Boyd, an active showman, nominated for Degree
BY DEBRA STRICKLER
CLAY The sixth
member of the Cloister FFA
Chapter to receive the
highest FFA achievement
degree, the American
Farmer, is Kerry Boyd of
RDSEphrata.
Kerry and his wife, the
former Deborah Strauss,
reside on the 50 acre Clay
View Farm near Clay. He is
m partnership with his
father, Elmer Boyd. In
addition to the land on the
farm, the Boyds rent 50
acres planted primarily in
corn.
Th< livestock itir
Kerry and his wife, Deb, enjoy a few spare
moments in their home with son, Gerald. This
week, Kerry and Deb will be taking a trip to Kansas
City to receive the coveted American Farmer
Degree.
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includes Holstein and
registerd Brown Swiss'dairy
cattle, a majority of Duroc
crossbred hogs, eight sows,
and 500 capons. Deb has a
particular interest in sheep
and a few can be found on the
farm.
A familiar name in the
show nng, Kerry is an ex
perienced showman of hogs
and his prize calf, Keb Clay
View Titan Bee Kelly. He
has showed at area fairs,
state, and national com
petitions.
In August, Kerry won the
grand championship in the
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a number of top placings at
the Elizabethtown, Ephrata,
and Manheim Fairs.
His intermediate Brown
Swiss calf, “Kelly”, was
named junior cahmapion
and reserve grand champion
at the All-American Dairy
Show in September.
This weekend, he will be
busy exhibiting a barrow in
the Junior Show at the
Keystone International
Livestock Exposition in
Harrisburg. Also, he hopes
tp show “Kelly” in the State
Farm Show
As a 1976 graduate of
Ephrata High School, he
earned the Greenhand,
Chapter Farmer, and most
recently the Keystone
Degree. He was sentinel of
the Cloister Chapter and
participated in the dairy
judging team which took top
honors in county, state, and
national competitions.
Kerry remains active in
the Lincoln Community 4-H
dub, presently serving as a
volunteer leader with the
swine projects. He bad been
president of the dub for two
years.
While in 4-H, Boyd took the
county title at the annual
corn roundup for nine
consecutive years.
“I plan to fade out of the
show ring,” comments
Boyd. Although he is already
looking forward to the day
when his son, Gerald Mat
thew, will be a livestock
exhibitor.
In the meantime, the
Boyds will concentrate on
improving the dairy herd.
They want to concentrate on
quality rather than quantity,
although they are con
sidering hog expansion.
Kerry is an example of an
FFA’er who has put a lot into
his FFA career. He en
courages all younger
members to do the same,
because the personal
rewards make it all wor
thwhile.
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Kerry is looking to the future, when his 13 month old son, Gerald, will be
showing animals. If he follows in his father’s tradition, Gerald will also earn the
American Farmer Degree.
Interstate members
slate annual meeting
SOUTHAMPTON - Dairy
farmeft from six states will
participate in the 62nd an
nual meeting of Inter-State
Milk Producers’
Cooperative, Nov. 8-9, at the
Host Farm Resort, Lan
caster, Pa.
Delegates, directors and
district officers will
represent Inter-State’s 3,000
members from Penn
sylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia and West Virginia
at the two-day meeting.
Nearly 1,000 dairy farmer
leaders will participate in
the session at which the
delegates will establish
policies which they would
like implemented in the up
coming year. The meeting
also serves to update the
membership on the ac
tivities of'their cooperative
during the past year.
Charlie Plimib, U.S.N.
Reserve Lt. Commander,
Lenexa, Kansas, Vietnam
P.O.W. for, nearly six years
after being shot down near
Hanoi, will highlight the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 3,1979—25
meeting as speaker at the
6:15 p.m. banquet on Nov. 8.
Thursday’s business
meeting will begin at 9:45
a.m. with a report from
Inter-State’s president,
Lester C. Jones, a Medford,
N.J. dairy farmer, and
members of Inter-State’s
staff. Dr. James E. Honan
will present his general
manager’s report when the
afternoon session begins at
1:30 p.m.
Women attending this
year’s meeting will hear a
presentation by Mrs. Florrie
Paul. She will address the
women on Friday morning
with a program entitled
“Incredible Edibles”. The
women will also tour a
pretzel factory, The
Moravian Church and the
Pennsylvania Farm
Museum.
Receiving special
recognition .at this year’s
Young Cooperator breakfast
will be the five 1979 Out
standing Young Cooperator
Couples. Also at the
breakfast program, Liter-
State’s annual news media
award will be presented.
Following the breakfast
program, delegates will
present and vote on
resolutions on policy
proposals for the up-coming
year. Members of this year’s
resolutions committee are:
Mr. William S. Sutton,
Chestertown, Md., Mr.
Robert Ketterer, Kempton,
Pa., Mr. Elmer S. Pettit,
Woodstown, N.J. and Mr.
Ediwn S. Ely, Elkton, Md.