VOL. j: NO. 51
Extension Slates Toys,
Holiday Foods Programs
The 'oanty Extension office
lias announced its annual Holi
day Foom- and Toys foi Chnsl
mas programs
The Holiday Foods p.ogram
will h* held at 1 p m Tuesday
(Nov 17' at the Faim and Home
Ccntei foi any inteiested home
maker 'eeking new ideas toi
Christmas foods eithei foi homo
use 01 a* gilts
The TV-s foi Chustmas pio
giam at 1 p m December 8 at
the Farm and Home Centei is
planned *o help parents and
gam a better undei
standmg of the impoitance of
toys in tne development of chil
dien from, one to 10 yeais old,
and how to select toys foi differ
ent ag< tafidren Intei ested pei
sons are irged to attend
Penn State 70 Farm Income Tax,
Serial Security Course Slated
The 1970 Faun Income Tax
and Social Security Short Course
has been completely revised and
will be held from December 7
to 11 on the main campus of The
Pennsylvania State University
All sessions of the course will
fee held at *he Nittany Lion Inn
The reerse has been lengthen
ed to pro--.de basic instruction
foi newcomers to Faim Income
Tax leporimg and as in the past
piovide opportunities to review'
Greg®i»y Third in First
Pa, Perk Cookout Bout
Rebel’ l Giegory, Lititz RDI,
finished thud Wednesday in the
fiist annual State Poik Cookout
King c-rnh -t
Gicgory \.on the light to com
pete ifi the contest at the Penn
sylvania livestock Exposition m
Harrisburg by winning the Lan
caster County contest at the
Manhetra Fair October 8
Gregory’s entry was fiesh ham
steak marinated in pink Chabhs
wine Pr«nh J Waters, Allen
town, was first with a poik kabob
and William D Godwin, Cai lisle
KDS, wa= second with pineapple
poik chops
Local 4-H Livestock Judges
Place Second at Exposition
The local 4-H team lepiesent
ing Pennsjlvama was second in
the Junior Livestock Judging
Contest at :he Pennsylvania Ex
position Thuisday
The 4-H team fiom Ohio was
fust wit-i & total of 2219 point*
to 2153 iOi the Lancastei County
group
Mainland was thud with 2116
Kentucky fouith with 2103,
Michigan lirh w ith 2102
Among high mcluiduals wcie
Gaiy Put.. Stiasbuig RDI
sixth with 726 Claik Struffei,
Ephrata EDI, eighth with 725
Other Lancastei team membeis
are. Eurneil Buchen, Manheim
RD3, and Ed Donough, Manheim
RD4.
Lancaster Co. Holstein Breeders
Present Awards, Choose Officers
Picscntation of ‘ Divinguished
Boy and Gu 1’ awaids, election
of office) s and a challenging
speech to buildcis and Uf cs
weie highlights of the Lane.is
lei Countv Holstein Bicedeis
Assn banquet Thuisday night
at H.uvest Dine Reslauiant
The annual Distinguished Boy
aw aid went to Nelson Mai tin,
son of Mi and Mis Clyde Mai
tin, East Eai] RDI, and Susan
Kauffman, daughter of Mr and
Mrs Robeit Kauffman, Eliz
abethtown RDI, received the
Distinguished Gul awaid
Miss Kauftman and Eail
the extensive changes made in
tax laws, rulings and pioceed
ings, accotding to Jay W Irwin,
associate county agent
Such people as certified public
accountants, justices of peace,
vo-ag teachers, and tax practi
uoneis will be especially intei
ested, he added
The couise is taught by Intel
nal Revenue Agents and Penn
State staff members
This yeai H Alan Long, dis
trict dnectoi, Intel nal Revenue
Sen ice Pxttsbuigh, will be the
guest speakei
During the coiuse, time is al
lowed foi questions and discus
sions by those attending As the
tax laws become moie complex,
the assistance of tax piactitioners
is becoming moie impoitant
Those qualified will piofit most
At the close of the session a cei
tificate of completion will be
presented to each m attendance
Application blanks and fuithei
infoimation can be seemed fiom
the Direetoi of Short Goinses,
Room 208 Armsby Building,
Penn State Univeisity, Univei
sity Park, Pa 16802 or from oui
Agncultuie Extension Office in
the Faim and Home Centex, Lan
caster Pa, Irwin said
Ten teams with four membeis
each competed
The local team was fust in
the sheep judging division with
530 points, Michigan was second
with 527
In swine judging, the local
team was fouith, it was second
in beet cattle
The local team was slated to
compete this morning {Satin
dav) in the Jumoi Lucstock
Judging Contest at the Eas'em
Rational Show at Timonmra,
Md Team leader is Max Smith
Lancastei County Agucultuial
agent.
