Dairy princess sought in Chester County OXFORD - Another year is about to end for the dairy princesses throughout Pennsylvania, and the Chester County Dairy Princess Committee is searching for eligible contestants. All young ladies of Chester County who will have compelled their junior year of high school and will not reach their twenty-second birthday by December 21,1978, and meet the following qualifications are invited to participate in the 1978 pageant. She must be either a daughter of a dairy farmer, a dairy farm manager, herdsman, or dairy farm owner during the current year, or the contestant must be the owner of more than one dairy animal prior to May 1,1978. AH contestants must be single and never married and have parents’ or guardians’ consent. r ——~—~—~ ATTENTION FARMERS! s Don’t Gamble With Ordinary /BOMWZW ROYSTER BONANZA With The Right Amount of Micro-Nutrients For Your Specific Crop . THE DIFFERENCE COULD BE A BONANZA! BOIMANZA-IZE! 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PHONE: j PARENTS NAME: DEADLINE IS APRIL 20,1978 J j Lively Leaders 4-H to meet WENONAH, N.J. - The Lively Leaders, 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy Club will meet at the Gloucester County Building, Clayton, N.J. on April 10 at 7 p.m. The program for the evening will consist of a talk and slide presentation given by Dr. G. W. Tyler, DVM on Dog Care. Dog first-aid including poisons that dogs may get into, will also be discussed. The slides will show one of the Seeing Eye puppies being spayed. The importance of having the hips X-rayed will be discussed. The program is being presented at this time in order that the club mem bers may learn additional information which may help them in the upcoming 4-H Seeing Eye Bowl at Cook College Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. on April 15. Plans will also be com pleted on the Club’s par ticipation in the Memorial Day Parade in Glassboro, N.J. on May 29. Also to be formulated will be the club’s presentation on the Seeing Eye Puppy Program at the new Green Acres Park in Deptford, N.J. on June 17. have a nice weekend... ...Hope a little Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 8,1978 Tenneco gives annual report HOUSTON, TEX. - In its 1977 annual report published and mailed to shareholders recently, Tenneco Inc. reported that its con struction and farm equip ment operations achieved record income and operating revenue levels, despite mixed conditions in its market. J I Case Company, a Tenneco subsidiary, had operating income of $110.9 million on operating revenues of $1.5 billion during 1977. Operating in come is income before deductions for interest, federal income tax and minority interest payments. The Tenneco annual report attributes the substantial increase in the sales of construction equipment to the resurgence of the U.S. housing industry, and it said Case Company’s in ternational revenues and income reached record-high levels. This more than offset a decline in the North American agricultural equipment business, caused by lower farm income. However, despite a large reduction in North American industry-wide sales, Case did increase its market share in Sauder business sold NEW HOLLAND - The Sauder Brothers farm equipment manufacturing business and the manufacturing facilities at 325 West Main Street, here, has been sold to Martin R. Herr and John L. Herr as of April 1,1978. Business will go on as usual with the 1950 - The National Congress passed Public Law 740 granting the FFA a Federal Charter and making FFA an integral part of vocational agriculture instruction. 1952 - The National FUTURE FARMER Magazine began publishing. 1953 - The U.S. Post Office the key four-wheel-drive market for large farm tractors. The addition of several new tillage im pfements and the ,in troduction of a “Feedlot Special” loader, a con struction machine adapted to serve the farm market segment, also assisted the company’s agricultural sales. Rebounding sales to the construction industry were led by Case loader/backhoes, which continue to be first in the market. In the Tenneco annual report, Case says that it expects the present market trends to continue. Con struction equipment demand in North America should continue at a liigh level, but with no improvement in the depressed agricultural equipment market an ticipated. The company feels that its growth in in ternational business should extend through 1978. Tenneco Inc., a multi industry firm with headquarters in Houston, had record net income in 1977 of $426.9 million from record operating revenues of $7.4 billion. manufacturing of manure loaders, snow blades, and black-top spreaders Isaac, Raymond, and Paul Sauder have been operating this business which was begun by their father in 1905. The new company will be known as Ag-Tech In dustries. Department issued a special stamp commmorating the Silver Anniversary of the FFA. 1959 - Dedication ceremonies were held in the new National FFA Center in Alexandria, Virginia. 1965 - Future Farmers of America merged with the New Farmers of America. 111
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