12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16,1971
It Happened at the '7l State Farm Show
Tiie Biggest Pumpkin
The biggest pumpkin in the
history of the Pennsyhania
Faim Show was on display at
this year’s agucultuial exposi
tion
It was a 260-poundei grown by
Howard Sleppy Penn Run RDI,
Indiana County It was fust
prize in its class
It was a family affair in big
pumpkin competition Entries
by Howard, his brother Ronald,
and Howard’s father-in-law Jess
Ober —all of Penn Run RDl—
all the prizes in large
pumpkin classes. Then nine en
tiles weighed 1,994 pounds.
Howard, who also had a win
ner in one of the smallei
pumpkin classes, said the mam
moth pumpkins are excellent foi
a custard type pumpkin pie
He said the big pumpkins ic
ciuiie about 28 days to reach
their peak in growth.
“You can almost see them
grow,” he said. “They gain about
10 pounds a day during growing
season.”
Foreign Students Visit
Two foreign exchange stu
dents visiting the 55th Faim
Show Monday wer briefed on
Pennsylvania’s agricultural prow-
Show Monday were briefed on
taiy Leland H Bull
Secretary Bull told Tim Play
fair, son of an Austraban sheep
faimer, and Peter Klarin of
Sweden, that Pennsylvania agn-'
culture gets more output per
acie than many other states j
The foieign students are at-!
tending Wellsboro High School. I
Beehive Draws Interest
A 19th century European-style
beehive —known as a “straw skep
hive”—provided an unusual old
and-new comparison at the 55th
Pennsylvania Farm Show.”
The glass enclosed skep was
mounted on a raised platfoim
with the bottom removed A
nth ior undemeath the antique
hive peimited spectators to eas
ily see inside the structure and
watch the bees at work.
The display was placed at the
Faim Show by the Walter Bucks
Apiaues of Robesonia, Berks
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Count' Baud Hackenbeig. show ring biemg against othei
Lewisburg RD2, Union County well rested beauties when she
explained' that this type of hn e took fifth place in the aged cow
is illegal m the United States class She is owned by Fred
sai.ee it is Mrtually impossible to‘ enck V Hobaugh, Yoik RDI
inspect it. Foi Geitiude, it was all in a
\V IV Ckuke. Penn State Ex
tension entomologist, said the
skep method of beekeeping was _ ,
more widely used in Europe Dairy farmers can increase
than in America because tree P roflts mipKnmg bieedmg
stumps functioned on the same I-rograms Pennsvlvama Gueni
principle and were readili avail- Breede /\ ol \ 1 "
able from cleaied land in this «*rs were told Tuesday at their
country The Europeans, being annual meeta § »“ Harrisburg in
an older civilization, had to use conjunction with the Faun
something more easily constiuct- Show.
ed, hence the straw skep One Clinton E Meadows, extension
disadvantage that the early bee- dairy specialist at Michigan
keepers faced was that an apiai- State University. said that since
isf had to kill the bees to harvest offspring tend to resemble par
the honey in the fall ents, the best way to produce
~, ~ - , outstanding cows is to mate bulls
A Mother On Display W ith high production daughters
Motherhood holds no special to hlgh producing cans
privdeges at the 1971 Farm Meadows offered these sugges .
tions for greater profits, base
Hugo’s Grace’s Gertrude, a breeding selections on facts; se
five-year-old registered Guern- ject breeding stock more in
sey cow gave birth to a son at tensely; feed better; maintain an
916 a.m Monday. About an excellent herd health program;
houi later, Gertrude was in the ma i n tam complete records; al-
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New Market Service
A teletype machine, repoiting
the latest livestock market infoi
mation fiom all corners of the
nation, is ancthei innovation at
the 1971 Faim Show. This mai
ketmg seivice reports cattle,
hog, sheep and gram price in
formation and can be seen at the
Pennsylvania Livestock Associa
tion exhibit.