Lancaster Farming. Salurdaj. Ncn ember 14. 1970
Staulfei, «on of Mi and Mis
Clatcnu* Stauflci Ephiala RUI
aie each finalists in the stale
Distinguished contests Stauffci
was county winnei last \eai,
making him eligible toi the stale
contest
Statewide theie aie a total
ol thiee finalists m each ot the
two divisions. boy and gnl The
winneis will be selected at the
annual Pennsylvania Holstein
Assn meeting Thursday and Fu
day
In the election of officeis,
Clyde Maitm, East Earl RDI,
was the only new officei He
was elected secretaiy
Reelected weie Jay Landis,
Lancaster RD6, president, Clai
ence Staufter, fiphrata RDI,
vice piesident, and John Hai
nish, treasurer
Three new directois weie
elected foi three yeai teims as
follows Curtis Akers, Quarry
vill'* RDI, Galen Crouse Stevens
RDI, and Aithur Wenger, Man
heim RD2
A 525 savings bond was awai d
ed to Steve Bieneman, son of
Mi and Mis Heniy Bieneman
Millersville RDI Bieneman was
first out about 600 vo-ag bo>s
who judged dairy animals at
Lnmpetei Fan this jeai
William Nichols of the Penn
sj'lvania Holstein Association
piesented the Counts Held
Plaque and SlOO to the countj
organization foi the best countv
heid at the Pennsylvania Black
and White Show
The County Association gave
special recognition to 10 men
who began the fust annual Hoi
Farm Calendar
Saturday, November 14
4-H Livestock Judging, Eastern
National Livestock Show,
Timonmm, Md.
Monday, November 16
7 30 p m Garden Spot Unit
of Agway, Inc, annual
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
10 a m - 4 p.m. 1970 Agrono
my Dealers Workshop by
Penn State, Fleetwood
Grange, Berks County
Ipm Holiday Foods Pro
gram, Faim and Home Cen
ter.
6 45 p.m Farm and Home
Foundation board of dnec-
tors and spouses, Faim and
Home Center
7 30 p m Epln ata Young
Farmer Meeting, Ephi ata
High School agncultine
depaitment.
