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
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,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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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