Vol.-2TNo.-sfr ft ID. Linde I Pa.’s top Irnsev herd ■[SAN KAUFFMAN Beature Writer BiRYVILLE, Pa.— Side gathered up four Be eight awards Bed to tile Lancaster Bcuemsey Breeders Btheir annual banquet Biere last week at B’s herd tested 13,848 of milk with 646 B of fat. That placed Vrst in the state for Bey cows. High in- Bl animal records also Hd by Linde were high Boduction for a three ffid with 17,280 pounds Be; high four-year old H,364 poupds; and high Bar old with 18,177 ■ of milk. Be attributes his cows’ Biding production to B of feed and ,good Bs practices. . Brman immigrant who Bo the United States in B Linde had little Bdge of farming prior Bing to this country. He Been a landscape gar ■s apprentice, then a B, and eventually a' ■er of war in England. liewing the past 26 I Linde gives most of ■edit to his success to r E. Brown, Little n, where he was em -1 until buying his own in 1956. ie’s production record 16 (13,848 M and 646 F) ire with 13,463 M and for the previous year lie ranked second in the The southern Lan ‘ County farmer is y recognized as a lentious manager of all sources—in the bam i the field. Earlier this he was honored as the outstanding irator in the Lancaster >ty Conservation ict The Lindes’ 143 farm , “Lindenhof,” is Hi just south of Union, ter Lancaster County nsey breeders who ved awards were v m Stoltzfus, ryvdle, R 3, for high ear old milk produc- Raymond Witmer, w Street, high two year at production; Romella is, high three-year old production and Fred er > high four-year old fat action. e Association presented 'R project book award ®nnie Balmer, daughter ! ' llr and Mrs. Jesse aer > Lititz. directors elected at ba nquet to serve three Continued on Pa£e 18| blessings are Melissa and Melinda, identical twin of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Henderson, Lititz. “Offer unto God Thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the Most High ” Champions plowed way to fame By DIETER KRIEG DAUPHIN, Pa.—“lt’s quite an honor for any one state to have two national plowing champions,” said Dauphin County Extension Agent John Harris. “And it’s Pa, judging team 2nd in nation BY JOANNE SPAHR LANCASTER, Pa. - Kevin Rohrer and Kenneth Brubaker set a precedent for Lancaster County 4-H livestock judging when they placed first and second, Kevin Rohrer "7 nmg v j_f j t — mtißj m»m * Serving The Central and Southeaswfn Pennsylvania Areas Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 20,1976 even more so to have two from the same county,” he added. Daupin County does indeed have two national plowing champions and they were both honored at the annual National 4-H livestock judging respectively, in the national 4-H livestock judging contest held in Lousiville, Ky., last Wednesday. They led -the Pennsylvania team, com prised of all Lancastrians, to second place, making it the Kenneth Brubaker meeting of the Dauphin County Cooperative Ex tension Service held last week. The two are Frank Kocevar of Harrisburg R 1 and Robert Miller of Millersburg. Both competed first time in the history of the competition that a Lancaster team, as a whole has done so well. “It's the best we’ve ever done,” stated coach Max Smith, county extension Anthony Eberly by Dieter Krieg Psalms 50:14 in the national plowing contest held at Rock Springs, Pa. this past Summer and came out ahead of the rest of the crowd. Kocevar, who is | Continued on Page 27) ageht. “We’ve had several 3rd placings, and we had a high man in Richard Buck waiter a few years back, but this the the first time for high I Continued on Page 25] Robert Hess $4.00 Per Year Paul Knight is York County’s Star Farmer RED LION, Pa.—Paul Knight, a member of the Kennard-Dale FFA chapter, was named the Star White Rose Farmer here on Wednesday evening during an award ceremony held at the Red Lion High School auditorium. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Knight, Jr., Airville R 2, the award recipient has excelled each year with his dairy projects and is widely known for his success in the show ring. Young Knight was given the highest county FFA award from among a group of 42 who were being con sidered for the prestigiuous honor. Only one Star Farmer is selected by each county in any one year. The other 41—who received the White Rose Farmer Degree—were: — —DOVER FFA Mirk Mununert, Darrell Schrade, Dallas Smith. EASTERN FFA Roland Keeney, Jerry King, Jeff Klahold, Andrew Knaub, Scott Leland, Clint Myers, Barry Rexroth, Alex Siegfried, Robert K. Snyder. RED LION FFA Tom Arnold, Tersa Crowd, Sue Ettinger, Bryan Grove, Jeff Harrison, Marie Innerst, Jeff Rexroth, Dolores Schrum, Tina Taylor, Lori Wolford, Rich Workinger. KENNARD-DALE FFA Carol Blevins, Jeff Grif fith, Thomas Heaton, Bruce Hrebik, Richard Hushon, Paul Knight, Stephen Krick, Donnie Marsteiler, Dean H. Miller, Ronald Miller, Richard Seitz, Bret Smith, Robert Stewart, Robin Wales. WHITE ROSE FFA Randy Grove, Judy Scantling. GIFFORD PINCHOT FFA Jeff Golden, Randy Grove, Ray Miller. (Continued on Page 14) In this issue Farm Calendar 10 Life on the Farm 10 Lebanon DHIA 28 Stalin’s wine taster ' 34 Berks land use 3S Homestead Notes 42,43 Ida’s Notebook 44 Women’s Calendar 44 Home on the Range 45 Jr. Cooking Edition 47 Christmas Recipes 51 Vo-Ag Feature 52 Youth Feature 54,98 IFYE Newsletter 55 Ladies Have You Heard 56 Farm Women 57 Classifieds 65 Mailbox Market 76 Public Sales Register 100 Sales Reports 106