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- New-Holland; -.presidentDon Brenefnan; Lampeter-
Strasburg, vice president; Back row, left to right,'Dennis
Landte, Penn Manor,.treasurer; Joe Lefever, Manheim
Genteai, sentinel; Dale Martin, Warwick, reporter;
Farm Calendar
Sunday, November 29 .
National 4-H Congress, Conrad
Hilton Hotel, November 29
’ . - December 3
v Monday, November 30
Deer Season'begins.
10 a.m. - 9 p.m Annual
Homemakers’ Christmas
Program, Farm and Home
Genter.
Tuesday, December 1
7:30 p.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers Feeding Course.
Pennsylvania Farmers Associa
tion meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Wednesday, December 2
'8 p.m. Red Rose 4-H Baby
Beef and Lamb Club, Farm
and Home Center.
Lancaster County Soil and Wa
ter Conservation District
meeting, Farm and Home
•Center.
■ Thursday, December 3
- 8 p.m. Board of Directors of
/ the Lancaster County Poul
try Association monthly
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
Farm Women
Calendar
Saturday, November 28
Farm Women Society 4, Manor
Brethren in Christ Church
Farm Women Society 5, home
' of Mrs. Graybill Longeneck
er, Manheim RDI.
Monday, November 30
10 aan. Homemakers’ Christ- 1
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1,600 4-H’ers to Attend
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National 4-H Congress
On the weekend after Thanks- These 4-H delegates are state,
giving, November 29 - Decembei regional and national winners in
3, some 1,600 4-H boys and girls 4-H projects and activities super
will arrive in Chicago for one vised by the Cooperative Exten
of the most important events sion Service They represent
on the 4-H calendar, the Nation- 3.9 million youth in 4-H and re
al 4-H Congress at The Conrad lated programs in the 50 states
Hilton Hotel. and Puerto Rico
Results From Two
4-H Capon Exhibits
Nancy Sauder-Mount Joy RD2,
had the grand champion pair of
capons at the Mount Joy-Eliz
abethtown 4-H Dressed Capon
and Turkey Exhibit at Hostet
ter’s Banquet Hall, Mount Joy
at noon’Tuesday
Ricky Ulnch, Ephiata RDI,
had the champion turkey at the
annual Mount Joy Rotaiy Club
event.
Runner-up in the capon compe
tition was Nancy Yunginger,
Marietta RDI, and Dale Ulrich,'
brother of the winner, had the |
second best turkey
The judge was Kermit Birth,
Penn State extension poultry
marketing specialist. Club mem-*'
bers purchased, the fowl. ( ,
' ~ Lancaster farming, Saturday,-November 28,1970 •'
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Chaplain from either Elizabet£tdwn r or-Bequea Valley
since they' were not represented at the, meeting. _
Other Business included the selection of 38 Red-Rose
Farmer Degrees.
Jay Irwin, associate Lancaster
County agricultural agent, also,
reported the following results
from the Lincoln 4-H Commun
ity Club Capon Exhibit earlier
this month at the American
Legion Hall, Ephrata.
Barry" Weitzel, 1 Denver RD2,
had the grand champion pair of
capons and his sister Deborah
had the reset vo capons
The Ephrata Exhibit was spon
sored by the Ephrata Rotaiy
'Club and the capons were auc
tioned off by former 4-H Club
member Wilbur Hosier.
i
Dr. Floyd Hicks, Penn State 1
( extension poultry specialist, was i
judge, i
ti"- , . ( fir', uIN I -HJUMt
“We Care” is the theme of
this 1970 Congress, with em
phasis on the genuine concern
youth today have for alleviating
critical needs of their commun
ities and their country.
Prominent leaders from gov
ernment, education and business
will -meet wth the delegates,
sharing with them knowledge
and experience that will aid
them in-their commitment to ac
tion for solving problems about
which youth are most concern
ed.
The purpose of the Congress
is to offer new and stimulating
experiences for 4-H members as
they: serve as discussion lead
ers, presiding officers and par
ticipants in many events; hear
inspiring speeches and panel
presentations; discuss and an
alyze important concerns affect
ing citizens of the.,United States
and what youths’ role should be
In -meeting these challenges,
develop a broader undei stand
ing of the interdependence- of
business, industry, government,
and . education; exploie career
opportunities as they plan for
the future, visit the Museum of
Science and Industry, Field
Museum of Natural History, Art
Institute and other points of in
terest in Chicago
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I UEP Announces
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15% Diversion
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I United Egg Producers this
1 week announced a"" mandatory
I diversion program to remove
i v from -the shell egg market suf-
E "plus' eggs which may develop
I over the next three weeks.
I t ' Jerry Faulkner, UEP general
I- manager, made the announce-
I rment'i following an executive
■ meeting ‘Friday art
I r which a mandatory five per cent
I', diversion .was agreed
I' upon. The program .-begins ini- -
I-,, mediately and is .expected to h-
I E volve: some" 75,000-100,000 citses
I of gradeable -nest run eggs iroii
the membership.' ' , _", -
We, -are/* very - cognizant of
l||g^vemipek/*statistics' showing
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Sgrieetuatedt a- betterlthan' 303-pep
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•effeetuatef 3a*;reahstic-:price,"
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Faulkner rioted that an 1 an
e alysis of USDA statistics on pro
duction issued November 1
showed egg production within'
guidelines recommended by the
government to meet expected
I demand. He praised UEP's Ac
tion Now Program and the co
operation of egg producers for
bringing about compliance of
the guidelines’ recommendation.
Faulkner explained that A
mandatory five per cent diver
sion plan simply means each of
UEP's six regions will divert
if five per cent of its members’
i- egg production into channels of
n utilization other than the shell
g egg market.
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Seipt Re-Elected
Inter-State Pres.
Wilbur Seipt, Lansdale, Pa.,
t a dairy farmer, was re-elected
l- president of Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative by the
s board of directors Monday is
B Philadelphia.
3
s Seipt was elected to the Board
in 1959, elected vice president in
■' 1963; and was elected president
r for his first term in 1967.
1
i- Lester C Jones, Medford, N.
J, a leading dairyman from the
s Garden State, was re-elected
e vice president of Inter-State
Milk Producers’ Cooperative. Dr.
Paul E Hand was re-elected
f secretary, and Florence ‘Schulte
was le-elected treasurer.
L ' The Board of Directors named
r Di James E Honan for another
f term as General Manager for
j the dairymen’s cooperative that
includes in its membership ,
1 more than 3,000 dairy farmers
■ in Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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