Winning beef showmen included, front row from
left; Chris Herr, Bill Coyne, Tim Hess, Ernie Frey,
Red Rose 4-H
Mnd Mary K. Longenecker, ’ Brubaker, Lancaster;
presented highlights of the Wilham Dean, Strasburg;
past year and were awarded Harold Frey, Marietta;
checks for the premiums Myhn Good, Mount Joy;
earned. Elvm Hess, Strasburg;
In addition to the youth Gerald Hess, Lancaster;
awards, thirteen leaders Fred Linton, Quarryville;
were honored with $lO gift Carl Longenecker, Lititz;
certificates. Jay Nissley, Mount Joy;
They are: Clyde Jason Weaver, Quarryville;
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Kent Henry, Wayne Hess. Back row; Andy Graybill,
Jeff Hess, Richard Hollinger
Larry Weaver, New Holland
and John Zimmerman,
Ephrata.
Judging team members
honored Max Smith with a
gardener’s certificate and
Gary Dean with a wooden
clock for the contributions of
time to the club
Because of its growing
membership, this may be
the last year of combined
work with the Beef Club for
the 4-H Sheep Club.
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Accepting recognition for their work with the livestock judging team are; Max
Smith, left and Gary A. Dean.
Poultry meeting series begins
LANCASTER - The
Lancaster County
Cooperative Extension
Service will begin a senes of
educational poultry
meetings on Thursday,
February 14.
The meetings have been
developed by the Lancaster
County Poultrymen and
Extension to help fellow
farmers prepare for the
1980’s.
The first meeting will
concern the topic of fowl
hysteria, its causes, con-
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Winning sheep awards were from left; Jim
Stauffer, Sarah Brubaker, Barbara Rohrer.
sequences, and prevention.
The speaker will be Dr. H. B.
Graves, a poultry scientist
from Penn State.
Fred Pontz, vice-president
of Grimes Poultry
Processing Corporation, will
be discussing domestic and
mterational markets for U S.
broilers. And, William
Patterson, general manager
of Weaver Quality Eggs, will
talk to the group on
marketing the processed
egg.
The meeting will be held at
INC.
PHONE; 717-354-4271
the Farm and Home Center,
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The second meeting in the
series will be held on
February 28, with the final
meeting scheduled for
March 13. Pest control and
poultry diseases, and
gasohol production and
manure management m the
cropping program will be the
topics of concern at the
future meetings
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