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VOL 17 NO. 1
Farm Calendar
Sunday, November 28
1971 National 4-H Congress,
Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago,
November 28 - December 2.
Monday, November 29
Deer Season, bucks only,
November 29 - December 11.
Tuesday, November 30
7:30 p.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers Dairy Herd
Management course,
vocational agriculture
classroom, Ephrata Area High
School
Wednesday, December 1
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County,
Soil and Water Conservation
District meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Thursday, December 2
4-30 p.m. Lancaster County
Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Association meeting,
Mount Joy Vo-Tech School.
(Continued on Page 4)
In This Issue
Editor’s Note .'Mushrooms are
a big and growing industry in
Southeastern Pennsylvania. Mrs.
Charles G. McSparran, Lan
caster Farming’s farm feature
writer, this week looks at the
mushroom industry. On pages 14
and 15, she describes it as an
important industry, looks at it
through the eyes of a Kirkwood
woman who has produced
mushrooms for many years,
describes the delicate procedures
of a family mushroom spawn lab,
and presents many outstanding
mushroom recipes. See this
special report on mushrooms.
Classified Ads 26,27
Eastern Milk Banquet 8
Editorial Page 10
Market Reports 2,3,4
Pa. Holstein Assn. 13
Sale Register 23
Women’s News 20,21,22
Also see special article on the
Futures Market on page 18 and
other local and area farm stories
throughout.
Southeastern Pa. Ayrshire Club Is Formed
Two county Ayrshire
Associations have merged to
form the Southeastern Penn
sylvania Ayrshire club and of
ficers for the new club have been
elected.
The two clubs which merged at
a joint meeting at the Lancaster
Production Credit last Friday
•were; the Lancaster County
Ayrshire Breeders Association
and the Chester-Delaware
Ayrshire Club
Elected president of the new
regional breed organization was
Milton Brubaker, Lititz
Brubaker has been active in the
Ayrshire organization since he
began his Ayrshire herd m 1934.
Since then he has held practically
every available office in the
Lancaster County Association
and has been a 4-H club leader for
about 18 years. He was
New Lancaster County FFA officers chosen at a
meeting this week are: left to right, seated, Wayne
Kreider, vice president; Greg Landis, president, and
Greg Landis Is Lancaster Co. FFA
Greg Landis, of Penn Manor
High School, was named
president of the Lancaster
County FFA Monday night at
Warwick High School.
He succeeds Nelson Martin,
East Earl RDI.
Other new county officers
named are • Wayne Kreider, vice
president, from Solanco; Mike
Martin, secretary, Garden Spot
High School; Gerald Musser,
previously secretary-treasurer ot
the Pennsylvania Ayrshire
Association for two years.
The Brubakers operate a jug
milk enterprise known as Spruce
Villa Dairy just north of Lititz.
Other officers are- Charles
Gable, Elverson, vice president,
and Kennard Henley,
Cochranville, secretary
treasurer
Directors for one year are:
Robert Campbell, Narvon, and
James Esbenshade, Quarryville.
Directors for two years are:
James Martin, Stevens, and Mrs.
Ann Young, West Grove.
A meeting of the directors of
the new organization will be held
at 8 p m Thursday, December 2
at the home of James Martin,
Stevens
Brubaker noted that existing
Ayrshire clubs in Pennsylvania
include on for Central Penn
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 27,1971
treasurer, Ephrata; John Miller,
sentinel, Manheim Central; Jim
Gruber, chaplain, Elizabethtown,
and Jerry Diller, reporter,
Lampeter-Strasburg,
In other action, the county FFA
chose 40 members to receive the
County Red Rose Farmer degree
The 40 are:
Elizabethtown Ronald
Giuber and James Gruber
Ephrata Russell Kline,
Gerald Musser, Roy Fasnacht,
sylvania, one in Northeastern
Pennsylvma, and one in the
Northwest
Although boundaries for the
new Southeastern Aysrhire club
have not been draw, Brubaker
indicated that membership will
be sought in neighboring coun
tries including Lebanon, Berks,
Montgomery and Lehigh It is
uncertain if York County Ayr
shire breeder would go with the
Central of the Southeastern club,
he indicated.
In other action at the covered
dish supper, Susan and Sally
Martin entertained with a flute
duet. They are granddaughters of
Ellis Mentzer, New Holland RD2,
past president of the Lancaster
Hunt Safely
Mike Martin, secretary. Standing, Gerald Musser,
treasurer; John Miller, sentinel; Jim Gruber, chaplain,
and Jerry Dilier, reporter.
Dale Martin, Richard Bollinger,
and Marlin Smoker.
Garden Spot Michael
Martin, Delmon L. Weaver,
Gerald Weaver, Lynn Groff,
Lamar Long, Jim Zimmerman,
Kenneth Burkhart, and D. Greg
Martin
Lampeter-Strasburg Jerry
Diller.
Manheim Central Don
Wenger, Gary Buchen, John
Miller, Mervin Groff, Richard
President
Kauffman, Douglas Rohrer.
Penn Manor Glenn Long,
Don Thomas, David Hess, Clif
ford Charles, Parke Hess, and
Greg Landis.
Pequea Valley Jem Palmer.
Solanco Dave Bitler, Vern
Carter, M. Ray Brubaker, C.
Thomas Perry, David Aument,
Kenneth G Reinhart, Wayne
Kreider, William Krantz,
William Hershey and Mike
Roland.
County Ayrshire Assoication.
N Allen Bair, assistant Lan
caster County ag agent, showed a
picture of “Milk for the
Multitudes.” He also discussed
milk promotion and urged every
farmer to do his part. He em
phasized the need to combat
unfavorable images of milk and
stressed the need for the farmer
to put out a good product from
beginning to end.
Mrs. Ann Young, a national
director from Pennsylvania,
reported on Ayrshire activities
nationally. She said registrations
are keeping pace with last year
and reported on the national
Ayrshire Young Sire program.
Ray Martin, New Holland,
reported on progress of his calf
received recently from the
Lancaster County Association.
The 4-H committee reported a
successful year.
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