VH^P VOL24NO There was always something happening at Ag Progress, and farmers gathered from all over to see the newest in farm technology ROCK SPRINGS - Regardless if the weather was rain or shine, the people flocked to the East’s largest outdoor agricultural exhibition,'which was held Tuesday thru Thursday this week at Penn State's Rock Mullen has thampion at Lancaster 4-H hog show By DEBRA STRICKLER LANCASTER - The Lan caster 4-H pig roundup and sale was held on August 23 at the Lancaster Stockyards. Peggy Mullen of RD 1 Brambridge exhibited a Duroc-spot-cross gilt to win the county championship. Champions chosen at Chianina field day By KENDACE BORR Y YORK Overcast skies and periodic rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm at the 1979 Northeast Region of the American Chianina Association Field Day. The event was held at Latixmont Farms near Wrightsville last Saturday. ' Grand champion heifer at the morning’s show was shown by Jim Glass, Stanford, Kentucky. The sixteen year old member of the Chianina Cowboys showed a full blooded Chianina, sired by Lombard. Harvest of ideas seen at Ag Progress Springs Agricultural Research Center. Rain, which slowed at tendance on Tuesday’s opening morning, delayed farm machinery demon strations. But by noon the sun was shining and the The 205 pound gilt was bought by Ezra H. Good for Hatfield Packing Co., Hatfield. The purchase price was $3.01 per pound or a total amounting to $617.05. Peggy also exhibited the champion trio and the reserve champion pen of ten. The May 1978 heifer weighed 1155 pounds and was the first champion shown by Jim at the field day activities. Reserve champion heifer was shown by Dan Glass, the 18 year old brother of Jim. He showed a % Chianina, V 4 Angus, also sired by Lom bard. A July 1978 heifer, it weighed 995 pounds. Last year Dan Glass i\ad the champion heifer at the field day. In the steer competition, Ernie Frey, Quarryville R 2, showed the grand champion steer, A 3/8 Chianina-Angus Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25.1979 crowds were near normal attendance. Ag Progress, which is known as one of the largest and finest exhibitions of its type in the country, con tinued its tradition of at tracting visitors from The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Larry Mullen, Peggy is a member of the Elizabethtown Pig and Rabbit 4-H club and has shown pigs for the past three years. She is a 1979 graduate of Elizabethtown High School and is presently crossbred, the animal weighed m at 995 pounds. This was Erne’s Lancaster County 4-H beef project and he will be showing it more this Fall, in fair competition and his county roundup. The reserve champion steer honors went to the animal exhibited by Bill Coyne, also of Quarryville R 2. The 13-year-old youth showed a steer that was a half brother to the cham pion. It weighed 955 pounds, and also is his 4-H project. Judge for the competition throughout the day was throughout the Com monwealth and neighboring states. No matter what one’s interests might be. there was plenty for all to see, whether his interest was in farm management, equipment, research, forages, crops, employed at Grubb Feed Supply, Elizabethtown. Her champion gilt was bred and raised on her parents’ farm. It’s sire was owned by Russell Kegg of Bedford County, The reserve champion honors, for the second Erskin Cash, professor of animal science at Penn State. ' In this issue ' • r' % ~ - - ■ • * Rural Route 10 Editorial 10 Guersey field day 28 Wolf Farms 16 Kutztown dairy show 42 Carlisle Fair sheep 44 Classifieds 46 Homestead Notes 82 Farm Women Societies 84 Junior Cooking 85 horticulture, homemaking, modem living, hobbies, and much more. Throughout the three days, visitors could hear the roar of some of the largest tractors and newest farm equipment. Visitors toured consecutive year, was awarded to Michelle Dean of RD 1 Strasburg. She is the thirteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Dean. The 218 pound Duroc-cross pig was bred and raised on her parents’ Valley’s End Farm. This pig was chosen In the Showmanship classes, Brian Eberly, Newmanstown Rl, was Home on the Range 86 FWS calendar 89 Ladies have you heard 89 Joyce Bupp 91 Ida’s Notebook 91 Wendy Shaw 99 Kutztown hog show 100 Kendy’s Kollumn 102 York hog roundup 103 Adams hog show 111 $7.00 Per Year the several hundred acres on foot, farm wagon, • and bus, as they participated by watching demonstrations, examining research plots, and comparing technology results. (Turn to Page 26) reserve champion of the mediumweights. Lancaster County- Farm Restaurant purchased the reserve champion for $1.16 a pound or a total price of $243.60. (Turn to Page 34) named champion in the junior class. The 12-year-old (Turn to Page 24) Solar collector 113 Chester 4-H sheep show 115 Lebanon DHIA 122 Dairy business 123 Lebanon 4-H sale 130 Soybean future 133 Carlisle hog show 142 York horse show 146 Sales register 152
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