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Stoltzfus and
Kauffman win
Holstein show
By DIETER KRBEG
QUARRYVILLE Nathan Stoltzfus
of Gap R 2 knows how to breed and exhibit
top quality dairy cows. Of the 11 animals
he brought to the Lancaster District
Holstein Show this week, all but one was
home-bred. And they all placed high
enough to give him the premier breeder
as well as the premier exhibitor banners.
The grand champion of the show, held
here on the Sclanco Fairgrounds, was
shown by Robert Kauffman of
Elizabethtown Rl. It was the second year
in a row the well-known dairyman cap
tured that distinction, although this year it
was a different animal. His “Andfar
Astronaut Cinderella,” last year’s grand
champion, was narrowly beat by “Con-
Noll Leader Clara,” a 4-year old owned by
Stoltzfus.
The name of this year’s grand champion
cow is “Elaine Hermandale,” an 8-year
old bovine recently purchased by Kauff
man. The reserve champion was Stoltzfus’
“Clara,” a daughter of “Maplebound
Burke Kate Leader.” Kauffman’s
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In this issue
Farm Calendar 10
Editorials 10
Life on the Farm 18
Pa.’s biggest hog farm 24
Classifieds 32
Homestead Notes 50
My Thoughts 50
Women’s Calendar 51
Ida’s Notebook 53
Berks Co. Fashion Revue 55
Home on the Range 60
4-H Dress Revue 62
Crafts feature 66
Chester 4-H Round-up 68
Lancaster 4-H Round-up 72
Berks Co. Holstein picnic 75
YorkDHIA 78
Berks DHIA 81
Public Sales Register 86
Sale Reports 94
Nathan Stoitzfus was at the halter
of many prize-winning animals at the
Lancaster County Holstein Show.
Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas
A never to be forgotten experience is how Randy Ranck, right,
described his meeting with President Ford.
President Ford meets
FFA President Ranck
WASHINGTON, D.C. Penn
sylvania’s FFA Presrdent, Randy
Ranck, met the Nation’s Chief
Executive Gerald R. Ford
recently.
He was one of 80 State FFA officers
from all across the country to meet
with President Ford, a highlight of a
week-long State FFA Presidents’
Conference in the Nation’s capital.
Sponsored by General Motors
Corporation through the National
FFA Foundation, Inc., the conference
was specifically designed to help new
state officers be more effective
Lancaster Fanning Photo by Dieter Krieg
Here the premier breeder and
exhibitor is with his reserve grand
champion.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1976
leaders by expanding their
knowledge of the FFA and Nation.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Ranck, Quarryville, the young and
personable FFA officer told Lancaster
Farming recently that his meeting
with President Ford was an event he
will never forget. He works at home
on his parents' farm and also helps
his older brother, Jay, who farms
nearby. Since becoming a state officer
last month, much of his time has been
taken up by educational meetings.
A 1976 graduate of Solanco High
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Linda Kauffman shows the grand
champion of the 1976 Lancaster
iCharles wins
|FFA hog show;
I sale strong
By DIETER KRIEG
LANCASTER - “I didn’t know what a
good boar was until I started working with
my Dad,” Cliff Charles remarked while
philosophizing a bit about bis winning
the Lancaster County FFA Hog Show
held earlier this Week. “Maybe I didn’t
have the interest in it until it was half
mine,” he continued, “before it was just
raising hogs, now it’s quality.”
Out of a total of 349 hogs brought to the
show, which was held here at the Lan
caster Stockyards, Charles’ 200 pound %
Duroc topped everything else and came up
grand champion. The young man was also
chosen champion breeder exhibitor. Six
schools were represented at the com
petition and classes were split at 5-pound
intervals. According to organizers of the
show, this year’s contest was the largest
since at least 1972, reflecting the dramatic
growth in the hog industry that has taken
place in Lancaster County. This was the
14th such annual show to take place, an
event which customarily is scheduled for
the last week in July.
Charles, 20, is a graduate of Penn Manor
High School and will be receiving the
American Farmer Degree in Kansas City
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Harvest crew was
whole new world
■t
for Darrell Martin
A By JOANNE SPAHR
s* ROHRERSTOWN —If Darrell Martin
t didn’t know anything about harvesting
wheat until two months ago, he surely does
* now, because last week he returned from a
\ two-month crash course on the subject.
I From June through the end of July, he was
, a member of a small harvest crew that
traveled over the Midwest, combining as it
t went.
I For a Pennsylvania farmer, it’s hard to
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Lancaster Fanaini Photo by Dieter Krieg
County Holstein Show, a 7Vfc-year old
daughter of Agro Acres Marquis Ned.
$4.00 Per Year