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V 2642 119 day maturity
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V 2592 118 day maturity
By demand. A special hybrid for the East,
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V 2552 113 day maturity
This is a high population hybrid. Pour on the
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V 2442 - 102 day maturity
The big yielder. Tough to beat anywhere.
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[SINCE 1925]
Annual Pumpkin Contest
Held At Twin Valley
Twin Valley FFA held its third
annual Pumpkin Growing contest
recently at the Twin Valley High
School. Students and teachers
brought pumpkins for judging.
While FFA members weighed
and measured the pumpkins
students, parents and teachers
the movie “Son of
Paleface". A total of 110 pum
pkins were judged in three
categories - heaviest pumpkin,
pumpkin with largest cir
cumference, and oddest shaped
pumpkin. The oddest shaped
pumpkin category was again
judged by Mrs. Holly Clevely,
history teacher at TVHS.
First place winners were as
follows:
First grade - Rodney Stoltzfus,
winner in all three categories.
Second grade - heaviest and
largest circumference, Larry
Barnet; oddest shape, Paul
Frantz.
Third grade - heaviest, Ginny
Lou Worthington; largest,
Audrey Given; oddest shape,
Kim Oatman.
Fourth Grade - heaviest and
largest, Scott Stoltzfus; oddest
shape, Shelly Souden.
Fifth grade - heaviest, Brenda
Martin; largest, Keith McVaugh;
oddest shape, Sandy Ritchie.
Sixth grade -- heaviest, Tim
Stoltzfus; largest, John Peck;
oddest shape, Harry Brown.
Grand champion trophies were
presented to: Larry Barnet for
the heaviest pumpkin, which
weighed 68 pounds; Rodney
Stoltzfus for the pumpkin with the
largest circumference; Sandy
Ritchie for the most unusually
shaped pumpkin.
In addition Mrs. Dovin, first
grade teacher at Honey Brook,
received the trophy for the
heaviest pumpkin submitted by a
teacher.
A total of $162 in prizes was
distributed to the student win
ners, with each first place winner
receiving $4, second place win
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 3,1973
ners $3, and third place winners
$2.
This is the third year the FFA
has organized and helped to
sponsor this contest, which is
open to all in the
elementary schools of the Twin
Valley School District. Last
spring FFA members distributed
seeds and rules to the students.
Over 900 packs qf seed were
distributed.
Local businesses helping to
cosponsor the contest were:
Smith brothers,.Joanna; El-Mor
Chevrolet, Morgantown; Morgan
Trader, Morgantown; Don and
Isabel Simmeflrs; Honey Brook,
and Stoltzfus Brothers IGA,
Honey Brook.
Bit and Bradoon
Holds Meeting
The recent meeting of Bit and
Bradoon 4-H Club was called to
order by the president. Dues
were paid, project reports were
read, and reports were given by
the secretary and treasurer.
About $6OO was obtained from
the horse show. There were 99
horses and 32 classes at the show.
Visitors came from out of state as
well as areas surrounding
Lancaster.
A scrapbook is going to be
purchased to keep clippings
about the Club and members in
the Club.
The next meeting will be
November 11, held at Webber’s.
News Reporter,
Lesley Winpenny
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Penn Stater Is
Named Head of
Chianina Assoc.
Michael C. Hugh, research
assistant in animal science, at
The Pennsylvania State
University, has been elected
president of the Northeast Region
of the American Chianina
Association. Mr. Rugh was also
named to a 3-year term as
chairman of the board of
directors in the region.
The Chianina is an Italian
breed of beef cattle introduced
into the United States within the
last two years. It is one of several
foreign breeds brought into this
country. The Chianina is an
ancient breed of cattle used
originally as a work animal,
much like oxen. It is one of the
largest beef breeds in the world.
Mature bulls weigh up to 4,000
pounds.
Rugh was elected president at
the regional meeting of the
association held recently at
Boonsboro, Md. As regional
president, he will serve on the
national board of directors of the
American Chianina Association
with headquarters in Kansas
City, Mo. Immediate past
president and past regional
director is Herman R. Purdy,
professor emeritus of animal
science at Penn State.
Mr. Rugh is married to the
former Karen A. Zimmerman of
Sunbury and is the son of Mrs.
Guy E. Bubb of Sarver and the
late Dr. L. D. Rugh.
Although quite new, the Nor
theast section of the American
Chianina Association has 40
registered members. There are
over 2,000 paid members in the
United States.
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