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Poultry men of Year honored
[CKANGLESTEIN
CASTER -
entatives of the
broiler, egg and
production family
ed in Lancaster
jy night to single out
ior three among their
for putting forth a
i image of which the
ndustry can be proud,
e an audience of 300
3 ennsylvama Poultry
ation’s Annual
t at the Host Corral,
as Industrymen of
ir were presented to:
Earl Gingrich,
elstown. Dauphin
, who retired in May
id of Pennfield Gor
in’s broiler breeder
as Broiler In
man of the Year.
irnon Leimnger,
r, Lancaster County,
diversified operation
is 90,000 layers and
pullets in addition to
lef cattle and 2,200
is Egg Industryman of
ar
aul Konhaus,
amcsburg, Cum
nd County, whose
[flock now totals 30,000
Connie Balmer wins
(incaster Princess Pageant
_|Y PAT KAUFFMAN
, CASTER Comue
“-■er a 17 year old
-#isey enthusiast bagged
Brown Saturday night as
■9BO Dairy Princess In
-Jtion, Connie, the
■hter of Mr and Mrs.
■ e Balmer, Millway
Lititz, was selected by
■contestants to receive
Bhss Congeniality award
Bng ceremonies at the
B 1 and Home Center
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Bected as runnersup
B Belle Balmer, 18,
Rhter of Mrs. Jane
Ber, Mount, Joy, First
■’'ate, and Lu Ann
New milk test debuts Tuesday
*v SHEILA MILLER
AfmiSBURG - Milk
lucers, rmlk haulers, and
1 manufacturers will
|ke feeling the effects cf
Food and Drug Ad
oration regulation, the
1 Pasteurized Milk Or
inc< - finalized a httle over
fd f ago
cc oiding to G Wilhaxn
5e > chief of the Milk
kalian Division m the
H'sylvama Department of
and whose operation in
cludes self-marketing, as
Turkey Industryman of the
Year.
In addition, expressions of
appreciation for work on
behalf of the industry were
given for Floyd Hicks, who is
retiring as professor of
poultry science at Penn
State, and Jim Wolf, im
mediate past Chairman of
the Federation’s Board of
Directors.
In his remarks to the
group, new Chairman
Clarence Mitchel outlined
three major goals of the
Federation during the
coming year.
The first objective is to
improve the Federation’s
scholarship program to help
fill the need for framed
people in the industry. A
scholarship committee is
scheduled to meet tins
summer to plan an updated
program.
The second goal is im
provement in membership,
with concentration on the
mid-sized producers. A
membership committee will
set up a flat dues rate for
producers to make the
Brenneman, 19, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Elvm Bren
neman, Mount Joy.
The selection of the new
Dairy Princess capped an
evening of dining and en
tertainment for nearly 400
people to the theme of
Winter Dairyland. Red
lanterns adorned the tables
and the stage was trimmed
in snow and greenery with a
large sleigh serving as the
throne
The decorating committee
consisting of Mim Kauff
man, Verna Hostetter and
Barnara Brubaker outdid
itself with a theme that
delighted the crowd.
Peggy Kurtz Schnupp
FDA deferment requested
Agriculture, the FDA ruling
is supposed to be in action
starting July 1.
What the new rule calls for
is a more sensitive antibiotic
test for “the portion of the
milk supply that is shipped
interstate,” said Fouse.
“Co-mingled raw milk and
ail pasteurized milk or milk
products will be tested by
one of two methods—
Bacillus- stearothermophilus
disc assay method or Sar
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 28,1980
schedule more attractive to
join.
Also, efforts will be made
to strengthen the ef
fectiveness of the
Federation’s organizational
setup, particularly the
Commodity Councils.
Heads of each of council’s
were introduced, including
Dale M. Weaver, Broiler
Council; Jun Wolf, Egg
Council; and Leroy Zim
merman, Turkey Council.
Named Broiler In
dustryman of the Year,
Gingrich was raised on the
family farm m Myerstown,
Lebanon County. After
graduation from Penn State
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Cooperatives honor young members
Top dairy farmers cited
BY SUE KAUFFMAN
Staff Correspondent
HUNT VALLEY, Md. -
Younger members of
several Eastern milk
marketing cooperatives
added polish and melody to
the theme singing winter and
show tunes. And Grover
Goucker, Jr. from the Dale
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In This Issue
SECTION A; Editorials, 10; Chester DHIA, 15; 4-H
news, 26; Employee relations, 28; Lancaster dairy
princess, 30; Produce hotline, 34; Md. Angus preview,
39; Delta farm day, 40.
