Oley FFA dairy
OLEY - Three members
of the Oley Valley FFA
Chapter will travel to
Kansas City, Mo. next week
to participate in the National
FFA Dairy Cattle Judging
Contest The contest, which
is held in conjunction with
the 51st National FFA
Convention is being spon
sored as a special project of
the National FFA Foun
dation by the Associated
Milk Producers, Inc
Members of the team are
Wendy Shaw, Steve Shaw,
and Scott Hauseman, all
students at Oley Valley High
School in Oley. Carl W
Blank, vocational
agriculture instructor and
chapter advisor is the'team
coach.
The Dairy Cattle Contest is
one of eight national
agricultural contests con
ducted annually by the
National FFA Organization
as part of the National FFA
PUBLIC SALE
OF FARMETTE, IMPLEMENTS,
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18
On premises in East Hanover Twp., Lebanon
Co., Along Valley Drive. Valley Drive is off
Waterworks to Ono Road, two miles S.E. of Ono
and 5 miles north of Annville. Also turn west on
Camp Meeting Rd. off Route 72, then left on
Race Horse Dr. and right on Valley Dr. About 8
miles N.W. of Lebanon.
Farmette consists of 7 acres more or less w/small
pond, small orchard w/young trees, garden, truck
patch and pasture. Approximately 800 ft. frontag
uildmgs consist of Frame bank barn w/alum. siding
on 2 sides. Barn has 14 box stalls for horses, approx
imately 25x50 implement shed with open front and corn
crib.
Frame house w/alum siding, alum storm doors &
windows First floor has a large kitchen, dining room, 2
living rooms, laundry, hall way and 2 enclosed por
ches. Second floor has 5 bedrooms and bath. Also attic
& basement. House is heated with Oil-fired Hot Water
baseboard heating system w/S&W hook-up 1971 12x60’
house trailer w/2 bedrooms & partially furnished
IMPLEMENTS
450 Farmall Diesel tractor w/fast & P.S., 30
Cockshutt tractor w/hve power, 710 Oliver baler, M.F
#l7 a manure spreader w/new Kneverland plow, 2 B.
Cockshutt plow w/mechanical lift, I.H iron wheel
manure spreader, 3 section I.H. tractor harrow, 24 ft.
Smoker elevator w/swivel shoot, flat bed hay wagon,
wagon w/bale sides, Ford 309-2 row corn planter, 3 pt
scraper blade, Avco N 1 - 2 row insecticide attachment,
new Bnlhon 10 ft. cultipacker 4 in. axle.
1941 General tractor w/16 in. plow, 2 row cultivator, 2
row scorer, J D. grass mower w/6 ft. bar, 2 wheel
manure spreader, 3pt -10 ft. spring harrow, 2 hole
corn sheller, 16 ft fiberglass overhead garage door, 2
wheel trailer, parts to cable & paddle barn cleaner,
heavy duty bag cart, small wheelbarrow, P.T.O. grass
seeder, 4 compartment feed bm and barrels, 6 & 2 pen
rabbit pens, 10 gal. metal gas tanks, milk cans,
sausage trough, butcher kettles, Vz hp. Gasboy elect,
gas pump, work benches, elec, fence charger, locusts
posts, wire dog pen, Harco garden cultivator, Hamco
snow blower, elec, water pump, 200 gal fuel tank, snow
blade for Jeep-Scout or Bronco, 2 pony saddles &
blankets, bath tubs for water troughs, approximately 7
tons hay and 4 tons of straw, gram cradles, old bam
logs & lumber, single & double trees.
21 - One year old laying chickens. 400 lb. feeder
steer
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
19 cu. ft Cold Spot refngerator-freezer (Copper
tone), Sears washer & dryer, 30” gas range, 19” B&W
TV set, metal and wooden wardrobes, double & single
beds w/spnngs and mattresses, dressers, sofa, desk,
blond end tables, pole & table lamps, kitchen table &
chairs, metal kitchen cabinet, china closet, round
table, 5 leg square table, old trunks, reed doll coach,
doll, small appliances, Avon & milk bottles, other bot
tles, smoking stand, Tupperware, cooking untensils,
jars, Christmas decorations, books, knick-knacks,
dishes and other items.
Sales starts at 9:30 A.M. Real Estate at 1:00 P.M.
Household Goods will be sold first. For inspection of
Real Estate phone 717-865-4831.
Conditions by
ERNEST & ARLENE RANK
Roy E. Ebersote & Son Auctioneers
Weise & Weise Attorneys
Lunch by Fredericksburg Church of the Brehren.
Convention. The Oley Valley
team will be one of 43 dairy
teams which will judge nine
classes of dairy cattle
provided by the American
Royal Livestock and Horse
Show of Kansas City,
Missouri They will give oral
reasons on several classes of
dairy cattle. The contest is
one of many educational
activities at the National
FFA Convention m which
FFA members put into
practice the lessons taught
in the vocational agriculture
classroom.
Each of the teams com
peting in the Dairy Cattle
Contest participated in
contests at the local, area,
and state levels, and won at
each level in order to earn
the trip to Kansas City As
teams progress to area,
state and national contests,
the competition becomes
more difficult. The Oley
Valley team spent many
cattle team will try for national title
hours preparing for the
national contest.
