Woodbine Holsteins win big | HARRISBURG-A total of * 347 head, of registered Holsteins were shown before Jqdge John L. Morris, ex tension dairyman, University of Maryland at the. 23rd Annual Penn sylvania State Holstein Show held here a weds ago. Selected as, senior championfemale and grand champion of this year’s show was Blue-Jay Jenket Maple, a three year old cow shown Donald Hostetter, ■Barkesburg, Pa: and James HTepard, Holcomb,/-New HtorkX.. Poliowing; ‘with Keserve champion honors Kras Huntsdale Paula Black ■Eagle, a four year old cow r frqm ,thc, h«rd of Meryl acd F Tjtoanas Sheaffer, Carlisle, r Pa. Judge Morris praised the' ■quality of the class winners ■when selecting the cham Mr. Gala Double M Jmißoy was named champion bull. He was exhibited by Alan Blade of Martinsburg, Pa. .The coveted premier breeder,, and exhibitor award, based on points earned by ..high, placing entries in the individual classes, was bestowed upon Woodbine Holsteins, George M. Knight, Jr. and family of Airville, Pa. The highly contested best three females class was captured by Huntsdale Stock Farms of Carlisle, Pa. This class recognizes the breeder who has bred and developed three top cows which make up this group class. Four daughters by Padamar Astronaut won the senior get of sire Class for ' Richard Curtis, Robert Kauffman, and Andrew - Stoltzfus. The junior get of sire class was topped by Edward P. Karpa with four daughters of Zeldenrust Fond Memory. The top produce of dam went to two daughters of Ri Co Peg Belle Boy Flo exhibited by Richard Curtis of Union City, Pa., and' Debra Holler of Jamestown, Pa. The dam and daughter combination was headed by two cows owned by Providence Haven Holsteins, Inc., Fred Strouse and Assoc’s., and Fair Hill Farms. Morris selected the first place senior yearling, Pequea R Maple Heather shown by James Bowen of Wellsboro as the junior champion female. Edwin C. Todd of Spring City, Pa. exhibited the reserve junior champion. This show is one of the [Continued on Pate 15] * , ' i Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas v V 01.21 No. 20 Miss Pennsylvania, Connie Harness; and the Pennsylvania Poultry Queen, Dawn Xeisler, graced the annual fund raising banquet for the Penn sylvania Poultry Federation on Thursday night. In Poultry banquet sets a record By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER The 1976 annual fund raising banquet of the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation, held here at the Host Farm on Thursday evening, turned out to be the biggest event of its land ever staged in the Northeast. The Federation bad predicted Milk prices, future pondered Editor’s Note: The following Is taken from an address given by Herbert Wessel, president of the Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers Cooperative. The occasion was the annual meeting held recently. COCKEYSVILLE, Md. - Recently the milk prices have risen. The rise is well deserved and much needed. Let’s hope that history does not repeat itself and we have a re-run of the 1974 situation when the prices rose rapidly and two things then happened - Dairy production awards given By DIETER KRIEG SMOKETOWN - The fifth annual Pennfield Dairy Day Program was held here recently with the highlight being the presentation of awards to owners of top dairy herds and - or high individual cow records. Leading the pack of 34 dairymen who were recognized for having herd averages of more than 17,000 pounds of milk per cow was Sinking Springs Farm, Inc., of York. Herman Stebbins, manager, was on band to receive a special plaque and Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3,1976 that 750 persons would show up, but the actual turnout was 900. John Hoffman, PPF executive director and. toastmaster for the evening, proclaimed that the roomful of people represented an entire industry. On hand for the gala affair were Miss Pennsylvania, plate. The Sinking Springs nerd of 67 registered Holsteins chalked up an average production of 19,823 pounds of milk and 785 of butterfat. In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Nixnutz’s Corral 10 Life on the farm 10,56 Classifieds 21 Country Corner 42 Homestead Notes 42 Home on the Range 44 Womens’ Calendar 44 Textile feature 46 the center is Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Agriculture, Raymond Kerstetter. With him are William Carlin, left, president of PPF, and John Hoffman, executive director of the organization. Connie Harness; the Penn sylvania Poultry Queen, Dawn Heisler; The Honorable Raymond Ker stetter, Pa. Secretary of Agriculture; and hundreds of representatives from the producer, processor, and allied industry segments of the poultry business. 1. Consumer resistance resulting in fewer sales because of the higher prices, and 2. Increased production - also from the higher prices. Either of these in itself can hurt prices but when the two of them get together, the result can be disastrous. Since prices bottomed out in August 1974, they have been steadily rising - even higher than any of us predicted. They have now peaked and the curve is starting down. [Continued on Page 18] Clarence and Earl Stauffer’s Sunny Craft Farm, Ephrata, was recognized for having shown the highest increase within one year. Their herd of 34 Poultry address 53 Schuylkill DHIA 57 Berks conservation 61 Starter fertilizers 62 Bicentennial farm 70 Chester DHIA 73 LancasterDHlA 78 Public Sale Register 97 Sale Reports 105 Speeches were kept short during the evening, with most of the time spent in consuming a meal and being entertained by nationally known comedian Bob Lewis. Also on hand to entertain guests were Lewis’ wife, [Continued on Page 14] Holsteins most recently averaged 14,827 pounds of milk and 583 of fat - representing an increase of 4,196 for milk and 163 for fat. More than 100 individual cow records were called off during the 3-hour long presentation. The 21-page program listed records of cows and herds from many parts of Pennsylvania and portions of Maryland. Completing the list of herds which exceeded an ' average of 17,000 pounds of [Continued on Page 14] $3.00 Per Year Land-use legislation called for HARRISBURG - Rep. Kenneth E. Brandt, R- Lancaster on Wednesday urged the Governor to sign legislation that would require that an agricultural impact statement be prepared before any of Pennsylvania’s farm lands are taken in the construction of interstate highways. Brandt, a prime sponsor of the bill, said not many people realize that hundreds of acres of prime Pennsylvania farm lands are ruined in the construction of interstate roadways. “Each mile of highway destroys hundreds of acres of agricultural lands,” he said. “Another 50 to 75 acres are consumed in the con struction of each in terchange on that highway. “As one can well see as a highway cuts through a county, hundreds of prime, fertile agricultural lands are literally laid to waste.” Brandt said the bill (House Bill 219) would require that an agricultural impact statement, similar to an environmental impact statement, be drafted and submitted to a special committee set up to oversee the balance between high way building and Hie destruction of farm lands. “These agricultural im pact statements will be considered by a special seven man committee before the highway could be built,” he added. “The committee will consist of the Director of the State Planning and Development office, the Dean of the College of Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Environmental Resources, and the Secretary of Transportation. “Two farmers appointed by the Governor shall also sit on the committee.” Kent Shelbamer is among those listed as one of the primary sponsors of the bill, and since he’s the gentleman whom Gov. Shapp would like to see as the state’s next Secretary of Agriculture, Brandt says the Governor may be receptive to signing the bill. The measure has passed the House by a 1724) margin and next goes to the Senate where legislators are likely to take a serious look at it. “I urge the Governor to sign this bill as soon as possible,” he said.
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