ClS—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 17,1981
Mr. and Mrs. Galen Crouse, center, received their official Master Farmer
Plaque Tuesday afternoon at ceremonies in Camp Hill. Making the presentation
to the Lancaster County couple is Lynn Tilton, Pennsylvania Farmer, while
County Agent Glenn Shirk looks on.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Wayne Beshore, center, were honored as York County's latest
Master Farmers at a dinner Tuesday. Making the presentation is Lynn Tilton,
Pennsylvania Farmer, while County Agent John York smiles his approval.
Sheep, wool growers vote to table pool plans
FARM SHOW - Penn
sylvania’s Sheep and Wool
Growers’ Association,
following a lengthy
discussion, sent their
proposed new by-laws back
to committee for further
study and revision.
They then passed a
resolution affirming their
support of the Ovine
Medicine Proposal for The
University of Penn
sylvania’s School of
Veterinary Medicine at their
annual Farm Show meeting,
Sunday
The discussion on the by
laws touched only on Article
111 which deals with
memberships and dues
Heretofore any person who
sold wool through one of the
Cooperative Wool Pools was
automatically a member of
the wool growers’ statewide
organization
The Wool Pools paid an
assessment of 40 cents per
hundred pounds of wool and
12 cents per cwt of lambs
marketed for affiliation in
the state group
Under the proposed new
by-laws a dues structure for
memberships would be
established with mem
berships being purchased
through the wool pools, the
state breed associations or
directly from the state
organization Dues pur
chased from wool pools or
county associations would be
one dollar, from breed
organizations two dollars
and directly from the state
group five dollars
No one from the by-laws
committee was present at
the meeting, but Clair Engle,
extension sheep specialist
from Penn state, said the
committee had felt it
desirable to have the ad
ditional revenue to support
the activities of the
statewide organization
Wool pools would still be
required to pay on a per
pound basis for lambs and
wool marketed
On a motion from Clyde
Brubaker, Lancaster
County, further discussion of
the by-laws was tabled until
the April meeting on April 20
at Penn state
Members felt there was a
need to find a formula for
equitable representation
from county associations
and regional marketing
groups Whether
representation should be on
a volume of comodities
marketed or on number of
members needs to be
studied
Formerly the purpose of
the statewide organization
was to facilitate marketing
but today many producers
feel it should assume a
strong promotional role
Copies of the old by-laws
and the new proposals will
be mailed to all count\ and
Master Farmers receive awards
regional groups for
discussion Comments and
suggestions for change and
revision should be mailed to
the by-laws committee
before April Ist.
In a unanimous motion,
the members passed a
resolution affirming their
support of the efforts to have
an ovine specialist appointed
to the faculty of the
University of Penn
sylvania’s Veterinary
School Members stressed
that they want the ovine
specialist to have an active
teaching role and research
that would be part of the
program should be ap
plicable to the sheep in
dustry
Concerns about the Farm
Show also dominated the
early part of the meeting
While many of the sheep
exhibitors’ complaints of
previous years have been
alleviated by changes this
vear. dissatisfaction still
prevails
Members expressed
gratitude to the Farm Show
Commission for the im
provement in the judging
schedule no longer
necessitating the
simultaneous showing ot
sheep and hogs in the Small
Arena They also were ap
preciative of the removal ot
equipment exhibits From the
sheep and hog barn and the
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Dotterer, Clinton County, were honored as Master
Farmers Tuesday in ceremonies at Camp Hill. Making the presentation is Lynn
Tilton, Pennsylvania Farmer, while extension agent Richard Plotts looks on.
Blain View Farms, operated by Mary E. Rice, her son Nevin and his wife, was
honored as Master Farmer for 1980. Presenting the award is Lynn Tilton,
Pennsylvania Farmer. Also involved in the presentation is Roy F. Snyder, retired
Perry County Agent.
t annual meetin.
simplification of health
forms
Complaints centered
around the crowding in the
sheep area with inadequate
pen and storage space for
tack and feed
Having a split show with
the open show for half the
week and the junior show
later and permitting animals
to depart and arrive in the
middle of the week was
suggested as one solution
Having different breeds for
the early and latter part of
the week was another
suggestion
Some members felt that
the Farm Show should be
only a junior show and have
a major open competition
elsewhere at a different tune
of the year, perhaps during
Ag Progress Days in the
summer
In the current show,
weight limits on wethers and
carcass lambs have been
raised, but many felt that
weight limits should be
entirely eliminated A
motion was passed
recommending that the
weight limits be taken off the
carcass class
Four judges were
nominated for next vear s
show
The committee to studv
wool marketing did not have
a repoit Engle invited all to
attend a meeting on .Januarv
21 at the Berks fount \ Farm
Center to discuss wool
marketing George Allen of
VPI will be present to talk
about marketing
Virginia
wool
Carino Nurseries
Christmas
FARM SHOW Carino
Nurseries of Indiana, In
diana County, captured six
first places in Christmas
tree judging competition at
the 65th Farm Show
Carino Nurseries’ entries
won in the following
categories Scotch pine,
Colorado blue spruce,
Norway spruce, white
spruce, Austrian pine and
concolor
Leiden’s Nursery of
Patton, Cambria County,
won first place in the Serbian
spruce and Fraser fir
categories
Gerald Barker of .1 B Tree
Farm, Wilhamsbuig, Blair
County, won a first place
with his Douglas fir entry
The first place white pine
was exhibited bv Omlor’s
Tree Farm of R 4, Pottsville.
Schuylkill County
CHRISTMAS TREE AWARD LIST 1981
Scotch Pine
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1 he spring meeting of the
Pennsylvania Sheep and
Wool Growers will be held at
State College on April 20 and
the Wool Sale will take place
on April 21
sweep
tree show
Nursery Ration
Douglas Fir
1 J B Tree Farm 2 Ber Key Nursery
3 Oay Fad Nursery Mohnton 4 Canno
Nurseries 6 Maple Hill Farm Well boro
Colorado Blue Spruce
1 Canno’ Nurseries 2 Leiden s
Nursery 3 Omlor s Tree Farm Pottsville
4 Meyers Nursery Creekside 5 Spring
HillsChn«»masTreeFarm Dalton
Spruce
(a) Norway
I Canno Nurseries 2 Spring Hill
Christmas Tree Farm 3 Leiden s Nur
sery 4 Proc’or Wether'H Chester
Springs
(b) White and Black Spruce
1 Canno Nurseries 2 Leidtn s
Nursery 3 Berkty Nursery Maple Hill
Farm f 'pnng Hills Christmas Tree tain
(cj Other
1 Leiden s Nursery 2 Carnn Nur
st-neo 3 Nursery
Pine
(a) Austrian and Red
1 Car nc Nu r ones 2 Nur->e»\
T I C'den b Nursery
<U White
1 Omlor s Tren Fain 2 Leiden s
Nursery J Spring Hilis Christmas Tree
Farm ) fierkey Nursery b Canno
Nur ones
(a) Balsam and Fraser
1 Leiden s Nursery 2 Berkey Nu r sery
3 Mapie HII Farm 4 Spring Hills
Christmas Tree Farm 5 Canno Nur
series
(b) Concolor and Other
1 Canno Nurseries Indiana 2 Omlor s
Tree farm PotlSyiHe 3 Spring Hills
Christmas Tree Farm 4 Berkey Nursery
5 Leiden s Nursery