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VOL. 16 NO. 5
2 Roy Rook Cows Cited
Dam men in this aiea have
cows listed in an olhcial produc
tion testing repoit leleased by
Holstein-Fnesian Association of
Amenta Included with the
pounds of milk and butteifat aie
the amounts of solids-not-fat
(SNF) pioduced by each Regis
tered Holstein since last calving
The Holstein Association's test
ing pi ogi am has provided for de
termining SNF nutrients since
1862 This is the part of milk
that contains protein, lactose,
minerals and other elements so
important to the nutation and
taste of milk
Total nutrient testing as spon
sored by the Holstein Association
is in step with today’s consumer
demands It provides the Hol
stein breeder with information
foi improving the overall per-
State Star FFA Awards Listed
Lancaster County and Lebanon
County FFA members will be
among those _ receiving: Star
Farmer- awards at the' annual
state' FFA' convention January
11-15, according to the- Pennsyl
Farm Calendar
Tuesday, Decmber 29
B'3o a m-4’30 pm Ephrata
Young Faimeis, Aguculture
Depaitment, Ephrata High
School, Shop Open for Indi
vidual Shop Pi ejects
7:30 p m —Ephrata Young Farm
eis, Agiicuituie Depaitment.
Feeding Couise Number 4
Thursday, December 31
1:30 p m —4-H Tobacco and Corn
Exhibit, Faim and Home
Center.
Friday. January 1, 1971
Happy New Year'
Noah W. Kreider Named Master Farmer
Noah W Ki eider, Manheim
EDS. has been named a Mas
ter Farmer foi 1970
The widely recognized award
will be given to six farmers in
Pennsylvania at formal award
presentations January 12 at a
Master Faimer luncheon in Har
risbuig Kreider will be induct
ed into the Pennsylvania Master
Farmei’s association whose
membeis consist of all former
awaid winneis
The Master Farmer program
was established in 1927 It is
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Farmer magazine, Hainsburg,
and the cooperative Extension
Seivice of Pennsylvania State
University
Max Smith, Lancaster County
agricultural agent, emphasized
this week that the awaid is a
widely recognized one in farming
circles to designate some of the
really outstanding farmeis in
Pennsylvania Kieider will be
the fust faimei fiom Lancastei
County to receive the awaid in
about three or four yeais
Smith said he knows of only
five farmers, most of them re
tired, who have received the
fonnance of his held The home
maker can use it as a measure of
milk s food value
The animals and then actual
pioduction levels aie Roaring
Maples Pilot Bess 5639580, a sev
en-veai-old Registered Holstein,
has credits of 23,350 pounds of
milk, 796 pounds of butteifat and
1,865 pounds of solids-not-lat in
305 da>s, Roaring Maples Aichie
Ann 6371330, a four-j eai-old, had
18,190 pounds of milk, 668
pounds of butteifat and 1,492
pounds of sohds-not fat m 317
days Both ate included in the
herd tested foi Roj H and Ruth
K Book, Ronks
Pioduction sampling and test
ing pioceduies were supervised
bv Pennsylvania State University
in coopeiation with the official
Holstein breed improvement pro
grams
vama Depaitment of Agncultuie.
Alvin Sehlouch Naivon, Lan
caster County, will receive one
of five" -Star, Agribusipess
Awards * V
John. Moyer, Newmanstown,
Lebanon will receive
one of five Star Farmer Awai ds
Other Stai Awaids
will go to the following James
Madigan, Towanda, Bradford
County, Doyle Waybnght, Get
tysburg. Adams County, Dennis
Hay, Beilin, Someiset County,
and Ronald Baiker, Ulysses, Pot
ter Countv
Othei Stai Agnbusmess Awaids
will go Co the following Ciaig
Barr, Mansfield Tioga County,
Paul ' Cordell, Waynesboio,
Fianklm County, Paul Lawience,
New Castle, Lawience County,
and Patrick Sahzzom, Brockway,
Jeffei son County
award and are still living in Lan
caster County They aie Hany
R Metzler, Columbia Pike, Lan
castei, Abnei H Risser, Rain-
Noah W. Kreider
Named Master Faimer
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 26, 1970
Pequea Valley FFA members display a box of oranges
that were part of the chapter’s successful orange sale. The
members are: left to right, Mike Norris, Charles Neff and
Carl Caskey.
