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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 1972
Five 4-H teen leaders from Lancaster
County attended the 4-H Teen Agricultural
Leadership Conference at Washington,
D.C. last week. The Lancaster County
delegation included: left to right, Mike
4-H Teen
Approximately 150 4-H
members from the Com
monwealth, including five from
Lancaster County, took part in
the Northeast States Invitational
4-H Teen Agricultural Leader
ship Conference, last week in
Washington, D.C.
Those attending from Lan
caster County were: Mike Grube,
Elm; Linda Witmer, Willow
Street; Mike Peifer, Manheim;
Roxanne Stein, Mountville; Don
Thomas, Millersville.
The conference, held in the
National 4-H Center, was
designed to explore career op
portunities in agribusiness,
become aware of the role and
need for stronger agriculture
leadership, and get acquainted
with leaders in business, in-
Quarter Horse Association
Plans Annual Convention
Registrations for owners of
American Quarter Horses in this
and 41 other countries totaled
73,594, bringing the total
registration figure to over
800,000. These figures represent
growth m all facets of the in
dustry.
Transfers of ownership was up
3.2 per cent over 1970 for a new
record of 111,007.
The American Junior Quarter
Horse Association (AJQHA)
continues to be the fastest
growing group of its kind in the
world. There are currently more
than 4,000 members from 40
states and two Canadian
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Leaders Conference
dustry, government, and
education. Teen leaders from five
states participated.
“Those attending received
scholarships to defray con
ference costs,” said Leland G.
Jinks, State 4-H Club leader at
Pennsylvania State University.
“Contributions came from state
agricultural organizations and
industries and local scholar
ships.”
Speakers included Joe S.
Taylor, professor of dairy science
Extension at Penn State; Dr.
Robert Wagner, Extension
Service director, University of
Maryland; Ed Wheeler,
president of the Fertilizer In
stitute; Dr. Kemp Swiney, 4-H
program leader, U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture; Professor
Wallace Mitcheltree, Extension
provinces,
The AJQHA will hold its first
National Finals Show and third
annual convention in Amarillo,
Texas August 9 to 12. More than
600 invited entries will compete
for $25,000 in awards.
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Grube, Linda Witmer, Mike Peifer, Roxanne
Stein, and Donald Thomas. Shown with the
group is Joe" Taylor, dairy science Ex
tension professor at Penn State.
specialist at Rutgers University;
Dr. T.B. King, associate dean for
Extensipn at Penn State; and Dr.
P.W. Hess, manager of en
vironmental affairs, Hershey
Foods.
The conference was sponsored
by the Northeast Cooperative
Extension Service in cooperation
with the National 4-H Club
Foundation and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
Extension Service.
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Tour Dairy Facility
A special meeting of the Twin
Valley Young Farmers
association was held last week at
the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Brubaker Sr, Elverson RD2.
Members toured the Brubaker
dairy set-up including the
herringbone milking parlor, free
stall dairy bam which has been in
use about eight years, the newly
remodeled free-stall heifer bam,
and the feed storage facilities.
The tour provided an opportunity
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"HOW TO RAISE AND
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farm shop and discus:
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farm menagement.
participated in the di:
management practii
they employ.
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