—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 4, 1975
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m _ _ member of the FFA. Last
Twin Valley To Farm
j ▼» receive the Pennsylvania
FFA Proficiency Award for
Placement in Agricultural
Production. This state award
is presented to the FFA
member who has exhibited
the most skill gained by
working in some phase of
agricultural production,
such as on a farm, in a
greenhouse, etc. The award
consists of both a plaque and
a monetary prize. Nevin has
worked for five years on the
farntof Andrew D. Stoltzfus,
of R.D.I Morgantown, where
he is responsible for raising
replacement stock and
assisting with routine dairy
farm chores and with field
work.
Another Twin Valley
member will be much in
evidence at the convention -
he will be the one that reads
the names of all the
Keystone Degree recipients.
This member is Terry
Murray, Secretary of the
Pennsylvania FFA
Association. Terry is the
third Twin Valley member in
as many years to hold one of
the'coveted state FFA of
fices.
Again this year Twin
Valley FFA members will
participate at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show and
receive honors at the Mid-
Winter FFA Convention on
Wednesday of Farm Show
Week.
For the second year the
chapter window exhibit will
compete in the window
exhibit class at the Farm
Show. The exhibit, entitled
“Soybeans - FOOD, FEED,
FUTURE” has already won
fourth place at the Kutztown
Fair, second at Ephrata, and
first at the Reading Fair.
Last year’s exhibit, entitled
“Get Buzzing with Honey
Bees” won fourth place at
the Farm Show. We are
hoping to do as well or better
this year.
Two of our members,
President Robert Stoltzfus
and Sentinel Melvin Houck,
both sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Houck of R.D.2
Elverson will exhibit swine
at the farm show in the
market swine class. Both
seniors are currently busy
preparing their swine for the
show by clipping the hair
from their ears and tails,
washing and scrubbing them
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and applying white baby
powder to the white parts of
their bodies. The swine are
brought into the arena by the
exhibitors are walked
around for the judge to see
the owner guiding them
slightly with a stick. The
swine are judged on the
width and length of their
bodies, their leanness, and
the arch of their back, as
well as their overall ap
pearance. The better the
arch of the back, the more
pork chops can be cut from
the carcasses.
This year the Twin Valley
FFA Chapter is honored to
have six of its senior
members receive the
Keystone Degree at the Mid-
Winter FFA Convention on
January 8 in the Forum
Building of the Pennsylvania
State Capitol complex. The
members are: Robert
Stoltzfus, chapter President
and Melvin Houck, chapter
Sentinel, both sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Houck of
R.D.2 Elverson; Ronald
Smoker, chapter Secretary,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Smoker of R.D.2 Honey
Brook; Harold Steve,
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chapter Treasurer, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Yohn of
R.D.I Birdsboro; Lloyd
Simmers, chapter Reporter,
son of Mrs. Isabel Simmers
of Honey Brook; and
Geoffrey Fultz, chapter
Historian, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Fultz of R.D.I
Birdsboro. To earn the
Keystone FFA Degree
students must have
demonstrated their
leadership ability by holding
a position of leadership in the
chapter, and must have
earned from their own ef
forts in farming or an oc
cupational experience
program and deposited in a
bank or invested a minimum
of $5OO. The Keystone degree
is conferred upon the top 3
percent of the state mem
bership - this year to ap
proximately 300 of the more
than 11,000 FFA members in
Pennsylvania.
One of the other awards
presented at this convention
is the honorary Keystone
Degree, which is presented
to the parents who have had
three or more sons or
daughters receive the
Keystone Degree. This year
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Houck,
parents of Frank Stoltzfus,
Melvin Houck, and Robert
Stoltzfus will receive this
award. Frank received the
Keystone Degree in 1971 and
Melvin and Robert will
receive it this year.
One other Twin Valley
member will be honored at
this convention. Nevin E.
Mast, who graduated from
Twin Valley two years ago,
Organic
Producers
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Services and Associates
from Kentland, Ind., will
hold a meeting at the Liberty
Fire Hall in New Holland on
Thursday, January 9th
beginning at 9:00 a.m. The
meeting will concern con
serving soil and money along
with having better crops and
healthier livestock by means
of organic farming.
At 1:00 p.m. interested
buyers from Baltimore, New
York and New Jersey will be
meeting with producers
from the area to discuss
possible markets for
vegetable, soybean and herb
produce. All interested
producers are invited to
attend. For more in
formation contact Eli
Stoltzfus, Strasburg Pike,
Lancaster.
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Not to be forgotten are two
eleventh grade members of
the chapter, who will put
their musical talents to good
use at both the Farm Show
and the convention. Larry
Stoltzfus, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph D. Stoltzfus of
R.D.I Elverson, and Steve
Bleacher, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver Bleacher of
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R.D.3 Birdsboro, will par- state, begins to practice
ticipate in the Pennsylvania Sunday afternoon, and
FFA Band under the provides entertainment at
• direction of Dr. James the Farm Show on Tuesday
Dunlop, director of the Penn evening and at the con
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