The Regional Star Farmer’s Farm Weaver stands this week with some of the 32 Hol stein cows and 22 heifers on his Strasburg RDI farm. Starting with three cows and some heifers in 1967, he hopes to have a 40 cow herd this' fall. After that, he Weaver has a good corn crop coming on this year. This c ° unty St£ £ Fanner This week, stalk is not unusual m having two good ears, he says To “ a a | the Weam-'Tm pie feed his dairy animals, he relies on alfalfa, corn, corn silage narin o a fnm of hi? farmm° on and sorghum which he grows. eratSk to show at the Xattonal -~v. V. aWolgemuth Bros., Inc. MOUNT JOY, PENNA. / PH. 653-1451 ORIN •AIRY FEEDS YOFFINCREA ILK PRODUCTI ND BIGGER M CHECKS! Robert Lee Weaver, a 21->ear- FFA Convention at Kansas City, old Strasburg RDI faimer. has Mo, Octobei 13-16 been named FFA Regional Star w who h to own hls American Farmer own faim someda> . 1S shomng It is one of the highest nation- what a joung man with eneigj, al FFA awards The awaid car- and know-now can do in fanning nes with it the right to compete with three othei Regional Star Faimeis in October foi the Stai Faimers of America awaid, which is recognized as the high est FFA awaid The Star Fanner awaid is based on a combination of faim progiam and leadership in FFA activities These photos were taken this week of the Weavei farm, a 115- acie farm just north ot Stras burg which young Wea\ei icnts fiom Bail Groff, in a tour with Weavei and Lampetei-Stiasburg vo-ag teachei Galen Kopp Besides the cows and crops shown, Weaver has in the past been gi owing about three acies of tobacco and keeping up to 30 maiket hogs. In 1966, Weaver was Lancastei s\ \ w wants to cull and improve his herd through breeding. He uses ABC. "I think there’s a good future in it.” he says ((? dairying. Lancaster Farming. Saturday, September 5.1970 Robert Lee Weaver Regional Star Farmer Weaver inspects his lush alfalfa stand. Pa. Officials to Assist At Waste Conference State Agucultuie Secretary Leland H Bull will serve as a panel moderator at a four-state conference Sept 14 to 17 to study the problems of agricultural waste in an urban environment The conference, sponsored by the New Jersej Animal Waste Disposal Task Force, will be held at Atlantic City In addition to New Jeisey, participating states aie Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware Secietaiy Bull will pieside at the afternoon session Monday, Sept 14, and also serve on the same day as model ator of a panel to discuss a state’s viewpoint on. agncultmal waste problems John W Eaily, director of Agricultural Planning. Evalua tion and Reseat ch in the Pennsyl vania Agucultuie Department, will be vice chan man of the moi nmg session Sept 15 on agri cultural waste funding Glenn Hen, manager of Cloisteidale Faims, Inc. at Ephiata. and David G Ungei, foimer executive duector of the State Soil Conseivation Commis sion, will also speak Sept 15 on research needs Ungei now is assistant executive secretary of the National Association of Con seivation Distucts Jack F Schmagl, head of agri cu 11 u i a 1 communications at Pennsylvania State University, will be vice chan man at a session on communications and public relations Sept 15. Reseivations foi confeience at tendance mav be made thiough Richaid D Chumney, New Jeisey Depaitment of Agricul tuie, PO Box 1888. Tienton, NJ 08625 Tobacco usually ranks No 4 among US faun export com modities. according to the US. Department of Agriculture In the 1969 calendar year, U S to bacco exports amounted to 757 million pounds (farm sales weight) about 10 per cent m manufactured products and the remainder in unmanufactured leaf Over 95 per cent >of these exports were for dollar sales, therefore, tobacca exports make a big contribution to the U S. balance of-tiade position. 21
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