VOL. 16 NO. 25
Brubaker, Hamilton Named Co. Pair/ Princess Entries Asked
To Head 4-H Co. Council
Lancaster County 4-H County
Council held its annual reor
ganization meeting Thursday
night.
Ray Brubaker was elected to
head the organization’s agricul
tural division and Peg Hamilton
was named president of the
home economics section Bru
baker will be the presiding pre
sident.
1 Other officers elected were:
Steve iv Key and Cindy Lewis,
vice presidents; Donna Hess, re
cording secretary, and Diane
Hershey, corresponding secre
tary; Cynthia Smith and -Den-
Mrs. Hess Will Plan
Visit of German Women
( MrsTi John Hess, Columbia
- RD2> president of Lancaster
Societies, has
bee^^|^ 5 chiefDiostess in
- a visit' of
rma»JPatm?Women :tp tour*
. Pehn§3p?ania’'/arms. - "
■H"*' ■> , f“' r * ~ -
• TbefSerraan women will visit
in October.
MrS. Virgil Duppstadt, State ,
Farm; Women president, an
nounced Mrs. Hess’s appoint
ment Wednesday during a
hoard meeting following the
state organization’s sixth annual .
spring rally at Stokesay Castle, •
Reading.'"
Caskey Wins Regional
Marvin Caskey Jr of Pequea
Valley FFA Chapter won the an-
nual FFA regional public speak-
ing contest this week.
* Speaking on “Needed—Aid for
cur WiKQife,” Caskey beat out
Seven other speakeis represent-
ing 1Z southeastern Pennsyl-
vania counties to earn a chance
Hie top three placings in the regional
FFA-public speaking contest Tuesday are:
left 1© Tight, Eugene Ulrich, Northern
m*- 1 m . t,. « ; - * ► " 1 k - ■ *
nis Landis, treasurers, Ed Don
ough and Suzanne Irwin, pai ha
mentanans, Karen High and
Linda Stoltzfus, public rela
tions.
A graduate of Hempfield
High School, Brubaker is now a
fieshman at the York campus
of Penn State University.
Miss Hamilton, a junior at
Ephrata High School, plans to
major in physical education at
West Chester State College
The outgoing presidents, Jes
se Balmer and Jaylene Irwin,
were presented engraved desk
sets by Jay Irwin, associate Lan
caster County agricultural
agent
On July 15, local 4-H’ers will
travel to western North Caro
lina for a week
Farm Calendar
.Sun&'ayyMay 1G
; 8 p.m.—Lancaster. County Po-„
mona.chorus rehearsal ’
< Tuesday, Mgy 18
8 p.ni.—Farm, and Home Found
ation board "meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
8 p m.—Ephrata Young Farm
ers monthly meeting, agri
culture department, Ephrata
High School.
Thursday, May 20
1-30 p m —FFA Land Judging
Contest, Solanco High
School
at the state title. The state con
test will be held during the an
nual FFA Week at Penn State
University June 30-July 2.
Caskey got off to a slow start
in the annual competition when
he placed second in the County
contest several weeks ago But
he was first in the area contest
Lebanon, third; Marvin Caskey Jr,
Pequea Valley, first, and Carl Teter, Blue
Mountain, second..
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 15,1971
The Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Committee is again
calling for entries for the an
nual Lancaster County Dairy
Princess contest.
A contestant must be single,
have completed her junior year
in high school, and be under 21
years of age.
The daughter of a dairying
family, she must appear at the
local contest and state finals if
selected as a local contest win
ner.
Last year’s winner from
among eight contestants was
Miss Marilyn B Krantz, New
Providence RDI, who ■was later
named Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess
All of last year’s contestants
who didn’t win are eligible to
compete again this year
Filing deadline is June 1 to
Mrs. Robert C. Gregory, Lititz
RDI.
The princess contest will be
held Tuesday evening, June 22
at'the Farm and Home. Center
auditorium. A’ dairy products
hour* wilLprecede the contest.
Besides Mr. and Mrs Gre
gory, members of the Dairy
Princess committee aie: Max
Smith, Lancaster County agri
cultural agent, C. P Brantley,
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative;
William Deisley, Moore Dairy,
Lancaster; Donald S Eby, Gor
donville RDI; Mrs Robert Kauf
fman, Elizabethtown RDI.
