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Lynn-Royer, 2025 Oregon Pike, Lancas
ter, displays Blossomelle Lovee Dove, the
large two year old Holstein which was grand
Farm Calendar
Y ' Saturday, July 31
6:15 p.m. Garden Spot Young
Farmers picnic, Garden Spot
High School athletic field.
7 p.m.—Lancaster County Farm
ers Association summer pic
nic, Lampeter-Fair Grounds.
Tuesday, August 3
10:30 ajm. Annual Lancaster
County Holstein Breeders
Field Day, C. Richard Landis
farm, Lancaster.
11 a.m. Egg Packers Educa
tional meeting by Pennsyl
vania Poultry Federation
and Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture, Capitol
Motel, Harrisburg.
8 p.m.—Lancaster County Farm
ers Association board meet
ing, home of James Martin.
Wednesday, August 4
8 p.m. 'Lancaster County Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
trict meeting. Farm and
Home Center.
Atlantic on Parade.
Berks County FFA Swine Show
and Sale, Leesport Market
and Auction, Leesport.
Thursday, August 5
9 a.m.—Lancaster County Voca
tional Agriculture Teachers
meeting, Manheim Central
High School.
12 noon—District 18 of American
Dairy Association and Dairy
Council annual meeting,
Lebanon Valley Exposition
Grounds, Lebanon.
Friday, August 6
Guernsey Field Day, Raymond
Witmer farm, Willow Street
RD2.
Alnat Toitilla Ivanhoe Ginger of Fultonway Wins Black and White
Alnat Toitilla Ivanhoe Gin
ger, the outstanding Holstein
which has won many top awards
for Fultonway Farms in the
past, came through again with
top honors at the annual Lan
caster District Black and White
Show Thursday.
The nine year old cow owned
by J, Mowery Frey Jr, Beaver
Valley Pike, Lancaster, was re
serve champion last year and
has won many other awards in
champion in the Lancaster County 4-K Dairy
Show competition Wednesday. (See story on
Page 22.)
Guernsey Club Field Day Is Fri4§y
The-.annual Lancaster County
Guernsey ‘Breeders Field Day
will be held Friday at Penn-Del'
Farm, home of ‘Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Witmer, Willow Street
RDI.
A special tour of the herd and
registration for calf awards will
be held from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.
All Lancaster County FFA and
4-H members who register by 10
a m. are eligible for a calf. The
age limitation is nine through 18.
The winner will be chosen by
Chicago Market Closes
The 105-year-old Chicago
Union Stockyards was schedul
ed to cease operations today
(Saturday).
Besides being one of the na
tion’s largest livestock markets,
the Chicago market has long
been considered a price and
trend guide in the livestock in
dustry.
The Chicago Stockyards, had
been scheduled to go out of
business February 1, but was
held open till August 1 under a
U. S. District Court agreement.
This week members of the
Chicago Livestock Exchange an
nounced formation of the Chi
cago-Jbliet Livestock Marketing
Center with temporary facili
ties near Joliet, 35 miles south
west of Chicago, to begin opera
tion August 2. v
Editor’s note: The Chicago
local, state and national com
petition.
Reserve champion honors this
year went to Blossomelle Dairy
Princess, owned by Herbert and
Rhelda Royer of Blossomelle
Holsteins, Lancaster.
A total of 174 Registered Hol
steins were" in the competition
judged by Neil Bowen, Wells
boro, Pa." v
Junior champion honors went
to Fultonway Rachel Amy Jane,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1971
a drawing. Thecalf is a Prince
Charming daughter from one of ~
the top cows in the Raymond
Witmer herd.
The morrtmg program will in
clude judging of three classes
of Guernseys beginning at 10:30
a.m. Windslow Towle, who is
manager of Liseter Farms, will
be judge.
Fallowing the judging, a pork
barbecue lunch will be available
for $1.50 per persons.
Highlight of the afternoon
program will be Max Dowdy,
Cattle market report which has
been a regular part of our mar
(Continued on Page 3)
4-H Beauty Contest, Achievement Day Aug. 19
me Lancaster County 4-H
'Achievement Day and beauty
pageant will be held August 19
at the Farm and Home Center.
The evening program, begin
ning at 7 p.m., will include a
talent contest, awards assembly
and 4-H queen contest.
A preliminary judging for
the queen contest will be held
at 8 p.m. August 5 at the Farm
and Home Center to select 10
finalists, five junior and five
senior, for the queen contest.
Roundup exhibits will be
judged beginning at 2 p.m. Ex
hibits include flowers, vege
tables, entomology, forestry,
shown by John Mowery Frey,
son of J. Mowery. Young Frey
also took champion junior hon
ors Wednesday at the County
4-H show.
