—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 23, 1974
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Seldomridge Honored
After 20 Years With
Lancaster Co. ASCS
Fred G. Seldomridge, Gap
Rl, Chairman of the Lan
caster County ASC ■
Committee was honored last
Wednesday evening at a
banquet at Historic
Strasburg.
Seldomridge will retire
December 31 after serving
ASCS for two years as a
Community Committeeman
and 18 years as a County
Committeeman. He has been
Chairman of the County
Committee since 1957.
Toastmaster for the
banquet was Charles D.
Youths Compete
In Pennsylvania
4-H Horse Show
Months of intensive
practice and competition in
county and district shows
paid off for a number of
Lancaster County 4-
Hmembers recently when
they won awards at the State
4-H Horse and Pony Show in
Harrisburg.
The winners and their
placings were: Karen
Hinerdeer, 750 Kayo Ave. f
Lancaster, First place in
Pleasure Pony Driving;
Cindy Burkey, 929 N. Queen
St. Lancaster, Second in
Grooming & Showmanship,
Junior Division and Sixth in
Stock Seat Equitation,
Junior Division; Debbie
Heidig, 2137 Old Phila. Pike,
Lancaster Third in Western
Hiding Contest; Karin
Risser, RDI Stevens, Fourth
in Western Riding Contest;
Judi Anderson, 1440 Country
Drive, Lancaster, Fourth in
Saddle Seat Equitation,
Senior Division; and Nancy
Henkel, RDI Strasburg,
Fourth in Working Hunter
Horses.
Several other county horse
dub members also com
peted in the state contest and
received participation
ribbons. They were Rick
Buckwalter, RDI Denver;
Margaret Keeney, _ RD4
THANKSGIVING SALE
At the Gordon Fritz Farm, Smoketown, Pa. Rt. 340, 5 miles East of
Lancaster, 5 miles West of Intercourse, Pa.
4#HEAD
OF TOP QUALITY
DAIRY COWS JuSS
And first calf Heifers from Vermont, Conn.,
and New Hampshire. Mostly just fresh or very
close springers. Few good top Purebred cows.
These cows are milking 60 to 80 lbs. a day.
Hand picked cows out of individual herds. This is
a top group of cows with size and style. One good
Holstein stock bull ready for service.
TB and Blood Tested.
SALE BY
GORDON FRITZ
1-717-393-0930
Frank & Paul Snyder, Aucts.
Turkeys will be given to the lucky buyers.
Hogan, District Director for
ASCS and speaker was Noah
W. Wenger, Stevens Rl,
State ASC Committeeman.
The banquet was attended
by ASCS personnel and
Committeemen from Lan
caster, York and Adams
counties, representatives of
the other agricultural
agencies, and family and
friends of Mr. Seldomridge.
He was presented with
several gifts and a plaque
and certificate for 20
years service
Manheim; James Click, 231
Main Street, Leola; Douglas
Fellenbaum, RD3 Lititz; Jeff
Bare, Witmer; Donna Bare,
Witmer; Betsy Reese, 105
Urban Drive, Lancaster;
Debbie Brandt, RDS
Manheim; and Ray Car
mean, East Petersburg.
Riders and their horses, all
winners of county and
district eliminations, were
entered in 26 different
classes with members from
each district in the Com
monwealth competing.
Approximately 375 con
testants from most counties
vied for awards. Associate
County Agent Jay W. Irwin
said that classes in the state
contest gave members an
opportunity to display their
skills in horsemanship and
ability to groom a horse for
showing.
He reports the primary
purposes of the State 4-H
Horse program are to
develop riding skills; gain
self-confidence by com
peting in shows; receive
training in leadership and
citizenship; and learn the
meaning of responsibility by
eating for an animal.
Fred ..dge, jg of the
Lancaster County ASC committee, was honored at a
banquet last week at Historic Strasburg. Noah
Wenger, State ASC Committeeman, presented
Setdomridge with one of the many gifts and awards he
received during the evening.
Aluminum once was a
» V PBeCIOUS ME7AL ' IM FACT, A
TRY A CLASSIFIED AD
Public Sale
of valuable FARM
SAT., NOV. 30, 1974
AT 2:00 P.M.
Located 2 miles East of Stnsbnrg off Rte. 741 turn
South on Espenshade Ed., first farm on left, Paradise
Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.
70 Acre FARM, (more or less)
2% STORY
Stone & Brick Dwelling
5 rooms and full bath, large walk-in closet on second
floor, Living room, dining room, kitchen with built in
cabinets, half bath with shower. Utility room on first
floor, basement with fireplace, outside entrance, Oil
fired hot water heat with summer and winter hookup,
1,000 gal. oU tank underground, never failing well,
water softener.
Bank Bam with room for 69 cows
Old bam with 28 stalls and box stalls. New addition to
bam with 41 comfort stalls, large milk house,, 3 silos,
18x60 poured concrete with Badger unloader, 2 story
chicken house for 1,100 layers, com bam and equipm
ent shed, garage, blacktop drive, road frontage on
Espenshade Road with land in high state of cultivation.
10 percent down day of sale. Settlement on or before
April 1, 1975. Inspection of property Saturday,
November 23, from 1 to 4 p.m. or call 687-6407.
