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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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T inre ® years *
. y won Ihe top
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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 *
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