Farming, Saturday’ Se'titertibfeV ; 9; 1972
Complete High
Production Records
Local Ayrshires
Cows from two local Ayrshire
herds have completed high
production records, it was
recently announced by the
National Ayrshire Breeders’
Association at Brandon, Ver
mont
Masonic Homes Lo Betsy,
owned by Masonic Homes Farm,
Elizabethtown, was the highest
milk producing Ayrshire in the
herd She produced 17,200 pounds
of milk in 305 days on twice-a-day
milking The herds leading
butterfat producer is Mendith
Sun Peg with 676 pounds of fat
This is the 45th year that
Masonic Homes purebred Ayr
shires have been officially tested •
The 94 lactation records
averaged 13,573 pounds of milk
and 547 pounds of butterfat with a
4 i per cent test on a Mature
Equivalent (M E ) basis
An animal in Charles H
Gable’s Conebella Farm herd,
El verson, was also recognized by
the National Ayrshire Breeders’
Association
Conebella Betty Rue was the
highest milk producer and the
highest fat producer with 16,250
pounds of milk and 666 pounds of
butterfat in 305 days This is the
19th year that Conebella Farm
has been officially tested and the
38 lactation records averaged
14,246 pounds of milk and 574
pounds of butterfat with a 4 1
percent test on a M E basis
Pa. Broiler Output
Continues Decline
Broiler chicken production m
Pennsylvania continues to run
sharply against the national
trend according to the latest
weekly summary from the Crop
Reporting Service, a joint ven
ture of the Pennsylvania and U S
Departments of Agriculture
The number od day-eld chicks
put on feed this week was
1,130,000 Although this is up a
bare one percent from a week
earlier, it is 12 percent below the
same week in 1971 and the
current 10 week average has now
to 10 percent that of a
sear earlier
No improvement for the short
term is in the offing as the setting
of eggs for broiler-type chick
hatch is also depressed At
1,802,000 they are down from 5 to
11 percent in all three indicators.
The 10 week average nationally
is full of confidence for the broiler
market as placements last week
—57,487,000—kept the average at
three percent higher than a year
ago Pennsylvania producers
contribute to those placements as
about 15 percent of its weekly
chick hatch is shipped out-of
state
Chester 4-H'ers Attend Citizenship Short Course
Beth Hutchinson of West
Grove, Debbie Lewis of Exton,
Marjie Pyle of Malvern, Dan
Weinstock of Phoenixville and
Bob Mmshall of Avondale
returned recently from
Washington, D.C where they
participated in a Citizenship
Short Course at the National 4-H
Center.
They were five of 34 4-H
members from Pennsylvania
attending the week-long session,
and were among the more than
6,000 members from throughout
the United States selected to take
part in these teen leadership
training sessions conducted by
the National 4-H Foundation in
behalf of the Cooperative Ex
tension Service of the State Land-
Grant Universities and the
United States Department of
Agriculture.
Major purpose of the course
Seminar Planned on Rural Home Loans
On September 12th from 8:00 -
9-30 pm. the Lancaster County
Cooperative Extension Service
and the Lancaster Office of the
Farmers Home Administration
(USDA) will jointly sponsor an
educational seminar on rural
home ownership loans to be held
in the Extension Training Room,
Farm and Home Center, 1383
Arcadia Road, Lancaster.
Although the meeting is open
without charge to all interested
citizens, Farmers Home Ad
ministration (FHA) loans are
designed for and limited to low
and moderate income families
who desire to finance homes and
building sites located in
municipalities of not more than
10,000 population which are
rural in character and not closely
associated with urban areas.
The seminar will consist of a
panel discussion, followed by a
question-and-answer period
designed to provide information
concerning the following kinds of
questions. Who may borrow?
What are the loan terms? What
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MILK REPLACER®
BEACON
From now until October 14th
we are giving one 12 qt. heavy
duty plastic bucket with each
100 lbs. of Beacon Call Milk
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solution. Clean pails show the
calves get all the nutrients.
Gains are rapid and efficient.
THE BEACON DEALERS OF
LANCASTER COUNTY
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Intercourse, Pa. £ Jqjj
Manheim, Pa.
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* Offer expires October 14,1972
was to provide insight into in
dividual responsibility for
citizenship and to develop skills
and knowledge that help young
people relate to others in their
community, their nation, and
their world. Discussion and
seminar sessions featured
contemporary topics of interest
to youth and methods of dealing
with problems through positive
action.
The 4-H’ers said that the
discussion groups were very
educational. A game in which all
people with green eyes were kept
out of society was played to show
them what prejudice is like. They
also learned about passing laws
in Congress and how they can
become more involved in their
community.
The young people had a chance
to see their federal government
in action by spending a day on
security is required? How may
loan funds be used? What are the
procedures in applying for a
loan?
The seminar panelists are
Doris Thomas, Lancaster County
Extension home economist; Jay
Irwin, Lancaster County
Associate agricultural agent;
Roy Giessman, director of the
Lancaster County Farmers
Home Administration Office; and
Don Harter, Penn State Resource
Development Agent panel
moderator.
ihe Old itinefc
“The worse boss anyone
can have is a bad habit.”
Earl Sauder, Inc.
New Holland, Pa.
BEACONFEEDS
Capitol Hill visiting with
Congressmen. The group met
with Senator Schweiker’s aide at
the new Senate Building. They
also met with Congressman
Yakon’s aide.
The course also included field
trips to the U.S. Department of
Agricultrue, the National
Cathedral, the Smithsonian In
stitute, Mt. Vernon, the Capitol,
and many other historical sites.
According to the 4-H’ers, the
most interesting part of the
course was working together with
other 4-H members from other
states and getting new ideas
about projects that reflect con
cern and interest in their fellow
man. They hope to use their
newly gained experiences for the
betterment of their communities.
4-H members stayed in the
newly expanded National 4-H
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