and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware
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50th Anniversary celebration continues
Pennsylvania FFA’ers
journey to nat’l. convention
HARRISBURG When the National FFA Convention gets un
derway in Kansas City next week, Pennsylvania will be well
represented. Some of the individuals, chapters, and teams who’ll
be making the trip are featured in this week’s edition of Lancaster
Farming.
Among those who will go to Kansas City are the American
Farmer Degree recipients. The American Farmer Degree is the
highest distinction FFA members can hope to attain. This year, 22
voung Pennsylvanians will receive that honor, with 17 of them
coming from Lancaster Farming’s immediate coverage area.
One of the schools m the area - Kutztown High School - is having
three of its FFA members honored with the prestigious degree.
They are Kevin Hertzog, Jeffrey Miller and Dale Siegfried. Their
recognition as American Farmers marks the first time ever that
three young men were honored from the same Pennsylvania
school in one year.
One of the other more successful chapters in the American
Farmer Degree category is Solanco High School, Quarryville.
Eleven members of their chapter have received that coveted
■award in the past 10 years.
The Keystone State will also be represented by 20 FFA teams,
with four of those teams coming from Lancaster County’s Manor
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978
Special weather forecasts
coming to southcentral Pa.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
National Weather Service
will begin round-the-clock
broadcasting' of weather
information in the south
central Pennsylvania region
in early December.
The broadcast service will
- utilize the Blue Mountain
Prices down this
week on market hogs
ByKENDACE BORRY
LITITZ Hog prices
started generally down this
week, with the auction at
New Holland on October 30
finding-the barrows and gilts
$1.50 to $2.75 lower than the
prices reported at that
auction a week ago. s
The Lancaster
' Stockyards’ Monday market
too found hog prices
Lancaster poultrymen
to protect their interests
By DIETER KRIEG
STRASBURG - An
estimated 440 members and
guests of the Lancaster
County Poultry Association
heard a plea for continued
support of the association
and involvement in local
governmental affairs from
Lancaster County Agent Jay
Irwin on Thursday night.
4-H’ers honored at
Lane. Co. dairy banquet
By SALLY BAIR
Staff Writer
SMOKETOWN - Connie
Balmer, a veteran of seven
years of 4-H work, received
the top project award at the
annual Lancaster County 4-
H Dairy Banquet held
Thursday night at Good and
Plenty Restaurant,
In this issue
Farm Calendar 10
Editorials . 10
Ag zoning 20
life on the farm 28
Keystone Expo, schedule 42
Grange news 46,135,147
Classifieds 51
Homestead Notes 82
Jr. Cooking Edition 84
Hunting Calendar 86
Chester County DHIA 94
tower of WITF-TV located
near Harrisburg. According
to the National Weather
Service, the broadcast
radius will be approximately
40 miles.
The service will also be a
way to obtain advance notice
of possible flash flooding or
generally lower than those
reported last week, but the
prices rose again at the
Wednesday auction.
At New Holland, with 1688
hogs reported, U.S. No. 1 and
2 hogs weighing 195 to 250
pounds brought $51.60 to
$52.50; with a few U.S. No. 1
hogs, weighing 205 to 245
pounds going for $52.25 tp
$53.25.
The occasion was the annual
dinner meeting, held here at
the Historic Strasburg
Restaurant.
Citing the recent case in
southern Lancaster County
where a young poultrymen.
was taken to court by
neighbors for wanting to
construct a broiler house,
Irwin explained that such
Smoketown. Connie, 16, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse G. Balmer, Lititz, and
is a member of the Guernsey
4-H Dairy Club.
Connie’s project book was
selected over the best
representatives in each of
the five dairy breeds. In
making the presentation, 4-H
Ida’s Notebook 102
Joyce Bupp 103
Kendy’sKollumn 110
Holiday gift ideas 118
Dairy goat convention 124
Cumberland DHIA sum
mary 125
Gardening 127
Spiders 129
Jerry Webb 146
Bird information 1.48 ,
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tornadoes and other severe
weather conditions
necessitating citizen
preparedness.
Ciivil defense personnel
and our firemen will find it of
major assistance in aiding
them to know ahead of time
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Last Monday at the New
Holland Sales Stables, U.S.
No. 1 and 2 hogs weighing 200
to 245 pounds were bringing
$54.25-55.00, with a few U.S.
200 to 240 pounds selling for
$55.1056.00.
On Monday at the Lan
caster Hog Market, barrows
and gilts were reported $1.50
to $2.00. lowef ~thiur ' the
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happenings could take place
to anyone, anywhere. To
prevent such occurrences,
he urged that each farmer
understand the zoning
regulations, and to become
involved before someone
else “dictates” to them.
Irwin, who was sub
poenaed by the Lancaster
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Leader Milton Brubaker
emphasized that the project
award represents “what the
child can do for himself, not
the type of animal he has to
show.” He said scores are
based on health, feeding,
financial and production
records as well as the
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The National FFA Con-
vention begins this coming
week in Kansas City with
hundreds of Pennsylvania
FFA’ers participating. News
and features about the
convention, and some of die
people from this area who’ll
be in attendance - including
American Farmer Degree
recipients - can be found on
pages 42, 86, 87, 93, 98, 100,
101,102,106, Ul, 112,113,114,
122,123,138,130,133*140*143.