Vol, 18 No. 52
Phoebe Ruth
Area Youths Cited
By Holstein Assoc .
Phoebe Ruth, Fleetwood, and
Greg Landis, Lancaster, were
named 1973 Distinguished Junior
Members last week at the Penn
sylvania Holstein Association
convention at Seven Springs
Mountain Resort, Champion.
Phoebe is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alpheus Ruth. Greg’s
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jay E.
Landis, Lancaster RD6.
Phoebe, is an 18 year old
graduate of Christopher Dock
High School presently attending
Albright College as a home
economics education student.
While in high school, Phoebe
participated in a variety of ac
tivities and was in “Who’s Who in
American High School Students”.
She is the owner of 12
Registered Holsteins, five of
which are offspring of her own
cows. In the past year, Phoebe
had gross income of over $4,300,
and values her Holsteins at over
$20,000.
She is the 1973 State 4-H Dairy
Award winner and will represent
Pennsylvania at the National 4-H
Congress in November. Early
this year she represented Penn
sylvania at the American In-
Incorporates Research Findings
Broiler Egg House Opens
Dequay Lauchmann's first
venture into the poultry business
is not only a personal first, but a
milestone in the broiler-breeder
field, too. Lauchmann’s brand
new $BO,OOO commercial laying
house is the first in the state, and
among the first in the country, to
incorporate many of the research
findings developed over the past
few years by Penn State’s Dr.
Glenn Dressier.
Lauchmann, a Spring Grove
RD3 orchardist who also owns
and operates a farm market, told
Lancaster Farming that he’d
been thinking about the chicken
business for a number of years.
“I felt this was the kind of
operation I wanted, because it
will give me the best return on
my investment, with the lowest
labor requirement.” Lauchmann
has a contract with Lancaster’s
Pennfield Corporation to supply
Greg Landis
stitute of Cooperatives Con
ference in New Orleans and
participated in the Northeast
Teen Agri-Business Conference
in Washington, D. C.
Greg is 18 years old, a 1973
graduate of Penn Manor High
School, and is presently farming
with his father at Pataja Farm.
While in high school Greg
participated in wrestling, cross
country, band, and was a
member of the newspaper staff.
In 1973 he was voted the out
standing band member and most
valuable wrestler.
Very active in the Future
Farmers of America, Greg has
held many offices in his Manor
Chapter and is currently Vice-
President of the State FFA. He
has received the Eastern
Regional Star Fanner of Pa.
award and Keystone Fanning
degree in recognition of his FFA
achievements.
Landis owns 13 head of
Registered Holsteins, 11 of which
are descendants of his own cattle.
He places a value of over $21,000
on these cattle and sold $6,052
worth of milk from them in the
past 12 months.
that company with Broiler
hatching eggs.
The new house will accomodate
10,000 heavy breeders in two pens
of 5000 square feet each. That
one-foot-per-bird allotment
compares with the average two to
two-and-a-half-foot figure in
a more conventional broiler
breeder house.
Earl Gingrich, Penfield Cor
poration’s breeder flock
manager, coordinated the effort
that went into the building of the
220-foot, highrise building.
Gingrich worked closely with Dr.
Dressier on the building’s design.
Agri built and equipped the
house, while Big Dutchman
supplied a high speed feeding
system; Amspec, styrofoam
insulation; Aspec, plastic floors;
Favorite Manufacturing, the nest
works and Reynolds Aluminum
covered the exterior with siding.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17, 1973
17th Annual Show . . .
Thousands At
Keystone Expo
The Keystone Livestock Ex
position drew to a close this week
as thousands of animals, owners
and spectators headed for home.
The giant exposition, said to be
one of the largest of its kind in the
world, attracted entries from 29
states and Canada, and
simultaneously played host to
some 27 livestock judging teams
representing land-grant
universities and state champion
4-H and FFA organizations.
When it was all over, state and
area contestants had fared pretty
well in competition with some of
the top livestock farmers in the
country.
