Sinda Hengst named N. J. dairy princess BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT - INDEPENDENT TESTS SHOW THAT STEIGER TRACTORS PRODUCE MORE HORSEPOWER - HOURS PER GALLON OF FUEL THAN ANY OTHER 4WD TRACTORS TESTED... ASK A FARMER WHO OWNS ONI STEIGER TRACTORS SAVE FUEL TRACTORS WE HAVE SOLD IN PENNSYLVANIA HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY WILL DO MORE WORK WITH LESS FUEL THAN THE IWO-WHEEI DRIVE TRACTORS THEY REPLACED... TRENTON, N.J. - Linda Hengst, 18, of Washington, N.J., has been selected the 1980 New Jersey Dairy Princess. Miss Hengst received her crown from the 1979 Dairy Princess, Cindy Gordeuk, at ceremonies at Flemington Fair. Also participating in the coronation ceremonies was John Repko of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, representing Secretary of Agriculture Phillip Alampi. Debt Coleman, 18, of Stockton was named Dairy Princess Alternate. Miss Coleman is a 1979 graduate of Hunterdon Central High School and is employed by the Princeton Y.W.C.A. She is the daughter of John and Dorothy Coleman. The two young women were selected from a field of seven finalists by a three judge panel. The 1980 Dairy Princess is a graduate of Warren Hills Regional High School. She is attending Monmouth College, majoring in Elementary Education. Miss Hengst is the daughter of Raymond and Peggy Hengst. Her interests and organizations include sports, FFA, Holstem-Fnesian Association of America and 4-H. As dairy princess, Miss Hengst will be an am bassador for the milk and dairy industry. Her schedule of appearances throughout the State will take her to malls, supermarkets and speaking engagements in other areas. As the State’s fifteenth dairy princess, Miss Hengst receives a $lOO award and a wardrobe valued at $2OO. Dairy Princess Alternate Miss Coleman was awarded a gift and a prize of $5O cash. Other contestants for the State title were Elizabeth Backer, 20, of Mendham; Renee Kiriluk, 18, Lam- Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 13,1979 bertville; Rebecca Salamone, 17, Newton; Joan Wamwnght, 19, Bor dentown; Carla Washer, 18, Andover. As finalists, each received a $25 cash prize and a gift. The New Jersey Dairy Princess program is sup ported by the Garden State Silo collapses on Ephrata area farm EPHRATA An unusual and unfortunate accident occurred this week on the E. Mervm Hursh farm near Clay, Lancaster County. On Tuesday afternoon, Hursh and his son were in the process of completing silo-filling in a 24x80 foot silo when Hursh’s son noticed the silo beginning to lean. The youth cautioned his father to get down from the outer edge. Fifteen minutes later they watched the silo collapse to the ground. The silo had been freshly filled with 1100 tons of fresh silage. In its fall, the concrete 00.13 JB.S Diesel fuel Milk Council, a voluntary, non-profit organization, which disseminates in formation about milk and milk products. The New Jersey Depart ment of Agriculture assists m coordinating the Council’s educational and promotional activities. stave silo, built five years ago, destroyed a corn bam, forage wagon and blower. Approximately 70 friends and neighbors began to salvage the silage on Wednesday afternoon. They are hoping to trench as much as possible. According to Mervin Hursh, the cause of the accident is still under in vestigation. Land prices, are the greatest barrier to entry into fanning, according to the USDA. 15
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