I NEPPCOto
I merge with PEIA
lANCASTER - The
rtheastern Poultry
ducers Council (NEP
)), one of the oldest all
ther regional trade
tdations in the country,
merge with the Poultry
Egg Institute of
srica (PEIA) on January
978, it was jointly an
iced by Richard I. Stark,
ident of NEPPCO, and
Longacre, chairman of
loardof PEIA.
Final action on the merger
proposal came to NEPPCO’s
annual meeting held here
last month in the Lancaster
Farm and Home Center
when NEPPCO members
' voted unanimously to accept
the formal agreement that
had been negotiated earlier
by PEIA and NEPPCO of
ficials and endorsed by
PGlA’s board of directors.
WWendy
I major dairy titles
(HARRISBURG - Wendy
Sue Shaw, 16, of Oley R 2
Berks County, repeated her
championship performance
for the second straight year
m the 22nd Pennsylvania
Junior Dairy Show held as
part of the Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show in
Harrisburg. Wendy, a 4-H
member for eight years,
captured the grand and
senior championships in
FFA Holstein competition
with W-S Linden-Loch R A
Sutee, a 2-year-old.
| The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James P. Shaw,,
Wendy was also named the
grand champion fitter and
showman for both Holstein
4-H member wins
beef championship
■ Lampeter The grand
■ champion steer of the West
■ Lampeter Beef Show was
■ shown by Marjorie Myers,
■ Lancaster R 6. The 15 yr. old
■ so phomore from - Penn
■ Manor, and 4-H member,
■ showed her heavyweight
■ steer, weighing 1155 lbs., to
■ the top position, making the
■ award the youth’s first
B championship. The steer
B w as a Simmental-Angus
■ crossbred.
■ The reserve champion
■ was shown by Tim
■ ffess, 14, a fifth y«ir 4-H
f member. The Lampeter
youth showed his Maine
•Anjoi Anugs Charolais
crossbred weighing 1000 lbs.
The animal had been bred
locally.
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The agreement provides
that':
1) All current members of
NEPPCO will automatically
become members of PEIA
with their membership paid
up to the month in 1978 when
their dueTwould have again
become payable to NEP
PCO.
2) NEPPCO members will
have the right to elect three
members to PEIA’s board of
directors for one, two and
three-year terms.
3) PEIA will take over and
“ operate such current
NEPPCO services as its life
, insurance plan, egg quality
school, turkey conference,
and similar services.
4) NEPPCO will convey
and assign to PEIA all of its
assets and stipulated
(Continued on Page 26)
and overall competitior
Last year her 5-year-old
Bryncoed Dandy Doll, woi
her grand champion honor
in 4-H Holstein and overal
competition. A separat
article on Miss Shaw’s ac
complishments and outlool
appears elsewhere in thi
issue.
In the other breed classes
it was a family affair wit!
brothers and sisters scorinj
wins in Ayrshire, Browi
Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey am
Milking Shorthorn classes
The Yoder family fron
Shoemakersville, Berks
County, continued tc
(Continued on Page 36)
In the FFA division, top
honors went to two brothers.
Jay McMichael, Pequea Rl,
was named champion while
his brother Steve’s steer was
named reserve champion.
Both steers weighed 1045 lbs.
The champion FFA steer
was a Cfiarolais-Angus
crossbred while the reserve
champion was a Simmental-
Hereford cross.
In the showmanship
division, Michelle Dean,
Strasburg Rl, showed the
top winner in the age 11 yrs.
and under class. In the
senior division, Debra
Greider, Columbia R 2, won
the first prize.
Judge for the evening was
(Continued on Page 28)
lanfcastf Fanning, Saturday, Ostobor 1,1977
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In this issue
Markets ' 2
Editorials 10
Now is the Time 10
LdtUeLuke 10
Homestead Notes '42
My Thoughts ' 42
Farm Women’s Calendar 44
Junior Cooking Edition 45
Ida’s Notebook- . 45
Plant Lovers Comer' 46
Joyce Bjqjp- 48
Sandy Miller, former Berks County dairy
princess, received the state title on Wednesday of
last week.
Sandy Miller crowned
new Pa. dairy princess
By JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Reporter
HARRISBURG - There’s a
dairy farmer in Berks
County who is spending his
weekend repainting a sign at
the end of his lane. The sign'
originally read; “The home
of the Berks County Dairy
Princess.” Now, it will in
stead read, “The home of the
Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess.”
