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• ./Tbp-ashaal'FPA county corn
' and -tobaetO’Show and the adult
tobacco shbw were held,at the
- Farm and Home Center Thurs
day.
FFA winners were 1 Amos
Farmers Can Up Wheat
Benefits Under ASCS
The Lancaster County ASC
Committee is now establishing
wheat yields for use under the
1971 wheat programs
According to Miss Dorothy
Neel, ASCS County Executive
Director, farmers have the op
portunity to establish yields
based on actual wheat produc
tion rather than the now es
tablished projected yields.
Farmers electing to furnish
proof of wheat production and
harvested acreage must do so,
however, prior to official noti
fication of 1971 bases, allot
ments, and yields, which will be
mailed in February.
Base period lor proven yields
is 1967, 2968, and 1969 The farm
must have had a wheat allot
ment and harvested wheat acre
age in all three years of the base
period, Miss Neel said
She explained that for the
farmer this means: if the farm
er’s 1967-69 average yield is
higher than the established
yield now on record in the
ASCS office, he would be eli
creased to the 1967-69 average
gible to have his base figure in
eligible for higher payments un
figure. This would make him
der the 1971 wheat program.
This Is Our Annual Farm Show Issue
Sauder, Manheim BDI, first in
corn-. competition; ' Dennis fi.
Rohrer, Lititz RD2, first in-fill
er tobacco, and Jay 'Bauman,
Washington BoroßDl, first in
wrapper tobacco Bauman .was
also named overallgrarid. cham
pion in FFA tobacco.
Bauman is a student at Penn
Manor High School, while Sau
der and Rohrer are students at
Manheim Central High School
In the adult competition,
judging involved six classes in
three categories of tobacco
binder and fillei.
Winners by categories were
Binder Roy M Rohrer,
Strasburg RDI, who was judg
ed first in both long and short
binder
Filler Dale Rohrer, Lititz
RD2, with long filler over 26
inches, over Witmer J. Rohrer,
Strasbuig RDI, who was first
in short filler under 26 inches.
Wrapper Elmer Boyd, Eph
rata RDI, long wrapper, over
Eugene M Rohrer, Strasburg
RDI, who was judged first in
short wrapper under 26 inches
Farm Calendar.
Monday, January 1 !! ,
Pennsylvania State Farm' show,
Jariuaiy 11-15.
Fulton Grange 66 meeting
Saturday, January 16
730pni , Lancaster County
Pomona Giange Dinner
Meeting, Rhoads Spanish
Restaurant, Quarry ville
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9, 1971
Agway to Build at Elizabethtown
I Agway, Inc has purchased
| land in the Elizabethtown area
I for construction of a modern
I multi-million dollar warehouse
| and distribution center to seive
' parts of four states
I The new' center is expected to
be in operation within two yeais
: and will replace several smaller
! facilities now in operation, in
cluding the Spring Garden
facility in York County
Spring Gaiden and the other
facilities, however will not be
phased out until the new struc
lure is in operation at Elizabeth
town, accoiding to Willis Esben
shade, one of 18 Agway direc
tors and the only one from Lan
caster County
The new structure is to be
started soon on a 10 acre parcel
of ground, part of a larger tract
owned by Agway. When com
pleted the new facility will
: cover nearly nine acies of
. grpund under roof, according to
' /Esbenshade
.Esbenshade described the new
1- ;s2;2'milliop. facility.'as,' kf “whole
?hs for this 1
,mfafea?/The:>^
‘-of ".the” 'sfate's r bf/New;/lersey?
Others placing in the top five
in each of the three PFA and
six adult classes were as fol
lows.
FFA corn Ted Huber, Mill
ersville, second, Eugene Bol
linger, Denver RD2, third; Greg
Landis, Lancaster RD6, fourth,
and Cliff Charles, Millersville,
fifth.
FFA wrapper tobacco—Clyde
Erb, Columbia RD2, second,
Donald S. Wenger, Manheim
RD2, third, Clark Stauffer,
Ephrata, RDI, fourth, and Ken
neth Groff, 37 Quairy Road,
Leola, fifth.
FFA filler tobacco Sam
Trupe, East Earl RDI, second,
Douglas Rohrer, Lititz RD2,
(Continued on Page 8)
Weight Watcher Course
To Begin January 19
Do you, like everyone else,
have the desire to cut down on
specific foods and lose weight’
How about joining a course
being offered at the Farm and
Home Center by the Lancaster
County Extension Service, asks
Miss Joan D. Lucas, assistant
.Extension home economist. ,
The ‘‘Lose Those Extra
. Pounds” course starts January
19 at 1.30 p.m. and will meet
every Tuesday for six weeks at
1 30 p m. until February 23.
“By the end of six ;weeks if,;
yon are faithful,” promises Miss
Lucas, “you’ll walk away feel
ing and looking better. See you
January 19, 130 pm at the
Farm and Home Center”
Delaware, Pennsyh ania and
.Mary land
The new facility is one of thiee
being built by Agway to mod
ernize its distribution system.
The fust of the three buildings
if already in operation at Gen
cva, New York
The Agway board of dnectois
has already appmed land pur
chases for both the Elizabeth
town and Westfield, .Vlassa
chusetts centers
The new Geneva plant is re
In the Farm Show Issue
This is the Farm Show Issue’
Besides page one articles,
highlighted by the county to
bacco show and Agway’s plans
for a new distribution center at
Elizabethtown, the issue in
cludes
Area Markets 2, 3
Classified Ads 12, 13, 14, 15
Co. Agent’s Columns 4, 37
CofEarmers Assn. . , , . 9
;DinA Reppfi///- ■;- 37-
. ‘ 4-
lB,
i Elmer Boyd, Ephrata RDI, shows the long wrapper
tobacco which won him a first place in the wrapper cate
gory in the annual tobacco show Thursday at the Farms
laridiHome'Center; Boyd, who just turned 60, noted he has
■been growing tobacco since he was 14. years old. He had
about five acres this year, but lost one acre when Middle
Creek overflowed during the summer’s heavy rains.'
(Boyd’s 12-year-old son, Kerry, won the 4-H corn contest
last week. See story on page 29.)
$2 00 Per Year
ported by company officials as
“functioning quite smoothly”
after seveial months of shake
down operation
Esbenshade noted that com
pany figuies protect a savings
of nearly half c million dollars
a yeai ovei cunent operations
when all thiee new buildings ar«
in operation
Esbenshade descubed primary
advantages of the new facilities,
including the new structure at
(Continued on Page 10)
Farm Show Schedule 29
Faim Women Societies 43
Food Price Feature 34
4-H Tobacco Roundup 29
Ida’s Notebook 42
Keystone Farmer Degrees 17
New Co FFA President 26
Penn State Livestock Day 30
’7l Ag Progress Days 31
Spence Column 40.
Thomas-Column 41
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