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Jon Miller has added the title of state 4-H tractor driver champion to a list of
impressive winnings.
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state 4-H tractor award
SEVEN VALLEYS - A
steady rain and the rutted,
muddy course didn’t keep
Jonathan Miller from put
ting a tractor and at
tachment exactly where he
wanted them during 4-H
state tractor driving com
petition at the recent Ag
Progress Days.
Jon, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Miller of Seven Valleys
Rl, triumphed over six other
competitors to win the
tractor driving crown on
August 20 during the state’s
largest summer agriculture
event at Rock Springs.
A veteran tractor driving
participant, 17-year-old Jon
has won die York Fair’s
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 6,1980—A27
contest for the last three
years, and in January took
part in the state runoff held
during Farm Show week.
Tractor driving competition
is closely tied to die 4-H
tractor project, which Jon
carried as,a member for four
years, and helped supervise
as a junior leader for the
past two.
This year’s state contest at
Ag Progress Days consisted
of several parts, including
written tests as well as
actual machinery
maneuvers. One written quiz
checked the driver’s
knowledge of general tractor
information and another
covered parts identification.
“But there was one
unusual part that I never ran
into in tractor driving
before,” Jon found.
“We had to reach into
various boxes, without
looking and identify tractor
parts by feel alone. There
were items like nuts, bolts,
and even a fuel injector.”
Following the classroom
type scoring, contestants
headed for the tractor seats
to qualify in two final
categories, a four-wheel and
a two-wheel event.
Eight minutes were
allowed for completion of the
two-wheel category, during
which drivers had to back up
to a spreader, take it through
a measured course of turns
and then back into a stall.
Four-wheel trails were
similar, with a wagon that
had to be moved from one
stall and back into another.
Produce haulers
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Truckers-who haul fruit and
vegetables may now dial a
telephone number to get
“instant” weekly truck rate
and cost information that
can help them make the
most of their miles, ac
cording to Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture
P.R. Smith.
The truck rate and cost
reports have been available
from U.S. Department of
Agriculture m printed form
for about a year.
Truckers may now call
Points were earned on the
accuracy of the driving and
parking.
As the state winner, Jon
became eligible to compete
in national 4-H tractor
driving competition in
Richmond, Virginia, Sep
tember 21 through 25. But
he’s already won a trip for
Autorama competition, the
project area which he was
recently declared a national
winner.
As part of the automotive
project which helped him
win the national recognition,
-Jon served as a coach
member of the York County
Autorama team that took top
honors during 4-H state
days.
He’s also a member of the
Jefferson Community Club,
Southwest Dairy Club, and
the county lamb club,
carrying dairy and livestock
projects. The former county
4-H king for 1978-79, Jon has
won numerous awards in
livestock and meats judging.
A June graduate of the
York Area Vocational
Technical School, Jon began
studies this week at the
Altoona campus of Penn
sylvania State University,
pursuing a course of general
undergraduate studies.
After a year, or possibly two,
at the Altoona branch
campus, Jon plans to switch
to the main campus at State
College.
“I’m not sure yet exactly
what I want to do,” *he
muses. “But it’ll definitely
be in the agriculture
field.”—Jß
202/447-2599 between 1 pun.
Wednesday and 10 a.m.
Friday, eastern standard
time. They will hear weekly
fruit and vegetable truck
rate highlights and rates
that have been reported for
shipping produce from the
more important shipping
points to selected cities of
destination.
During die first week of
each month-again, from 1
p.m., Wednesday until 10
a.m. Friday, EST-the report
also will state truck cost
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