Poriodiceils Division W 209 Pattoo Library Ponna* State University University, Pa. ICBO2 Vol. 19 No. 49 These four panelists talked about preserving Lancaster County far mland at a meeting Wednesday evening sponsored by the Conestoga Valley Association. The panelists were, left to right: John W. Aungst, Jr., president of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster Groff Wins FFA Award at Convention Friday marked the close of the National FFA Con vention which wan held this past week in Kansas City. One of the highlights of the week happened when Lynn Groff, from Garden Spot FFA was named the National Agricultural Processing winner. Lynn, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Groff, 211 S. State St., and is employed by Victor F. Weaver, Co. in New Holland. Regional honors came first for Lynn as he went against competition from several mid-atlantic states, winning Lancaster Co. Farmers Assoc. Holds Annual Meet The Lancaster County Fanners Association held their annual meeting last Friday night at the Harvest Drive Motel, Intercourse. During the meeting, the assembled members voted on policy recommendations proposed by the policy committee. Earl Newcomer, Washington Boro, El, was chairman of that committee. Also during the meeting, the members voted on six directors for the coming year. Elected to serve were: H. Richard Hershey, 304 Newport, Lititz, Earl Newcomer, Mt. Joy El; Nathan Stoltzfus, Gap; Mahlon Eberly, Denver E 2; I Continued on Page I7| County; Dr. Robert Herr, chairman of the vo-ag department at Garden Spot High School; John R. Ahifeld, director of the Lancaster County Planning Commission, and Amos H. Funk, Millersville, a farmer and vice chairman of the Lancaster County Conservation District. $2OO with an additional $5O for the National award plus expenses. Lynn is presently in the chicken frank, division of Weaver’s and is responsible for quality control. Teams Place in Competition Several of the judging teams from Pennsylvania placed high in competition that took place during the week. Pennsylvania’s Hor ticulture Team placed fourth with each member receiving gold emblem awards. Members of the team were: Michael Lewis, Willow Grove; Timothy Troxell, Easton and Theresa Pettie, Perkasie. The Dairy cattle team also placed fourth. David Shontz, Compton received a gold emblem medal with Jeff Miller, Kutztown and Her man Manbeck, Robesonia each receiving silver em blems. Marlin Deitrich, Pott In This Issue FARM CALENDAR 10 Markets 2-4 Sale Register 51 Fanners Almanac 6 Classified Ads 27 Editorials 10 Homestead Notes 38 Home on the Range 44 Organic Living 45 Farm Youth Calendar 10 Farm Women Calendar 41 Thoughts in Passing 20 Junior Cooking Edition 42 New Holland Sales Stables Beef Show 21 Buck Pull Results 21 Incredible Edible Eggs 18 Serving Southeastern Pennsylvania October 19, 1974 stown, received a gold emblem for meats judging with" Wayne Bankert, Red Lion; receiving a silver and Randy Klahold, Wrighfsville receiving a bronze award. The team placed 17th. In Poultry judging, Mike Allen, Armagh and Arthur Rice of Millersville both received bronze awards. The milk and dairy products team placed 22nd with Curtis Martin and Jay Oberholtzer or Ephrhta receiving silver medals and Evert Newkirk, Johnstown receiving a bronze award. [Continued On Page 36] Game-Racing Is His Winning Interest By: Melissa Piper Randy Click, at the age of 17, is already an ac complished game racer, which doesn’t mean you’ll find him out driving a fast speed car, for his usual means of racing is a powerful palamino Quarter horse. Randy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Click, Bareville and has been working with horses ever since he was a youngster. The Click family has kept horses for many years and now own 11 Quarter horses most of which are registered. For the past eight years, Randy was been in 4-H Horse Clubs and is currently serving as president of the Silver Spurs Horse Club Sponsored by Conservation Group . . . Farmer Property Rights Discussed at Meeting “Fanners think of their farms as their security, and they don’t take kindly to folks who talk about taking that security away from them. When we talk about preserving farmland and open space, we’ve got to remember that farmers have the most at stake. They should be included in any discussions about land use,” Dr. Robert Herr told an audience - composed largely of non-farmers - on Wed nesday evening at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center. Herr was one of the Cornelius W. Heine, U.S. Department of the Interior, was the featured speaker at a farm preservation meeting on Wednesday night. along with being a member of the Conestoga Riding Club and the Good Fellowship Riding Club. Game racing, which is competition that involves timed skill such as polebending (running a horse through a pattern of poles) and keyhole racing is Randy’s favorite interest. His trophy room supports that interest since it is filled with hundreds of trophies, ribbons and plaques that he has won over the past few years in competitions that ranged from local events to statewide contests. Local shows that Randy has competed in include the Lancaster County Denver Friendly Horseman’s Club (Continued On Page 5( panelists at a meeting sponsored by the Conestoga Valley Association, a group interested m the preser vation of the county’s historical landmarks, and the conservation of its natural resources. “Industry buys farmland to build factories, people come to the county to work in Buck Track Head Anxious For ’75 With a year of experience under his belt, Elwood “Woody” Funk, president of Buck Tractor Pulls, is looking forward to the 1975 pulling season. “I’d say the interest in tractor pulling has tripled in the past few years. It could be the fastest growing automotive sport in the country. In this area, especially, I think we’re going to see better and better tractor pullers, and a lot more spectators.” When it opened this spring, the Buck Tractor Pull stadium was billed as the world’s first stadium built specifically for pulling. Funk Randy Click, Bareville, displays one of the ma trophies he has won during game racing in hor show competitions. $2.00 Per Year the factories, and those people need houses to live in, which means more farmland has to be developed. But if you offer a farmer a large sum of money for his land, he’s going to want to take it.” Herr implied that farmers feel they have a right to sell their land to anybody, and (Continued On Page 36] and five other investors backed their faith <in the future of the sport with enough capital to put up the kind of facility they felt the pullers and the fans were ready for. The track of hard-packec clay is the regulation 300-feet long, it is well-lighted foi night-time events, and then are bleacher seats for 400( spectators. Friday and Saturday nigh pulls were scheduled for T weekends this season, bu rain knocked out tw< weekends completely, am hurt attendance figures a [Continued on Page 16|
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