SECTION B: Bags for haylage, 4; Adams Holstein
meeting, 5; Nissley Vineyard, 7; Farm equipment
rescue, 8; York ag day, 19; Red and white cows, 14;
Schuylkill DHIA, 16.
SECTION C; Happiness is Brown Swiss, 2; Home on
Range, 6; Cumberland dairy prmcess, 14; Joyce Bupp,
16; Berks Dairy Prmcess, 21; York DHIA, 25; Charolais
show, 28; Blair DHIA, 31; Franklin DHIA, 32; Ask the
VMD, 40.
cma lutea cylinder plate
method. ■-This test replaces
the Bacillus subtihs test
which has been used m
Pennsylvania for quite a few
years,” he explained.
Fouse noted the new
testing methods are more
sensitive and they will detect
lower level of amtbiotics,
particularly penicillin.
As far as who will be af
fected by this new FDA
testing regulation, fouse
Vernon Leininger, of Denver, Lancaster County, receives plaque as Egg In
dustryman of the Year. Beaming with smile of approval is his wife, Allegra.
Making presentation, at right, is Walter Wheelock, Chambersburg, last year’s
winner.
gathered here this week to
participate in the 10th Young
Cooperator Program of the
Pennmarva Dairymen’s
Federation, Inc.
Comprised of Inter-State
Milk Producers Cooperative,
Maryland Cooperative Milk
Producers, Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers
Association, Inc. and Capitol
Milk Producers, the Penn
marva two-day young
cooperator program in
cluded tune for individual
cooperative contests,
discussions, tours,
educational sessions and
combined awards luncheon.
said that all farms that ship
their milk to interstate
plants, and all plants with an
interstate rating have to
comply. “Eighty percent of
the milk produced m Penn
sylvania will fall under the
new ruling,” he said
Fouse pointed out the
more sensitive test will be
able to pick up the presence
of small amounts of
penicillin in milk. “If
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All four cooperatives
announced their 1980 Young
Cooperators at the luncheon
Thursday.
Inter-State’s contest in
cluded 20 contestants. Five
were selected by a panel of
three judges to serve on the
young cooperators con
sultant committee for three
year terms.
Top placing couple was
Robert and Susan Winner,
Moorestown, New Jersey.
They operate a 315 acre farm
where they milk 160
Holsteins.
Second place went to Allen
Z. and Linda Mif
fhnburg, Pa. Third place
Blue mold in fields;
plow-under possible
'Lancaster county -
There’s blue mold in Lan
caster County tobacco fields
and some crops may need to
be plowed under.
“We’ve found localized
field infections in several
sections of Lancaster County
this week,” Arnold Lueck,
county extension agent and
agronomist said.
“In all likelihood, some of
the worst fields may need to
be plowed under.”
The localized field in
fections were reported m the
southern end of the county,
just .south of Lancaster City
and in the Washington Boro
area.
In addition, instances of
blue mold were spotted in
seed beds in the Mount Joy-
Elizabethtown area.
Previously, seed bed
problems were found in the
eastern section of the
$7.50 Per Year
winners were Dennis and
Mary Burns, Warriors
Mark, Pa. Fourth place were
Gerald and Debra Stoner,
East Berlin, Pa. and fifth;
place were P. Thomas and
Alice Mason, Chestertown,
Maryland.
All five Inter-State win
ners will be attending
American Institute of
Cooperatives at Penn State
m August and the two top
placing couples will travel to
Miami in November to at
tend the National Milk
Producers Federation
meetings.
Maryland Cooperative
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county, including Christiana
and the Leola-Leacock area.
The movement of the
fungus into fields is believed
due to carrying it from in
fected beds during tran
splanting. There is no in
dication that it is being
spread from infected to
healthy plants by air-bome
spores.
Agent Lueck and John
Yocum, of Penn State’s
Southeast Research Lab,
Landisville, are recom
mending two grower
practices:
Get nd of the seedbeds as
soon as transplanting is
completed. They should be
plowed or disked under.
Field spraying is ad
visable, particularly for
those growers who did not
apply Ridomil and who
already have blue mold in
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