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■yjUDYMITCHELL
■ Berks Co. Reporter
HSPORT - On June 17,
■county, in cooperation
■ the federal and state
Kjoied biological control
■eriment aimed at
ttiniting the cereal lead
Bi> launched its cam
■ against toe pest which
■capable of inflicting
Kderable damage to
Bat, oats, barley, and
■ small grain crops,
Bninr County- Agenti-i
Kes F. Haddtenuui,?wtes-;
Bin distributine|ijfeftim*%
Staining beet^lanrae‘■
Bted with the ;eggs of a
Bvasp at toe BefksCo.
Bis in Bern Town Ship on ",
■raday,
Pa of
Beading to the|gent, T tfie^
■ items contaip beetle
■ae which havejbeen
■ted with the eggsbra
■t-sied wasp know 'to
B od the ca&Bi'Wjt
■te. He stems areplaced
■ to growing grain inibe
■Land
Koung wasps hatdi^tfiey
■ the beetle host and
■Wish new colonies of
■ps which, in tora,’wotk.tb
■rol cereal leaf'lbeeties
in the fidfc *3he
■, originally imported
V Europe, are minute In
B and are harmless to
B“> animals, plants -
frything except toe cereal
• beetle.
Pe cereal leaf beetle is
panly a European-Asian
It was first identified in
■united states in southern
Pigan in 1962, and since
B 1 it has been spreading
pdly east and sooth from
P point. Both adults and
? e of the beetle damage
m crops by feeding on
Pes > chewing out iww
i» between toe veins.
[»y feeding gives plants a
bwish-white, frosted
*arance.
commented on
F reporter’s observation
F some adverse reaction
htl, cereal leaf beetle
proi program in the
be resulting
°*. controversy
. a similar program
>,LT ducted * the
tune * The other
is to combat toe
which was
for defoliating
WfcresofforestlaK
Mountain regions of
n tj . „ and Schuylkill
SJ m 1972. Calls
rice ,2; 0,6 Ex tenskn
office, toe agent
have indicated that'
ikntmued M jjj
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; !3felwra Kreider
L - is Lancaster '
ydairy princess
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FeatiriwWjStor;?' .r
LANCASTER - Seventeen-^
Of, Mr. mDa. Mrs* J* ■
' Richard Kreider, Manheim _
* 85, was named tbe ISTB
Lancaster .County Dairy
Princess at toe contest held
at the Farm and Home
Center Saturday night. She
was crowned, by- toe LOTS’
Dairy Princess Donna -
Akers.
First runner-op was Twila
Brubaker, 16, daughter of
- Mr. and'. Mrs. Harold
Brubaker,' Manheim R 2.
Both girls will be seniors at
Manheim Central High
School in the Fail.
June R. Grnbe, 16,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
WeitDer Grube, Manheim,
R 7, wasvsdected as Miss
Congeniality by her fellow
contestants. She Is a senior
at Hempfidd High School
Other contestants were
Bobfai Jean Reinhart, 17,
doaghter of George H.
Reinhart, Kirkwood, Rl;
Joyce E. Denlinger, 17,
daughter of Bflr. mid Mrs.
EUis R. Denlinger, 262 A
Belmont Rood, Gordonville;
Ellen L. Schmnck, 17,
daughter of Dr. and Bits.
Larry Schmnck, Peach
Bottom Rl; and Lois E.
Wanner, 17, daughter of Mr. :
and Mrs. R. Guy Wanner, i
Narvon R 2. (
The selection came amidst :
a Bicentennial celebration ]
setting onto red. white and !
ICiriaweil an N* 221 . J
Serving The Central ar>~d Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 26.1976
V-'‘ - , I
Debra Kreider. Lancaster County’s dairy prin
cess lor 1976, and Twila Brubaker, firstirunner-up,
will representthe Garden Spot’s dairy industry for
the next 12 months.
In this issue
Farm Commentary ~ 10
Farm Calendar 10
Thoughts in passing 24
Beef feature 27
Holstein convention 25
Classifieds 32
MyThgugbts 50
Homestead Notes - 50 -
Home on the Range 52
Jr. Cooking Edition S 3
Ida’s Notebook 54
,are ; tk)ing.They are (Lto r.) CbristineAdam, second
runner-up; Princess: and
Tammy Haler, first runner-tip.
Auctioneers’feature 58
FFA feature 64
Farm family 65
Lebanon DHIA 66
Bicentennial farm 67
Life on the farm 76
Colored breed bolls 17
Lancaster DHIA 81
Public Sale Register 86
SateHaports 90
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Dairy princess
wworks with
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Shorthorns
By DIETER KRIEG
WYOIfISSING - In what
ah three judges unaminonsly
agreed was the closest
contest they had ever wit
nessed,' Nedra Yoder
narrowly edged first runner
up Tammy Safer to become
the 1976 Berks County Dairy
Princess.
" Crowned last Saturday
night before a capacity
crowd at the Berkshire Mall,
here. Bliss Yoder received
her crown and ac
companying responsibilities
from the 1975 Princess,
Cathy Yanos. She competed
for toe title along with nine
other girls. Together, they
. had the judges studying their
notations for more Hum five
hoars. The crowning
ceremony topped off a week
long promotional effort by
Berks County dairy fanners
and cooperating agencies
and businesses. Informative
and educational exhibits
were set op throughout the
maQ, creating what some
called an “exemplary effort
to readi the consumer.”
Dark haired and outgoing,
the new dairy princess is a 4-
H and FFA member, an
enthusiastic owner of
Milking Shorthorn cattle,
and highly active in school
sports and activities. With a
carter in nursing in her
plans and a life on the farm
in her thoughts, the 17-year
old girl believes strongly in
milk. She claimed to be very
health conscious and cited
IGoafimed on fs*e 19|
$4.00 Per Year
Hog producers
up voluntary
contributions
By DIETER KRIEG
STRASBURG After
more than 8% years of not
increasing their voluntary
check-off rates, members of
the national policy com
mittee for die National Pork
Producers Council (NPPC)
voted unanimously to seek'-
additional funds through
increased contributions.
Starting July 1, pork
producers are bring asked to
freely give ten cents per
marketed hog, and five cents
per feeder pig towards
national, state and local
promotional programs. The
decision to rone the check
off rates was made in March
at the American Pork
Congress.
Lancaster County bog
producer, John Henkel, wbo
had hand in the
proceedings and formulation
of both the original and
updated programs, proudly
notes that the NPPC is the
largest single commodity
group in the country and
stressesthat the chOck-off
program is stricfytprqdwier
funded and operated! There
are no strings attached to
governmental agencies.
According to Henkel the
strength and integrity of the
program lie in the fact that it
is voluntary and in
dependent
Although the initial move
lor increased landing must
be made by producers
themselves, the Strasborg
area hog producers em
phasizes that cooperation
from marketing points is
essential. “We appreciate
the cooperation,” he com
mented, “because without it
we could not get our story
across ... but they have
things to gain too, they get a
better market through better
hogs coming in.”
There are approiimtely
80,000 hog producers in the
United States who are
members of the NPPC, and
membership therein is
restricted to farmers who
are actually marketing hogs.
Policy formulations are thus
entirely representative of
the producer aid, Henkel
noted. Approximately 65
percent of the bogs marketed
in file United States come
from farms where producers
have voluntarily agreed to
the check-off program,
Henkel said.
“The Power of a Dane” is
the title of * new brochnre
whicfadescribcs the check
off program, la it’s In*
traduction it states:
“The initial nickel in
vestment helped the NPPC
determine tfarongb research
the best way to promote
jCoafinued on fage 30)