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VOL. 24 Ho.
Pennmarva chooses outstanding dairy couples
B DIETER KRIEG
BtYSBURG - The
Biarva Dairymen’s
Btion held its Young
Bator Program here
Beek to select new
Biding young dairy
■couples to represent
flustry.
Bcipating in the YC
Bm were Inter-State
Broducers Cooperative,
Band Cooperative Milk
hdustrymen of year named at poultry banquet
Bkendace borry
■ASTER —Members of
Bennsylvania Poultry
■ration' gathered
nay night at their
■ banquet to honor
Bymen for their
An and tune spent in __
jßmess.
Bomed by president
•■Kune, thoseattending
B d the,following:
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Lucinda Landis crowned dairy princess
[By SALLY BAIR
half Correspondent
WCASTER - Seventeen-
Bid Lucinda -Landis,
■aster, is the new
ftster County Dairy
'■cess, crowned in
womes at the Farm and
■ Center on Saturday
S by retiring Dairy
Hess Joyce Stoltzfus,
«Bt Alternate Dairy
■ess is Marcia Groff, 17,-
Ibter of Mr. and Mrs.
JB. Groff, Mount Joy R 3,
Becond alternate is Kay
Bzer, MillerSville Rl,
Biter of Mr. and Mrs.
Km L. Shertzer. In
Baster County both
Biates frequently assist
B! the many public ap-
made on behalf of
Bairy industry.
B>er contestants were Jill
B>ng, 16, daughter of Mr.
Henry S. DeLong,
Bb Bottom R 2, and
Bbanie Graybill, 18,
Bhter of Mr. and Mrs.
B Graybill, Stevens Rl.
Blame also was ,voted
■Congeniality
Bcmda, the daughter of
Producers, Maryland, and
Virginia Milk Producers,
and Capitol Milk Producers.
Chosen as the outstanding
"Young Cooperator couple for
MCMP were Jason and
Dqnna Myers of West
minster, Carroll - County,
Maryland. The couple farms
a total of 460 acres and keeps
a 'herd of 180 purebred
Holsteias, of which 95 are
milking. Their latest DHIA
average is 18,481 pounds of
Named Broiler In
dustryroan of the Year was
Ken Longacre, Franconia,
the president of Horace W.
Longancre, Inc.
He is also president of the
newly formed Pennsylvania
Turkey Council and is a
director of the Pa. Poultry
Federation.
He began , Ins -farming,
career with , strawberries,
Newly crowned Lancaster County Dairy Princess'
Lucinda Landis poses with first alternate (right)
Mr. and Mrs. John Landis,
won the hearts of the
audience and impressed the
judges with her 30-second
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 23,1979
milk and 678 pounds of -
butterfat.
Inter-State’s outstanding
dairy-farm couple is from
Chester County. C. Barclay
and Diana Hoopes, Jr. of
Landenberg, farm 212 acres
and have a 14,518 pound herd
average on 60 Holsteins.
They are members of *
District 15.
R. and Linda Smith
of Shippensburg were chosen
as the outstanding
selling them door-to-door.
When he was 10 years old, he
began to accompany his
father to Philadelphia,- to
market poultry, eggs,
butter, and produce. The
family farm grew into a
company, and then a cor
poration.
He is a director and for
mer chairman of the Poultry
; and . Egg -. Institute, of.
America and a member-of
tKd Industries Poultry
Research Committee. He
also works with mentally
retarded citizens and is a
youth leader and Sunday
school superintendent at
Swamp Mennonite Church in.
Quakertown.
Chosen as Egg In
' dustryman of the year was
Walter Wheelock, Cham
bersburg.
Wheelock, who was bom in
New York state, moved to
Pennsylvania as a youth,
radio announcement done by
Clementine the Cow.
Clementine urged “all you
tea, coffee and soda drinkers
Ivonia Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware
- representatives for
Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers.
Capitol , Milk Producers
chose their outstanding
couple earlier this year.
They are Gary and Cindy
Grossnickle of Frederick,
Md.
! The Young Cooperator
Program was held here
Wednesday and Thursday at
the Sheraton Inn with about
300 persons m attendance.
where' he resided on a
poultry farm.
A graduate of Penn State,
he accepted a posistion as
farm manager at a state
owned farm. Then he was
offered a position with a
poultry processing firm in
Franklin County.
Latern he a
poultry inspector with
PDA‘s . and. egg
divison of markets, where he
was responsible for all the
state hatchery work and the
state’s participation in the
National Poultry Im
provement Program.
He obtained his own
poultry farm and was soon
working with a few layers
and hatching chicks. Five
years after that, he ex
panded into a fulltime
poultry business.
He is a former director of
the Pa. Poultry Federation
and served as president in
Marcia Groff and second alternate (left) Kay
Shertzer.
to move out and make way
for milk.’’ Clementine said
she was speakmg for “MI L
K, for that extra strength,
Winners will represent their
respective cooperatives in a
national young cooperator
contest to be held in
Louisinana later this year.
Placing second in the
MCMP contest were Lee and
Jane Ramsburg of
Taneytown,-Md. Third-place
winners were John and ifona
Hull, Jr., also from Carroll
County.
Donald and Virginia
1968. He is also a member of
the Pa. Egg Council.
In 1978, he built a hatchery
capable of hatching four
million chicks a year.
Emerson Meashey, from
Dauphin County, was named
Turkey Industryman of the
Year.
Although formerly from
Manheim, Lancaster
County, he was the poultry
1 i m ■ ■ -■ 1
In this issue
Cumberland Co. Dairy
Princess 19
Berks Co. Ag Expo 20
Goat feature 30
Strawberry feature 44
Berks Co. Dairy Princess 54
York Co. DMA 57
Homestead Notes 94
strong bones and teeth. Be
natural and drink milk - the'
nutritious drink that con
tains proteins, car-
$7.00 Per Year
Ranck of Paradise captured
the runner-up spot in the
Inter-State contest. Third
place was won by Preston
and Sheryl Newcomer of
Mount Joy. Both couples are
from Lancaster County.
In the Maryland and
Virginia contest, second
place was awarded to Edwin
and Maiy Potts and third
place went to dye and
Phyllis Moyer.
manager for the Milton S.
Hershey School, which
operated from 1935 to 1972.
He supervised the staff
responsible for the ( laying
hens, ducks, turkeys,
pheasants, and guineas on
the two farms.
Meashey independently
produced hatching eggs, and
it is said that he was per
(TurnroPagess)
Kendy’s Kollmnn 97
Chicken Cook-off 98
Home on the Range 100
Ida’s Notebook 103
Joyce Bupp 103
Farm Women Societies 166
Jr. Cooking 114
Dauphin Co DHIA 118
bohydrates, vitamins and
minerals in the right
proportion.”
Lucinda said she had been
preparing the commercial
for weeks, forcing herself to
get < a thought each day. “I
heard a cheerleader do a
cheer and got the idea for
doing ‘MlLK’and I blended
all my thoughts together.”
Practicing over and over
paid off for Lucinda, who
added, “I was so relaxed
when I was actually doing
the talking. But I didn’t like
the wait”
Those in the audience
could see the surprise in
Lucinda’s face when the
announcement was made.
She said, “I was really
shocked. I was ready to dap
for the winner. Marcia and 1
are best of friends and I’m
glad she’s my Alternate. I
will try to do the best for the
dairy industry.” She said she
would like to do “a little of
everything” in the way of
promotion.
When she was crowned,
Lucinda said, “Thank you. I
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