VOL. 16 NO. 23
Uca! FFA Member Competes
In Land Contest in Oklahoma
Dale Groff, son of Mr. and
Mrs Clarence Groff, Ephrata,
participated in the Internation
al Land Judging Contest in
Oklahoma City this week.
Dale is a sfenior at Ephrata
High School and a member of
the Cloister FFA Chapter.
Groff qualified for the Inter
national Contest Wednesday
and Thursday by winning first
place in the Pennsylvania State
FFA Land Judging Contest last
summer at Penn State.
Other team members include
Richard Clouser, Schuylkill
Haven and Galen Holtzapple,
Selinsgrove. Team coach is
Lewis Ayers, agriculture teach
er at Ephrata High School.
Hardin Announces Plans
For Salute to As Day
secretary oi Agriculture _ (jm
ford Mr' Hardin this' week- an
Bounced initial plans for tin
nationwide “Salute to Agricul
ture” program at the Whitt
House May 7.
The event, announced by
President Richard Nixon lasi
week, is designed to focus
national attention on the contri
butions made by America’s
farmers and agri-businessmen
(See related story on page SO.)
The day-long program, at
which some 60 farm leaders and
their wives, rural youth and
other representatives of the
agiicultural community will be
feted, will include briefings by
White House officials. Secre
tary Hardin and other members
of the cabinet, a luncheon, a
Bensinger Is First in Co. FFA Dairy Products
Adolph Bensinger took first
place in the annual Lancaster
County Dairy Products Contest
last Friday at Penn Dairies,
Lancaster.
Bensinger received a travel
ing, trophy. The win also quali
fied him to compete in a simi
lar contest at Penn -State Uni
versity June 30 - July 2.
Bensinger is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Bensinger,
Quarryville RD2. He is a junior
in the Solanco High School FFA
program.
Other FFA members in the
top 10 in the contest in order
of their placing were- Paul
Horning, Ephrata, second; Gal
en Martin, Ephrata, third; Lynn
. Groff, New Holland, fourth
Gary Hoffer, Manheim Cen
tral, and Robert Stauss, Eph
rata, tied for fifth and sixth;
the remaining four were all
from Solanco as follows: Eu
gene Rutledge, Steve Murphy,
Clyde Dearolf, and Fred Ed
wards.
There were 23 contestants,
who tasted milk to evaluate
quality, scored sedimentation,
Dale Groff
In Oklahoma Contest
U.S. Department of Agriculture
exhibit on the White, House
lawn, and* dinner and evening
program at the White House
President Nixon will partici
pate in the day’s piogram which
opens in the USD A, Jeffeison
Auditorium at mid-morning.
Highlights include briefings on
foreign affairs by Dr Henry A
Kissinger, of the National Se
curity Council, and a report on
ciime and violence by Attorney
General John N. Mitchell.
A special women’s morning
piogram includes a visit to the
National Arboretum.
President and Mrs Nixon will
serve as hosts for both the
White House dinner and evening
program that follows.
and judged the appearance of
the milk unit head.
The official judge of the con-
Adolph Bensinger, center, Solanco
FFA Chapter, receives the traveling
trophy for finishing first in the annual
Lancaster County Dairy-productsxContest.
Presenting the trophy is Dr;- Charles
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1,1971
FFA Has First Horticulture Contest
Gary Shelly won the first at
nual Lancaster County FF.
Tiee Plant Identification Contes
Thursday afternoon at Moun
Joy.
Shelly is a junior in the oi
namental hoiticultme piogian
at Mount Joy He is the son o
Mr and Mrs Edwaid Shelly
Manheim RDI
Shelly was one of eight con
testants from Brownstown am
Mount Joy Vo-Tech Schools.
The team winner was Moun
Joy. The foui members were
Shelly, Jeffery Morrison, Rober
Mulhollem, and Joseph Neus
tadter.