The Bureau of Markets, Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture, supplies a nationwide agen
cy with the latest prices from 13
auctions in Pennsylvania. The
information is then relayed to
subscribers throughout the coun
try.
Raw Milk Standards
Raw milk must meet more
ligid standards than the pas
teurized product, the Pennsyl
vania Raw Milk Producer-Distri
butors Association was told at a
meeting held in conjunction with
the Farm Show.
Bacteria standards for raw
Public Sale
OF LIVESTOCK AND FULL LINE
OF FARM EQUIPMENT
ON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,1971
Located 2 miles east of Intercourse ,at the intersection,
of the Old Philadelphia- Pike (Rt. 340)
Road, 6 miles south of New' Holland, Xancasjter County, Pai;
Fresh or due around sale time, hand picked for this sale.
Many with records from 13,000 to 16,000 lbs. milk.
These daughters sell: Glenafton Royal Hamilton, Forest
Lee Rocket Centurion, Tidy Ideal Burke, Grayview Sky
cross, Penstate Staiman, "Citation Charmer Marshall, Pa
clamar Ivanhoe Black Eagle. Two service age bulls from
record dams with 18,806 - TOE -4% - 305 dy., and 10,854 - TE7 -
3.7% - 356 dy. Cattle have plenty of size, some classified.
1 pair sorrel mules, 6 & 7 year old, well broke; 1-4 year
old roan mule; 2 - 7 year old black mules; 1 buckskin mule;
8 sets of harness, collars, bridles, 4-5-6 horse trees.
FARM EQUIPMENT
John Deere 20 disc harrow, 12-A New Idea spreader, 16
ft. Grove steel wheel wagon, McCormick hay conditioner,
Ontario 14-7 disc drill, 3 cultivators, 16 inch Oliver Rade:s
trailer plow, 14 t inch 2-way McCormick Radex plow, John
Deere 999 corn planter, N.I. Transplanter, 4 section McCor
mick spring harrow, steel roller, cultipacker, No. 5 J.D.
mower with 8 HP Wisconsin engine, spring wagon, 60 HP
International power unit.
.DAIRY EQUIPMENT
Sputnick (milk porter) pump enclosed by Stainless
Steel cabinet, Walker approved 430 gallon Girton Bulk tank
with 4 h.p. compressor, like nfew; DeLaval #75 pump an 4
motor, S.S. tubs, S;S. .carrying pail, S.S. strainer, barr)
(Jamesway) ventilating; 151 mchj f&n (2 speeds),.silage disl
tribute^,-(3) bunk feeders 14 ft. and 16 'ft., 32 ft.''extension
ladder, silage and feed carts, wheelbarrow, fogger (new),
Penna. 3 gang lawn mower, % inch electric drill,' % horse
motor, 2 bale boxes, platform scales, hay, straw, silage, lots
of ear earn. j,
Catali
S ; dle h
catalogs. .jeld under-cover. Cattle will be sold at
1:15,p.m. sharp.? Machinery at 10:30 a.m.
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Diller and Kreider, Auctioneers
Lunch Available
milk are higher than those' for
pasteurized, William G. Fouse,
chief of the State Agriculture
Department’s Division of Milk
Sanitation, told the association’s
membeis
A Champion Revisits
The Pennsylvania Farm
Show’s first horseshoe pitching
champion likes the 1971 version,
of the agricultural event but...
Steward Straw, Clearfield,
thinks the quiet and leisureli
ness of the first show held in
the present complex the year
was 1931 preferable to the
hustle of this year’s famous
event.
The 89-year-old former school
teacher and ex-farmer won the
horseshoe pitching contest the
first time it was held, 40 years
ago. He won again in 1932 and
1934.
“Then to get rid of me, they
made me a judge of the con
test,” Straw said during a visit
to the 1971 show. “I guess I’d
won the contest too often.”
(Continued on Page 7)
10:30 A. M.
30 Registered and
Grade young cows .
and first calf heifers
ELI KING
Owuer
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