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VOL. K NO. 42
2 Local Families to Host
if YE Visitor From India
A 2&j ear-old man from In
dia will visit two Lancaster
County families for a month
under the International Farm
Youth Exchange (IFYE) pio
gram.
e is »-raa Subong Ao, who
operates a 30 acre farm in In
dia on wnich-he produces rice,
vegetafc)*>s, fruits, cattle, pigs
and fowl.
Marek’s Vaccine
Production OK’d
The Ftxnsylvama Depaitment
of Agnculuue has gianted pei
nussion to two State College
scientists, Di Robeit F Gcntiy
and Di Maximillian 0 Braune,
to produce a vaccine foi expen
mental use in treating Maiek’s
disease of poultry.
Maiek t tnsease is a highly in
fectious disease, similar to
IvinphOid leukosis, which can
cause sue,e losses in poultiy
flocks
The Vti'.-ne is to be used in
expeiimtii al woik to develop an
immunizing agent against the
disease I)-s:ubution is lestuct
ed to Pi'-a-vlvanid and may be
Used onl., oy qualified peisons,
according 4 o the peimit issued
In the Ai-iuiltuie Depaitment
West German Ag Minister Quizzes
Seme Local Farmers About Farming
The West Geiman minister
of agm .Uture, the German
counterpan of the U S cabinet
level Secretary of Agueultme,
spent a cay in Lancaster County
touring farms this week
Minister J Ertl and some
officials with him wanted to
discuss farming with local faim
eis
The delegation visited the
Amos Lapp faim at Kmzei
RDI, whej.e the tobacco harvest
had just been completed The
faim operation also includes
danying and corn The mimstei
was reported mtei ested in the
corn biigsW and how it is af
fecting Ice ci op Lapp’s com
has a little plight but is icpoit
ed in e> r eijent condition
The grcjap then went to the
Melvin Stoltzfus faun at Ronks
RDI 1c we* the danvmg opeia
tion m timing a milking sys
tem The faun has a loafing
shed ay stem foi the cattle
Stolttfus recently was loted
chairman of the Faim and
Home Ft .inflation
The group then went to the
laige Tin*ej Hill Dany opeia
tion at Conestoga which has
more than 400 dany cows The
minister was repoited impiess
ed that only thiee men could
handle tne milking of such a
Luge herd.
He will stay with the John
Henkel family, Strasburg RDI,
from September 22 to Octobei
5, and with the Lany R Weav
er family, New Holland RDI,
from October 5 to October 22.
Subong Ao will come here
after a month in another Penn
sylvania County and two
months in lowa. IFYE is a pro
gram of the Cooperative Ex
tension Service of the state
land-grant universities and the
USDA coordinated with the as
sistance of the National 4-H
Club Foundation.
A resident of Spring Villa, Mo-
Kokchung, Nagaland. India, Su
bong Ao speaks thiee languages
including English He has a BA
degree in English, Economics
and History.
The young faimer lists his
leisuie intei ests as music, danc
ing, spox ts, fishing and hunting
His special interests while
visiting the U S include fai m
ers’ oi ganizations, ciop cultiva
tion and harvesting techniques,
livestock production, foods and
nutution. community and imal
development and cultuie and
4H clubs, including leadeiship
development, pi ejects and acti
vities, teaching methods, com
munity seivice and iecieation
He has thi ee brothei s and six
sisteis and is mamed
Dunng the visit of the Farm
and Home Center, Ei tl was sm -
prised that such a nice building
could be built without state 01
federal aid
16 States Enter
Ail - American
Outstanding dan> animals
fiom 16 states will be among
the 1,541 entries at the Penn
sylvania All-Ameucan Danv
Show to be held at the Faim
Show complex Seplembei 21-25
Pennsylvania leads with 651
entnes Othei states enleung
animals aie Connecticut Dela
waie Indiana, Maryland, Mass
achusetts, Michigan New Jei
sev, New Yoik, Noith Caiohna
Ohio Rhode Island. Utah, Vn
gima. West Vngima and Wis
consin
Bleeds and entnes aie Au
-shi e, 241 animals, Brown Swiss,
174 Guernsey, 138 Holstein
640 Jeisey, 239, and Milking
Shoithorn, 109 Thee will be
competing for $54,119 m pie
miums.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 12. 1970
Solanco Fair
Schedule
Wednesday, September 16
12 Noon Judging Dany
Cattle and various other
judging
7 30 p m Formal opening
of the Fair
Bpm Talent Contest and
Crowning of the Queen
Thursday, September 17
10 a m County-Wide Trac
tor Driving Contest, 4-H,
FFA and Open Class
Ipm Judging Swine
2pm Judging Baby Beef
Bpm Tug of-Wai
Friday, September 18
10 am Baby Parade
2pm Fat Hog and Baby
Beef Sale
6 30 p m Parade
830 pm Ruial Youth
Awaids
State Hampshire Sheep
Meeting at Local Farm
The Pennsylvania Hampshire
Sheep Association field duy and
annual meeting is being held at
the Clyde Biubakei faim neai
Lancastei today (Saturday)
Membeis will inspect the B’u
bakei flock and the flock of
Robeit Buch, Lancastei
A lunch will be seived, theie
will be a judging class and a
meeting will be held in the aftei
noon foi deepen of dnectois
Jay liwm, associate county
agent, who conducted the tom,
said the minister seemed quite
interested in discussing m de
tail the vanous phases ot farm
ing with the farmeis involved
The minister also discussed
fanning in Germany.