Pequea FFA Holds Orange Sale
On Novembei 4 Pequea Valley
FFA, along with several othei
county high schools initiated the
fust FFA mange sale in Lan
castei County
The sale has been a gieat suc
cess with over $1,950 woith of
budge RD 1, Eail L Gioff,
Strasburg R D 1, B Suavely Gai
bei, Willow Stieet RD 1, and
Amos Funk, Millersville The
latter two are still active in
farming
Ki eider left the silk mills in
1928 to start developing one of
the states largest diversified
agricultural enteiprises.
“I was 22 years old when I
stalled to share-farm on my
fathei’s estate,” the Mastei
Fanner said “A dozen Hol
stems, 200 chickens, and a small
mopping system kept my wife,
Mary, and me busy foi the next
seven veais ”
Thiough the pui chase of addi
tional land and the fanning in
tei est of two sons, J Richai d and
Noah Ji the Ki eider complex
now consists of a 500 sleei feed
lot opeiation, two dam setups
that handle 150 cows plus young
stock, and a poultiy business
that includes an 11,000-bud lay
ing flock along with 100 000
bioileis giown out annually
In addition, the operation com
prises 860 acies of ciopland, in
cluding 300 acies of potatoes
‘ I've alway s contended it is
manges sold by Pequea Valley
members
Top salesmen for the Pequea
Valley Chapter aie fust,
Charles Neft, 69 mates (4/5
bushel) second, Carl Caskey, 65
mates, and thud, Mike Moms, 50
m ates
less nsky to diversity with a
geneial-type faim opeiation
than specialize with one 01 two
commodities,” explains the senior
raembei of the tlnee-way part
nei ship
“Sure it’s a lot more woik to
faim on a laige-scale general
basis but I’\e never found any
one yet who got anywheie faim
ing without a lot of hard work ”
The Farm Show Issue
The special Lancaster
Fanning Annual Farm Show
Issue will be coming yoiu
way January 9. the Satin dav
befoie the Farm Show Janu
aiy 11-15
The Faim Show Issue will
have stoiv pieviews of the
55th annual Penn State Faim
Show, a complete schedule of
Faim Show events and othei
special featuies plus the
icgulai local faim news
Watch foi om Faim Show
Issue For fuithei inhuma
tion call us at 394 3047 oi
626-2191
S 2 00 Per Year
USDA Okays Pa.
Meat Inspection
The USD V has appioved
Pennsylvania s new meal inspec
tion piogiam
Agucultuie Secielaiy Leland
Bull said tins week be was noti
fied bv teleoiam that iodeial of
ficials hare found tn° st its is in
accoid with tedeial standard*
undei the Wholesome Meal Act.
r ino significance oi the desig
mtion, Bull explained lies m
the ictention of meat inspection
lesponsibihty at the state level.
States vvhuh fan to meet fed
eial standaids suuendei inspec
tion lesponsibihty to the USDA,
Penn State to Research
Greenhouse Concepts
A new reseal cn pioject is un
deiway at Penn State to study
the mechanization ot gi eenhouse
pi eduction
Dr Sveikei Peisson, agncul
tural engmeei, is heading up the
study The following objectives
have been listed by Dr Persson:
1 To evaluate present materials
handling systems in gi eenhouse
improved
systems. 2 To study and del
velop basic implements for seed
ing and transplanting operations
in greenhouse production
The initial pait of the study
will involve about six greenhouse
operations in southwestein Penn
sylvania,
plant
Di Persson plans on building
and testing prototypes of new
equipment that might be used in
a handling system 01 a seeding*
ti ansplanting opei ation Under
consideration is the possibility of
designing with a computer a
model of gieenhouse production
as related to ciop handling in
mder to establish possible cost
benefits
Much of the ciedit foi the the
pi esent operation goes to the two
sons, Kreidei points out In 195fi
the Kreideis foimed a partner*
ship with each sharing a- one,
thud interest in the business.
“As the faim grew I had often
suggested that we phase out of
some of the faim operations,*’
the awaid wmnei admits, “but
the boys always bucked the idea.
So, thanks to them, we’re still
diveisified.”
Eight regulai full-time hired
funds give the Knedeis a needed
assist in tunning the 940-acre op*
elation But during the busy
haivest season upwaids of 25
voikeis aie on the pay toll
Potatoes aie the large cash
ciop on the Kieidci faim They
have been able to pioduce a 10*
i cai average \ leld of 500 bushels
ot U S No I’s pci aeie
That’s due to niigalion,” the
Mastei Faimei points out “With
the switch to all processing
potatoes, weve been able to
eliminate the bagging and long
stoiage pioblems of table
slocks,” he added
Potato giound is in a two-year
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