Ephrata freshman is top dairy products judge Is> DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER - The best dairy products judge among vo-ag students in three counties is Ephrata’s Barry Herman, a young man who has never milked a cow or imbibed more than his share of milk. The 14-year old freshman from the Cloister FFA Chapter outscored 41 other contestants on Tuesday afternoon during an FFA dairy products judging contest held here. Penn I lames hosted the event for the seventh consecutive year. Eight schools from Chester, Lancaster, and York counties were represented. The team title ui the contest went to Ephrata for the fourth straight year under coach Ernest Orr, who has been at the school for an equal number of years. Cliff Martin of New Holland placed second in the individuals contest, in which PI Silo-King is a roughage preservative that contains a combination of refined enzymes, preservatives, an tioxidants and other agents. The antioxidants stabilize the simple sugars, vitamins and other nutrients. 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In third place, with trailed Herman by a score of 87 points, was Ephrata’s J' -y Why Silo-King Works Arnaldo Burgos Dim t<ir of Nutrition Kiclil ('(iiihulUinl (for more information ) Call or Write Your Nearest Agri-King Serviceman Southern Lancaster Co Henry Delong, Jr. RD2 Box 69 RD2 Box 157 Peach Bottom PA 17563 Annville PA 17003 Phone 717 548 3471 Phone 717 867 1445 Southwestern Lancaster Co Northeast Berts Co are, left to right: Barry Herman, Cliff Martin, Ronald Good, Bob Bachman and Lynn Beiler. Ronald Good. Bob Bachman Beiler from Ephrata both from Penn Manor and Lynn had 90 points for fourth and fifth place, respectively. Rounding out the top ten were Ron Clark and Brenda O’Donnell of Solanco; Art Riexinger of Penn Manor; Harold Kauffman of Ephrata I mf and Max Messner of New Holland. jpf’ The second-place team of Solanco with 507 points to PT Ephrata’s 485. In third place IPT was Penn Manor with 539 Wf points, followed by New J f Holland, 670; and Pequea ft Valley, 716. 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At the same tune enzymes are making food pp available for the good bug enabling him to reproduce (pf rapidly, speed up the entire fermentation process |pje resulting in the highest quality silage possible. f(f Only Silo-King contains this secret formula of refined enzymes (not crude enzyme by-products) preser- tf vatives and antioxidants. nf You wouldn’t think of planting com without using a E weed killer. Neither should you think of making silage JL without using Silo-King. f i g I I I „ If *fWfTpir AGRI-KING KEY TO PROFIT Lebanon Co Marvin Meyer Penna Letmh i. Korthairston Co Thomas Heist Mam Street Alburns PA 18101 Phone 215 965 5124 South Central Penna James L Yoder Regional Manager 250 Tttoards Ave Cbambersbuig PA 17201 fall C I lee /17 261 9321 mcaster Farming, Saturday. April 9.1977 Barry Herman, right, accepts the team trophy from Dr. Charles Livak, head of the Quality Control Department at Penn Dairies, Lancaster. With them is dairy judging team coach Ernest On, who has guided the Ephrata team to four successive team titles. v.v,*.*.*.v.*.-Xv'«X-XvXv v^WX<wX*>Xv>Xw:*X*v.* team was presented with a troph> - the third of its kind after the first two were retired to winning schools Ephrata took permanent possession of the last dairy products judging cup after winning three years straight Orr told Lancaster Far ming that vo-ag students at Kphrata are taught a course in dairy products during their freshman year The best students in the class are then pulled aside to form a team. This year’s quintet was formed about three weeks ago and the group has had practice sessions about twice a week in preparation for the tri-county contest. Their high individual this year, Herman, does not live on a farm, and neither has he ever milked a cow. His father, Henry, is in land scaping. The contest itself lasted about two hours, after which score sheets were tabulated and winners chosen. Involved in the test are: Ten milk samples to be scored for flavor and odor; ten sediment discs; ten cheese samples for iden tification; ten cottage cheese sampes to be scored and evaluated for flavor, odor, body, texture, appearance and color; ten milker unit claws to be scored on defects present; and 50 objective questions on milk production and marketing. v.v.w.v.v.v.v. S-SiSiS IvXv.v.v.*. 23
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