ejiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiitiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiii’:
A Holstein Cow owned by C. Robert Gmdei, RD2, Columbia
completed the highest 305 day lactation Thundei produced 22,369
pounds of milk, 943 pounds of butterfat with a 4 2 percent test
Second high lactation was completed by a Registeied Holstein
cow owned by N Gerhait & L W Nolt, RD2, Mt Joy 55 produc
ed 19,509 pounds of milk, 899 pounds of butterfat with a 46 pei
cent test in 305 days
The heid of Christian K Lapp, RD2, Gap, had the highest
daily butteifat average This herd of 413 Registered Holstein
cows avei aged 50 4 pounds of milk, 2 01 pounds of butterfat with
a 40 peicent test The heid of Paul B Zimmeiman. RDI. Eph
rata, placed second This herd of 32 4 Registered Holstein cows
averaged 49 9 pounds of milk, 1 96 pounds of butterfat with a 3 9
percent test
FIRST 305 DAYS OF LACTATION WITH 650 OR MORE
POUNDS OF BUTTERFAT
Owner - Name Breed Age Days Milk Test
C Robert Greider
Thundei Gi H
N Geihait & L W Nolt
55 RH
18 RH
43 RH
Paul B Zimmeiman
Fein PH
Cindy RH
Agnes RH
Charm RH
Hope RH
Rachel RH
S R Shellenbeigei
Wanda RH
Dixie Gi H
Calvin D Beiler
Pinny
Henry B. Leaman
Mistress
Curtis E Akeis
Patches
Stella
Bea
John J. Landis
“ - Robin
Kreisle & Lehman
Valenti
Dina
Gladys
John J. Lapp
Princess
Fond
Samuel F Long
Peer
Willis & S Nolt
Susie
Amos B Lantz
Dot
Amos E King Ji
5
-RH
Tilhe
Donald S Eby
Jennie
Mrs. Thomas Honored for 4-H Work
Mrs. Jean S. Thomas looks over music score before going to class
305
305
305
289
39
43
42
305
305
305
293
305
305
4-8
6-10
4-1
8-2
6-6
60
305
285
305
RH
305
RH
305
300
305
GrH
RH
RH
7-0
3-11
2-10
8-10
305
305
305
305
6-8
3-8
9-1
RH
GrH
RH
305
305
6-0
4-0
RH
RH
RH
282
‘305
RH
305
RH
305
305
RH
RH
305
RH
LANCASTER
COUNTY
DHIA
MONTHLY I
REPORT I
22,369
19,509
20,471
18.255
46
38
40
21 258
18,292
19 690
17,054
20,712
19,542
24,445
17,809
25,382
22,615
36
4.4
3.7
24,099
16,796
17,912
18,670-
43
44
36
35
18,773
21,268
18,963
18 652
19,729
44
36
20,308
19,974
23,132
20 240
17,456
17,913
Owner ■ Njhic Bleed Age Da>s
ll.in \ (i Kieulei
.1.1 lie
Bnlililes
I’l.nne
Ci issv
.1 Moweiv Fie\
Doi othv
C.nohn
Ci esl
Finest.l S.uulcr
P.it
Ccilvm S Knit?
Ti mmph
Robeit L Weci\ei
Misscy
John B Gioff
= 1 5
Jane
Nelson E Martin
Maggie
Dixie
2,415 Lancaster Co. Members
Celebrate 4-H Week Oct. 4-10
Lancaster County’s more than
2,415 4-H members are having
a celebration this week And
they aren’t the only ones, ac
cording to Jay Irwin and Joan
Lucas, County Extension Agents
The local 4-H’eis are joining
moie than 44,000 Pennsylvania
4-H’eis and nearly 4 million
others throughout the Nation in
the obseivunce ot National 4-H
Week, October 4 to 10
What is the occasion all about
heie in Lancastei County’ The
county’s 4-H’ers will be partici
pating in activities all week to
tell the public and piospective
4-H membeis about the Head,
Heart, Hands, and Health pio
gram, also to reciuit moie volun
teer leadeis, iccognize the sup
port of paients, and to honor 4-H
friends
Fat
943
899
777
730
893
830
793
789
718
694
888
717
875
871
865
746
655
The county and national ob
servance has as its theme, “We
Care.”