Big winners in hog competition
were Strawbridge and McCleary,
Stewartstown, York County. The
farm took top Yorkshire and
Hampshire exhibitor titles, they
had the reserve champion
Yorkshire boar and the reserve
grand champion individual
barrow.
Mark Nestleroth, Manheim
RD3, showed the first place
March boar which was also
named reserve champion of the
Duroc breeding show. An April
boar, shown by Nestleroth, took
third place and a February gilt
In This Issue
Markets 2-4
Sale Register 34
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 37
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 22
Milk Council Meet 11
Inter-State Meet 8
Lebanon Co. Farm-
City Open House 17
Lebanon Co. Baby
Beef Roundup 5
On Thursday, the house was
open to the public for inspection,
and dozens of poultryxnen came
to view the facility.
Dr. Bressler, who was at the
open house, explained the logic
behind the plastic mesh which
forms the two sloping floors in the
house. “The mesh eliminates the
need for litter. Droppings fall
through the mesh into the pit
below. You save the cost of litter,
lower the labor requirements,
and you greatly reduce soiled,
contaminated eggs.”
Bressler pointed out that in a
litter house, hens will often lay
their eggs in the litter. These
floor eggs must be gathered at
least once daily. This chore is
virtually eliminated with the
litter-free sloping floors. Eggs
laid on these floors slowly roll to
the sides of the pens, where they
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took fifth in a calss of 20. His
Duroc heavyweight took third in
the class.
Richard P. Sholley, RD2,
Jonestown, repeated as the top
breeder exhibitor of Spotted
Swine although he was unable to
take home any of the four
rosettes awarded to the top
animals. Clair Hartman, R.D.,
Gratz, Pa., had the champion
boar and gilt, “Dandy Star” and
“Miss Delight,” respectively,
along with the reserve champion
gilt. Denton Griest, RDI, Ab
bottstown, Pa., showed the
reserve champion boar.
In the junior barrow show, open
to 4-H and FFA members, the
champion hog was shown by
Harold Mummert, 11, of York,
while reserve champion honors
went to Lawrence Arnole,
Lebanon.
More than 100 entries paraded
through the main arena Satur
day, in the Junior Steer Show.
Competition was open only to 4-H
and FFA members with con
testants coming primarily from
Ohio, Maryland and Penn
sylvania, and a smattering of
other states.
The champion was John W.
Holloway, West Chester, who
later in the afternoon took his
Charolais-Angus crossbred up
against the champions of the
Open Class steer show and nailed
down the Open Class grand
championship. The reserve
Top honors in the 19th Annual Lancaster County Capon
Roundup on Tuesday went to 11-year-oid Linda Hershey,
left. Craig Harnish took the reserve champion honors for the
event which was sponsored by the Lancaster Kiwanis Club.
(See story on page'37.)
$2.00 Per Year
champion junior steer was an
Angus entered by Robert Jay
Miller, Woodsboro, Md.
The champions and runnersup,
by breed, were:
Angus - Miller, champion;
Barbara J. Sickler, RDI, West
Chester, reserve champion.
Hereford - Linda Martin, RDI,
Narvon, champion; Molly Miller,
RD2, Halifax, reserve champion.
Shorthorn - Rhys A. Bowman,
RD2, Greenville, Ohio, cham
pion; Bernie Hansen, RDI,
Rolling Prairie, reserve
champion.
Crossbreds -- Holloway,
champion; Terry Lee Kibler,
RDI, Woodstock, Va., reserve
champion.
An outstanding consignment
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Farm Calendar
Saturday. November 17
7:30 p.m. - County Council
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
9 p.m. - Fulton Grange Youth'
bowling party, Garden Spot
Bowling Center.
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association Convention, Penn
Harris Motor Inn, Camp Hill,
November 18 - 21.
Monday, November 19
8 p.m. - Lancaster County FFA
Red Rose meeting, Lampeter.
Annual Forage and Seed Con
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