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Vol. 17 No. 16
Accepting the Outstanding Senior award
at Lampeter-Strasburg High School
Thursday night is Donald Breneman. left,
In This Issue
Ag Teacher Report 17
Classified Ads 46,47
Editorial Page 10
Market Section 2,3,4
Sale Register 34 thru 39
Washington Report 20
Women’s News 28,29,30
See FFA banquet reports
Manheim Chapter on page 24,
Solanco Chapter on page 6, and
Garden Spot Chapter on page 43*
Speakers at the annual Dairy
Day at the Farm and Home
Center covered a wide range of
subjects of importance to
dairymen, including: manure
handling on page 18; mastitis and
antibiotics on page 21; the
economical use of eqiupment on
page 22; the relationship of
feeding and breeding on page 20;
and a panel discussion of milk
marketing in Pennsylvania on
page 42.
Reports elsewhere include:
Lancaster County Farmers
Association, page 8; pesticides
and government, 13; a pro-farm
statement on saturated fats, page
14; a sod farmer reports, page 26;
new candies featuring dairy
products are coming on the
market, page 19; warning to deer
feeders, page 27; warning of
possible future beef oversupply,
page 16; Eastern Milk Co-Op
adopts resolutions, page 23; York
County 4-H Promotion Week
brucellosis free goal, page 15.
from Richard Thomas. Garden Spot FFA
advisor.
(See Story on page 43.)
New VEE Warning Issued
Secretary of Agriculture Earl
L. Butz called on horse owners to
vaccinate horses now to protect
them from Venezuelan equine
encephalomyelitis (VEE) a
kind of sleeping sickness that
invaded the United States last
year.
He explained that scientists of
USD A’s Animal and Plant Health
Service (APHS) believe VEE
may break out again even though
the disease was confined to 25
Texas counties in 1971.
The 1972 Campaign calls for
the vaccination of all horses not
Ephrata Firm’s AAA Eggs Are in Redbook Feature
“Redbook” magazine got down
to basics in its March issue as it
features a photo story on simple
fried eggs.
Producting the story, though,
was far from a simple matter.
When Helen Mills, “Red
book’s” Food Editor, told Poultry
and Egg National Board’s
(PENB) Howard Helmer that she
wanted to capture in a single
photo an egg leaving the shell
enroute to a skillet below, Helmer
promised to deliver eggs so
special that their super-dense
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1972
vaccinated in 1971, in Texas, the
Gulf Coast States and States
adjoining Mexico. These States
are now designed as “high risk”
areas.
As the year progresses and
cases are reported, any new risk
areas will be identified and the
same recommendation in
regards to vaccination will apply.
No one can predict where VEE
may strike. For this reason,
APHS animal health officials
urge that States outside high risk
areas determine now whether to
begin a statewide vaccination
down” so she could take her
picture.
A call to Earl Hess of Hess
Brothers Farms, in Ephrata,
produced a half case of what Hess
called “Grade AAA eggs” which
Helmer delivered to “Bed
book’s” New York City studios
for the photo session. He also
carried along a camera of his
own to record the unusual event.
At the studio, a specialized
“hand model” (only hands show
in the photo) cracked the entire
half case of eggs, one-by-one, into
a skillet below while the
photographer took a shot of
each egg as it was falling.
Holstein Show Planned
The Lancaster County Holstein
Breeders Association held a
special board meeting Friday,
March 3 at the Farm and Home
Center.
President Elam Bollinger,
chairman of the meeting, was
asked to clear up details on the
County show.
The Lancaster District
Holstein Show will be held July 27
at the Guernsey Sales Bam.
4-H Calendar
Monday, March 13
7:30 p.m. Ayrshire, Jersey,
Brown Swiss 4-H Club
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
Tuesday, March 14
7:30 p.m. Guernsey 4-H Club
meeting, Raymond Witmer
farm. Route 222 near Willow
Street.
7:30 p.m. Central 4-H Tractor
Club meeting, Landis
Brothers, Manheim Pike,
Lancaster.
Wednesday, March is
8 p.m. 4-H Roller Skating
parly, Rocky Springs Park.
District 10 4-H Horse and Pony
committee meeting, Chester
County Extension office, West
Chester; leave Farm and
Home Center 8:45 a.m., The
Willows 9 a.m.
Thursday, March 16
w. I. Beahm Junior High
School Library.
program to prevent a possible
epidemic and the loss of in
dividual horses.
USDA will not furnish vaccine
nor pay for its administration in
the current program. Adequate
commercial vaccine is available
to veterinarians in most States.
The VEE epidemic, declared a
national emergency in 1971,
caused the death of hundreds of
horses and illness in many
humans. The virus is transmitted
primarily by mosquitoes and
(Continued On Page 42)
Meanwhile, Helen Mills was
busy at the stove frying dozens of
other eggs, one at a time, in three
different types of skillets in order
to achieve two fried eggs that she
considered photo-perfect.
The results of this day-long
endeavor was a fine fried egg
feature to be enjoyed by the
nearly five million consumers,
primarily young marrieds, to
whom the magazine circulates.
Few will consider the number
of hours, the number of photos, or
the nearly 200 “special" eggs
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$2.00 Per Year
The County 4-H dairy shows
will be held July 25 and 26 at the
same location. Ads for the show
catalogs are now being solicited
and anyone interested in ad
vertising should contact any
director or president Bollinger.
A photographer will be on hand
to take pictures of the show
cattle.
Melvin Eby, chairman of the
junior program, will be notifying
aD FFA and 4-H clubs in relation
to Junior Holstein activities.
A consignment sale for Lan
caster County breeders will be
held during the week of August 7,
although no specific date or place
has been announced. Anyone
interested in selling cattle at this
sale should contact one of the
Holstein directors.
The annual tour will be held
this year again during the first
week of April. The tour will be
within Lancaster County with
visits to several new and in
teresting dairy installations, as
well as in industry in the area.
Further information will be
mailed to all members as to the
date and meeting-place.
Farm Calendar
Monday, March 13
Fulton Grange 66 and Junior
Grange meeting, Oakryn.
Tuesday, March 14
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fifth
annual Maryland-
Pennsylvania Roadside
Marketing Conference, Farm
and Home Center.
7:30 p.m. Epfarata Young
Farmer Farm Management
course “Landscaping and
Improving the Home
Grounds”, vo-ag department,
Sphrata Area High School.
7:30 p.m. Penn Manor Young
Farmer planning meeting, vo
ag department, Penn Manor
High School.
7:30 p.m. Farm and Home
Foundation board of directors
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
7:30 p.m. Sheep Management
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
Garden Spot Young Farmer
concrete course, vo-ag
department, Garden Spot
High School.
Thursday, March 16
10 a.m. Homemaker’s Camp
planning meeting, for all
officers and County chairman,
Farm and Home Center.
11:30 a.m. Agway meeting,
Mastersonville Fire Hall,
Manheim RD4; Nick Ferrant
Jr, speaker.
7 p.m. TEVOCA FFA Banquet,
Brownstown Vo-Tech School.
7:30 p.m. “Farm Leases and
Partnerships” meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
Friday, March 17
6:30 p.m. Swine Association
banquet, Blue Ball Fire Hall
4-H Promotion Week, March . T
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