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VOL. 16 NO. 20
~ It’s 4-H. -play time again with
‘‘Time Out for Gihger”/at’B p m.
- .and ..Saturday. /April „16
and'.-17/ at .-Conestoga , -Valley
, High School, .
r Jn practice for. the, production
this v?eek Rav Brubaker, top
’ieft," playing the father, tells
Outstanding Panel Tells How to Win in the Rind
A panel discussion featuring
four men recognized for then
record of winning in the ring
was the - highlight of the Red
■Rose 4-H Eaby Beef and Lamb
.Club meeting Wednesday night
at the Farm and Home Center
Responding to prepared
questions from Max Smith, Lan
caster County agricultural
,agent, the four used then per
sonal experiences to advise lo
"cal 4-H’ers on such matters as
-how to train and lead their ani
mals, the type of ration to use
to control growth and encour
age the proper finish, how to
select an animal, how to groom
fthe animal, and many other de
railed points on how to develop
,a winner in the show ring
The four panalists were Jay
Fought of Cumberland County,
who has helped Cumberland
County 4-H’ers beat out local
showmen in some of the leading
events in recent years. Marvin
Nissley, last year’s Red Rose
club president; Larry Weaver,
New Holland livestock produc
er, and Sam Wylie, Chester
County Angus breeder whose
animals hsie been very success
ful in the show ring in recent
years. - *
The men emphasized that
probably the most impoitant
factor in achieving top spots in
the show nr.g is to start with a
good animal
Fought said the judges today
are looking for animals with
long bodies and legs which are
“a little taller and longer with
straight lines.”
Wyiie said he feels genetics
i Peggy . Hamilton, „ playing , his
daughter -Ginger,front 'right,
. that, “.football is for hoys; .not
girls.” , ...
This- occurs right after'Bur
nell Buchen, playing, thej.high
1 school principal;,Lop .right, ’in
i forms father that “Ginger 'has
; tried out for the football team
Marvin Nissley, second from right,
speaks during panel discussion of how to
win in the show ring at a meeting of the
Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb Club
are the most important factor
No matter what the animal is
fed, one with good breeding will
become a “good, big steei ”
Wylie added, “What you feed
him only determines the
finish ”
Fought also stated that “qua
lity calves aie hard to get in
the East” and “it takes a good
bull calf to get a good steer ”
But most of the good bull calves
in the East are sold as bulls for
breeding purposes
Wylie said he believes that
“a majority of the breeders in
the East aren’t making their
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1971
; Looking on in disgust is Ann
, Roth, the mother.
‘ The play is- directed- by Judy
Kirchoff, 'Hemp field High
- SchooL teacher.
Tickets can be acquired from
the cast or at-the door of both ,
performances for $125 for
a cults and $.75 for children.
living with steers” and that
bleeding has been “going in
the wrong direction .for 20
yeais and we just don’t have
enough piogiessive bieedeis. ’
Weaver added that “good bull
calves in the East stay bulls ”
Then he asked, “Why don’t
Western bleeders bung those
quality animals East to get good
money’” The question wasn’t
answered
On the question of whethei
it is wrong for 4-H’ers to pa\
50 cents a pound for a good
steer to try to win in show ring
competition, Nissley, stated, “I
Farm and Home Foundation
Announces 8 Scholarships
The Lancaster County Faim
and Home Foundation has
again announced it is seeking
applications for its annual
scholai ships to Lancaser Coun
ty high school seniors desiring
to further their educations in
the fields of agriculture and
home economics
Interested youths have been
urged to contact their Senior
Guidance Counselor
Applicants must complete
and submit an application foim
and a transcript of their high
school scholastic records on oi
before May 7 to Max Smith,
Farm and Home Foundation,
1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster,
Pa. 17601.
In addition, the Guidance
Counselor must submit to the
same address by May 7 a state
ment on the applicant 1 s scholas
tic activities, leadership ability!
and character. . /
Selection of up to eight win
ners -wilf he- based ‘5O per cent
on financial, need, 30 per cent
on scholastic achievement and
20 per cent on leadership abili
ty.
The scholarships of $4OO each
Wednesday night. Panelists are: left to
right, Sam Wylie, Larry Weaver, Nissley
and Jay Fought.
can’t see anything wrong if the
individual wants to do it.”
Wylie said he thinks 4-H’ers
will have to pay a premium of
five to ten cents over the mai
ket price to get a good animal
but he thinks that if the price
gets up to 50 cents, “It’s really
not woi th it ”
Fought said every 4-H ani
mal should make the owner
some piofit even if it’s only a
$lO profit But if a youth pays
50 cents a pound for a 500
pound steer, there’s already «
$250 investment and “there s
, vContinued on Page 12)
$2.00 Per Year
are available to help defray tui
tion, fees or room and board
expenses at any accredited col
lege or university which offers a
course of study in agriculture
or home economics
The Farm and Home Founda
tion scholarships are made each
year fiom earnings from an ir
revocable trust fund set up by
the late Elmer L Esbenshade,
one of the founders of the Lan
caster County Farm and Home
Foundation
Finalists in the scholarship
application will be invited for
personal interview before the
Foundation Scholarship Com
mittee and Board of Directors.
Winners will he notified and
public announcement made by
May 21.
, .Members of the Scholarship
with Smith are;
*Mrs. Thomas Erb 111, Litifc
RD3; Dr. .-Harry K. Gerlach.
Lancaster; Noah, W. Kreider,
Manheim RD3, and Phares S.
Risser, Elizabethtown.
Farm Calendar
Sunday, April 11
Sunday
i > - Monday, April 12
■j%3o‘P m —Public panel of water
supplies, Garden Spot High
School vo-ag room. New Hol
land
Youth night, Fulton Grange
Oakiyn
Tuesday, April 13
730 pm Ephrata Young
Farmeis wives, ladies night
pi ogram
Bpm Manheihi Young
Farmers 'monthly meeting.
Vocational Agriculture De
paitment, Manheim High.
School
Wednesday, April 14
730 pm Adult Horse
Science meetings, Metro
politan Edison Auditorium,
Reading
7 30 - 930 p m Sweet Corn
meeting, Horn and Hardart
Restaurant, Independence
Room, King of Prussia. No
meal
Thursday, April 15
1 30 - 9 30 p m DHIA super
vises meeting for South
eastern Pennsylvania,
Northampton County.
Friday, April 16
4-H County Council annual play,
Conestoga Valley High
School, April 16 -17.
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing
Association meeting, Sch
raffts Restaurant, New
Cumbei land
National Hampshire Sheep
Type Confei ence, Penn
State Umveisity, April 16-
17
Saturday, April 17
Bpm Lancaster County
Pomona Grange 71, White
Hoi se Fire House, guest of
Salisbuiy Grange.
pi ogram