VOL 25 No. 2
Lancaster to host
1 National. Grangers 1
cainX/Tvs rent An
estimated 8000 Grangers
from across the United
States are expected to
converge on the Host Farm
Hotel in Lancaster for the
1970 National Grange
Convention.
John Scott
The meeting begins
Monday, November 12 and
will run through Tuesday,
November 20.
Heaviest attendance is
expected this Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday when '
4000 Grangers are due to
receive the Seventh Degree,
the highest degree of the
order.
John W. Scott, Master of
the National Grange, will
open the official proceedings
of *the 113th annual meeting
Monday. Scott is expected to
address the problem “Who
wiU control U.S. agriculture
in the future?”
Among topics Scott is
expected to touch on are the
increasing size of American
n this issue
Editorials 10
KILE junior beef 26
KILE open barrows 29
KILE junior sheep 48
Homestead notes 90
Joyce Bupp’s column 94
Home on the range 96
Farm talk 107
Md. Grange meets 140
Area tours celebrate Farm-City Week
BY DEBRA STRICKLER
LITITZ “Partners in
Economic Progress Pride
m the Past, Faith in the
Future” is the 1979 theme of
the annual Farm-City week.
Area Farmers’
Associations and Chambers
of Commerce are
cooperating to plan a variety
of events during the week.
Of special interest in the
local area is the Farm-City
tours to be held next
weekend, November 17 and
18. -
The Lancaster County
Fanners’ Association will be
farms, the ®»espread in
crease in rented farmland, a
redirection in farm
programs away from
economically strong farm
operations, and agricultural
transportation.
The session will be
proceeded by the Host State
banquet Sunday evening.
This dinner wdl be spon
sored by the Pennsylvania
State Grange.
Pennsylvania Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose-
Hallowell is the scheduled
speaker. Albert Wohlsen,
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HalloweU pays surprise visit
Inter-State holds
annual meeting
LANCASTER - The board
of directors of Inter-State
Milk Producers’.Cooperative
Wednesday: afternoon hosted
an unplanned session with
State Agriculture Secretary
Penrose HallowelL
The directors meeting
preceded the annual meeting
of the Co-op at the Host
Farm near Lancaster. About
-1,000 dairymen were on
hand for the annual banquet
Thursday night where
‘ Hallowell appeared again;
Hallowell spent about half
an hour with the Inter-State
dire’ctors in a private
meeting to hash out several
issues including the
proposed Milk Security
Fund, a checkoff program
for the Keystone Milk
Marketing Council, and
appointment of a new
chairman for the Penn
sylvania ' State Milk
Marketing Board.
The Secretary and the
members of Inter-State have
opening seven area farms
during the weekend. Lan
caster’s dairy, swine,
poultry, beef, goats, and
fruit commodities will be
represented.
South of the city, the Jim
Groff and Jim Kreider
families will' open their
farms.
The Groff’s have a sow
house, breeder flock, and a
steer fattening operation on
their farm. They also raise
potatoes.
A double six Herringbone
milking parlor will be the
feature of the Kreider farm.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 10,1979
Keystone Show offers tough competition
HABitISBURG - Local
exhibitors survived the top
notch competition at this
year’s Keystone In
ternational Livestock Expo.
Area farmers won in swine,
cattle, sheep and horse
classes.
Record numbers of
livestock were exhibited in
open shows, and 4-H and
FFA shows. '
There were also sales of
yearling bred ewes, in the
sheep-division, on Saturday.
And, on Monday, a feeder
calf sale was held.
Other highlights of the
show were: the crowning of
the Pennsylvania Lamb and
Wool Queen, the State Junior
Sheep Shearing Contest, and
the barnyard babies exhibit.
not seen eye to eyC-bn the
Milk Security Fund issue.
Inter-State members have
been on record as opposed to
any funding proposal which
would require contributions
by dairy farmers. Hallowell
outlined his program to the
directors meeting.
