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Vol. 19 No. 20
Pequea Valley’s topFFAaward winners, recognized
at Thursday night’s annual banquet, were, left to
right, Don Miller, Chapter Star Farmer, Tom
Denlinger, Star Red Rose, Fred Leaman, Star Chapter
Farmer, and Elvin Weaver, Star Greenhand.
May 1 Last Date for
Applicants for Lancaster,
County Farm and Home
Foundation college
scholarships should submit ‘
their , applications no later
Orval Bass v
Dale Burns
than May 1, county agent
Max Smith said this week.
Smith is chairman of the
Foundation’s scholarship
committee.
The scholarships are for
senior students in any public
or non-public high school in
Lancaster County, or any
Other county residents who
have completed high school.
A maximum of ten
scholarships will be awarded
this year.
Each scholarship will be
for $4OO and may be used to
help pay tuition, fees or room
Orval Bass
Moving to
New SCS
Assignment
Orval Bass will end his
eight-year stint as Lancaster
County’s district con
servationist this month to
assume a like position in
Boone County, Missouri.
Bass is scheduled to begin
working out of his new
Columbia, Mo., office on
April 29.'
Bass is an 18-year veteran
of the USDA’s Soil and
Conservation service, and
came to the local office from
Clarion County in 1966. In his
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6, 1974
Scholarship Requests
and board expenses at any
accredited college or
university which offers a
course ' of study in
agriculture and-or home
-economics.
The Farm and Home
Foundation Scholarships are
paid with earnings from an
irrevocable trust fund
established by the late
Elmer L. Esbenshade, one of
the foundation founders. The
income from the fund is
offered annually to
scholarship applicants,
depending on their need.
Funds from the Foundation
treasury are also used in the
scholarship program.
All senior guidance
counselors in the comity
have been informed of these
scholarships, and Smith
FARM
TRENDS a;
Pa. Cattle Slaughter Up 3 pet.
February 1974 slaughter of meat animals in Penn
sylvania was up for cattle and sheep and lambs, but
down for calves and hogs, according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Service. Cattle slaughter
increased 3 percent, and sheep and lambs 8 percent.
Calf slaughter was down 27, percent and hog
slaughter 28 percent below February a year ago.
Nationally, total red meat production was 2 percent
less than a year ago and 18 percent less than January
1974. Beef production was down 4 percent from
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4 Area FFA Groups
Hold Annual Meetings
Area FFA Chapter! have
been busy recently with then
annual banquets and award
presentations to outstanding
members. What follows is a
report on each of the most
recent Lancaster County
events.
Garden Spot FFA
Lampeter-Strasburg
High School
Rick Hess, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard, Hess,
Strasburg, was awarded the
Dekalb Agricultural Acco
mplishment Award. The *
award is sponsored by
Dekalb Agßesearch, Inc.
and is presented to the
outstanding senior in the
vocational agriculture
department. This award was
presented to him on the basis
of his scholarship, leader
ship, and his supervised
farming program.
Hess also received $3O
from the Lancaster County
Bankers Association.
advised interested students
to contact their counselors
for more information and
application forms. More
information can also be had
from Smith at the Farm and
Home Center, 1383 Arcadia
Road, Lancaster, phone 394-
6851.
In This Issue
FARM CALENDAR 10
Markets 2-4
Sale Register 33
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 33
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 24
Home on the Range 26
Organic Living 14
4-H Calendar 12
Sheep in the
Classroom 30
Darwin Mowery from the
Strasburg National Bank
presented the check,
Proficiency awards were
given to John Harnish, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Harnish, Strasburg for his
outstanding dairy production
project. Jim Wilson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Wilson, Strasburg was
honored for outstanding crop
production. Dwight Houser,
Garden Spot Chapter prize winners were, left tc
right, Doug Rohrer, Star Greenhand, Curt Hess. Stai
Chapter Farmer, and Dwight Hojser, Star Red Rose
Cloister Chapter's top award winners were, left tc
right, Barry Wissler, Star Red Rose, 1 Kerry Boyd, Stai
Chapter Farmer, and Daryl Martin, Star Greenhand
Manheim’s star award winners were, left to right
Randy Stoltzfus, Star Greenhand, Ruby Ginder, Star
Farmer and Ron Kreider, also Star Farmer.
$2.00 Per Year
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilbur
Houser, Lampeter was given
the livestock production
award. Rick Hess was
presented with the award for
outstanding agricultural
production for the year.
The four Red Rose Degree
winners from the chapter,
Jim Wilson, Dwight Houser,
John Harnish, and Jeff
Cramer were also honored.
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