Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 02, 1971, Image 1
Periodicals Division W 209 Pattee Library p e 1 J VOL. 16 NO. 45 Farm Calendar Saturday, October 2 Lancaster Cat Fanciers first annual championship cat show, Treadway Inn, Lebanon, October 2-3. Sunday, October 3 National 4-H Club Week, October 3-9. Monday, October 4 National Fire Prevention Week. Tuesday, October 5 4:30 p.m. - Lancaster County Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association meeting, vo-ag department, Ephrata High School. Lancaster County Farmers Organization board meeting, Farm and Home Center Egg meeting for Grocery Store managers, Avalong Restaurant, York. Wednesday, October 6 Manheim Community Farm Show, October 6-8. Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District meeting. Farm and Home Center. 1971 Rural Development tour, October 6 and 7. 23rd Annual Flaming Foliage Festival, Renova, October 6- 10. Thursday, October 7 10 a.m. - Semi-annual Open Class fat steer show and sale. New Holland Sales Stables. ' 11:30 a.m. - Southeastern Penn sylvania Promotion Sale, Guernsey Sales Pavillion, Lancaster. Friday, October 8 7 p.m. - Pennsylvania Egg Marketing meeting, Embers Restaurant, Carlisle. Saturday, October 9 North American Dairy Show, Ohio Exposition Center, Columbus, Ohio, October 9-14. Manheim Fair Set Oct. 6-8 The Manheim Fair October 6-8 will close out the 1971 Lancaster County Fair season. At the strictly educational fair, exhibit areas will feature a wide selection of baked goods, canned goods, farm crops, flowers, vegetables, fruits and nuts. Displays will be held at the Harvey Spahr warehouse. Commercial exhibits and FFA and FHA window exhibits will be located in a tent near the Spahr warehouse. At the Scout Hall, there will be arts and crafts, fancy work, models and woodwork items. Tents will house beef cattle, swine, sheep, dairy, poultry and small livestock categories. Sheep and swine judging will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. 4-H and FFA Baby "Beef Judging will begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the large ring outside the beef animal tent. A highlight for FFA showmen is the beef cattle sale Friday night immediately following the swine sale at about 8:15 p.m. The sale animals were raised by vo ag students as projects during the past year. The FFA tractor driving contest will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, followed by the adult tractor driving contest at 2 p.m. All contestants must be residents of ; the Manheim Central 'School Jeff Martin tugs at his stubborn steer. Big JJ, in the sales ring at New Holland Sales Stables. The 1,025-pound Elwood Houser Has Tod Hoar Carcass Elwood Houser, Lebanon RD, had the best hog carcass in competition at the Lampeter Fair last week. His 198 pound Yorkshire had a carcass length of 30.5 inches, 'District. Tractors will be fur nished by farm show exhibitors. A new feature of the fair will be a small tractor and garden tractor pulling contest at 8 p.m. Wednesday following the Baby Beef Show. The annual parade will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The dairy show is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Manheim Fair Schedule Wednesday, October 6 2:30 p.m. Sheep and Swine Show 5 p.m. 4-H and FFA Baby Beef Show 7 p.m. Community Farm Show Parade 8 p.m.—Tractor Pulling Contest, following Baby Beef Show Thursday, October 7 6:30 p.m. Dairy Show Friday, October 8 10 a.m. FFA Tractor Driving Contest 2 p.m. Adult Tractor Driving Contest 8 p.m. Market Hog Sale 8:15 p.m. FFA Beef Sale, following . Market Hog Sale Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 2, 1971 back fat of 1.0 inches, loin eye area of 5.1 square inches and a ham-loin percentage of 42.8. In on-foot judging, however, the judge placed the top animal sixth. The second place carcass was shown by Dutch Valley Farm, owned by Mark Nestleroth, Manheim RD3. The crossbred animal weighed 203 pounds, had a carcass length of 30.3 inches, back fat of 1.3 inches, 5.3-square inches of loin eye, and ham-loin percentage of 41.7. The animal also placed first on foot. The third place carcass was shown by Leon Arnold, Lebanon. The 190-pound Yorkshire had a carcass length of 29.7 inches, 1.1 inches of backfat, 4.7 square inches of loin eye and ham-loin percentage of 41.2. The animal placed fourth on foot. Other animals in order of placing were shown by Willow October 3-9 grand champion steer at the New Holland Fair sold for $1 a pound. (See story on page 8 .) Glen Farm, Strasburg RDI, Robert Armstrong, Drumore RDI; Warren Such, Lititz RD2; Dave Hostetter, Lancaster RD2, and Ed Kilheffer, Millersville RDI. This event was sponsored by the Lampeter Fair. A similar carcass judging will be sponsored at the Manheim Fair by the Lancaster County Swine Producers Association. Slow Moving Vehicle Law To Be Enforced There appears to be some misunderstanding on the law just passed concerning the use of the slow moving vehicle emblem. The provision in the Oc cupational Health and Safety Act that was passed on August 27, $2.00 Per Year In This Issue Classified 28, 29, 30, 31 Editorial 10 4-H News 16, 17 Market Reports 2,3, 4 McSparran Feature 22 Women’s News 23, 25, 27 Also, see story on the New Holland Fair baby beef show on page 8, and many other local farm items throughout. 1971 requires all vehicles, which by design move slowly, 25 miles per hour or less, to use the Slow Moving Vehicle emblem. This means that whether you own the equipment or are a hired hand, the emblem must be on the equipment. The emblem consists of a fluorescent yellow-orange triangle with a dark red reflec tive border. The emblem is in tended as a unique identification for, and it shall be used only on, vehicles which move 25 miles per hour or less on public roads. The emblem is transferrable from one vehicle to another so it’s relatively inexpensive to provide them for your equipment. If your tractor or machine is equipped with lights - the emblem still must be used. This triangle gives the message that a slow moving vehicle is ahead. Lancaster County State Police have said they will begin en forcing this law October 12. Jay W. Irwin Associate County Agent