Hallowell has long ad
vocated a proposal similar to
that approved by the Penn
sylvania State Grange at its
meeting a week ago. That
proposal calls for dairymen
and producers to'split the
cost 50-59, with eachjside
paying one cent per hun
dredweight milk.
Only co-ops processing
milk would pay. A
marketing co-op, like Inter-
State, would not pay (except
on milk handled through the
Holly plant). The eventual
processor would pay the one
cent checkoff.
Hallowell said he wanted
to get the feelings of several
major farmer groups on the
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They milk 155 cows and have
numerous heifers and calves
housed at the farm.
The Donald Bate Family
will host visitors to then
dairy operation. The Bare
farm is j located near
Bridgeport.
A special feature of the
tours will be the opportunity
to take a hay ride through
the Herr Fruit Farm’s or
chards. Apples are raised
and cider is produced on the
farm located on Rt. 999, west
of Millersville.
At this stop visitors will
have the opportunity to view
The Expo was the focal
point for two national con
tests: the 4-H Horse Bowl
and the Horse Judging
Contest. College students, 4-
H’ers, and FFA’ers com
peted in other livestock and
meats judging on Monday,
Diane Krause, ofSlatingdon, walked olf with grand champion honors in both
the Junior Breeding Cattle Show and the Open Angus Show atthej<eystdne In
ternational Livestock Exposition. Diane poses with her heifer champ. ABF Grand
Erica E5B, with judge David Hawkins. ,
PFA’s annual meeting
ready to roll this week
HERSHEY - Hfe 29th
Annual Meeting of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association takes place
Sunday through Wednesday
at the Hershey Motor Lodge,
Hershey.
One-hundred sixty-nine
voting delegates from 54
county associations will
decide policy on statewide
issues affecting agriculture.
They also will elect state
officers and participate in
numerous convention ac
tivities which include
awards programs and guest
speakers.
The Pennsylvania Far-
a demonstration of bee hives
and honey products:
In the New Holland area,
the Delmar Weaver family
will open their dairy
operation. The Weaver’s
farm 150 acres of land m
corh, soybeans, and hay.
The Jacob Fisher, Jr.
family welcomes visitors to
their goat farm near
Manheim.
Also m the Manheim area,
the Daniel K. Hershey
poultry farm will be open to
the public. The Hersheys are
m the chicken business in a
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with the Juifeef Stockman
Award going to the top
scoring club member.
The show was a success*
story for many Penn
sylvanians, and a learning
mers’ Association is a
general farm organization
with 21,409 farm family
members in its 54 local units.
It is an affiliate of the
American Farm Bureau
Federation.
Focal point of the annual
meeting is the voting
delegate sessions which
begin ' Monday morning,
Hohzinger named
FFA star farmer
KANSAS CITY - Kevin S.
Holtzinger, Windsor, was
named FFA’s Star Fanner
of America here Thursday
night-
The 20 year old .York
Countian received the
Future Farmers of
America’s highest award at
the Stars Over America
dinner during' the 52nd
national FFA meeting.
About 20,000 FFAers were
in Kansas City when Holt
zinger received his award. >
Named FFA’s Star
Agribusinessman was
Robert W. Lovelace,
Elsberry, Missouri.
Holtzinger started his road
to the Star Farmer award
back in 1973 with a super- -
vised FFA project of three
Per Year
experience for .all who
participated in the event.
This week’s pages of
LANCASTER FARMING
unfold the Expo’s story oi
winners and losers, ex
citement and jlisap
pointment.
November 12 and continue
through the following two
days.
the voting delegates will
hold sessions over three days
to decide the merits of
hundreds of policy
resolutions on a wide range
of farm issues. PFA vice
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amvs from his father’s dairy
herd.
Today he leases a 72-acre
milking'parlor operation in
the eastern section of York
County. In addition, he rents
303 acres to meet the grain
and roughage needs pt his
milkers.
He has a herd of 175 cows
and heifers.
His cows, on three times a
day milking, are producing
about 15,250 pounds milk, 560
butterfat.
Not satisfied with that
level, Holtzinger said he
hopes to expand both in
production and in number of
cattle.
He is a member of
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