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Vol. 17 No. 50
At the Lancaster County Poultry
Association annual meeting on Thursday,
evening, three producers and one allied
industryman were elected to three-year
terms on the associations board of
Directors Elected
At Poultry Meet
The Lancaster County Poultry
Association had their annual
banquet Thursday evening at the
Farm and Home Center. The
Center , s*banquet room was filled
almost to capacity with members
and guests who came to hear a
speech by Dr. Kenneth Goodwin,
and to view a slide presentation
by Glen Eshelman.
During the business meeting,
the members voted to accept the
recommendation of a nominating
committee which had chosen four
directors for three-year terms.
Two newly-elected directors
were Walter Shaub, Quarryville
R 3, and Ronald Meek, Denver
R 2.
Paul Kline, Lititz Rl, and
Melvin Gehman, Lancaster, were
both reelected. Shaub, Meek and
Kline represent poultry
producers on the board, while
Gehman, a buyer for R. W.
Carcass Show Won By
Fifth Place Live Hog
Tabulations from the Lampeter
Fair Hog Carcass Show were
completed and released this
week, and showed once again
that the champion in the show
ring isn’t necessarily the
champion in the cutting room.
The champion live hog slipped
to second place in the carcass
show, while the fifth place live
hog took top honors on the rail.
The second place animal in the
live show ring slipped to fourth,
and the third place live hog
remained in that position.
The champion carcass
belonged to a hog raised by Parke
Hess, of Conestoga R 2. The live
weight of his porker was 203
pounds, the carcass weight, 146
pounds The ham and loin cuts
together totaled 62 pounds for a
top rating of 42 percent when
placed against the total carcass
weight The champion carcass
hog had average backfat of 1 2
inches, also tops in the judging
.The Reserve champion
Sauder, represents allied in
dustry
Dr. Kenneth Goodwin, head of
the poultry science department
at Penn State, told the gathering
about the work that’s going on at
Penn State.
Associate county agent Jay
Irwin recounted the tours and
educational efforts of the past
year, and reminded the members
of the upcoming egg pricing
meeting to be held at the Farm
and Home Center on November
14.
Barbara Gehman, Lancaster
County’s 1972 poultry queen,
addressed the group, also.'
Stanley Mussellman was the
master of ceremonies, and
president Vernon Leininger
conducted the business session.
The meeting was capped by
Glen Eshelman’s half-hour slide
presentation, “Where the
Mountains Meet the Sky”.
which as a live animal had been
named champion, belonged to
Leon Arnold, of Lebanon.
Arnold’s 212 pound hog but
chered out to a 152 pound carcass
It had 63 pounds of ham and loin
cuts for a 41.6 percentage of the
carcass weight. Backfat average
1.3 inches.
B. Russell Sauder, of Manheim
R 3, had the third place hog in
both the live and carcass shows.
His hog had almost 64 pounds of
ham and loin eye together for a
41.5 percentage. Average backfat
was 1.3 inches.
Larry Arnold, Lebanon Rl, who
showed the reserve champion
hog, found his animal in fourth
place when it was slaughtered
and judged again The 210 pound
animal weighted 145 pounds in
the slaughter house, had average
backfat of 1.3 inches and a ham
loin percentage of 41.
A total of 10 hogs were entered
in the carcass show.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4, 1972
directors. They are, from left to nghi.
Walter Shaub, Quarryville R 3, Ronald
Meek, Denver R 2, Paul Kline, Lititz Rl, and
Mel Gehman, Lancaster. Gehman is the
allied industrymen.
Farm Calendar
Keystone International Livestock
Exposition, Farm Show
Building, November 4 - 10.
Sunday, November 5
57th Annual National Association
of County Agricultural Agents
(NACAA) Convention,
University of Georgia,
Novexp£erJi-9.
Monday, November 6
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Soil and Water Conservation
District meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
I'uesday, November 7
9:30 a.m Chester County
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4-H Dairy
Members
Honored
A total of 36 4-H dairy club
members received prizes Friday
night during the annual 4-H
recognition dairy banquet held at
the Good ‘n Plenty Restaurant,
Smoketown.
Prizes were donated by over 30
local agribusiness firms.
Recognized were dairy club
members who distinguished
themselves in the past year by
winning prizes at local, regional
or state contests. Individual
project awards also went to 4-
H’ers who had compiled the
highest pomt totals for record
keeping, fitting and showing
within a particular breed. One
prize was given m each breed
category.
Daryl Martin, Stevens, got the
individual project award for
Ayrshires. Lois Wanner, Narvon,
was the Brown Swiss winner. The
Holstein prize went to Patricia
Eby, Gordonville, and the Jersey
honors went to Barbara Aaron,
Quarryville.
Debbie Crider, Nottingham,
won the Guernsey award. She
also won the prize for having the
highest point total for any breed
Entertainment for the evening
was provided by Linda Esh, who
presented the airplane
monologue with which she won
the 4-H talent contest last sum
mer
Saturday, November 4
Christmas Tree
Growing - A Slow
Path to Profit
A successfulChnstmas tree
grower needs a lot of skill, a
steady market, and a willingness
to work He also needs a
tremendous amount of patience
If you started with seedlings, it
would be eight years or more
before you’d be able to sell your
Silver Emblem
Award Goes to
Grassland FFA
A Silver Emblem Award was
presented to the Grassland FFA
Chapter at the recent FFA
national convention in Kansas
City. Clifford Day, Garden Spot
vo-ag teacher, said the Silver
Emblem was the highest award
won by any Pennsylvania
chapter at this year’s convention.
Day said that to win a Silver
Emblem, a chapter must be
active and have a strong
program of work. Some of the
activities for the Grassland
Chapter included a safety
program, an improved super
vised framing program, student
achievement recognition, active
contest participation and various
community service projects.
“Super Tree" could be another name for the Fracer fir. It
has soft needles, doesn't shed, and will retain its freshness
through a two-month-long stay indoors. Ralph Frey is
standing here beside a 17-year-old specimen on his
Christmas tree farm near Willow Street.
$2.00 Per Year
first tree Christmas trees won’t
make you rich m a hurry, but
they could provide a sup
plemental income Or, a stand of
Christmas trees could be planned
for a small retirement business
Lancaster County’s biggest
Christmas tree grower is Ralph
Frey, Willow Street Frey has
been selling trees for the past 25
years of so
At first, he bought trees from
suppliers About 12 years ago,
however, he and his wife bought
the small farm they now live on
and planted 37 acres of trees
Only in the past few years have
they begun selling in any
quantity Frey’s tree operation is
strictly part-time He’s employed
full-time at Hamilton Watch.
Certain aspects of Christmas
tree growing are seasonal, but
Frey says there’s work to be done
about 10 months of the year
Cutting and selling, of course,
keep everyone busy in Decem
ber. Shearing, a process which
shapes the trees by removing
excess growth, starts in June
Planting starts as soon as
possible in March. “January and
February are really our only slow
months,” the Freys pointed out.
Asked which is the most
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