Among those at the Pennsylvania AH- American Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest Monday at Harrisburg were; left to right, Thomas Kelly, manager, Local 4-H Dairy Judges Place Fourth Lancaster County’s 4-H dairy judging team took fourth place honors at the third Pennsylvania All-American Invitational Youth Dairy Cattle Judging Contest held Monday, September 20. Team members were Raelene Harbold, Susan Kauffman, Robert Hess, and Bernie Buchen. Robert Hess placed fifth high individual in the contest, and received a ribbon and a medallion. The Lancaster County team was representing Pennsylvania in the contest as a result of placing first in the state 4-H judging contest in August. Twelve teams participated 9 Solanco Nine Solanco School District youths were honored for their outstanding participation in the Solanco Fair. Closing out the fair Friday evening, the nine Rural Youth Awards were given on the basis of number of entries and how the entries placed in their classes. The winners in the girls’ division were: Mary Ellen DeLong, first, 441 points; Grace DeLong, second, 288; Beverly Dearolf, third, 272, and Barbara Aaron, fourth, 100. OUR STORE IS COMPLETELY STOCKED WITH THIS NEW, SILO COVERS: 6 MIL 20 x 100 24x 100 32 xlOO 40x 100 We offer a complete selection of fall certified seed grains: Wheat and l?ciT+ey. FOR PROMPT COURTEOUS SERVICE ST OR AT OUR REO ROSE STORE TOOAYff Quarryvllle, Pa., N. Church St. 786-7361 Monday with New York 4-H’ers winning first place with 1,795 points. Ohio and New Hampshire 4-H teams placed second and third respectively, with 1,760 and 1,753 points, followed by the local team with 1,744 points. The Lancaster County team placed third in judging Jerseys, fourth in Brown Swiss and fifth in Holsteins. Hess was fourth high individual in Holsteins and Buchen was fourth high in dividual in Jersey classes. Contestants were required to place 10 classes of cows and to give oral reasons on three classes. The team received a check for Youths Earn Awards The winners in the boys’ division were: Kenneth Reinhart, first, 372 points, was awarded a trip to the national FFA Con vention at Kanasa City in Oc tober, sponsored by Layton Hassler, of Ferguson-Hassler Department Store, Quarryvdle; Dave Bitler, second, 283; John Herr, third, 241; Mike Roland, fourth, 103, and Randy Clark, fifth, 81. Besides the trip, each of the contestants was allowed to select a gift. This is the 17th straight year IMPROVED SLOW MOVING VEHICLE EMBLEM. All-American Dairy Show; Sue Kauffman, Bernie Buchen, Raelene Harbold, and Robert Hess, the Lancaster County judging team, and Max Smith, Lancaster County ag agent. MR. PARMER REMEMBER: FANNY FLAG LAW EFFECTIVE OCTOBER lltli. $l2O which will be used to defray part of the expenses for a trip to Richmond, Va. to represent Pennsylvania in the judging contest at the Atlantic Rural Expostion. That contest will be held Monday, September 27. Sue Kauffman and Raelene Harbold, who placed third and fourth respectively in the state 4-i H contest, will travel to the' National 4-H Judging contest at Columbus, Ohio. They will form a team with the first and second place individuals from the state contest. Also participating in the contest Monday were FFA and collegiate teams. the Rural Youth Awards have been given. They are designed to encourage participation of area youths in the fair, reports Arba Henry, Solanco vo-ag teacher in charge of the award program. Starfish’s “Sight” A starfish cannot see in the usual sense, but there is a minute, reddish pigment spot at the end of each ray which is sensitive to light so that the animal senses whether it is moving into dark crevices or into places more strongly illuminated. Buck, Pa. 284-4464 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25,1971 —l! Two Cows in Kansas Herd Co 4E Two Registered Holstein cows owned by Glenn A. Palmer, Topeka, Kansas have joined the select group of 46 other cows of the breed to be designated “4E”. 4-H TV Series to Begin The 4-H TV Series that has been so popular in Lancaster County will be continued this year as a 4- H Photo Fun Club on WGAL (Channel 8) TV. The series of six half-hour color programs will be shown weekly, starting at 12 noon on Saturday, October 2, 1971. Dr. Harry K. Gerlach, until recently the executive director of the Lancaster-Lebanon In termediate Unit, has approved the continuation of this program due to its success over the years. The 4-H Photo Fun Club will acquaint young people from nine to 12 years of age with 4-H and the adventures of photography. siq Putcfiman. “CHIK-EZE” Hinged bottom model Chik-Eze includes egg tray which can be put into use at 10 weeks. This feature will actually permit birds to be kept in the start/grow cage at full laying age if necessary. It also eli nunates problems of egg gathering and egg breakage if circumstances delay movement of pullets to grow/lay or permanent lay cages, and it takes care of eggs from birds that lay permaturely. The lowered floor provides a 2 inch gap for eggs to roll out onto tray. THE ALL NEW FLAT DECK CHIK-EZE PULLET REARING CAGE . . . offers durability, economy, performance and practical labor saving features that increase management efficiency. The heart of the system is the Big Dutchman chain and trough feeder providing 96 inches of feeding space per cage. There is full availability of all the feed to all the birds. All feed is automatically recirculated and remixed, result ing in better feed consumption. Extra feed capacity makes high density of birds per case row practical and manageable. 5 BIG DUTCHMAN A Division of U.S. Industries, Inc. EASTERN BRANCH 215 Diller Ave., New Holland, Pa. 17557 Ph. 354-5168 Perfection De Kol Burke 4976975 was recently classified “Excellent” for the fourth time at 12 years 5 months of age. “De Kol Burke’s” lifetime production totals 162,140 pounds of milk and 6,226 pounds of butterfat. At 12 years 3 months of age, Elevation Lochinvar Burke 4976977 was recently classified “Excellent” for the fourth time. Her lifetime production totals 151,287 pounds of milk and 5,578 pounds of butterfat. Both “De Kol Burke” and “Lochinvar Burke” were bred in the Palmer herd and sired by Tidy Burke Elevation 1271810. Mushroom Imports Up Indications are that Taiwan plans a heavy increase in canned mushroom exports to the U.S. in the near future. Exports to the U.S. last year totaled about 25 million pounds, compared with 2.28 million in 1989. .9
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