollars Most coun
tries we expoit to are on the
metuc system now.
The Australian government
has idised the immigrant quota
to 250,000 a year and they pay
all but $25 of the faie to come
here it you qualify
Also lead that 3,500 Americans
came heie m 1969 which was 27
pei cent more than in 1968.
Anothei faim family arrived
heie in Toowoomba last week
fiom Geoigia He sold 1,100 acr
es of land in Georgia This coun
try still looks like “a diamond
in the tough” to me Until next
time Amos Hivoly
Teenogers Will Spend
$2O Billion in 1973
By 1973 teenagers will have
$2O billion a jea l- to spend
Aveiage spendable teenage in
come todaj is moie than many
women living in $40,000 homes
have to spend on themselves
Suiveys show between 50 per
cent and 60 pei cent of high
school gi Is spend own money
for school lunches and between
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