VOL. H NO. 3 34 Lancaster County 4-H Steers Selected for State Farm Show Thirty-four Lancaster County 4-H steers were selected this week to represent the county at the annual Pennsylvania Farm Show January 11-15 in Harris burg. The steers were selected at the Lancaster County 4-H Roundup Tuesday at the Lan caster Stock Yards. The 34 animals include 17 Herefords. 13 Angus, three Shoi thorns and one Charolais as follows: Angus. Glenn Brubaker, 345 Running Pump Road, Lancas ter; Donald Dorwart, Quarry ville HD2; Elaine Herr, 840 Penn Grant Road, Lancaster; Richard Hess, Strasburg EDI; Karen, and. Linda High, Leola; Ann and Marvin Nissley, Mount Joy RDI; Sheryl Weaver, New Holland BDl.' Janice and Judy Farm: Calendar - ' Monday. December 14 7:30,, p.m,' ; ' '^i^f^^iJ^nessJ’/nieCting- dh^ J farm\taxes;. Agricul ■ - lure .-Department, 'Manheim Central High School FultonjGringe' Christmas Pro gram, Junior Grange pie -1 sents program for Suboi dinate Grange Tuesday, December 15 10 a.m—3 pm—Pennsylvania Farmers Association Region 1 Traimng Confeience, Holi day Inn, Pottstown 7.30 p.m—Board of Directois of Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation, Con ference Room, Faim and Home Center 7:30 pm. Ephrata Young Farmer monthly meeting. Agriculture Department, Ephrata High School 7:30 pm—Garden Spot Young Farmer Tax Meeting, Agri culture Department, Gaiden Spot High School Wednesday, December 16 7:30 pm.—Corn Growers Edu cational Meeting on 1971 Corn Crop, Farm and Home Center Auditorium Bpm —4-H Club Skating Party, . Rocky Springs Park 8 p.m,—Red Rose Baby Beef Club Christmas'meeting and Farm Show details, Farm and Home Center. Nationals Farmers Organization (NFCfJ Convention, Louis . ville, Kentucky, December. 16-18. ' Thursday, December 17 9 am.—4 pm—Started Pullet . Symposium- 111,. Holiday Inn, Shamokih Dam; 7:30 pm. Corn Production Meeting, Central Chester ’ County Vocational School Cafeteria. Coatesville 7:30 p.m.—County -4-H Council meeting and Christmas Par ty, Farm and Home Center Auditorium. Saturday, December 19 Fulton Grange Youth Commit- : tee, Christmas Caioling. Wenger,. 1737 Rockvale Road, Lancaster; Nancy Wenger, Ste vents RDI; and Gary Dean, Strasburg RDI Hereford Donald and Mar lin Bollinger, Denver RD2, Gary Brubaker, 345 Running Pump Road, Lancaster, Ray Brubaker, 206 'Rohrerstown Road, Lancaster, Glenn Brubak er,’ 60 Petersburg Road, Neffs ville, Ed Donough, Manheim RDI, Steven Gehman, Stevens RDI, Jeff Greider, Columbia RD2, Kaien Harnish, Lancaster RD. Debbie and Sharon Kreider, Manheim RD3, Randall Lapp, 1913 Millport Road, Lancaster,, Anne Martin, Narvon RDI; Wil liam Martin, New Holland RDI, Linda Nissley, Mount Joy RDI; Marian Reiff,' Lititz RDI; and Carol Walter, New Providence RDI Shorthorn 'Nancy. Herr, 840'Penn-Grant Road, Lancas ter; Donna .-.Hess, ’Strasburg /R^T; r haM :i ßohert-.-Hess>lBs--E.' New-:St.''Mquntyille. ; - ' 4 Charblais ~ Susan Herr,- 840 Penm-Grant ,Rbad,“Lancaster. - -.Official. show Judge was Dr Tom''Merritt, -of Pehn State. Some 16 of the 34 animals involve brother and sister com binations, including two fami lies with three children who each had a steer chosen for Harrisburg Marvin, Linda and Ann Nis sley, Mount Joy RDI; and Nan cy,, Susan and Elaine Herr, 840 Penn Grant Road, Lancaster Pairs include Glenn and Gary Brubaker, 345 Running Pump Road, Lancaster; Donald and Marlin Bollinger, Denver RD2, Debbie and Sharon Kreidei, Manheim RD3; Karen and Lin da High, Leola; and Judy and Janice Wenger, 1737 Rockvale Road, Lancaster. BB MM _[j JB _ J ■■ £*** |A W K ■ fl M# 9 Br vw ® A levision of Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Code requires all equipment moving at 25 miles per hour or less on public high- ways to display the red and orange triangular SMV emblem at the rear of the vehicle, or on the rear of the last vehicle being towed. ' Tbl ? regulation becomes ef- festive Jan. 1, 1971. It makes Maryland the first state in the Atlantic - Tidewater - Al- legheny Mountain area