Vol. 17 No. 8
Governor Milton Shapp spent about two
hours in a special appearance at the Farm
Show Sunday evening. His stay included a
brief tour through the dairy barns during
which he tried his hand at milking this
Donnie Dorwart Has
Champion 4-H Steer
Max Smith, right, Lancaster County ag agent, gives Donnie
Dorwart, 16, Quarryville RD2, some last minute advice just
before Dorwart showed his Angus steer to .the grand
championship in the 4-H division at the Farm Show Thur
sdays
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Brown Swiss. At first he couldn’t get any
milk, but after a brief lesson from Penn
sylvania Ag Secretary Jim McHale he got a
little milk for the cameras.
Donnie Dorwart, a Solanco
High School sophomore, had the
grand champion 4-H steer at the
Farm Show Thursday.
The 1,175 pound Angus was first
place in the heavyweight Angus
class, then beat out three other
Angus for breed championship,
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, January 15
7pm Lancaster County
Pomona Grange dinner
meeting, Rhoads Spanish
Restaurant, Quarryville.
Tuesday, January 18
11 45 a m DHIA annual lun
cheon meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
7 30 p m Penn Manor Young
Farmer Forage Management
course, vo-ag room, Penn
Manor High School
Ephrata Young Farmer monthly
meeting, Farm Filing
Systems, vo-ag room,
Ephrata Area High School
Garden Spot Young Farmer
meeting, Agriculture Zoning
and Planning, vo-ag room,
Garden Spot High School
Wednesday, January 19
10 a m. - 3.30 pm. Regional
Farm Tax meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Thursday, January 20
7:30 p.m. Penn Manor Young
Farmer Forage Management
course, vo-ag room, Penn
Manor High School.
Gov. Shapp Opens Show
Governor Milton J Shapp
doesn’t claim a farm boy’s
background, but he sure did
demonstrate an interest bor
dering on that of a real farmer
Sunday night in the 56th Penn
sylvania Farm Show
In the Governor’s Preview for
the news media which signals the
opening of the big five-day event,
Governor Shapp spent nearly
two hours at the show and en
joyed every minute of it He even
set something of a record for time
spent at the preview by a
governor
Walking m without any gim
micks such as riding a golf cart,
he immediately began receiving
the traditional gifts of the 14
queens representing various
larm commodities and activities
When Miss Roxie Morgan of
Pittman, the Pennsylvania and
USA Apple Queen, led off the
presentations with a benbboned
basket of bright red apples, the
Governor joining in the spirit of
the occasion He picked one of the
choice apples and took two big
bites out of it to the enjoyment
of Roxie and the press and
television camermen. Roxie also
What does a Lancaster County Dairy Princess do when
she’s not being a dairy princess? It could be any number of
things, but this photo clearly shows that sometimes it's
washing a cow. Sue Kauffman is getting her animal ready for
competition Tuesday. While it’s questionable if either cow or
princess is at her best at this point, they were both sharp By
show time.
$2.00 Per Year
presented the other queens to the
governor
After the presentations, and
with State Secretary of
Agriculture Jim McHale as
guide, the Governor toured the
show and just about covered
everything, eating an ice cream
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In This Issue
Most of Lancaster Farming
this week is devoted to stories
and pictures showing action and
results of the 56th Farm Show
Ayrshire Results 5
Classified Ads 29,30,31
Corn Awards 12
Edible Nuts 8
Holstein Winners 14
Homemaker Awards 15
4-H Beef 20
4-H Sheep 20
Market Section 2,3,4
Open Class Angus 21
Open Class Sheep 11
Pa Poultry Banquet 18
Sale Register 27,28
Swine Winners 6
Tobacco Winners 9
Women’s News 24,25