Like farmeis in the U S . Gei
man farmers have a cutical
laboi pioblem because of the
competition foi labor fiom m
dustiy, the mimstei related
Irwin also said the mimstei
appealed impiessed by the con
scientious attitude and know
ledge of fanning displayed by
the local faimeis
The minister also asked num
eious questions about how local
faim pioducts aie maiketed
With Eitl weie Jost R Wilke,
Foiestiy Secietaij at the Gei
man Embassy and Edwin C
Hadlock, adnnmstiative assis
tant of the National Giange
Gennan TV ciews filmed the
visit
The delegation aimed eaih
Wednesday liom Washington
and xetuined late that evening
aftei a full day of visiting heie
Although the minister express
ed inteiest in visiting the conn
ty again, it’s not on his imme
diate agenda He was slated to
return to Bonn later this week
Solanco Begins
Co. Fair Season
The 1970 Lancastei County
Fair season opens next week
with Solanco (Southern Lan
caster County) Community
Fair’s 21st Annual Exhibition
staiting Wednesday, Septembei
16
The usual full schedule of
judging events will highlight
the Solanco Fair with classes
for everything from livestock to
domestic and fine arts A sche
dule of events at the Quarry
ville Memorial Paik may be
found elsewhere in this issue
The West Lampeter Com
munity Fair and the Ephrata
Fan shate the week of Septem
bei 23 with both events di awing
faimeis and then city iclatives
to the shows and exhibits
Lampeter Fair as usual will
be the convening place foi the
scoies of FFA youths represent
ing the nine Lancaster County
Vo-Ag departments in livestock
judging contests, rope pulls and
Type 41 Tobacco
Referendum Set
Eveiy tlnee yeais, ASCS is
lequned to conduct a maiket
mg quota lefeiendum on Type
41 (cigai-fillei) tobacco
A lefeiendum will be held
eaily m 1971 to deteimine if
gioweis want maiketing quotas
foi the 1971, 1972 and 1973
ci ops of Type 41 tobacco,
(Type 41 accounts for the
great majonty. possibly aiound
90 per cent, of tobacco giown
in Southeastern Pennsylvania )
Allotments must be establish
ed for each faim puor to the
referendum, based on the acre
age grown in the past five years
Cards are being mailed to all
known tobacco farmeis asking
them to report to the ASCS ol
fice by November 15 the acre
age of tobacco giown in 1968,
1969 and 1970 If the card is not
returned by November 15, the
allotment will be computed on
the basis of aci cages estimated
by County oi Community ASC
Committeemen
To receive full ciedit foi the
acreage giown, faimeis are uig
ed to complete and leturn the
caids as soon as they leeeive
them Anyone who giew tobac
co, but does not iecei\e a caid
by Septembei 25, should con
tact the Countv ASCS Office
Farm Calendar
Satin dav, September 12
Fai m Women’s SoueU 1 All
Foods Sale ’ at NTchol s
Stoie Ephiata
National Plowing Contest, Gieon
ville, Ohio
Pennsylvania Hampshue Sheep
Association field day and an
nual meeting, Clyde Biu
baker faim, Lancaster
(Continued on Page 5)
$2.00 Per Year
hoise shoe pitching on Thurs
day, September 24 The All-
Western Horse Show takes over
on Friday and livestock and
produce judging will be con
ducted thioughout the week.
Ephrata Fair features the
County FFA Tractor Driving
contest as well as the judging
of fruits, vegetables, and live
stock
New Holland Farmer’s Fair
follows with events to run from
September 30 to October 3 and
the Manheim Community Farm
Show October 7 to 9 Both of
these fans will also feature
thiee days of livestock judg
ing, canning displays, baked
goods and aits and crafts.
Schedules of events at each
local fair will appear in Lancas
ter Fanning as they approach.
Pa. Florists Meeting Set
A statewide flousts meeting
v, ill be held at Pocono Manor
Septembei 21 and 22
Bedding, plant pi oduction, pot
plants cut floweis, merchan
dising noliday plants and grad
mg of cut Jtlowei s will be among
the featuied talks
Gioweis tiom Pennsylvania,
New' Jeisey, Connecticut, Wis
consin, and Coloiado will take
part in the discussions >
Two Lancaster County
4-H Teams Earn Travel
Two of Lancastej County’s-4-H
Teams earned the pnvilege of
representing Pennsylvania in
seveial mtei-state contests
Tne inter-state travel w r as
eained at the lecent state-wide
4-H Judging Contest at Penn
State Univeisity
The 4-H Livestock Judging
Team won the state contest for
the thud consecutive year and
will lepresent Pennsylvania m,
four mtei state judging contests;
Richmond Vuginia, September
26, Pennsylvania Exposition at
Hamsburg, Novembei 12, East
ern National at Timomum,
Maiyland Novembei 14, and the
National Contest at Chicago, No
\enibei 27
The 4-H Livestock Conserva
tion DtmonstiaLon Team won a
bnie nbbon and hace been
aulhouzed to compete in the
national contest at Omaha,
Xebiaska on Scptembei 30
These two 4H Club guls are:
Cmd\ Hess, Stiasbuig RDI. and
Xancy Yungingei, MauettaßDl.
Membeis of the winning live
stock judging team aie Burnell
Buchen, Manhemi RD3, Gary
Dean, Stiasburg RDI. Ed
Donough, Manheim RDI and
Claik Stauffei Ephrata RDI,