I* £ chapter leads Lancaster FFA winners LANCASTER - In competition with 1246 entries from across the state, Barbara Herr and her Grassland FFA Chapter came out as big winners. The competition was the annual state judging of FFA project books held recently. The project books are ac counts kept for the proceeding calendar year of the youths involvements in FFA projects. Scoring categories for the books consisted of: Ef ficiency of project; labor income; and completeness and neatness. Each of the three areas received about one-third of the total points. Herr’s winning project book covered four FFA project areas including - swine finishing, beef | {Vnishmg, lamb finishing and . iamb breeding. ; Grassland Chapter FFA’s 1 win came in the chapter scrapbook competition. Advosor Clifford J. Day I attributed the silver medal win to the fme work done by the school’s environmental group and the artistic ability of the arrangement. He also W fT^Sfcanfofd W J Seed Or write Stanford Seed Company 809 N Bethlehem Pike Spring House, PA 19477 Telephone 215-643-6470 indicated this year’s book was a follow through and improvement on last year’s book which also won the silver medal. Day also noted that while the Grassland book placed second in County com petition earlier this month, it topped all other county books in state competition. “Different judges look for slightly different things.” Day said. Manheim FFA’s Chapter also scored m the scrapbook competition with a bronze medal award. In all, thirty nine Lan caster County members of the Future Farmers received awards last week in the State College com petition. In addition to the 44 category awards, Produc tion Credit Association provides monetary awards which will be awarded to county regional and state winners at a later date. Project areas and winners are: /- Vegetable gardening - Cindy Good, Garden Spot, silver. "The sign of quality ” The production system for solid seeded soybeans An exclusive from VR SEED RESEARCH • Plant • ALPHA Group II maturity GNUM roup 111 maturity Farmers are excited about this concept. cl now so you’re not left out! For complete details on the Com-Pac® System write to address below for booklet. Dairy Herd - David Kulp, Manheim Central, gold. Horses - Dana Armbrust, Garden Spot, bronze. On Farm Experience - Dave Myers, Solanco, silver; Mark Weiler, Ephrata, bronze. Off Farm Experience - Robert Fox, Ephrata, gold; Donald Good, Ephrata, gold; Lamar Groff, Ephrata, silver; Allen Ackley, Ephrata, silver; Kevin Smoker, Ephrata, silver; Chris Riggs, Penn Manor, BY DICK WANNER WASHINGTON - A bill, HB 6285, that would set up a referendum to amend the nationwide egg checkoff program was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday by a vote of 288 to 82. The bill now moves on to the Senate where, according to Mary Wright of the United Egg Producer’s Washington office, it seems to be headed for equally clear sailing. “But you never know,” Miss Wright said. “We didn’t expect any opposition in the House, either, but we got it from Fred Richmond, member of the agricultural committee.” Richmond, it should be noted, lives in Brooklyn and represents an urban con stituency. He sought the ag committee assignment because it gives him a forum for some of his consumerist crusades. Miss Wright reported that on the day of the vote on HB 6285, Rich mond stood at the door of the House distributing leaflets explammg his opposition to the measure. 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Skills and Tasks - Wanda Steffy, Garden Spot, gold. Farm Accounts - Judy Zimmerman, Ephrata, bronze. Legislative roundup Egg referendum bill passes U.S. House dietary guidelines calling for reduced egg consumption. Actually, the House and the Senate can only pass a bill authorizing a referen dum to take place. If Congress approves the bill, egg producers could still turn the idea down when they turn m their ballots. The Egg Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974 was, in fact, approved by a majority of the nation’s egg producers. Under that program, all producers with more than 3000 layers contribute a nickel a case to a fund for the promotion of eggs. The funds are collected by processors and sent to the USDA’s Farm Marketing Service, thence to the American Egg Board m Chicago, which decides exactly how they are to be spent. Mostly, the money is spent on advertising and sales promotion. Miss Wright pointed out that while all producers must pay into the program, it’s actually voluntary, since any producer can get his nickel back simply by asking theUSDAfont. If the Senate follows the House lead and passes HR 6285, then egg producers would vote in a national referendum to decide whether or not the 1974 act Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 23,1980—A27 Two Enterprises - Doug Hershberger, Solanco, gold; Robert Kirk, Solanco, silver; Jeff Shenk, Manheim Central, bronze; Ray Good, Ephrata, bronze; Brett Holzhauer, Solanco, bronze; Robert Lithgow, Ephrata, bronze; Melvin Williams, Penn Manor, bronze; Scott Bnnton, Solanco, bronze; and Jeff Neff, Penn Manor, bronze. Three Enterprises - Chns Herr, Garden Spot, silver; Mike Hess, Manheim should be amended. If Congress and the industry accept the amendment, here’s what would happen: -The official membership of the American Egg Board would be increased from 18 to 20, with the two new seats going to consumers. Everybody now on the board is closely allied with the egg industry. -The assessment rate could be increased from the current five-cents per case to 10-cents, with the initial increase not to exceed 7.5- cents per 30-dozen case. -Enforcement provisions of the act would be strengthened to allow the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalities for violations of the Act. The penalties could range in severity from $5OO to $5,000 for each violation. At the present, all en forcement actions must go through the courts, and enforcement has been dif ficult. Meanwhile, in Harrisburg... Not much new was added to the legislative stewpot in Harrisburg this week, although a number of issues contmued to simmer m both the House and Senate ag committees. The Senate early this week heard from George Brumbaugh, a retired - but f *■ ', \ at low application rates for special hemicals All parts that come in contact with chemicals are non-corrosive polyester or heavy-duty stainless f eel for years of low maintenance Don’t pussyfoot around n aVicontoday Central, bronze; Harold Kauffman, Ephrata, bronze; and Doug Snavely, Warwick, bronze. Four Enterprises - Bar bara Herr, Garden Spot, gold; Barry Geib, Manheim Central, gold; and Marvin Fox, Ephrata, bronze. Five Enterprises - Glen Shenk, Manheim Central, gold; and David Holzhaver, Solanco, silver. Six Enterprises - Kay Shertzer, Penn Manor, bronze. only 56-year-old - Hun tingdon County dairyman who has been nominated by the Governor to be the new chairman of the Penn sylvania Milk Marketing Board. That chair has been vacant for some time, the state’s major farm groups seem to think highly of Brumbaugh, and a lot of people in the dairy industry are waiting nervously and hopefully for his con firmation. An interesting highlight to a two-day PFA legislative seminar this week at the Penn Hams was a panel discussion featuring four members of the House ag committee speaking on the subject of “Why I Ran for Office.” Sorry we missed it. About 90 people were in attendance for the entire program, but attendance swelled to more than 200 on Tuesday mght when 15 candidates for the Senate seat now held by Richard Schweiker showed up. Also on hand were both the Democratic and Republican candidates for state attorney general. 37^
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