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72 years young, even
managed to come up with a
higher point score than any
o' the other divisions
champions. One might say
that the old adage “practice
makes perfect” holds true
here, because Kocevar has
had years of experience in
plowing. It’s interesting to
note, too, that his closest
competitor in the contest
was a 19-year old girl who
has a way with tractors and
plows.
A brief biography of
Kocevar and Miller were
given during the Dauphin
County program, and
highlights of that follow:
Born in 1903, Kocevar
began plowing with mules as
a boy. In 1920 his father
purchased the family’s first
tractor—an 816 Farmall. Six
years later Kocevar pur
chased the farm from his
Dad and kept on working the
same as most any other
farmer. The veteran
plowman got a rather late
start as far as plowing
contests are concerned, but
again, as the old adage
goes—“better late than
never.” The year was 1960
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when Kocevar entered his
first Dauphin County
plowing contest. And he did
it somewhat, reluctantly,
Harris told the group. Not
surprisingly, Kocevar
walked away with the trophy
when it was all over and that
automatically make him
eligible for state com
petition. He won that too and
went to the Nationals. In 1962
he did the same thing, again
making his way to the
Nationals. In 1966 Kocevar
slipped a little and ended up
third in the state. Two years
later he returned as state
champion for the third
time—the-first time anyone
had ever done that. And so
the trend continued until he
made it all the way to the top
this Summer when bis home
state hosted the national
event on one of the research
farms of Penn State
University. The contest was
held in conjunction with the
Ag Progress Days.
Kocevar won his event
with a four-bottom mold
board plow pulled by an
International 656 tractor. In
addition to being the
champion in his division,
Kocevar also had the high
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score for any of the three
division champions, Fur
thermore, the Dauphin
Countian was presented with
the Sportsmen Award,
Safety Award, and All-
American Plowman Award.
The performance makes him
eligible for ' the World
Plowing Contest, to be held
in Holland.
Miller has been entering
plowing contests since 1967,
and has been a consistent
winner in county and state
competition. In 1968 he
captured both the level land
and contour crowns in the
state. In 1974 he placed
fourth in the country. This
year he placed first, using a
1953 Case SC tractor and a
two-bottom plow.
Miller farms 89 acres near
Millersburg and keeps a
herd of Guernseys.
“We're tremendously
proud to have two national
plowing champions in
Daupin County,” said
Harris, just prior to a burst
of applause from the
audience.
In other matters made
public during the Extension
Service’s annual meeting, it
was revealed that a total of
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Dauphin County's two national
plowing champions are Frank
Kocevar, left, and Robert Miller,
center. The two were honored guests
last week during the annual meeting
754 educational meetings
were held by the staff during
1976. In addition, 467
meetings were held by un
paid volunteer leaders.
These meetings attracted a
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of the Dauphin County Extension
Service. With the champions is Sam
Williams of the Dauphin County
Extension board of directors.
total attendance of 41,669
persons, the Extension
Service publicized. A total of
627 news articles were
prepared, and 1083 radio
broadcasts went on the air.
Television was also used a
total of 14 times to bring
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The Dauphin County 4-H
program has 2,935 members
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Extension Service’s theme
for the meeting “Ex-
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