The FFA members identified
trees and shrubs m the Mount
Joy area that had been previous
[y numbered by Bill Mitchell
Vlount Joy horticultuie teachei
?nd Jim Kerr, Brownstown hor
iieulture teacher
Eight' >FFA members froir
Central Cheslei'-yArea— Vo-teet
School at Coatesville also com
.leted among themselves, bul
:lid not shaie in the awards pro
gram
Tentative plans are being made
or a joint Lancastei-Chester
bounty competition next year,
litchell said
In the individual competition
mong Lancaster County mem
prs, placmgs following Shelly
'ere. Jeffery Morrison, Mount
oy, second, David Smgei,
irownstown, third, Joseph Neu
tadter, Mount Joy, fourth, and
•ale Aiment, fifth.
The contest, the first of its
md locally, reflects the effoit’
test was Dr. Charles Livak,
director of quality control at
Penn Dairies Dr. Livak present
by the new FFA chapters in the
county vo-tech schools to de
velop FF\ competition to re
flect the emphasis placed on
horticultuie in vo-tech, Mitchell
explained This difleis from the
general farm piogiam conduct
ed by othei ,FFA chapters in
county high schools
Floriculture students in the
vo-tech schools will be conduct-
Rain, But Fire
Ban Remains
The storm which passed over
the area early this week was a
welcome lelief fiom extremely
dry conditions which have been
building up
But leports indicate the ram
was only a tempoiaiy relief,
good for a few days Farmers
still need, a soaking ram
hopefully right after planting is
completed.
The need for rain was under
scored by a statement late this
week by Eugene F McNamara,
chief of the division of forest
protection, Pennsylvania De
partment of Environmental Re
sources, that the ban on open
files in or near forested areas
will continue at least through
Lhe weekend
McNamara said at least one
tialf inch of ram is needed
throughout the state in order to
safely rescind the ban. This is
about twice as much ram as was
■eported this week through
md-Fnday.
ed the trophy, which is awarded
to the top individual on a rota
ting basis
Livak, director of quality control, Penn
Dairies, Inc, and looking on is Arba
Henry, Solanco vo-ag teacher. In the back
ground is a dairy products promotional
display at Penn Dairies’ Lancaster plant.
$2.00 Pec Year
mg then own contest sometime
in May, Mitchell said
Swine Producers
Elect Nestleroth
Maik Nestleroth, Manhem
RD3, was re-elected president af
the Lancaster County Stria*
Producers Association Thar*
day night.
James Horton, Ifasoaie
Homes, Elizabethtown, was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
Earl Fisher, East Earl RDI,
was elected vice president t®
succeed John Hinkle, Strasburg
RDI, who is president of the
Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Council
In other action, Nestleroth,
Horton and Hinkle were named
delegates to the Pennsylvania
Pork Producers Council.
Plans were discussed for tka
Association’s field day August
12
The proposed testing station
was also discussed A meeting is
planned in June to review rules
and procedures for the facility.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, May 1
Lanchester Pony Club Horse
Show, John Gibson farm,
Drumore
Sunday, May 2
Be Kind to Animals Week, May
2-8.
Monday, May S
8 p m.—Lancaster Count} Poul
try Association board o£
dilectors monthly meeting.
Farm and Home Center.
Tuesday, May 4
4 30 p.m —Lancaster County Vo
cational Agriculture Asso
ciation meeting, Pequea Val
ley High School.
630 p m Lancaster County
Fruit Growers Association,
meeting, Kauffman’s Orch
ards, near Bird-In-Hand on
Route 340
Pennsylvania Farmers Associa
tion boaid meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
Wednesday, May 5
630 pm County Banker’s
Banquet, Host Towne Motel.
730 p m Lancaster County
Soil and Water Conservation
District meeting. Farm and
Home Center
Thursday, May 6
t pm —Lancaster County FFA
meeting, Gaiden Spot High
School, New Holland.
Fiiday, May 7
Ipm FFA Small Engines
Contest. Garden Spot High.
School, New Holland.
Saturday, May 8
12.30 p.m.—4-H Walk-a-Thoo.