—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 8, 1975 50 Lancaster Co. FFA Project Book Winners Lancaster County vo-ag students submitted their project books to the county's vo-ag teachers for Judging last Thursday, January 30. The teachers Judged the books on the basis of neat ness and completeness. The judges gave the most con sideration, though, to the production efficiency as recorded in the project book. They looked for high profit per animal or per acre first in selecting the winning project books. The winners in each category, the medals won, and their schools are listed below: Single Enterprise Gerald Keller, Gold, Manheim Central; John Mylin, Silver, Penn Manor; Jim Risser, Silver, Penn Manor; Tun Good, Bronze, Manheim Central. 2 Enterprise Robert Burkholder, Gold, Penn Manor; Tom Horst, Silver, Ephrata; Thomas Wentzel, Silver, New Holland; Dean Hershey, rMQPW NEW & USED \ / WISCONSIN \ I JJ AIR-COOLED \ ENGINES \ / ALSO: ALLIS CHALMERS & i ■ J LEROI ENGINES Sales & Service MILLER'S REPAIR 1 Mile North of Bird-in-Hand 8 Miles East of Lancaster RDI, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Ph. 656-7013 Gibbons Road or 656-7926 Bronze, Manheim Central; Gary Keefer, Bronze, Solanco. 3 Enterprise Marshall Trimble, Gold, Solanco; Gary Eberly, Silver, Ephrata; Clifford Martin, Silver, Ephrata; Earl Geib, Silver, Manheim Central; Jim Bucher, Bronze, Solanco; Dave Gerhart, Bronze, Solanco; Dave White, Bronze, Manheim Central. 4 Enterprise Tom Galbreath, Gold, Solanco; John Harnish, Gold, Lampeter-Strasburg; Barry Wissler, Silver, Ephrata; Richard Mellinger, Silver, Lampeter- Strasburg; Dwight Houser, Bronze, Lampeter- Strasburg; Rick Burkholder, Bronze, Penn Manor; Richard Groff, Bronze, New Holland. 5 Enterprise LaVem Martin, Gold, New Holland; Bob Buckwalter, Gold, Penn Manor; Derrill Nolt, Silver, New Holland; John Weiler, Silver, RD4, BOX 34A GETTYSBURG, PA. 17325 PHONE 717-334-2168 Ephrata; Ron Forrcy, Silver, Elizabethtown; Jay Oberholtzcr, Bronze, Ephrata; Kerry Boyd, Bronze, Ephrata; Barry Kreider, Bronze, Pequea Valley. 6 Enterprise K. Rohrer, Gold, Manheim Central; Ruby Cinder, Gold, Manheim Central; L. Hershey, Silver, Manheim Central; R. Kreider, Silver, Manheim Central; James Rutt, Silver, Elizabethtown; R. Strauss, Bronze, Ephrata; Ron Hunt, Bronze, Penn Manor. 9 Enterprise Lloyd Hoover, Silver, New Holland. Work Experience Dwight Martin, Gold, Elizabethtown: Dave Hanks, Gold, Solanco; Larry Weber, Gold, New Holland; Glenn Hursh, Gold, New Holland; Brian Weber, Gold, Ephrata; Kirk Copenhaver, Silver, Ephrata; Ted Grumbein, Bronze, Solanco; Tom Martin, Bronze, New Holland. Scrapbook Manheim Central First; Grassland Environmental Second; Grassland FFA Third; Solanco Fourth. W/Xv Welsh captains who wear caps woven of hazel twigs are be lieved to weather any storm. Angus Records Set A record week in per formance records was set in December as 4,145 weights were submitted by Angus breeders on the Angus Herd Improvement Records program, reports Lloyd D. Miller, executive secretary of the American Angus Association. Equally im portant, December became the record month in A.H.I.R. history as more than 17,000 weights were processed. The week of December 16- 20 marked an increase over the previous high week of 3,900 head processed in December of 1973 and pointed out the growiiig acceptance of performance records in beef cattle im provement, Miller added. Of the record month total of 17,432 weights there were 15,257 weaning and 2,175 yearling weights recorded in the 12-month, 15-month and 18-month yearling age op tions. A total of 331 Angus breeders teamed up to submit the records during December. The A.H.I.R. program, Miller added, is a complete performance program of fered free of charge to registered Angus breeders. Breeders enroll their herds and submit weaning and yearling weights and grades on forms obtained from the American Angus Association. The informaion is then processed for cat tlemen through the Association’s data processing equipment. From this raw data, the cattle are ranked according to their WIDE VARIETY OF SIZES AVAILABLE FRONT AND REAR TRACTOR TIRES AND IMPLEMENT TIRES GENERATORS FOR MOST PLOWSHARES & MOLDBOARDS TO FIT MOST MODEL PLOWS. BARBED WIRE,‘SS. *29 ” .ss, sjj* oo BALER TWINE WE ARE EXPANDING OUR PARTS DEPARTMENT TO FILL YOUR FARM NEEDS. STOP IN OR CALL LARRY - PARTS DEPT. WENGER’S FARM MACHINERY South Race St. Mverstown Pa. Ph 717-866-2138 performance and evaluated on a selection work sheet for their breeding value ratio which is an estimate of how these animals will perform based on the performance of the individual, their parents, grandparents and all half brothers and half sisters. These records, backed by eyeball appraisal give purebred breeders an added LET US FILL YOUR FARM TIRE NEEDS FARM TRACTORS. tool not only In .selecting the high performing individuals and bloodlines in their herds, but also identifying the marginal and poor producing sires and dams. Cattlemen interested in enrolling their herd on A.H.I.K. or simply wanting more details, should write Breed Improvement Department, American Angus Association, 3201 Frederick Blvd., St. Joseph, Missouri 64501.
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