Montgo®ty&
KIMBERTON, Pa. - The
Southeast Pennsylvania 4-H
WBSheep Show was held Sept.
25th, at the Kimberton Fair
Grounds, Kimberton, Pa.
The Southeast District is
composed of the following
counties: Berks, Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, Lehigh,
Montgomery, Northampton
and Philadelphia.
To be eligible to show an
animal or participate in the
blocking contest, a 4-H
member must be a blue
ribbon winner in a local
Round-Up.
Montgomery County had
ten 4-H members participate
on the' Regional level.
In the 4-H Senior-
Showmanship (age 14 or
older) Montgomery Co. took
a sth place with Nancy
Haentze, Skippack, with her
. Hampshire Yearling. While
4t' in 4-H Junior Showmanship
v ~ (under age 14) Robert
Blum of Harleysville placed
4th with his Suffolk Yearling.
In the last catagory for First
Year Showmanship, Julie
Miller, Harleysville,
received a sth place green
ribbon exhibiting her
Hampshire lamb.
Moving on to the Breeding
Classes, Irene Landis,
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336 and 346 Balers
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800 and 830 Windrowers,
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Souderton, placed sth in the
Hampshire Ewe lamb
catagory. The Hampshire
Yearling Ewe catagory
found Nancy Haentze taking
second and third place
honors with her sheep.
Next to be judged were
Montgomery - County 4-H
members who participated
in the Suffolk Ewe lamb
catagory. Again Irene
Landis received a sth place
green ribbon. Robert Blum
was the next winner for
Montgomery County with his
Suffolk Yearling Ewe also
placing sth.
In the Commercial Ewe
Lamb class, Juliet Kagno,
Lafayette Hill, placed 3rd
with a white ribbon. In the
Commercial Aged Ewe
class, Nancy Haentze,
showing a Corriedale Ewe,
won a blue ribbon and a 4th
place yellow ribbon went to
Kit Jones, Limerick, with a
Hampshire Ewe. When
champions of the
Commercial Class were
judged, Nancy Haentze
received the Reserve
Champion rosette.
Something new this year
was a Pair Class. Exhibitors
could show any two
sheep of the same breed that
Bernviile, PA
215-488-1510
had received blue ribbons as
a pair. In this class Nancy
Haentze showed a pair of
Hampshire Yearlings to
place 4th with a yellow
ribbon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
U.S. Department of
Agriculture recently an
nounced lower interest rates
when financing terms call
for one year or less under the
Commodity Credit Cor
poration (CCC) Export
Credit Sales Program.
The interest rates are
being reduced one-half per
cent for credit terms of one
year under the program and
one per cent for credit terms
of six months.
The interest rates for six
Young Farmers meeting planned r S
be severTpep cent for U.S.
problems will be the I and eight
featured topic of the evening. Der c ® n * or f° re iB n bonk
Dr. Walter Trumbauer, obligations. For one-year
Ephrata area veterinarian, financing terms, the interest
will discuss parasite
problems and new
developments in animal
health.
EAYFA members and
area livestock producers are
invited to attend this timely
meeting. Refreshments will
be served.
Last event of the day was
the Blocking Contest. In
Junior Blocking, Kit Jones
took the honors for Mon
tgomery County by placing
4th in a class of twelve. This
is the event where the 4-H
member gets a lamb right
EPHRATA, Pa. - The first
regular monthly meeting of
the Ephrata Young Farmers
will be held on Tuesday
evening, October 19, at 7:45
p.m. in the vocational
agriculture department of
the Ephrata High School.
The meeting will include a
review of past activities and
a discussion of coming
events.
Following the business
meeting conducted by
EAYFA president Tom
Zartman and other
association officers, a
discussion of animal health
DISCOUNT
UNTIL
28 FEB 1977
$195
$390
$520
$650
$1,040
$1,950
$2 600
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Lynnport, PA
215-298-3270
ROBERT E. LITTLE INC.
Zieglerville, PA
215-287-9643
DISCOUNT
1 MAR 1977-
30 APR 1977
$9O
$195
$260
$325
$520
$975
$2 600
out of the field and is given
one hour in which to card,
trim, clip, etc. and make the
sheep as presentable as he
can in that amount of time.
Other Montgomery County
4-H members who par
ticipated in the Regional
were; Ricky Schwenk,
Souderton; Pam Miller,
Harleysville; Valerie Kagno,
Lafayette Hill; Bob
Greenwood, Phoenixville
and Kathy Haentze, Skip
pack.
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Seeds of
Agriculture
Henry L. Ellsworth, who
became the first U.S.
commissioner of patents in
1836, personally paid for
distribution of seeds and
plants to U.S. fanners to
encourage agriculture’s
growth.
' Lancaster Farmlrig/Satura^;6ct.TB,^l97^—li
Rates lowered
LEARN TO BREED YOUR OWN COWS
Sire Power and NE6A are conducting a “Do-It-Yourself” Direct
HERD A.I. TRAINING SCHOOL NOVEMBER 8-11 in the Lehigh Area.
Participation in a Sire Power A.I. Training Course will provide you
with all the knowledge and skills necessary to breed your own cows.
The cost is $lOO.OO. A $25.00 deposit is required with the attached
form. Act now, deadline is October 27, 1976.
Name
Address
-Please send me full information about the Sire Power A.I.
Training School.
-1 plan to attend the A.I. Training Course in the Lehigh Area.
My $25.00 deposit is enclosed.
-1 am not interested in attending a school, but am interested
in purchasing a semen tank, breeding supplies and-or semen.
Please return this form to* Sire Power, Inc., R.D. No. 2, Tunkhan
nock. Pa. 18657
rate will be 1-Vt per cent for
U.S. bank obligations, and
8% per cent for foreign bank
obligations.
The interest rates are
being reduced to increase
use of shorter terms of
credit, and should be ef
fective as an incentive to
encourage exports of wheat
and rice.
The interest rates under
existing financing approvals
will not be changed.
The CCC Export Credit
Sales Program is a com
mercial program under
which credit is extended for
periods from six months to
three years to expand export
markets.
Phone
Herd Size