to’ adopt suc h safety-conscious compul- sory legislation. ' Metal SMV emblems meeting ™ $5 d on tvp-ot m OU Sn« bracket! according- to MW. farm safetv specialist at the University of Maryland can he purchased a= county Faim Bureau offices and from many faim implement dealers. County extension Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12, 1970 v |'_c^keJ : I plays 'hiscgrand ''champion'''steer „ofl'.the Beef’SHQw' in the sales ring *of the Lancaster Stock Annual District 4-H Beef Show Held Lititz RD2 neighbois captur ed the top two spots in the Southeast District 4-H Baßj Beef Show this week Michael Longenecker, 19. son of Mr and Mrs Carl Longe necker, displayed the grand champion animal, a 1,080 pound Angus, and Timothy Good, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Paul T Good, showed the reserve gi and champion, a 1,090 pound Heie ford offices can, in most cases, pro- vide information on specific sources of supply A directory ol SMV manufacture! s has been mailed to county and state Ex- tension offices It is also avail- able on icquest from the Farm Department of the National Safety Council. 425 N Michigan \ve Chicago 111 60611 Ae " n °°’ Twenty-six states, including Maryland, have now passed compulsory SMV legislation, ac- cording to a National Safety Council spokesman. The Old Line State joins Georgia and South Dakota in making the J “ 1 Aftei July 1971 ’ all new farm implements, which may be ‘ A h™ l ® ss ’ e ?f lp^ d bl Eastern Shore Maiyland lesi- dents are advised not to be con- Longenecker’s animal sold for $lOO a pound and Good's for 50 cents a pound m the sale which followed the show at the Lancaster Stock Yaids Wednesday Baum’s Bologna, Inc, Elizabethtown RD3, pur chased the top animal to maik the firm’s 50th anniversary and the Good steer went to Watt & Shand Depaitment store, Lan castei The top animals weie select fused by the situation in neigh boring Delaware, wheie a sim liar requnement passed one house in the state legislatuie, but was tacked on as a ndei to a second bill in the othei house and failed to pass , , S™ilar legislation also has failed t 0 P ass in Pennsylvania No such legislation has been introduced in the Virginia and West Virginia state assemblies. hut both states have legalized the standard SMV emblem and use it on slow-moving state owned vehicles, including high way maintenance equipment The Keystone State has regu lations fo1 ’ amber and red re ’ fieetois and flashing lights on Anush and othei ' sl ™’ moving ■vehicles Its formei Commissioner of Traffic Safetv use the SMV emblem, but othei wise no official recognition of the sign is on iccoid v »^f,,* j 1172 lbs ’.Yards : -Wji^nes<J^^ -pound Angus was> purchased by Clair ■%hum' (left) of Baum’s Bologna', Inc., Eli zabethtown RD3, for an even $l.OO a pound. —f— ed by nationally known live stock judge Herman Purdy of Penn State University from among 100 animals from three counties, Lancaster, Chester and Dauphin. Young Longenecker has been showing steers since he was 10 and has had his animals sent) to Hainsburg six out of nine years His steei, “Ralph,” which was the top heavyweight Angus befoie being named champion, was obtain a ed flom Ra f eig^ Faims, N Y last December all 465 pounds Young Good is a second-year showman He finished next t» last in his class last year, but uimned to the number two cm* vear with hie “Buster” > r o i or a do He efo -d * * Chester fonutv haH shown th t • . y F * .."® T inre ® years * . y won Ihe top 1 Th P The number three animal m the show, the reserve Angus, was shown by Diane Howe, El verson RD2, Chester County, The 965 pound animal was ptuv chased by Dutch Wonderland for 40 cents a pound. The 1,010 pound reserv* champion Hereford, shown bjr Roger Walter, New Providence * Most of the animals in the show were Angus and Here- Angus, 29 were fj orn Lancastei County, 23 from Chestei County and five from , „ _ y * f p 5 vc-onunuea on Ba 0 e 9) $2.00 Per Year
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