Reserve junior honors went
to Valley Lane Adohr Luella,
shown by Paul E. Horning, Ste
vens RDI.
The champion bull calf was
shown by John E. Kreider, Lan
caster.
The Premier Breeder award,
Annual Slave Auction Held
The second annual “slave auc
tion” to help pay off debt on the
Farm and Hoixife Center was S"
big success Thursday night at
the Center
While the highest selling slave
brought a lower price than last
year, more slaves were sold at a
higher average price
Some 52 slaves averaged about
$2 60 an hour compared to 48
slaves at about $2 38 an hour last
year
Total proceeds from the sale
were reported at $1,094
John Stoltzfus, 527 Strasburg
Pike, Lancaster, paid the top
price of $8 20 an hour for his
niece Linda, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Henry Stoltzfus, Mount Joy
EDI. The buyer said he as in the
silage distributors and silo fill
pipe business. Both the buyer
and seller received a plaque
Top price last year was $l2 25
an hour.
One of the leading buyers was
Milton Hoffman, representing
Muncy Seed Hybrids corn. Hoff
man explained that he was seek-
secretary of the American
Guernsey Cattle Club.
The new 1971 Lancatser Coun
ty dairy princess, Miss Susan
Kauffman, will be present.
Special music will be provided
during the program by the 4-H
Guernsey Club.
Prizes will be awarded to the 1
top judges in each division, in
cluding a wrist watch to the win
ner of the youth division.
The field day committee in
cludes Jesse Balmer, Paul Bren
neman, and K D. Linde.
The Witmer farm is located
on Route 222 sevn miles south
of Lancaster It’s the first farm
on the left after crossing the
cement bridge over the Pequea
Creek
geology, handyman, photo
graphy and rabbits
The exhibits will be on dis
play from 4 to 7 30 p m.
In addition, a new creative
foods contest will be held. The
contest includes displaying a
place setting for one person
and making a dish for the set
ting. Judging will begin at 2
pm. A prize of $5 will be
awarded to the best entry in
each of four categories: breads,
desserts, main dish and salads.
Best of show will receive $lO.
In clothing competition, for
the first time any girl enrolled
in “start stitching”, “create a
skirt” and “let’s make a dress”
based on the total points earn
ed by an exhibitor whose en
tries placed high in their in
dividual classes, was won by
Frey for the second year in a
row, with Robert Kauffman of
Penn Springs Farm, Elizabeth
town RDI, the contender.
Frey was also the show’s Pre
mier Exhibitor with Clarence
Stauffer of Sunny Craft Farm,
Ephrata RDI, the contender.
The day’s fourth award for
$2.00 Per Year
mg the youths—he bought 13 of
them for hand tassehng of
corn. The hand method is being
used as a means of eliminating
the Southern Corn Blight
Hoffman paid more than $3 00
an hour for several of the youths
and his bidding helped run up
prices on some of the others
John Stoltztus and Forney
Longenecker weie among other
leading bidders
J Everett Kreider was auc
tioneer Mrs Thomas Erb 111,
Lititz RD3, was sale chairman,
Max Smith, Lancaster County ag
agent, and Charles Ackley, Eph
rata vo ag teacher, kept sale
records.
In This Issue
Angus Field Day 8
Black and White Show 1
Classified 26, 27
Conservation Day 14
Editorial Page 10
Favorite Recipes 16
4-H Dairy Show 22
4-H Horse Show 20
4-H News 13, 14
FFA Hog Show 20
Market Reports 2,3, 4
McSparran Feature 17
Slave Auction l
Women's News 16, 18, 19
It was a big week for farm
activities of interest to our read
ers. Note our farm calendar, be
cause next week will also be a
busy one. Besides the stories
listed in our index, see others
throughout.
Co. Dress Revue
The Lancaster County 4-H
Dress Revue will be held at the
Farm and Home Center Thurs
day.
The dress revue for both
juniors and seniors will begin at
9 a.m. and the fashion show for
juniors and seniors will stan at
2 p.m.
categories may enter ner gar
ment for competition. Entries
in each contest area will be
judged competitively and prizes
will be awarded. Judging will
be held from 2 p.m. to 4 pm
and exhibits may be picked up
after 7:30 p.m.
A chicken barbecue will be
served from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on
the Farm and Home Center
patio for $2 per person.
The talent contest will be
held at 7 p.m. and will include a
presentation by contestants of
not more than five minutes
Cash prizes will he awarded to
the winners.
Prey was in the Dairy Herd
Class of four cows having fresh
ened.
Clarence Stauffer took top
honors in the Best Three Fe
males bred and owned by an
exhibitor.
Senior Get of Sire was won
by four daughters of “Lockway
Lucifer Bill, Xvanhoe” from
Kauffman’s Penn Springs Farm
herd.
(Continued on Page 24)