—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17,1979
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BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff correspondent
YORK - The Central 4-H
Dairy club held their second
annual achievement banquet
last Saturday evening at the
county 4-H center near Bair.
Over 60 members, leaders
and guests took part in the
awards dinner. Speaking for
the evening event was N.
Alan Bair of Atlantic
Breeders Cooperative,
Lancaster.
Two top awards went to
junior dairy members of the
club. Bndgette Boyer,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Boyer, York, was
named the Rookie Girl.
Honored as the most en
thusiastic member was
Susan Eisenhart, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
Eisenhart, Thomasville Rl.
Debbie Wolf, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Wolf,
Abbottstown, earned the
highest placing in overall
individual judging. Second
place went to Kathy
Rauhauser, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles
Rauhauser, Dover.
Broiler placements
down five percent
HARRISBURG
Placements of broiler chicks
in the Commonwealth during
the week ending November
3, 1979 were 1,856,000, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
The placements were five
percent below the
correspondening week a
year earlier, and five per
cent below the previous
week. Average placements
during the past nine weeks
were three percent below a
year earlier.
Central dairy club hosts achievement banquet
Members took part during
the year’s activities, in the
Hoard’s Dairymen
magazine’s cattle judging
contest. High club judge in
that contest was Jonathan
Myers, Thomasville Rl.
Trophies were also
presented to high individuals
in breed categories in the
publications’ judging
competition. Jersey breed
winner was Mike Welsh, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James
Welsh, East Berlin Rl. Roy
Thompson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rodman Thompson,
East Berlin Rl, topped the
Guernsey breed division.
Ayrshire division award
went to Carol Mundis, of
York.
Christine Wolf and George
DeMers were honored for
outstanding participation
with “Keep Up the Good
Work” awards and new
member, David Simons, was
presented a tape measure
for use in maintaining
growth records on his
project calf.
Recognition for par-
Placements in the 21 key
poultry producing states
were 60,390,000, 15 percent
below the previous week and
five percent below the same
week a year earlier.
Average placements during
the past nine weeks were
five percent above a year
ago.
Broiler-fryers slaughtered
in Pennsylvania under
federal inspection during the
week ending October 24,
totaled 2,006,000 with an
average hveweight of 4.18
pounds.
ticipating in the county’s
junior Holstein fitting and
showing day was extended to
Joe Eyster, Angela Eyster,
Bridgette Boyer, Susan
Eisenhart and Roy Thomp
son.
Trophies went home with several members of Debbie Wolf, and extension dairy agent Neil Jones;
the York Central Dairy 4-H Club who were honored back, from left are Kathy Rauhauser, Roy
during their annual banquet: front, from left are Thompson, and Carol Mundis.
Mike Welsh, Bridgette Boyer, Susan Eisenhart,
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Events sponsored by the
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