Masonic Homes Has Best Ayrshire Bull at Farm Show Masonic Homes Farm, Eliz- tition Masonic Homes had a Bbethtown, . completed a good first in the same category in the day in the Ayrshire show at the junior division. K.SIn M hS, ay Sh ° Win “ The reserve champion bull bull T, + ~ was exhibited by Kennard E Named Mileway Peter, the Henley Jr , Cochranville animal was entered in Samuel j Diehl of Bedford County . took most of the top llst i, ? fore 001110 on to honors in the cow competition ** , a i A rundown of other placmgs - WaS S1 j GC lt? y ? ak by local showmen in the Ayr- Ridge Idghtmng and the dam shire open class competition is tras The Hedges Preferred as follows- Heifei Calf Four Months and .Masonic Homes Farm placed Under One Year Masonic Ugh in many of the Ayrshire Homes Farm, sixth, and Joyce ■lasses, taking first in,the Heif- A Walmer, Elizabethtown, dr Two -Years and Under Three eighth ■lass in. '.the open class compe- Junior Yearling Heifer Some Vegetable Platings LaßMWter County exhibitors Home, Elizabethtown, first, t»ok winy .firsts and .‘other top James J Shank, Mount Joy, sec rete in t-he-numerous vegetable ond, and Glenn Griffith, Ephrata •lasses' srt' the Farm Show this RD2, third. Cabbage (flat type) 1 - - —Masonic Home, first, and D. A. The winners by class and plac- Brubaker, second fag from Lahcatser County are Pumpkins (small sugar or pie •s follows: Beet (globe)—D A. type)—D. A Brubaker, second, Brubaker, Ephrata RDI, fourth; and Glenn Griffith, Ephrata Beets (half long)—D B Bru- BD2, fourth. Pumpkins (neck) baker. Ephrata RDI, first, and —Masonic Home, first, James J. Dairy Herd—Masonic Homes D. A. Brubaker, .Ephrata RDI, Shank, Mount Joy, second; D. A. Farm, third. ■econd; Beets (long)—D B Bru- Brubaker, third, and D. B. Biu baker, Ephrata RDI, fust, D. A baker, fourth Pumpkins (Con Besides the Masonic Homes Brubaker, Ephrata RDI, second necticut field type)—Masomc farm first m Cows Two and Un- Onions (global)—D. B. Bru- Home, second, and D. A. Bin ner Tii ree, placings in the Ayr baker, first; Onions (Spanish baker, fourth Jlire Junior Division are type)—Masonic Home, Eliza- Squash (Buttercup type) - bethtovrn, first, and James J. D. B Brubaker, first, and C Shank, Mount Joy, second, bar- Brubaker, second Squasu Co sity—D. A. Brubaker, first, and cozelle-Zuccnini type)—l' l D. B. Brubaker, second. Brubaker, second Sqv a s i Winter Radishes (white) (Turks Tmban) —D. k 3>. A.'Brubaker, first, and D. B. baker, fust, and D. B. Biutanei Brubaker, second. Winter Rad- second Ishes,(black) —D. A. Brubaker, Sweet Potatoes (Jersy Type/ Heifer Calf—Robin Westcott, third, -, 3 - ' Masonic Home, first, and James Elizabethtown, second, and i Cabbage .(Danish). — Masonic J. Shank', Mount Joy, second. Masonic Homes Farm, fourth Area Cattle Win > u* (Continued from Page 8) ,Summer Senior* Yearling straight year he has exhibited jby' “Qdldssals ‘lmage'” an;out- Judges Edward R. Brown,' ' wi* ~ ’ Bulls Soleil Farms Inc., the grand champion female standing ’ bull which' has swept Charleston, W. V., and Dr.-Gary; *l airc1 ’ Hover Downingtown RDI, first. Angus. His winning entry this most of the shows in the East L. Minish, Blacksburg, Va., BD3, tost; Gar3 H Uean> ktras- - Th ree Bulls Owned by the year, also judged junior cham- this year. Frey said “Image” agreed that top animals in both ■urg BDi, second. - Exhibitor Pleasant Valley pion, is a late junior yearling, was in Denver, Colo., for the the Hereford and Angus lines Junior Bdll Calves Twin Farms, Lebanon RD4, first. Octoraro Esterine 5027. International Livestock Show, could compete anywhere in the Oaks Farm, Quarryville RD2, Two gulls'Bred and Owned Young Wylie is the son of Mr. which was also held this week, nation. Pleasant Valley 3nd MrS ‘ Sam Wylie- Officials said the competition Brown said of the Herefords: LebanQh KD4, second_and tmrd, Farms,--Lebanon RD4. Besides the reserve wanci for the top spots in both the , , _J a ™; Nottm | hajn . 