FFA Speaking Contest
and continued fu st with a strong
showing at the regional contest
Tuesday at Milleisville
Placing second and also win
ning a chance at the state title
was Carl Teter, Blue Mountain
School, who spoke on “Fann
ers and the Environment ”
Placing first in the Pailiamen
Robert Keen, Queen Dauy, Lan
castei
Jay E Landis, Lancaster RD6,
Mrs Melvin Meek, Willow
Street, Mrs Samuel Myer, Eli
zabethtown RD3, Mr and Mrs
William Roberts Jr, Lancaster;
Raymond F Witmer, Willow
Street RD2.
The local winner will have
all her expenses paid by the
Pennsylvania Dairy Federation
while at the state contest in
Harrisburg. She will receive
prizes at the local contest, plus
the opportunity to make ap
pearances within her area to
serve the local dairy industry
during her year of reign
The state winner, Pennsyl
vania Dairy Princess, will re-
May Is Making Hay
; There’s an old saying that
“the month of May makes the
: hay”
- Arnold Lueck, associate Lan
easteVCounty agricultural agent,
> said Thursday that May weather
far has indicated an excellent
■ first cutting of hay Only a pro
longed cold spell could head off
tins favorable result, Lueck
■ said
Following an extremely dry
April, the weather in the first
, two weeks of May has included
several gentle rains which have
built up the moisture in the
subsoil The rams ha\e been
tary Proceduie contest was Lit
tle Dutchman FFA Chaptei of
Annville-Cleona High ' School,
Lebanon County In a close con
test, Little Dutchman edged
G’assland FFA Chapter of New
Holland to win a chance at the
state title
Also competing in the Parlia
mentary Procedure contest was
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Kurtz T akes Reserve
Honors at Penn State
John Kurtz of Elizabethtown
was named grand champion fit
tei and reserve all-around cham
pion of the Dairy Cattle Fitting
and Showing contest May 8 at
Penn State University
Wayne C Koontz of Bedford
was declared the all-around win- ’
ner after he had pieviously been
named grand champion show
-man and reserve giand cham
pion fitter.
In Brown Swiss competition,!
Jay Smoker of Ephrata was re-!
seive champion.
Kurtz was reserve champion in!
$2.00 Per Year
ceive many prizes, including a
complete wardrobe and the op
poitumty to make appearances
at regional and state events.
She will reign at the 1971 Penn
sylvania Farm Show and receive
an expenses paid trip to repre
sent Pennsylvania in the nation
al contest.
The many prizes of the na
tional winner will include $2,-
000.
Representing almost 100,000
dairy industry members, the
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
Contest is the largest “Agricul
tural Queen” contest in the
state
Girls interested in entering
the pageant should contact Mrs.
Robert Gregory, Box 248, Lit
itz RDI 17543
excellent for pastures and the
fust hay crop is coming on
rapidly, Lueck indicated.
Grain crops developed a deep
. loot system during the April
dry period and grains also have
begun to make a strong showing;
Lueck said
Local Extension agents believe
that a significant percentage of
Lancaster County corn crop was
planted in late April and the
fust week of May Many ad
ditional acres were planted be
tween rains early this week.
But a significant amount, pos
sibly as much as one-third of the
total corn crop, was believed
still not planted by Thursday,
with rain continuing to fall Al
lowing foi some time for the
fields to dry. Extension agents
indicated that fields still not
planted may be getting in too
late to get maximum results
But the future will be deter
mined by such factors as con
tinued weather tiends and the
amount of blights and diseases
encountered here this summer.
For the immediate future,
Lueck said, farmers need some
good “shirt-sleeve weather”,
some good warm growing
wealhei
Holstems and also champion in
fitting Holstems
Competition climaxed the 46th
annual Dairy Exposition sponsor
ed by the Penn State Dairy
Science Club
The Dairy Exposition was de
dicated to Haiold R McCulloch
ot State College, professor
emeritus of agricultural Exten
sion at Penn State. McCulloch
served as the first general man
ager for the All-American Dairy
Show, Harrisburg He is now
■serving as secretary for <he
Pennsylvania Dairy and Allied
Irdusti ies Association.