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Vd. 20 No. 34
Agronomy Field Day
Draws Crowd of 250
Expressing awareness of
public skepticism con
cerning research projects
and the vast sums of money
needed for them, James
Beattie, Dean of Penn
Dieter Krieg
Krieg
Named
Editor
Dieter Krieg has been
appointed editor of Lan
caster Fanning.
Active in fanning for most
of his life, Krieg has been
employed as farm editor of
the Pennsylvania Mirror,
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Debbie Myers, 1128 Lincoln Heights Ave.,
Ephrata, is a 4-H leader for the Lincoln Sewing
Club. The seamstress models one of the outfits
which she completed in her advanced sewing
classes at Mansfield State College.
State’s College of
Agriculture, said the state of
Pennsylvania informed him
that it is saving $1.6 million
annually as a result of
crownvetch experiments.
The cover crop is saving the
Department of Tran
sportation considerable
expense in establishing and
maintaining roadsides.
Beattie made the statement
while addressing over 200
farmers gathered at Penn
State’s Agronomy Research
Farm for the 1975 Agronomy
Field Day, and used it as an
example of how ex
perimentation pays for it
self.
This year’s Agronomy
Field Day dealt primarily
with: 1. small grains
varieties and management;
2. forage crop varieties and
management; and 3. weed
control and no-tillage
methods.
Agronomy experiments
are conducted on the
University’s 190 acres of
research land, located ap
proximately eight miles west
of State College. The entire
area is serviced by an un
derground irrigation system.
In the breeding program to
develop new improved
varieties of small grains, the
major emphasis was on: (1)
the development of lodging
resistant varieties with short
stiff straw, (2) identification
of major diseases limiting
oat yields and the
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Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 5. 1975
Ruth Miliar the 1974 Lebanon Dairy Princess
crowns Brenda Maulfair as her successor during.
dairy festivities held last Sat. in Lebanon County.
Lebanon Co. Selects
1975 Dairy Princess
By Sally Bair
Feature Writer
Brenda L. Maulfair,
Jonestown Rl, was named
the 1975 Lebanon County
Dairy Princess in a climax to
a day of dairy activities held
at Boscov’s department
store.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Maulfair, Brenda
was crowned by the 1974
Princess Ruth Miller. The
retiring princess also
presented the contestants
and winners with their gifts.
Brenda, 16, is a senior at
Northern Lebanon High
Debbie Myers
by: Melissa Piper
4-H has taken on a new
look for Debbie Myers, a
young lady from Ephrata.
Debbie, who was an active 4-
Her herself is now par
ticipating in the organization
as a leader, which she finds
has changed considerably
from a few years ago.
Debbie began her 4-H
career in Cumberland
County as her parents lived
near Carlisle. Sewing
became her interest and
Debbie worked on numerous
clothing construction
projects as a fifth grade
student until the summer of
her sophomore year.
When she was 16, her
School and is active in the
Bible dub, senior chorus,
and National Honor Society.
She is a member of the
Norlebco 4-H Dairy Club and
the Pennsylvania Junior
Ayrshire Club.
First Alternate in the
contest was Brenda
Bollinger, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Galen Bollinger,
Fredericksburg Route 1.
Brenda is a 1975 graduate of
Northern Lebanon High
School and is also a member
of the Norlebco 4-H Dairy
Club.
4-H Leader Sees Program Expanding
family moved to Ephrata
and Debbie took up 4-H
projects once again.
Finishing numerous
creations before the age
limit disqualified her from
taking projects.
In dress revue com
petitions, Debbie par
ticipated in regionals her
last year in 4-H and won a
berth to attend the State
competition at Penn State.
Debbie’s award winning
project was a four piece suit
made of double knit.
Following her graduation
this spring from Mansfield
College, Debbie decided to
help with the Lincoln Sewing
dub which has close to 60
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Lower Grain
Prices Seen
For ’75 Crop
If normal weather prevails
throughout the rest of this
crop year, com, wheat and
soybean prices are likely to
fall below their present
levels, George Blankley told
a group of 125 grain dealers,
brokers and millers on
Monday night. Blankley,
from Wayne, Pa., is a trader
for Bunge Corp., the giant
international grain firm. He
was addressing the PennAg
Industries Association an
nual grain meeting at
Lancaster’s Conestoga-
Sheraton.
Combines are already
rolling through the soft red
wheat fields of South Jersey
and Maryland’s Eastern
Shore, with Pennsylvania
fields ready to go any day.
Blankley said he expects the
soft red crop to hit the 370
million ton mark this year,
up seven percent from lasti
year.
Local wheat has been a
bigger factor in exports this
year, Blankley pointed out,
because it’s been the best
buy on the market. He ex
pects to see another good
In This Issue
FARM CALENDAR 10
Markets 2-6
Sale Register 61
Farmers Almanac 8
Classified Ads 26
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 38
Home on the Range 43
Junior Cooking Edition 42
Sale Reports 71
Country Corner 38
Organic Living 47
Thoughts in Passing 59
Feed Dealership 17
Women’s Calendar 41
Chester DHIA 48
members. Her duties have
been to work with those girls
who are making a dress with
sleeves.
“I have the responsibility
of teaching the girls
techniques of sewing and
also to help them if they
have any problems.”
“I try to show the girls that
there are many ways to
accomplish the same thing
as people are different and
like to try their own ways.”
Debbie explained that
being a leader is a challenge
as there the girls have many
different skills which must
be adjusted for while
teaching.
‘‘One improvement in 4-H
$3.00 Per Year
export year for soft red
winter wheat. “Well need
that export market because
we’re going to have the
biggest crop on record,”
Blankley said. “If we don’t
get the crop into export
channels, we’re going to
have a tremendous surplus.”
Terminals are in good
shape to receive grain right
now, Blankley said, and
some export sales have
already been made. But the
big job for all exporters will
be to coordinate sales and
deliveries.
Nationally, Blankley sees
this year’s wheat crop up a
whopping 16-percent from
last year on five-percent
more acreage. The
depressing effect this should
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4-H Day
Winners
Announced
With many of the Lan
caster County 4-Hers on an
exchange trip to Colorado,
the annual 4-H Demon
stration Day had a light
turnout on Tuesday af
ternoon.
In the junior division of the
demonstration contest,
Cindy Risser, Leola Rl, was
awarded a blue ribbon for
her demonstration entitled
“Salads are Delicious.”
Receiving a red ribbon in
the same division was Glen
Seidman, Lambeth Rd.,
Lancaster who spoke on
“Vital Health Facts for
Animals.”
Susan Martin, Ephrata 3,
presented a public speaking
topic on her personal growth
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that I like is that we are free
to teach the girls different
methods.”
“In the past it was pretty
important to teach only one
method, but I feel people are
different and should know
that there are many other
ways.”
Debbie noted that although
the “make a dress with
sleeves” project had always
been just that, the new
lifestyles and fashions has
caused changes.
“Now teenagers just don’t
buy that kind of dresses as
jeans are fashion . for
school.”
“For the projects the girls
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