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By JUDY MITCHELL
Berks Co. Reporter
m KUTZTOWN, Pa. - The
fur Berks County DHIA held its
SjjS annual meeting at the
Kutztown Grange Hall on
* ’ December 17. Close to 250
\ persons attended the
event which in
eluded the presentation of
. this year’s outstanding milk
2yand butterfat production
awards.
•j|| The high butterfat for an
■rfi individual cow and the high
nKherd on fat honors went to
GK| Charles Plushanski of
w Kutztown R 3. In presenting
jar the high fat cow award,
Y County-"' DHIA President
! Burd Schantz commented on
i Plttshanskils Cow “Faith.”
to, “Everyone in the county
|P knows her,” he stated, “and
Pp this year she gets the plaque
p again.” The eight-year-old
“ 1 registered Holstein has
j; taken the DHIA butterfat
award the past several years
/ j with a steadily increasing
[ record which this year stood
at 1,289 pounds of fat for a
305-day period. The cow’s
j milk production figure for
that same period was 31,251
| pounds. Plushanski’s herd
I j took the high herd on fat
'j t award with a recorded
average of 710 pounds of
butterfat.
Junge Farms, New Tripoli
HI, captured first place for
high herd on milk production
[ j with an average of 18,357
I pounds of milk recorded by
its registered Holstein herd.
'! The high milk record for
II the year for an individual
►lf C( ? w belonged to Ray
• Bieksler’s “Sparkle,” a 10-
year-old Holstein with a 305-
. day record of 32,186 pounds
j of milk. Bicksler, who hails
h from Richland Rl, reported
llh that the animal’s peak daily
W ndlk production figure to
nT date stands at 132 pounds.
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Poultrymen seek federal help
to combat pulorum disease
H B y DIETER XRIEG
HARRISBURG - Penn
sylvania poultrymen believe
that a stitch in time saves
nine, but are having a little
difficulty convincing
authorities in the United
The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas
Christmas spirit at Longwood
By DIETER KRIEG
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa.
One of the world’s most
renowned botanical gardens
has its Christmas display
open to the public, including
poinsettias which stand
three feet tall, and more than
75 lighted trees.
It’s a wonderland of the
season -much to the surprise
States Department of
Agriculture.
Poultry producers and
officials are concerned about
several outbreaks of
pulorum disease in
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 25,1976
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The Lititz Moravian Church. Lititz. Pa.
of many visitors who might
previously have had the
notion that a garden can only
be enjoyed from March to
In this issue
Farm Calendar 10
Lifeonthefarm 10
Classifieds 27
Homestead Notes 50
Jr. Cooking Edition 53
Home on the Range 55
New vo-ag teachers 60
Womens’ Calendar 61
Youth feature 64
Bicentennial farm 66
Christmas features 68,69
My Thoughts 70
YorkDHLA 72
Farm policy view 77
Weather Report 79
Public Sales Register 83
Lancaster Farming photo by Dieter Krieg
October. “There’s always
something to see here,”
emphasizes Robert Powers,
Chester County Extension
agent.
Powers’ remark is almost
an understatement. A really
appreciative person of the
300-plus acre gardens
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Jersey juggers win court battle;
Penna, juggers not interested
By DIETER KRIEG
NEWARK, N. J. - The State
Appeals Court here handed
down a ruling last Friday
allowing 14 New Jersey milk
juggers to sell their milk at
below minimum price levels
4-H’ers have
livestock
show and sale
By JOANNE SPAHR
LEBANON, Pa. - A
brother-sister duo topped the
list of winners in the market
swine show, and a 1976
Keystone Award winner took
the grand champion in the
steer competition at the
Lebanon County Fall 4-H
livestock show and sale held
last Saturday at the fair
grounds, here.
At that roundup, swine
were the first to be judged
with a total of 24 animals
competing. Taking grand
champion was a purebred
Yorkshire heavyweight hog
owned by Edwin Houser, son
of Elwood Houser, Lebanon
R 5. This was Edwin’s first
year at showing, and along
with this championship, he
took first place in his class at
r the Lebanon Fair this year
' and was also champion fitter
in his age group there.
Edwin’s sister Elaine took
the reserve grand champion
hog with a medium weight
purebred Yorkshire. This is
Elaine’s fifth year at
showing and she had the
overall reserve champion
hog at the 1975 Lebanon Fair.
According to the Housers,
“good breeding” was the key
to their success with their
animals picked from their'
father’s herd. Houser is a
purebred Yorkshire breeder.
When their animals went
across the sale, Hatfield
Packing Co. purchased both
animals with the champion
bringing $1.15 per pound and
the reserve bringing 85
cents.
Steer Show
Jay Bomgardner, son of
Victor Bomgardner, Ann
ville R 3, showed the
champion steer of the
roundup with his 1380 pound
Hereford-Simmental cross.
In his ninth year of
showing. Jay has won
several other awards before
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even if the location of their
stores is off their farm. The
verdict came after a long
battle which has been going
on for over two years bet
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