84—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31, 1976
New members welcomed into Virginville Grange
VIRGINVILLE - The
Virginville Grange met on
July 21 with Karl and
Dorothy Geisler, Ronald
Keiffer, Brenda Miller, and
Bruce and Betty Fegley
welcomed as new members.
The social committee will
serve on Aug. 1 at the
household sale at Virginville,
and on Sept. 11 at the Lion’s
Club in Virginville. The
chairlady of the women’s
group thanked all who
helped at the Folk Festival
and trucking and sandwich
sale.
Seipt joins Holstein board
BRATTLEBORO, Vt.
Donald V. Seipt, Holstein
dairyman from Easton, Pa.,
has been elected to serve a
four-year term on the
Holstein - Friesian
Association of America
board of directors. Seipt’s
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Looking for spray painting
work on barns, etc at less
cost per gallon with the latest
equipment
I personally will do the job
carefully
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Sales - Service
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Isaac W. Martin, Owner
Pleasant Valles Rd RD2
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The group will now serve
at the Badalia days at
Shartlesville on Aug. 5,6, 7,
and 8. The needlework en
trants will be judged at the
Grange Hall on Aug. 28.
Master Feryl Treichler
thanked all who helped at the
Folk Festival.
The youth will meet on
Aug. 2 at the hall. More help
is needed to make the Italian
sandwiches for the Oct. 2
drill team elimination at
Kutztown.
The softball team reported
they won 16-2 against
appointment to the 16-man
board was made by
delegates at the
Association’s 91st annual
convention, m Philadelphia
on June 30 and July 1.
A native of Pennsylvania,
Seipt is owner and operator
of Keystone Farm near
Easton. The registered
Holstein herd, of 150 head, is
recognized for its out
standing quality and has
earned its owner the
Progressive Breeders
Registry award for 18 years.
A son Donald A., recently
graduated from Cornell
University and is helping on
the farm now.
Bom in Lansdale, Pa.,
Seipt earned a bachelor of
science degree in dairy
science from Penn State
University. He and his wife
both did agriculture ex
tension work before coming
Plants
Womelsdorf, 21-7 against
Centerport, 10-6 .against
Bethany, and 15-2 against
Ontelaunee.
Christene Adam was
honored as second runner-up
in the dairy princess con
tesyt.
The Grange will have their
outing at Shoemakersville.
The next meeting will
begin with a ball game on
Aug. 4. Then, on Aug. 18,
election of officers will be
held. Sept. 1 is the date of the
talent contest.
to Keystone Farm (Mrs.
Seipt’s home) 26 years ago.
Active in industry
organizations, Seipt just
completed a term as
president of the National
Dairy Shrine Club. He is
currently president of the
Pennsylvania Holstein
Association and earlier
served on its board and
executive committee.
Seipt is past chairman of
the Pennsylvania Purebred
Dairy Cattle Association and
a former director of the state
DHI association. An ac
credited judge of Holstein
cattle, he has judged
numerous local shows as
well as state and national
shows.
Seipt and his wife
Geraldine have three
children.
As a member of the board
of HFAA, Seipt will serve in
an advisory capacity for
programs and services of
Holstein - Friesian
Association of America, the
world’s largest dairy cattle
registry organization with
more than 27,000 members.
Political Zoo
Without permission from
either, donkey and elephant
were made over into the
image of Democrats and
Republicans by Thomas
Nast He was the “father” of
the modern political car
toon. slashing out clever
caricatures with venom in
the last half of the 19th cen
tury The Democratic don
key first appeared in a Nast
cartoon in 1870 while the Re
publican elephant appeared
originally in 1874
Serving at Ziofl’s' Church'
as acolyte was Dean Keller;
as greeters, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Adam and Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Luckenbill; and
as nursery attendants Dawn
and Brenda Miller.
The flowers in the altar
vases were presented to the
glory of God and in honor of
the birthday of Mrs. Carl
Miller by her son, Jeffrey
and Michelle Gladney.,
The young people -are
planning to serve refresh
ments at a sale in
Shoemakersville on Aug. 6.
Lancaster Co.
FFA picnic held
The annual Lancaster
County FFA picnic was held
on Sunday, July 25, at the
Manheim Central High
School. The noon meal,
consisting of barbecued
chicken, baked beans,
cupcakes, and drink, was
served at 1:30 p.m. After the
meal, the various FFA
chapters participated in the
annual softball tournament.
The adults spent an en
joyable afternoon getting
acquainted and playing
volleyball. By four o’clock
most of the 135 people had
gone home except for the
Lampeter - Strasburg and
the Manheim Central
chapters. These two softball
teams were playing the final
game of the tournament
which ended with Lampeter -
Strasburg earning first
place.
Poultry
increasing
HARRISBURG
Pennsylvania’s poultry
production continued to
increase during the week
ending July 17, according to
the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service. The
1,631,000 placements of
broiler chicks were 23 per
cent above the same week a
year ago and four per cent
above the previous week.
Average placements
during the past ten weeks
were 20 per cent over the
same period in 1975.
Placements of broiler
chicks in the 21 key poultry
states were 62,646,000. This
figure is seven per cent
above the same week a year
earlier, but five per cent
below the previous week.
Milk channels disclosed
SCHUYKILL HAVEN -
Figures, made available by
the Schuylkill County
Agricultural Extension
Service, throw light on the
marketing channels used by
local farmers in selling milk.
There are approximately
75 farmers marketing milk
in the county. Of this num
ber, 24 are marketing milk to
plants regulated under
Federal milk marketing
orders. The remaining 51
producers are selling milk to
dairy plants that are
regulated by the Penn
sylvania Milk Marketing
Board.
County Agent, David L.
Kantner, indicates that
Federal Milk marketing
orders are increasingly
more important in
Finland
Finland is one of the
world’s northernmost coun
tries and straddles the Arc
tic Circle It’s about the size
of Minnesota and Missis
sippi combined More than
55,000 lakes are linked by
rivers throughout the coun
try Finland’s most abun
dant resource is the forests
of spruce, pine, birch and
aspen that cover more than
half of the nation’s 130,119
square-mile area
no radiator
no water pump
no water hoses
no anti-freeze
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’SeJr f Qr more complete combustion
less carbon build up and smoke—more hours per
gallon We II be glad to arrange for a demonstration
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regulating prices paid to
Pennsylvania farmers for
milk.
Federal orders affecting
Pennsylvania producers ar6
the Mid-Atlantic essentially
regulating the Philadelphia,
Southern New Jersey,
Baltimore, and Washington
markets, and the New York-
New Jersey Order covering
major markets in New York
State and Northern New
Jersey, and the Eastern
Ohio-Western Pennsylvania
market which covers the
western part of the state.
About 16 farmers in the
county ship to plants
regulated under the New
York-New Jersey Order,
eight ship to Mid-Atlantic
Order plants.
Raising Salmon
Several commercial and
sport fisherman’s groups
are trying to increase sal
mon numbers in the ocean
and local streams by raising
large numbers of fish at
several sites along the nor
thern California coast More
than 400,000 silver salmon
are being raised in five
locations there and the ef
forts could expand to include
several million fish an
nually