Travel expenses for the
trip to Kansas City will be
paid in part by the
Associated Milk Producer,
Inc., which is sponsoring the
National FFA Dairy Cattle
Contest as a special project
of the National FFA
Foundation, Inc. The
sponsor also is providing
money for administration of
the contest and awards
breakfast, as well as for
trophies and medals
awarded to winning teams
and high scoring individuals
Awards will be presented
to winning teams and high
scoring individuals at an
awards breakfast to be held
on Friday morning,
November 10. The contest
winners will be introduced to
the convention audience at
the Friday morning business
session.
Trapping
season ope
HARRSIBURG - Penn
sylvanians are reminded by
the Game Commission that
the trapping season for
skunks, oppossums, rac
coons, foxes and weasels will
begin on November 5.
Trapping begins on the
first day of the season at 7
a.m.
The opening date for
trapping mink and muskrat
will be on Thanksgiving Day,
Thursday, November 23.
Supplies of most fur
bearers are believed to be
good generally, despite
somewhat depressed
muskrat' populations, and
prices paid for pelts have
been at an all-time high in
recent years.
Upwards of 700,000 fur
bearers are expected to be
trapped during the up
coming seasons During the
1976-77 marketing year a
record $6.1 million went to
Pennsylvania trappers for
skins purchased by dealers
in the state
Pelts of furbearers are
usually prune by early
November, and with
populations and prices being
THUNDER HILL FARM
HOLSTEIN
DISPERSAL SALE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Starting at 12:00 Noon
Located in Cumberland County, 3 miles West
of Newville, Pa., along Route 641.
60 REGISTERED &
GRADE HOLSTEINS
V 2 ARE REGISTERED
CERTIFIED - ACCREDITED -
30 DAY TESTS FOREVTERSTATE
31 Cows in milk, a good number fresh m June and Ju
ly, 4 fresh Sept, and Oct., 5 due Nov. and Dec , 3 due
Jan., others in various stages
7 Heifers with a bull since Aug. will be preg checked. 9
Open Yearlings, 6 from 6 raos. to 1 vr , 6 younger
heifers, 1 Bull calf.
Herd is sired by AB S. and A.B.C sires including
daughters by Bootmaker, R Maple, Seven J., Eleva
tion Bob, Ivanhoe Star, Gay, Performer, Jack, and
other outstanding sires. Services are to A.B.S. sires
LUNCH - SALE UNDER COVER - CATALOGS
Owner
RAY E. HOSTETTER,
R.D.2, Newville, PA 17241
Ralph W. Horst, Auct.
W.W. Gossert, Clerk
Fred M. Naugle, Pedigrees
Oley Valley FFA members who will represent Pennsylvania at the National FFA
Dairy Cattle Judging Contest are, left to right, Scott Hauseman, Wendy Shaw
and Steve Shaw.
Six to receive VIP citations
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Six
persons have been named to
receive “VIP Citations” for
service to the Future Far
mers of America. The
awards will be presented at
the Thursday morning
session of the FFA’s Golden
Anniversary Celebration at
the 1978 National Convention
in Kansas City, Missouri.
The six named by the
National FFA Board of
Directors and National
Officers to receive the award
are: Dr. Ralph E.. Bender
of Canal Winchester, Ohio;
LC. “Hap” Dalton of Las
Cruces, New Mexico;
Donald N. McDowell of
as high as they are, there
should be plenty of trappmg
activity prior to the end of
the season for skunks,
opossums, raccoons, foxes
and weasels on January 31.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978
Madison, Wisconsin;
Virginia Nicholson of
Arlington, Virginia, and Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Myers of
West Lafayette, Indiana.
The VIP Citation was
created in 1970 to recognize
individuals who have
received the Honorary
American Farmer Degree
yet have continually and
faithfully served the FFA.
This year’s citation
recipients have worked
tirelessly, often at their own
expense, to see that young
men and women have the
opportunity to participate in
FFA activities.
The presentations will be
made during a special
ceremony and each of the
individuals being honored
will receive a specially
engra 'ed plaque. Those to
be honored are:
Dr. Ralph E. Bender -
former professor and
chairman of the Department
of Agricultural Education at
The Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio.
L.C. “Hap” Dalton, who
retired m 1975, devoted his
entire professional life of 45
years to public education.
Mr. Dalton taught vocational
agriculture for 15 years and
PA CHESTER WHITE
& BERKSHIRE
SHOW & SALE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Show-5:00 P.M.
Sale-7:30 P.M
Located at Lebanon County Fairgrounds,
Lebanon, Pa.
Offering bred gilts, open gilts, boars & crossbred
gilts.
For Chester White Sale Catalog write Charles E.
Griest, secretary, R.D. 1, Abbottstown, Pa. 17301 or
Phone evenings 717-624-8421,
For Berkshire Catalog write Arlie Cornbower, R.D.
1, Box 41, New Freedom, Pa. 17349 or Phone
717-235-1549.
mt.
was New Mexico’s State
Supervisor of Vocational
Agriculture for 25 years, and
1970-75 was Assistant
Professor of Agricultural
Engineering at New Mexico
State University.
Donald N. McDowell is
Executive Director of the
FFA Foundation Sponsoring
Committee. As Executive
Director of the Sponsoring
Committee since 1969, he has
increased funds for ad
ministering FFA incentive
and awards programs from
$250,000 to $900,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvm
Myers have gone far beyond
the call of duty in seeing that
young people are ap
propriately selected and
prepared-for the National
FFA Chorus since 1968.
Marvin Myers with the help
of his wife, Grace, has
coordinated and directed the
National FFA Chorus for 10
years.
Virginia Nicholson was
Administrative Assistant to
the National FFA Advisor
and served over 30 years as a
faithful government em
ployee and was greatly
dedicated to Vocational
Agriculture and the FFA.
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