Vol. 21 No. mzi Lancaster County youths shine for FFA Week I dieter krieg I/ERSITY PARK-The I the head of the new princess, Marcia Hess, n in more ways than mie pretty brunette tee Willow Street Vo fSchool received that Lsbed and coveted lere Wednesday night i an evening ceremony gating FFA Week, crown fit especially ecause as a Lancaster :y girl, Miss Hess i off a series of out ng performances by »ams and individuals the County. For .the 12 months she will Bfs. Porter invited to farm KACUSE, n.y. - Isenting 7500 members le states, delegates to ■4th anual meeting of Irn Milk Producers [native Association nred that the Association le Sylvia Porter, a bust, to a,dairy-farm p Northeast. “ [via Porter, who earlier Several fruits are ripe By JOANNE SPAHR ANCASTER - Sweet fries will be nearly gone; f, or pie, cherries will Ibe available, but getting land less abundant; and , liberties will be plentiful, clous, and moderatley «d during this coming Kerstetter airs opinions By JUDY MITCHELL Reporter FADING - Pennsylvania °r A Briculture nnond J. Kerstettcr lf* re “ at the Berkshire ° n .’^ u<^ a y evening JL Wl th Ed Osborne, irv.* r Bureau of ets. The state officials accompanied on a tour of the exhibits Barley harvest begun By DIETER KRIEG barley harvest has Bun, with yields varying nsiderably across the ?*> but moisture content wg satisfactory in most “**• One report indicated a * a field of “barsoy” - an variety of barley - tided 90 bushels per acre. ost yields thus far, wever, appear to be reign over the state organization, of Future Fanners of America which boasts a record membership of over 12,000 during this Bicentennial Year. The this year wrote a series of articles which did-much to give the dairy industry a bad image, is a journalist whose - worki ;, is / circulated , nationally. The series of stories have since' been labled„ Inaccurate by dairymen ■ and dairy organizations alike. Among the allegations Cannings supplies available The sweet, or Bing cherry crop which produced only about half of last year’s amount, should be pretty well picked by this Saturday, according to several orchard owners here. What, may sometimes be a month of picking time has been trimmed down to one week at the mall celebrating Dairy Week by county Agent James F. Haldeman; Donald Duncan, president of the Berks County Dairy Association; Leon Kirkoff, pomona Grange master; an( i William Myers, president of the Berks' County Farmers Association, Asked for his thoughts on between 45 and 50 bushels per acre, with a number of growers reporting a yield of 70 bushels. Prior to the rain received on Wednesday night, the moisture content was described as “good,” ranging mostly between 13 and 14 per cent It should be noted that these reports came from areas which were Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas Lancaster Farming,! Saturday, June 19, 1976 FFA Princess and President from County activities which took place here on the Penn State University campus this week represented the best the FFA has to offer. A total of 1870 FFA students and their advisors competed in more than 20 events. Young Lancaster Coun tians harvested a number of trophies as, they tested their knowledge and skills of farming. Not fat behind, and often, in fact, in first place, were individuals and teams from neighboring areas. Adding further glory to the Lancaster County per formance was that a Solanco youth, Randy Ranck,-is the. made by Ms. Porter in her stories were that: Dairy cooperative's conspire to keep prices high; the dairy industry’s political,-muscle v may. inhibit reform; 'milk prices keep soaring; and the. government pushes milk prices .beyond the reach of, the poor. (Confinued on Page 24] this year because of low supply and high demand. Sour, or pie cherries, on the other hand, were not as affected by the frost as the sweet cherries and will be open for picking in most orchards today. Herr Fruit (Continued on Page 32} the dairy picture, Ker sktetter commented that he feels “it is important for dairymen to get together and promote their product. You are going to have to do that and sell toe people,” he said, “because most people do not know how muck it costs (to run a dairy operation).” [Continued on Page 14| not hit by the severe hail - storm on June 1. The fields in the storm’s path have been pretty much devastated and have been largely replaced with late-season corn. Some of the barley coming in from the Eastern Shore of Maryland is reportedly testing close to 16 per cent moisture, although that’s (Confinued on Pace 26] new State FFA president. (A special feature on Bands, written prior to his trip' to State College for FFA Week, appears on page 65 of this issue.) hi his acceptance speech, Ranck in part repeated the message given the night before by National FFA Marcia Hess - FFA Princess Marcia Hess. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hess, Quarryville, the new Pennsylvania FFA Princess. She received her crown Wednesday night during ceremonies held at Penn State’s new University Auditorium. More than 1800 FFA’ers from all over Farm Calendar 10 Life on the farm 10 Classifieds 30 Homestead Notes 50 My Thoughts 50 Home on the Range 51 Ida’s Notebook 51 President Bobby Tucker. That was to emphasize that failures, are often really stepping stones to success. As one who had experienced defeat in FFA elections and elsewhere, Ranck accepted this high state office with humility. He paid tribute for this achievement .to his Pennsylvania took part in the three day long activities. Miss Hess represented the Willow Street Vo- Tech School. Since this is a special weekend, we’ll put some words in her mouth and have her wish everyone a Happy Father's Day. In this issue Jr. Cooking Edition 52 Womens’ Calendar 52 Freezing tips 55 Adams dairy princess 57 Youth features 60,65 Mini-vacation feature 64 Lebanon dairy princess 67 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester H. Ranck, and his FFA teachers - Mssrs. William Fredd, Arba Henry, Ronald Althoff and Charles Heim. The Lancaster County performance in- the state wide contest was the talk of a number of FFA officials [Continued on Paie 16] Lancaster Fannins Photo by Dieter Krief Cattle market feature 72 Bicentennial farm 73 Top Holstein bulls 76 Berks DMA 79 Sale Reports 85 Public Sales Register 89 $3.00 Per Year
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