jrst place Winners in the Octorara Parkesburg, corn grain; Ben Beiier,
jng Farmers production contests Cochranville, R 2, high cow; Eli
/ere: (left to right) Calvin Blank, Mast, Parkesburg, Rl, hay; and Paul
lochrapville Rl, silage; Earl Mast, King, Cochranville, high herd.
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The newly elected officers of the (front row, left to right) Carl Horst,
Octorara Young Farmers are: (back 1976-77 president; William Stoltzfus,
row, left to right) Elmer Mast, 1977-78 president; and Glen Engle,
treasurer; Harold Bare, secretary; 1977-78 vice president.
Larry Hershey, public relations;
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production awards
By SUSAN KAUFFMAN
Feature Writer
ATGLEN, Pa. - The
Octorara Young Fanners
gathered recently to honor
members who achived
outstanding production in
'milk, hay and forage, and
corn enterprises. State
Young Farmer President,
Paul King, and state
president-elect, Nathan
Stoltzfus, both from the
Octorara association, joined
in the evening program
which also included the
election of officers for 1977-
78.
Top places in herd milk
production went to Paul
King, Willowland Farm, and
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Harold Bare. King’s herd
tested 16,588 pounds of milk
with 660 pounds of butterfat,
putting him in first place.
Second place went to
Willowland Farm with 15,763
pounds of milk and 615
pounds of butterfat. Harold
Bare’s herd tested 16,068
pounds of milk and 608
pounds of fat giving him
third place in the contest.
High-cow production
awards were given to Ben
Beiler, Paul King, and
Harold Bare. A record of
24,182 pounds of milk with
1,013 pounds of fat took first
place for Beiler. Second
place records were com
pleted by King’s cow with
19,849 pounds of milk and 968
pounds of fat. Third place
went to Harold Bare for a
cow finishing with 24,388
pounds of milk and 956
pounds of fat.
Hay forage results showed
Elmer Mast placed first;
Earl Mast, second; and
Ernest Lantz, third.
Top placing corn silage
winners were Calvin Blank
in first place; Emer Mast,
second; Merle King, third;
Harold Bare, fourth; and
Richard Breckbill, fifth.
Placements were decided by
population, out of pocket
costs (land, machinery and
labor ezluded), and cost per
ton of TDM.
Corn grain production
awards were received by
Earl Mast,, first place; Cart
Horst, second; Merle King,
third; Glen Engle, fourth;
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Irvin Engle, fifth and Harold
Bare, sixth.
The new date of officers
elected during the evening
were William Stoltzfus,
president; Glen Engle, vice
president; Harold Bare,
secretary; Elmer Mast,
treasurer, and Larry Her
shey, public relations.
Addressing the local
association as the state
president, Paul King
outlined up-coming events
including the state picnic
July 8 and 9 at State College,
the Winter convention to be
held at the Host Town,
Lancaster, February 8 and 9,
1978, and the December
educational tour to
Lewisville, Kentucky.
Carl Horst, 1976-77
president of the Octorara
Young Farmers sum
marized the past year’s
activities which included the
Summer tour to Allentown
area diary farms, a baseball
game viewing at
Philadelphia, the local
picnic, a Fall banquet and a
number of meetings with
subjects ranging from
tractor engines, electric
welding, and generators to
estate planning, corn planter
adjustment, and pesticide
application and certification.
Guest speaker for the
banquet was John
Nonamaker, production
planner for New Holland
Machine Company, who
entertained the group with a
presentation on antique
automobiles.
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