Berks Co. The awards assembly for Twin Valley Senior High School will be the scene for the awarding of the 1979 DeKalb Agricultural Ac* compllshment Award. This award is presented to the senior vocational agriculture student who has demon strated the most outstanding development in the areas of citizenship, leadership, and occupational experience program. In selecting a winner, a committee of eleventh grade vocational agriculture students con siders the grades, projects, and FFA activities of the candidates. This year’s recepient Ronald Smoker has served as chapter secretary for two years, and assistant secretary for one year. As a ninth grader he received the ...you’d feed Purina Purina research tests showed balanced amino acids save 67 pounds of feed from start to finish* The beads in the feeder trough represent the ammo acids that are so essential to a hog You can't see the ammo acids m a ration, but if you could, it would be very apparent how much variance there is in the ammo acid balance between different brands of feed. *Punna Research experiment #2lO compared a ration with an adequate ammo acid balance to rations con taining 90%, 80% and 70% of the Purina Amino Acid Standards The results showed it took 67 2 pounds less feed to finish a hog from 30 pounds to market on the ration adequately balanced with ammo acids Don’t wait to make the change to Purina Hog Chow® Its ammo acid balanced for maximum performance. High bus. PHONE- 354-0301 GORDONVILLE StoM Fann & Garden, Inc. PHONE 717-529-6212 UNION, PA Wenger’s Feed Mill Inc. McCracken’s Feed Mill, Inc. 2 NEW CHARLOTTE ST. MANHEIM PHONE 717 665 2186 Ira B. Landis ~ PHONE 665-3248 BOX 276, MANHEIM RD3 West Willow Fanners Assn., Inc. Youth Receives Dekalb Award Ronald Smoker Star Greenhand Award and as a senior he was awarded the Star Chapter Agribusinessman. During his first year in Vocational Agriculture he participated in the Berks County FFA land Judging Contest, the Joim B. Kurtz PHONE 354-9251 RD.3, EPHRATA PHONE 367-1195 RHEEMS John). Hess, 11, inc. PHONE 442 4632 PARADISE PHONE 464-3431 WEST WILLOW Berks County Wool Pool, wu a livestock Judge both at the Kutxtown Fair and FPA activities week at Penn State. In tenth grade he assisted with the chapter window exhibit; attended the Berks County Leadership Training Conference: Operation Update, con ducted by the National FFA Association at Lancaster; participated in several radio programs and the county basketball tournament. He entered the county public speaking, with a speech entitled “What Does the FFA Do for You" and received fourth place. Additionally he participated in both the county and area parliamentary procedure contests as a member of the chapter team. As a junior he again served on the window display committee, and was a member of the conservation and float committees. He received the Berks County Degree and again par ticipated on the parliamentary procedure team and public speaking contest. His speech entitled, “What Is Conservation” earned second place. As a senior he attended the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, was awarded the Keystone FFA Degree, and was elected to National Honor Society. He earned second place in the County speaking contest with a speach entitled, “Soybeans - Food, Feed, Future”. This speedi also received fourth place in the three county area contest. He has served as chairman of the chapter chicken Bar-B-Q committee for the last 2 years. Projects are an important consideration in selecting the winner of this award and our receipant has had several successful ones. In ninth grade he had half ownership in 7 sheep, as well as strawberries. In tenth grade he held total owner ship of 8 sheep, purchased a hive of bees, and began to work at Tobi Hill Farms. He has continued these projects through eleventh and twelfth grade, and plans to continue to work at Tobi Hill Farms following graduation. Our DeKalb Award receipant this year has been a cornerstone of the chapter for the past four years. Our winner this year is Ronald Smoker, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smoker of R.D.2 Honey Brook. The award, sponsored by DeKalb Ag Researchlnc., is presented to the outstanding senior in vocational agriculture departments around the country. As this year’s winner, Ron’s name will be inscribed along with previous winners on a special honors plaque provided by DeKalb. Other previous winners include Terry Murry, Nevin Mast, Frank Stoltzfus and Fred Mast. DeKalb is a leading supplier of hybrid seeds, poultry and swine breeding stock and livestock marketing services. Mid American Viewpoints Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 31,1975—13 Donna Fargo, the popular Country-Western recording star, will highlight the season’s first show at Shindig in the Barn at Cripple Creek near Strasburg. Other stars who will be performing this summer will include Tom T. Hall, Lynn Adnerson and the Blue Ridge Quartet.
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