Mary Pruss Shows Champion 4-H Capons With 90 4-H members each exhibiting two dressed capons, or 180 birds, Miss Mary Pruss of Wayne County won the grand champion honors at the Wayne-Plke 4-H Capon Roundup. She exhibited the grand champion pair of birds, which were of the Penobscot strain, each weighing ten pounds. Mary is seventeen years old and has been in 4-H club work for seven years. The reserve grand champion award was cap- FARMERS c«^») MARKET YOUR 1973 TOBACCO Through AGWAY, INC. Where Quality is Recognized by USDA Grade. For More Information Call AGWAY LANCASTER 394-0544 VAN DALE CALEB M. WENGER, mC. R.D.I DRUMORE CENTER, QUARRYVILLE, PA. PHONE 548-2116 tured by Charles Shushenick, also of Wayne County. This two county roundup has become in ten years the largest in continental United States and perhaps the world. These youngsters in Wayne and Pike counties raise and market more than 5,000 capons each year. Day old cockerels are purchased from Mattem’s Hatchery, Beaver Springs, Pa., and distributed in basic units of thirty-five chicks to each 4-H member in late May. The There’s A Difference! Here s a rugged new breed of silo unloader with a big difference from other machines a difference that means better performance The DA 1230 has double augers but more important they re differ ential augers The rear auger is larger than the front auger and the two augers turn at different speeds The result is up to 30*. more wall pressure for smoother performance m all types of silage soft or frozen Silage flows into the impeller in an even stream no slugs or pads of silage that can clog other machines and rob capacity Thu differential augers break up compressed silage to give you smoother operation and greater capacity You get Non- Stop Feeding with the new DA 1230 unloader basic unit is provided by a local Rotary Club member, but 4-H members are free to purchase additional chicks. This year two 4-H members raised 600 capons. The birds are caponized at ap proximately twenty-one days of age by county ex tension agents and senior 4-H members. Currently five 4-H members are able to caponize proficiently. At roundup time each 4-H member presents his Rotary sponsor with a dressed capon in repayment for the chicks provided. The Rotary Club members visit and correspond with the 4-H members, creating in many cases a close friendship between the town businessman and the rural young person. John Creighton, Wayne County Agent and Richard Plotts, Associate County Agent, have built this program into an annual $45,000 gross business. When the aid of a second Rotary Club was enlisted two years ago, Pike County 4-H members under the direction of Joseph Staley, County Agent, joined the program. In the course of the program several hundred youngsters have learned - basic principles of poultry production, processing and marketing, as well as sound Mary Pruss, Grand Champion of the Wayne-Pike 4-H Capon Round-Up. exhibits her winning birds. business practices. These youngsters usually bank more than $l.OO per bird profit each year. Some have made as high as $2-3 per bird when good management, good luck, and a good Pennfield Promotes Harter James H. Harter, a 15-year veteran of L. M. Sheaffer Company, Pennfield Cor poration’s Egg Division, has been named maintenance supervisor for the division. His promotion was an nounced by Donald E. Horn, general manager of L, M. Sheaffer, who added that the position was newly created. Harter will handle operational and preventive I/* tS iS \ \ I. H. \ \ GOOD USED FARM MACHINERY HAY MACHINE! N.H. 67 Hayline Baler N.H. 269 Baler w-Thrower N.H. 270 Baler w-Thrower N.H. Super 68 Baler A.C. 444 Baler J.D. Baler w-Kicker I.H. 46. Baler I.H. 816 Mower Conditioner COMBINES I.H. 205 S.P. Combine w-cab Corn Head, 13 ft. Gram Head HARVESTERS N.H. 717 Harvester w-Corn Head and Pickup Head I.H. 15 Harvester w-Corn Head Ford Harvester w-2 Heads N.H. 1880 Harvester (3) Heads & Cab L. H. Brubaker, Inc. 350 Strasburg Pike Ph. 397-5179 iS i/ 0 \S \S \S Lancaster F market all have been favorable. More information may be obtained by writing to Mr. John Creighton, Agricultural County Agent, Wayne County Courthouse, Honesdale, Pa. 18431. maintenance of equipment and machinery for the processing plants and Pennfield Farms. He plans to expand the new depart ment in the future. Before joining Pennfield, the Ephrata High School graduate was employed by Harter’s Grocery Store in Ephrata. He resides in Akron with his wife, Eleanor, and five children. iS I/ 0 tS iS iS i/ 0 BRUBAKER, Inc. Has a Large Selection of clm/i Jarm Wickert Named Executive VP John D. Wickert has named senior executive president of Dauphin Dei Trust Co., W. D. U *;V, ,r * - C 14 Dauphin Deposit Presid has announced. Wickert, of 805 Mai Lane, Camp Hill, had b senior vice president National Central Bank. "'ll He is secretary-treasu of the Pennsylvania Bank Association Political Act Council, the Pennsylva Higher Educati Assistance agency, American Banke Association Third Fede Reserve Lending Advisi Board, the Board of Aviation Corp., the I vertising and Control Bo; for the Pennsylvai National Horse Show and the support committee the Hemlock Council, G Wickert is Past Chairman of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association lending com mittee and of the Downtown Harrisburg Association. He also has been active in United Fund solicitations. He is married to the for mer Yvonne M. Miller, of New Cumberland and they have three children. He is a member of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Camp Hill, the Country Club of Harrisburg, West Shore County Club, Harrisburg Kiwanis Club, Tuesday Club, West Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. Wickert is an alumnus of Erskine College, Muhlen berg College and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Rutgers University. TRACTORS C-Allis Chalmers w-Cultivators I.H. 806 Tractor MISC. EQUIPMENT 180 Bu. Hawk Bilt Tank Spreader (1) Hydraulic Dump Wagon J.D. 140 Bu. Spreader Fox P.T.O. Table Blower (4) Row Corn Head for Gleaner F Cpmbine J.D. Chisel Plow Several Used Plows Come in and see us for some good After the Farm Show Deals Lancaster, Pa \ \
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