Library fScc-cI o£ Agriculture v 107 Eattoo if,GO2 A Vol. 19 No. 41 A pair of Lehigh Countians cap tured first place showing and fitting prizes in, Thursday’s baby beef competition at the Kutztown Fair. Berks County Youths Compete At Kutztown The annual Kutztown Fair got underway this week with a dairy fitting and showing contest on Tuesday, dairy cattle competition and a sheep show on Wednesday and hog and beef shows on Thursday. FFA dairy and livestock judging contests were slated for Friday, as was the FFA tractor driving contest and a 4-H dairy judging contest. Results available at press time were: DAIRY CATTLE Ayrshire (Results for all breeds include performance in both open and combined 4-H and Jane has been busy this summer between being a Teen Leader for 4-H and comprising one of the Horse Judging Team members. Grant Grim, left, of Breinigsville RDI, took top showmanship honors while Gait Snyder, New Tripoli, walked off with the grand champion fitting prize. FFA competition, unless otherwise shown) Grand champion and senior champion - Sharon Henley,'Cochranville Rl; reserve grand and reserve senior - Kennard E. Henley, Cochranville Rl; junior champion - Kennard Henley; reserve junior - Sharon Henley. Brown Swiss Grand champion and senior champion - Donna Hoffman, Bernville Rl; reserve grand and reserve senior - David C. Nolan, Hollow Rd., Birchrunville; junior champion - Wasyl Onulack, Coopersburg Rl; X.stncaater Farming Photo Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 24, 1974 Lancaster Farming 1 Photo reserve junior - Stephen Nolan, Birchrunville. Guernsey Grand champion and senior champion - Jacob Leiby, Shhoemakersville Rl; reserve grand and reserve senior - Marlin Dietrich, Kempton, Rl; junior champion - Denise Andrien; junior reserve - Jeffrey W. Smith, Bethel Rl. Holstein Junior show: Grand champion and senior champion - Susan Seidel, Walnut St. Richland; reserve grand and reserve senior - Sharon Troutman, | Continued on Page 19) Jane Gregory Hopes To by Melissa Piper Jane Gregory has been a busy young lady this sum mer, serving as a Teen Leader for the Broken Bit 4- H Club and the B-C Cooking Club. She is a member of the Lancaster County Holstein Club also. Jane is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gregory, RD2, Lititz and will be a seniojr at Warwick High School this Fall. This summer, she participated on the Lancaster 4-H Horse Judging Team which placed second at the 4-H State Achievement Festival. Jane placed first in the state in giving oral reasons for horse judging. Along with her judging team activities, Jane was also a delegate to the 4-H Leadership Conference at Moore Sees Poor Year For Feeders “If he’s careful, the good steer feeder could break even in the cattle business this year,” H. Louis Moore told a group of Lancaster County cattle feeders on Thursday night at the Farm and Home Center. “In other words, it’s going to be a bad year.” Moore is an extension livestock marketing specialist at Penn State, and was making one of his frequent appearances in Lancaster County to discuss the outlook for profits with producers. “I donT recall that we’ve ever had so much confusion with the beef cattle situation,” he said. “Far mers, especially here, just don't know what to do with their com and other feed grain crops, and they don’t know whether or not they should go ahead and buy feeder pigs and cattle.” Painting his cattle forecast against a background of runaway world-wide in flation, Midwestern crop failure, spiraling costs and a In This Issue FARM CALENDAR 10 Markets 2-4 Sale Register 64 Fanners Almanac 6 Classified Ads 29 Editorials 10 Homestead Notes 54 Home on the Range 56 Organic Living 33 Farm Women Calendar 58 Ag Progress Days 38 Growing Degree Days 51 Farm Youth Calendar 60 Organic Living 59 Berks DHIA 14 Lebanon DMA 16 Be A Vet Penn State and attended State Capitol Days. To aid her with her responsibilities as a Teen Leader, Jane attended the Teen Leader Conference with numberous other 4-Hers at Dublin Gap, Cumberland County. Jane explained that the conference helped her gam many valuable ideas to help with the younger members. “Being a teen leader, I usually help the younger members organize and give show and tells.” Jane ex plained. Jane is presently a member and news reporter for the Broken Bit Horse Club. When asked how she got interested in horses, Jane replied that her family had always had either horses | Continued on Page 28| credit crunch, Moore said hog and cattle feeders are going to be hard pushed to make a profit m the next 12 months. The biggest pinch on profits will come from high priced com, Moore said. “You used to be able to take com at $1.50 a bushel and sell it for $3 by feeding it H. Louis Moore Hoover, County Uoyd Hoover and Keith Feister both members of the Grassland FFA Chapter at Garden Spot captured the top county FFA awards on Thursday afternoon when they were named Star Farmer and Star Agribusinessman respec tively. Uoyd Hoover, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoover, 30 Hoover Lane, Leola, and has been quite active in FFA and youth activities for some time. During his FFA work he has had veal calves and pigs for projects. Uoyd is a member of the Keith Feister (left) and Lloyd Hoover won top county FFA honors Thursday when they were named Star Agribusinessman and Star FFA Farmer, respectively. $2.00 Per Year. to your steers. But there's no way you can profit by feeding $4 com to $3 steers. Moore expects com to be selling around $4 sometime in the next few months. Current cash prices for com are hovering around $3.60 in Chicago, but the Penn State economist said he’d talked to some Midwestern dealers who were offering farmers $4 a bushel for com stored on their farms. And the farmers weren’t selling. The big reason for high com prices, of course, is the Midwestern drought which was the worst in over 30 years. Early in the year, forecasters had predicted a U. S. com crop that would top 6.7 billion bushels. The August 12 USDA crop report showed an estimated harvest of 4.9 billion bushels, 20 percent below the previous forecast, and a good 12 [Continued On Page 28] Feister Win FFA Awards Pa. Duroc Swine Association and also the Duroc Swine Registry Association. A few weeks ago he was also named Poultryman of the Year by the Victor Weaver Company. He recently returned from a trip to the American Co-op Institute in Kansas City after being a state winner in the Co-op program. Uoyd also served as president of the Grassland FFA Chapter this year. Named Star Agribusinessman for the County was E. Keith Feister, I Continued On Page 28]
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