'Junior Get of Sire - Twin c hammon bull S °Oaks Hereford and Angus divisions “These are the best horned RDh toth 8 Farm ’ ? ak + S Cf m ’ Quarryville RD2, Farm Quarryville RD2, owned was much stronger than usual Herefords I’ve ever seen at the Lewish-rry RDI, fifth.. . test; Pleasant Valley Farms, by Fred Frey Jr f also had a re . this year. Farm Show. . v L*te Junior Yearling Bulls Lebanon RD4, second. serve champion heifer calf, four Pleasant alley Farms, Lebanon For David John Wylie, Not- class firsts and a fourth. The BD4,‘first. ' tingham RD2, it was the second bull was a junior bull calf sired >4 'y * * M">r , v" ' >, *'(y\ r- \ : nr#(V* : *h ■■■ ?■ ■ L. gtt 4>*. , v - %*hi r :h r %i>** 'S : r v *< < % v * ')* j'x - * A'.. v*4 ?&*)«* /.* ■ ' ,*■ ,<§ „i. S * /NV 's > •. ' **-/ 4 '* -St* j-vii.; •) *,* if v^ ,jp 1 - : •w* ** 'V-< '' V A v* \ t * w* This is the Reserve Grand Champion shortly after the animal took the title in Angus Bull, shown by owner Fred Frey open class competition at the Farm Show Jr., Twin Oaks Farm, Quarryville RD2, this week. L. F. Photo i > i > ' l -^ ,l w * J ...f »••• * ■. > < * t ' ~" S 'v \' Perry Long, Farm, fourth Masonic Homes Senior Yearling Heifer Masonic Homes Faim, second County Group of Five Chester County, fust, and Lan caster County, second. Junior Yearling Heifer One Year and Undei 18 Months Perry Long, Elizabethtown, eighth. Senior Yeailing Heifer 18 Months and Under Two Years (never freshened) Stehpen Horton, Elizabethtown, fifth Junior Get of Sire—Masonic Homes Farm, fourth Dry Cow Five Years or Over —Masonic Homes Farm, fitth. Heifer Two Years and Under Thiee—Masonic Homes Farm, first, and David E Wilson, Eliz abethtown, fouith. Cow Three Years and Under Four Masonic Homes Farm, second; Masonic Homes Farm, sixth, and Russell Wilson, Eliz abethtown, eighth Open Get of Sire Masonic Homes Farm, fifth, and David Wilson, of Masonic Homes Farm, seventh. Sharon JAmne Henley, Coch aavjlie, icser/e champion with iu Dry Cow 'three or Four , tars Old cidsc winner A mem tei of the Manor 4-H Dairy ' Ajo, she aiso nau reserve cham oxon last yeai. Open Class Events s \. S % \ \' S \< \c j i > *I- 4 - 5 > & 1 1 < s x 3 </< .David, E. -Wilson*, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charjesi Wilson, Elizabethtown, with the championship bull, the first for Masonic Homes since 1967. L. F. Photo State Wheat Acreage Reported Drop Again Pennsylvania farmers have sown winter wheat on only 295,000 acres this fall, the state’s smallest wheat acreage on record,- according to the State Crop Reporting Service. 'i *♦l : 1 The wheat acreage, for pro duction of the 1971 crop, is down five per cent from last year. Based on current condi tions, production is forecast at 9,145,000 bushels, seven per cent smaller than the 1970 crop. Wheat acreage in Pennsylvan it has been declining steadily since the mid-30s when more than a million acres annually were used for production of the grain. One of the major factors be hind the decline, according to the State Agriculture Depart ment, is the unfavorable econo mics of wheat production com pared to that of corn and other grains. Ft* r ■ In 1969 and 1970, for example, farmers were paid an average of $137 and $1.48 per bushel for corn. The average price of Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16,1971 wheat in those years was $1 27 and $1 40 per bushel. But they harvested more than twice as much corn than wheat from an acre of ground. In 1969, wheat yielded 35 5 bushels, while corn produced 84 bushels per acre In 1970, the wheat yield was 33 bushels per acre compared to 85 bushels of corn. Form a dollar and cents view point, corn produced $69 94 more per acie in 1969 and $76.- 80 more per acre in 1970. Faimers also sell most of the wheat they produce, but use most of their coi n to feed dairy animals and other livestock. There usually is added profit in the conversion of corn into milk and meat, especially when it is fed on the farm where it is pro duced, the Crop Reporting Ser vice said. Some of the reduction in wheat acieage, it was pointed out, also may have been in fluenced by Federal suppoit programs and acreage allot ments. 9
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