Terms by;
Harold D. &
A. Miriam Denlinger
Robert E. Martin, 656-7770
Frank L Steller, 656-9055, Aucts.
Wenger & Byler, Attys.
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Maryland Ag Dept.
Seeks Farm Slogan
The second annual
Maryland Agricultural Week
slogan contest Is now open to
all champions of short, zippy
and timely writing.
Robert Rawlins, chairman
of the 1975 Ag Week Com
mittee, says, “we are
seeking the help of people
throughout Maryland in
coming up with a catchy
slogan which will emphasize
the role of agriculture in
today’s modem world. What
we are looking for is
something that is positive
and which will attract the
thoughtful attention of both
the rural and city dweller
who are so strongly linked
through the production of
food.
“Last year,” Rawlins
noted, “the winner was a
Charles County housewife
who by her own admission
had no direct connection
with agriculture. Her slogan,
‘Farmers Raise American
Energy’ was timely and
thought provoking coming as
ft did just at the crunch of
PUBLIC AUCTION
OF FARM EQUIPMENT
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1974
LOCATION: 1685 West Main St., Ephrata,
Penna.
JOHN DEERE 4020 DIESEL
With Turbo-Charger and Power Shift. Excellent
Condition.
JOHN DEERE 1010
WITH QUICK CHANGE WHEELS
John Deere No. .45 10-Foot Self-propelled Combine;
John Deere 38A Manure Loader with Hydraulic Dump
and Snow Bucket; Oliver No. 562 6-Bottom 18-Inch
Semi-mounted Cushion Trip Plow, like new; John
Deere BWA Heavy Dirty 12-Foot Transport Disc, used
one season; Brady 12-Foot 3-Point Field Cultivator; 3-
Section Rotary Hoe; Hasten 14-Foot Tooth Harrow,
new; Oliver 540 4-Row Com Planter with Fertilizer
Attachments and Insecticide Applicators; Massey
Ferguson No. 33 Grain Drill; RG2 3-Point John Deere
2-Row Cultivator; John Deere No. 237 Multilube 2-Row
Mounted Compicker; Three McCurdy Gravity Flow
Bins on Running Gear; New Holland No. 450 3-Point
Mower; New Holland Super 77 PTO Baler; Two 16-Foot
Flatbed Wagons; New Holland 30-Foot Elevator with
\Vz Horse Motor; Oliver Side Rake; New Idea No. 210
Single Beater Webb Spreader; Rear Self-unloading
Wagon; Unloading Unit; Brady Multi-crop Pulverizer;
Seeder; Water Tank; 16-Foot Grain Auger Elevator;
Dual Wheel Farm Trailer; Walsh 3-Point 200-Gallon
Fiber Glass Tank Sprayer; John Deere 38-Inch Rims to
fit 34-inch wheels and Tires to fit the rims; 2 John
Deere Starter Weights and 4 Extra Weights; 6-Ft.
Extension for New Holland Elevator; John Deere Heat
Houser; Gandy Applicator; John Deere Walking Plow.
160 Ton Corn Silage 60 Ton Ear Corn
10 Ton Straw —lO Ton Hay
Agway Twentieth Century Welder
With Rods and Hood; 2 Shenandoah 12-Hole Hog
Feeders; Model 300 Midget High Pressure Cleaner;
Platform Scales; Wheelbarrow; 2 John Deere Cylin
ders; Oliver Cylinder; Air Compressors; 4 Feed Carts;
30-Gallon Drum Schaeffer No. 30 Oil; John Deere
Special Purpose Oil; Hydraulic Jacks; Handyman
Jack; Good Line of Tools; 1-Horse GE Motor;
Stepladder; Knapsack Sprayer; Bale Box; Brooder
Stove; Baler Twine; Young’s two-to-one “C” Sup
plement; 70-lb. Thimet 10-G Insecticide; Cattle Oilers;
Milk Cans; Grease Guns; Fire Extinguishers; Por
table Air Tank; Oil Measures; Battery Charger; Case
of Grease Cartridges; Vise; Wheel Pullers; John
Deere Tool Box; Half-inch Drill and Drill Press; Log
Chains; Clevis; Grindstone with Motor; Bush-whacker
Charger; Silage Forks; Shovels; Forks; Brooms, and
many other items too numerous to mention.
Sale Time: 11:30 A.M.
Sale by order of:
NANCY J. EBY
Executrix of the Clyde S. Eby Estate
John E. and Paul E. Martin, Auctioneers
717-733-3511 733-3305
NOTE' Plan now to attend this Auction. Above tonnage is estimated.
This is a very good line of Farm Equipment. For information on any of
the above items call 717-733-7256 or 215-267-6659.
the energy shortage.” (The
1974 winner was Mrs.
Virginia Herrin of White
Plains, Maryland.)
The 1975 contest is open to
every Maryland resident - 4-
H members, farmers,
housewives, businessmen,
students etc.
Ground rules for the
contest are simple: submit
as many original short
slogans as you wish with
your name and address by
December 31 to: “Slogan
Contest, c-o Maryland
Agricultuiral Commission,
Parole Plaza Office
Building, Annapolis,
Maryland, 21401,” Mr.
Rawlins concluded.
WANTED;
50-400 acres for no till
com. Will clear trash
scrub woods. Terms -
location open. Call Mike
Brown, 717-232-0593.
AT 11:30 A.M.