Lancaster Farming Saturday. Jan. 25, 1975
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Berks Young Farmer
!"«ir ft , Receives Jaycee Award
K.W f. It & ' Paul Kurtz with wife, only produces foodstuffs and
W Marie, and two children will the fibers needed by an
M 0k receive the Outstanding expanding nation, but must
JT M fer k ///jWb Young Farmer award from keep his land alive, improve
Z :>► v M mm A wl J lhL ’ Kutztown Jaycees on productions and conserve his
k \ established by the U.S. For the farmer cannot
Jaycec's in 1954 and has been purchase more raw
co-sponsored by various materials when his is
companies throughout the depleted and drained of life
years. This year it is giving minerals. He must
Chevrolet Trucks and Kerr- use, re-use, then use again
McGee Corporation. and again the same land.
The OYF project is for There is no longer a frontier
farmers between the ages of to which he may move,
18 &35 and its sole purpose is leaving the worn out and
to build better urban-rural dead acres behind. He must
relations by increasing covet his land. In it lies not
urban understanding of the only his life and livelihood,
farmer, his life, and his but the very life of his nation
problems. . . . and the world.
The Kutztown Jaycees try Paul is one of many far
to do this, for it gives us a mers who realizes this, and
spotlight to focus public because of his top notch
attention on agriculture. management the Pa. State
Public understanding of Jaycees have chosen him as
the farmer is vital today, one of the top 3 finalists in
The modern farmer is the state. Paul will receive
removed from yesterday’s his award at the State Board
plowman. Farming today is meeting Jan. 31 and Feb. lin
a complex, exacting, huge Pittsburgh where the Ten
business. Today’s fanner not Outstanding Young Men of
JAN. 27-FEB. 2, 1975
I.c« nipp>. a bit drippy.
Have you onion'd your spring seeds yet? . . . Ghnndi sluin
Jan. 30,1018 ... Full Wolf Moon, Jan. 27 ... Groundhog Day,
Fob. 2 (If clear, don't cheer) .. . Average length of day* for
the week 0 hours, ,’>3 minutes . . . South African diamond
mines discovered Jan. 27, 190. r >.. . First
jazz record cut Jan. 30, 1917 ... Wash
ington. n.C. was 73 degrees Jan. 28, 1949
. . . U.S. military draft ended Jan. 27,
1973 ... Law.- without penalties arc like
bells without clappers.
Old Farmer's Riddle: What could you call
someone who tends sheep in Germany?
(Answer below.)
Ask (he Old Fanner: I had an old friend
who often spoke of “hoss chestnut
weather.” I never asked him what it
meant. Do you know? P. L., Long Beach,
Calif.
Old-timer s used to believe that if a man
carried a ho is chestnut in Ins pocket it
would stave off rheumatism. Our old
nrnndfafher would always grunt that "a
man needed his boss chestnut,” tf the
weather got cold and damp.
Ifume Hint*> An unlinked pie shtll improves from storm? n day or more in
the refrigerator or in the fret sin? compartment Riddle antucr • A
German shepherd
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Cloudy and cold to start, then thaw; end of
week cold again with 1-2" snow along coast and 1” in
mountains.
Greater New York-New Jersey: "Week begins cloudy and cold,
then turning much warmer with showers; end of week partly
clear and iv.i i m.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rain at first, then rain changing to
snow; latter part cold with showers in north and warmer in
south.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont; Most of week rainy inland with
snow and sleet on Piedmont; some clearing and warming by
weekend.
Florida: Rain to start in north and southeast, then cloudy and
cool; end of week cloudy and cool in north and sunny and
mild in south.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Week begins
cloudy and mild, then rain; partly cloudy and milder latter
part.
Greater Ohio Valley: Heavy ram at first, then clearing and
cold; end of week partly sunny and warmer.
Deep South: Week begins clear and mild, then heavy rain in
central and north; fair and warmer latter part.
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Early week warm and rainy,
then very cold; end of week partly clear and warmer.
Northern Great Piains-Great Lakes: Most. of week cold with
intermittent light snow; temperatures extremely cold latter
part.
Central Great Plains: Heavy rain in east and flurries in west
to start, then cold snap; week ends clear and mild in east and
south but cold with flurries elsewhere.
Texas-Oklahoma: First part of week showers and light snow
in north, and hard thunderstorms in central and northeast;
end of week clear and warm in central and north, and scat
tered showers in south.
Rocky Mountain Region: Early week partly cloudy and mild
in central with light snow elsewhere; light snow continuing
to end of week throughout region.
Southwest Desert: Heavy rain in west to start, then clearing
and mild; week ends partly cloudy with scattered showers.
Pacific Northwest: Cloudy and cold at first, then heavy rain
mixed with snow; cloudy and cold with light snow latter part.
California; Heavy' ram in south to start, then cloudy and mild;
latter part rainy then clearing in north but hard rain and
possible floods in south.
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Grassland FFA’ers
Receive State Honors
Several members of the provement or community
Grassland Chapter of FFA at service.
Garden Spot High School Two sets of parents from
were honored at the 46th the area received
Annual Mid-Winter Con- recognition for having three
vention held in Harrisburg or more sons as Keystone
recently. Farmer recipients. They
Eleven members received were Mr. and Mrs. John
the Keystone Farming Weaver and Mr. and Mrs
Degrees, the largest number David Musser
to receive the awards in the
Chapter’s history.
Four proficiency awards
were given to Grassland
members. They included
Lynn Groff - Ag Processing;
Mike Martin - Poultry
Production. Two second
place awards were received
by Mike Hartman in
recreation and Art Horst in
ag processing
The Chapter also received
a gold medal in the BOAC
contest which represents
Building Our American
Communities. The award is
given on the basis of im-
The Red Corss is a
voluntary organization, with
1,594,020 volunteers serving
in the nation’s communities,
6,153,200 students par
ticipating in Red Cross
programs in schools,
3,114,743 volunteer blood
donors, and 36,464,592
Americans who contribute
funds to its support.
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Paul Kurtz, Berks County, is shown with his wife,
Maria, and their children. Kurtz was recently named
as the Jaycee outstanding Young Farmer.
the state are honored,
Paul has a farm consisting
of 240 rented acres where he
produces com, hay, barley,
and oats. This is used to feed
his 52 Holstein milk cows and
40 heifers.
Paul uses DHIA records
and Farm Management
Business Analysis Service to
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maintain good management
of his farm. Also he is in
volved with Interstate Dairy,
where his milk is sent, as the
secretary of the Kempton
local district. Paul belongs to
the Oley Mennonite Church,
Pa. Farmers Ass. and
Holstein Fresian Ass. of Pa.
and America.