7 45 pm Quality Milk Pio
duction Com se, Garden
Spot Young Faimeis, class
numbei 2
Pennsylvania Conference on
Agncultmal Waste Man
agement, Penn Hams Mo
tor Inn, Camp Hill. No\ em
ber 17-18
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s’ein banquet and meeting m
1951 The 10 au .1 Moweiv
Fhev Si 1951 piesidtnt Rohi.;
C (aotl uce pi evident Ei\in
Hess Ji seciela'y J Z lit.i*
tieasmei John Netz'u liemy
Hackman J Le=iei Chatles
Galen Hen the late Naman
Sloltzius and Paul G Long
cnecker state dnectoi
Nichols also gate a slide pies
entation on the oiganization s
activities ovei the past yeai
Betsi Sheehan, food publicist
foi the Northeast district of the
American Dany Association
spoke buefly on hei duties
Speaking at the 20th annual
banquet. Giovei C Goukei Ji
told the Holstein gioup that it
was the few good people who de
cided to bring about change that
have provided what we have to
day
Stating that he didn’t like all
that was around him, Goukei
told association membeis that
changes would only come when
(Co'.tinned on Page 5'
FLBA, PCA Hold
Annual Banquet
About 350 poisons attended the
annual banquet of the Fedeial
Land Bank Association and Pio
duction Ci edit Association at the
Plain and Fancj Restauiant neai
Bnd-m-Hand, Novembei 5
Duung a buef manage!’s ie
poit Cail A Biown summaiized
the farm economic situation as
follows
Local faimeis aie lepouing
record com fields While theie
are complaints of no place to
put it, ‘that’s a good pioblem
to have” The puce ot coin is
down, but “it will be back ’ The
good yields came in spite of such
problems as mot woim and coin
blight
Elsewheie, however, things
aien’t nearly as favoiable “The
bottom is out ot the hog mai ket
Steeis aie shaky Eggs and bioil
eis aie hitting weak spots " Milk
prices aie good, howevei
But considered in teims of
puces ovei the past two yeats
times have been generally good
for farmeis
Interest mtes now are extieme
ly high, Brown said although
they have been tapeung oft in
the past couple of months He
projected a possible fuithei in
teiest late diop of x a to 3 4 pei
cent by y ear end
But long teun, he indicated he
expects mtei est lates to go high
ei again
The lepoit to stockholdeis in
dicated that loan \olume in the
associations inci eased moie than
$3,000 000 duung the past yeai
bunging total loan balances out
standing in Lancastei Pi eduction
Ciedit and Fedeial Land Bank
to more than $27 000,000
In the business session duec
tois weie le-elected
$2.00 Per Year
Annual Forage, Seed
Conference Scheduled
Hu* \rnni.il ro ,1,1 ana seed
Conk'nice will In held in the
"Sitt.im Lion Inn on The Penn
-\l\am.i St.ik I ni\ei sil\ Cam
pus Noitmbei 23 .md 24. 1970
Top louue main and livestock
pioduung Limit is as well as
seed companies and othei indufi
ti\ peisonncl v.,11 be interested
in this two day p; ogiam, accord
ing to \tnold Lueck, associate
coumy agent I
The formal piogiam, with 22
speakers paitiupatmg. starts at
Ipm Monday afternoon. No
vembei 23 and ends at 4 pm.
Tuesday, Xovembei 24
The first aftei noon and evening
is devoted to forages. Highlights
will include a discussion of for
age impi ovement and production
n. Pennsylvania, Australia, and
New Zealand Top giasslanders
will be recognized at the evening
banquet
Supeuor small grain, vege
table and turfgrass varieties will
be identified and discussed. Whftt
.s r.tvv m cereal seed treatmuftS
will be covered, Lueck said.
Di Jonathan Tobey, technical
agucultmal director. Chase Man
hattan Bank, New York will talk
on the lole of ciedit in Agricul
tuie
Tuesday afteinoon will be de
voted to the field corn crop The
1970 peiformance of No-Till
Coni will be discussed by a
panel Reseaich peisonnel will
discuss then findings on the
majoi coin leaf disease.
Twin Oaks Farms
Bulls Win Again
Twin Oaks Faims, Quarryvißfr
RD2, had both the grand champ
ion and reset ve giand champion
bulls at the Pennsylvania Live
stock Exposition this week.
The Angus bulls are. Manning
of Wye, giand champion, and
Colossals Image, reserve grand
champion The bulls have been
top animals in several other
shows this yeai
The exposition's grand champ*
ion is the replacement hull for
the Fiey held, and has just re
cently been put into service.
Calves trom the young animal
Vvill be diopped in the spring.
The \oungei bull also is owned
b\ Fied Hamer of Fredericfcs
buig Md , who along with Pena
sjlvama State University also i-S
pait ownei with Fiey of Coloa*
sals Image
Twin Oaks also had top animals
in othei \ngus bieedmg classes.
Including H and F Sportsylvani*
Juijman, the faim had the top
thiee bulls GVF Bandolier Lad,
an eail\ summei \earling hull,
placed thud in class
Twin Oaks heifeis were first
in late summei yearling, and
eaih senior classes