Sandy Miller, 20-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Miller, Hamburg R 2,
is Pennsylvania’s 1977-78
state dairy princess. She was
selected from 39 lovely and
talented contestants during
Kendy’sKollum 50
Women’s feature 53
Classifieds 58
Lancaster DHIA 92
Facts for Dairymen 96
Chester DHIA 98
Ladies Have you Heard 102
Farm Women Societies 115
4-H features 120,104,90,122
Home on the Range 112
Public Sales Register 131
the 21st Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess Coronation held
Wednesday evening at the
Penn Hands Motor Inn at
Camp Hill. The coronation is
the climax of the annual
recognition banquet held in
conjunction with the Penn
sylvania All-American
Dairy Show.
A life-long farm girl,
Sandy is currently employed
within the home dairying
operation. A 1977 graduate of
the State University of New
York at Farmingdale, with
an associate of applied
science degree, the new
princess hopes to secure a
(Continued on Page 30)
Nearly six million
celebrate 4-H week
DOVER. Del.. - From
California’s agricultural
valleys to the central citites
of the East Coast, more than
5.8 million young people will
observe National 4-H Week
October 2 through 8. Theme
of this year’s observance is
“4-H-Freedom to Be.”
President Jimmy Carter
said in a message to 4-H
members and volunteer
leaders: ‘“4-H-Freedom to
Be’ is a most appropriate
theme for an effort that
reaches out to all young
Americans - rural and urban
- from all racial, cultural,
economic and social
backgrounds. For many, 4-H
is the door to a lifetime of
personal growth and self
fulfillment”
National 4-H Week is set
annually by the Cooperative
Extension Service, which
Eastern refutes
business stories
SYRACUSE - Easterrf
Milk Producers Cooperative
has strenghtened its over-all
position in the Northeast
dairy industry and with its
lending bank through the
adoption of a new financial
program with its members
and increased sales to
buying handlers, it was
reported here bust week.
Howard McDonald,
Eastern’s general manager,
refuted statements to die
contrary which have
recently appeared in the
P The
program, in effect since
September 1, 1977, was
recently acted upon by the
cooperative’s delegate body
Champs
at New Holland
By JOANNE SPAHR
NEW HOLLAND - Two
junior livestock shows were
on tap at the New Holland
Community Fair last
Thursday-the 4-H beef and
the 4-H hog shows.
Beginning the day’s
events, 14-year-old Glenn
Yoder, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Yoder,
Morgantown HI, showed his
1060 pound Charolais/Angus
crossbred steer to the grand
championship title of the 4-H
beef show. This is the highest
the fifth year 4-H member
has placed thus far in his
career.
The Garden Spot freshman
pulled lots out of a hat to
determine the steer he would
show this year, as did all
$6.00 Per Year
conducts the 4-H program in
all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands and Guam.
The observance gives 4-H
members, their leaders, and
parents an opportunity to
review the past year’s work
and plan for the coming
year. It also focuses pubUc
attention on the values of 4-H
as an informal educational
program that enables young
people to learn real-life skills
and develop leadership
abUities.
Boys and girls between the
ages of nine and 19 par
ticipate in 4-H through
organized clubs, special
interest groups, nutrition
education programs,
television series, short-term
activities, and camping.
(Continued on Page 35)
and placed into motion by its
board of directors. Designed
to offset losses experienced
by Eastern in marketing
huge supplies of surplus
milk, benefiting both
members and the entire
dairy industry, the program
also meets the bank’s
requirements and improves
the cooperative’s
relationship thereto.
Inaccurate statements
which appeared in several
newspaper articles last
month have caused some
unrest within Eastern’s
membership. Legal redress
is being seriously considered
by the cooperative for these
(Continued on Page 32)
chosen
members of the New Holland
4-H Beef Club. According to
Yoder, the animal was
purchased in Virginia.
Taking the reserve
champion of the show as
Janae Martin, 11, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert E. Martin, with her
purebreed pound Angus.
Janae is a second year
member of the New Holland
Beef dub, although she has
never shown previous to this
year. Last-year her animal
was killed by a motorcyclist
one month prior to the show.
“She’s really pleased to be
the reserve champion tins
year,” says her mother.
Miss Martin was also named
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