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Voi. 19 No. 27
Land Judging
Victors Named
. Solanco High School’s FFA
land judging team squeaked
by the Ephrata team with a
three-point lead to take top
honors in this year’s county
FFA land judging contest.
Last year, the Ephrata team
beat Solanco by a margin
almost as narrow.
Dale Bums, soil scientist
who recently began working
in the Lancaster County Soil
and Conservation Service
office, was the official judge
for the contest. Competitors
viewed five separate holes
dug on the Parke Brackbill
farm, near Reftoh. They
rated the holes for their
suitability for crops and
other uses. Individuals were
scored on their closeness to
Bum’s ratings for each hole.
Some 70 FFA’ers from
nine schools competed in the
event. Of the tope ten in
dividuals;' five were from
UK. Farmers
On Tour Here
A group of touring English
farmers stopped at three
area farms on Thursday to
chat with the owners about
farm life and farm
management. The 22 United
Kingdom farmers embarked
on their U.S. tour May 13 and
'will return home on May 23.
Lancaster Farming joined
the group briefly at the
Aaron Brubaker farm in
Rohrerstown. The tour was
sponsored by ICI, Ltd., a
Aaron Brubaker (wearing cap)
learned about the impact of
inheritance taxes in England from W.
S. Elkington, right, a farmer on tour in
Solanco, • four were from
Ephrata and one was from
New Holland. Mark
Hohenwarter of Solanco was
first with a total of 434 points,
and Ephrata’s Barry Wissler
was second with 417.
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‘ In This Issue
FARM CALENDAR 10
Markets 2-4
Sale Register 38
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 41
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 26
Home on the 2B
Organic. Living 22
Thoughts in Passing - 16
Lebanon Co. DHIA 12
Chester Co. DHIA 14
British chemical company
which is among.the largest in
the world. The Lancaster
County portion of the tour
was hosted by Ortho along
with P. L. Rohrer and Bros.,
Inc., Smoketown. ICI is the
manufacturer of Paraquat
which is sold in the U.S.
under the (Mho label,
The surprising thing about
this group of farmers was
the size of their farms. The
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the U.S. Elkington said inheritance
taxes can total up to 90 percent of the
value of a farm.
J
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 18, 1974
The top team in this year’s Lancaster County FFA
Land Judging Contest came from Solanco. The
smiling victors are shown here receiving their
winning trophy from Warren Wagner, vo-ag in
structor at Lampeter-Strasburg. L-S was the
FARM
TRENDS fcS
RECORD HIGH WINTER WHEAT CROP IS SEEN
U.S. winter wheat production now forecast at a
record 1.612 billion bu. That’s 27 pet. (342 million
bu.) above last year’s record crop, and higher than
any total U.S. wheat crop grown prior to 1971.
Reason for the big gam: Larger acreage and a
record-high projected yield. Harvested acreage is
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Farm-Home
Scholarship
Winners
Announced
Nine smiling youthful
faces graced the board room
of the County
Farm and Home Center
Wednesday night, as the
Farm and Home Foundation
board of directors voted to
award each of the youths
present a $4OO scholarship.
There would have been ten
smiles, but scholarship
winner Kris Halls is
presently a student in
Denmark.
All ten scholarship win
ners are 1973 or 1974
graduates of Lancaster
County high schools, and all
plan to attend college in the
fall to major in either home
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sponsoring school this year. The team members,
from left to right, are Joseph Overly, Mark
Hohenwarter, Randy Ranck, Charles Coates and
Gordon *Herr.
FFA ’ers Win State
Proficiency Awards
Area youths fared well this
week when the state FFA
Proficiency Award winners
were named in Harrisburg.
Each first place award
carries with it a $lOO prize
and the opportunity to
compete in die Northeast
Region proficiency contest.
Regional winners will then
go to vie for national honors
at the next national FFA
convention in Kansas City.
First place winners in the
13 different categories were:
Agriculture sales and-or
service - J. Richard Groff,
1508 W. Main St., Ephrata.
Dairy production
Gregory A.' Lanids, Lan
We Salute Dairy
Industry June 1
Dairying is nearly a $5O million a year business in Lan
caster County, and it’s an important industry in surrounding
counties, too. Chester and Berks Counties each produce
about $2O million worth of milk annually, and York and
Lebanon Counties each come close to the $ll million mark
LANCASTER"- FARMING will recognize the area’s
dynamic dairy industry in its June 1 Special Annual Dairy
Issue.
We extend a special invitation to dairy groups- and
organizations, as well as individuals, to submit articles anc
news on dairying for the Dairy Issue.
Advertisers are invited to make their own appeal to a large
segment of the Southeastern Pennsylvania dairy market.
- To be sure to make the Dairy Issue, please submit al"
material by Wednesday, May 29.
Call us at 394-3047 or 626-2191 (ask for Lancaster Farming)
Or write to Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 266, Lititz, Pa
17543.'
$2.00 Per Year
caster RD6.
Placement in agricultural
production - Nevin E. Mast,
Morgantown RDI.
Agricultural processing -
Lynn Ray Groff, 211 S. State
St., Ephrata.
Poultry production -
Michael L. Martin, New
Holland RDI.
Agricultural mechanics -
Glenn L. Long, Columbia
RD2.
Ornamental horticulture -
Jeff Keeney, 2826 Vireo Rd.,
York.
Beef production - Howard
J. Stoltzfus, Eleverson RD2.
Fish and wildlife
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