- “Opportunities in 4-H and the
opportunity to join 4-H are
greater now than ever before ”
Young people of all cultural and
economic backgrounds between
the ages of 9 and 19 qualify for
membeiship whethei they live
on farms, in towns, cities, or
suburbs
830
762
668
828
719
819
The Lancaster County 4-H
Council with help fiom local
4-H officers, adult volunteei
leadeis, and the county Exten
sion Seivice staff is heading
the special week-long obsei vance
here
808
804
804
764
In the modem 4-H piogram,
800
RH 7-8 305
111 I 8 9 305
HU 5 8 305
Hit 3 1 305
RH 5 2 305
HU 6 10 305
111 I 4 0 296
RII 7 0 305
RII 7-1 305
RH 5 5 305
GiH 8 3 305
RH 3 3 305
RH 8-11 305 21,919
RH 5-7 305 17,238
(Continued on Page 24)
the major pait of the 4-H sloiy
is piojectwoik Membeis choose
from some 100 projects dealing
with eveiyday learning experi
ences that fit them and the places
where they live
Lancastei County boys and
guls weie em oiled in 2.662 edu
cational leai n by-doing farm,
home, peisonal development, and
community projects last year
The Cooperative Extension Sei
vice ot the Penn State Umver sity
piovides each 4-H membei with
the latest lesearch information
and up-to-date methods foi cany
mg on the piojects selected
Using this information, the
4-H’er develops his or hei pro
ject, keeps records piepares ed
ucational exhibits, and makes
show-and-tell presentations for
the benefit of others
However, projects aren’t the
whole story m 4-H In 4-H, Lan
caster County boys and girls have
fun, go to camp, take special
trips, attend dinners, banquets,
and rallies; participate in area
and State fairs, earn awards,
including scholarships, work
with younger 4-H members, en
ioll in leadership and citizenship
programs, and discover new and
interesting ways to enjoy life
while living it
National 4-H Week is a fine
time foi boys and guls to 30m
4-H and show they care about
then future Contact the Lan
caster County Extension Office,
1383 Aicadia Road, Room 1, Lan
caster, 17601 (Phone 394-6851)
By Mrs. Charles McSparran
Farm Feature Writer
National 4-H Week will be ob
served Octobei 4-10 and what
bettei time to lecognize one of
Lanscastei Countys outstanding
4-H leadeis Mis Jean Smgei
Thomas (Mis Hoxie H ) of 118
W Feidmand St Manheim,
was recently named one of thiee
iccipients oi the 1970 4-H
Mumni Recognition Awaid in
the state It was given in
recognition of her outstanding
service to educational youth pio
giams She also received the
County Alumni Award m
August at 4-H Achievement Day
We aie happy that Lancastei
County again is honoied with
this awaid Last yeai Di Rob
ert F Eshleman, of Mount Joy,
received this award And two
years ago Jean’s brother. Dr
James Singer received a similar
award We wondei if this isn’t
unique that two in a family
should be so honoied
Jean feels veiv humble in be
mg selected because she says
"so many do so much ’ No
doubt she is deseiving of this
award as she has a continuous
record of being a 4-H member
herself, then continuing to work
as an IFYE and a 4-H Leader.,
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 3, 1970—17
Milk Test Fat
18,646
19,596
17,159
13,813
793
43
3 9
4 0
4 8
1.1.)
679
660
19 7.93
16 353
17 287
40
4 1
38
789
665
660
19,504
783
17,272
780
18,904
778
22,269
14,881
776
673
775
750
Facts
Dairymen
Should
Know
B> Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
FDA Drops
Imitation Milk Standards
The Fedeial Food and Drug
Admimstiation dropped its effort
to develop standards of identity
and quality for imitation milk
The conclusion was based on the
steady decline in production of
these products, which is now
negligible The Commissioner de
cided standaids would not be
established at this time If a sub
stantial amount of imitation milk
appears on the maiket in the
fiitine, FDA will reconsider the
adoption of such standaids
Weeds Are Poor Cow Feed
Given a choice, a cow seldom
will eat foul tasting or poisonous
weeds But, when pasture grasses
chy up and weeds aie the only
thing left, a hungiy cow can be
come a dead cow The same thing
can happen -when a dairyman
gleans all available green mate
ual with a gieen chop program
Weeds that a cow would nor
mally avoid are chopped and
mixed with glasses Not having
a choice, the cow eats the mix
| tin e and may become sick and
die
Recently a dairyman called to
say that his cows had suffered
severe diarrhea and a drop hi
production fiom 4300 lbs. of milk
•to-2900 lbs in one day’s time.
What’s wrong’ A check of fac
tors showed that the good alfalfa
green chop had run out and he
had moved to a weed filled mea
dow foi his gieen forage. The
meadow contained a particular
v/eed, a member of the Spurge
family, that is foul tasting and
almost nevei eaten by a cow The
milky juice of Spurge contains
various poisonous substances
which can cause sickness, vomit
ing, dianhea and, if eaten over
a peuod of time, death. In this
case a pool selection for green
(Con'inued on Page 26)
also seivmg youth in
educational capacities
Mrs Thomas joined local 4-H
clubs in 1941 and was in them
ioi ten yeais which is the max
imum numbei of yeais one can
belong She was a member of
Masteisonville Sewing and Cook
ing Home Economics Club and
the Lititz-Manhcim Community
Club in the \egetables and
capon piojects
She applied to be an Inter
national Fa 1 m Youth Exchange
delegate but didn’t expect to
get to go Howe\ei, she was
selected and in 1951 spent four
and a hall months with two dif
feient families in the German
section ot Switzerland The
piogiam has been expanded un
til now delegates aie abroad
six, nine 01 even twelve months.
Jean did not speak German
fluently but with the help of a
dctiona’> was able to converse
with hei hosts The first fam
ily she \ isited spoke no English.
The lad\ ot the second family
spoke English While in Switzer
land she lued as a member of
the family and helped to make
haj and haivest wheat It was
the custom there to bring
biead, cheese and something to
(Continued on Pag© 20)
other