—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18, 1972 36 ll Kerry Boyd (center) was named grand champion exhibitor at the Lincoln 4-H Club Capon Roundup this week, while Gaile Gehman (right) had the reserve champion bird. Kermit Birth (left), Penn State Pountry Marketing Specialist, served as judge for the annual event. Lincoln 4-H Capon Roundup Champion Captures $ 7.40 Tag A ten pound capon sold for $74 at the Lincoln 4-H Community Club Capon Exhibit Wednesday night at the Ephrata Legion Hall, sponsored by the Ephrata Rotary Club. The grand champion bird exhi bited by Kerry Boyd, Ephrata RDI, sold for $7.40 per pound. The mne-and-one-half pound reserve champion which sold for $3.05 per pound was exhibited by Gaile Gehman, Denver. There were 18 birds sold to Rotary Club members, averaging $1.79 per pound. This price is about $1 above market -jince Wilbur Bossier, Lititz, was auctioneer. Other winners included; Barry Weitzel, Denver, third; Tessie Gehman, Denver, fourth; Deborah Weitzel, Denver, fifth, and Steve Gehman, Denver, sixth. Kermit Birth, Extension Poultry Marketing Specialist from Penn State University, served as judge as well as dinner speaker The Ephrata Rotary Club sponsors this event annually Club members buy the capons which are sold to the highest bidder Each year the outstanding Capon project in the Lincoln club is recognized with a large trophy Scoring of this competition is based on all aspects of the project including management, recor dkeeping, 4-H story and the exhibit. This year Kerry Boyd received the trophy Lancaster Kiwanis Club members were buying holiday capons Tuesday night at the 1972 Lancaster County 4-H Capon Roundup from industrious 4-H Club members. The event is sponsored annually by the Lancaster Kiwanis Club. National FFA V-P Planning Week Here Bruce S. Erath, a national FFA vice-president, will be spending a week in Lancaster County as part of a training program for new FFA officers, according to Dr. Robert Herr, head of vocational agriculture for the Eastern Lancaster County School District. Herr said that Erath is ex pected to arrive in New Holland on November 27 to spend a week talking to FFA members, chapter advisors and local far mers and agri-businessmen He will be the guest speaker at the Lancaster County FFA meeting on November 30 at New Holland. Both the top winners came from the Manheim RDI area. Mike Peifer exhibited the grand champion pair while Tod Herr Appropriate trophies are displayed in caster Kiwanis; Mike Peifer with his grand front of the winning pairs this week at the champion pair; Tod Herr, reserve annual Lancaster County 4-H Capon champion pair, and Dr. Owen leene, Penn Roundup. Shown left to right are: Glenn State Poultry Nutrition Specialist who Miller, agriculture chairman for the Lan- served as judge. had the reserve champion pair. Peifer’s ten-and-one-half pound capons were sold for 85 cents per pound. There were 13 exhibitors competing in the show. Other top winners were: Stanley Miller, third; Doris Hershey, fourth, and r \ *■ ' w Linda Hershey, fifth. These winners were all from Lititz. Dr. Owen Keene, Penn State Poultry Nutrition Specialist, was judge. He also spoke at the luncheon. The title of his speech was “How Nutrition has In creased Efficiency and Reduced This is when you get that good feeling This is pay day. This is when it all comes back, The fertilizer. The seed. The interest. The machinery. The thinking. The work. With a profit, if all the inputs did their jobs. The seed is a key. Some hybrids have a superior capacity to produce. To give you more corn, from the same soil and season Prof it- minded corn growers have learned Funk's G-Hybnds can be depended upon to do just that. To produce top yields. Year after year. Dependably. In good seasons and —like many years when conditions are tough at critical times. Year after year, corn growers with Funk's-G at work in their fields have that good feeling. That good feeling you get when you have dependable hybrids, from de pendable people. Funk's G-Hybrids. A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC. Landisville, Pennsylvania 17538 HVBRBP SEEDSMEN TO THE WORLD We Are Proud To Be A Part Of American Agriculture Prices of Poultry Meat and Eggs to Consumers.” In total project competition Mike Peifer was first with Stanley Miller second. Kiwanians furnished the trophies for the champions as well as prize money. Funk’s is a Brand Name Numbers Identify Varieties PUNK SEEDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. International Headquarters Bloomington, Illinois 61701 The limitation of warranty and remedy on the tag attached to each bag of Funk’s G Hybrid sold is a part of the terms of sate thereof
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