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FARM SHOW - Beth
Holtzinger, a junior at Red
Lion High School, York
County, began her second
year reign as the Pa
Berkshire queen at this
year’s Farm Show.
Beth, who described
herself as “prissy when I
was little”, started in the
Berkshire hog business after
she won the FFA chapter gilt
in 1979 for her essay on care
of hogs and how to build up a
herd Since then she has bred
her prize gilt to a registered
Berkshire boar and has
given the pick-of-the-htter to
the 1980 contest winner.
Living on her parent’s 250
acre farm, Beth explained
she has learned much about
what it takes to be successful
in farming.
“A farmer is someone
who’s outstanding in their
field I feel a woman can be
as successful in farming as a
man It’s a hard business to
be in anyone who can
make it is successful,” she
said.
Under the guidance of her
parents, Lester and Edna
Holtzmger, Beth has learned
the responsibility and work
it takes to make a diversified
operation successful She
said she helps out in raising
the farm’s potato and tomato
crops, and lends her hand m
Beth Holtzinger, of R 2 Red Lion, has been
crowned Pa. Berkshire Queen for the second
consecutive year.
Beth Holtzinger wears Pa. Berkshire crown
the chores of washing eggs m
the family’s 500 laying White
Leghorn chicken house and
raises turkeys to market for
Thanksgiving
Along with her hog
projects, Beth raises a steer
each year that she shows in
county contests, KILE, and
Farm Show. Her menagerie
of farm animals also in
cludes three sheep, a horse
named Silver, and a pony
called Pixie
“Hove showing pigs,” said
Beth. “They’re easier to
show than a steer you
don’t have to worry about
setting up a pig ”
Beth recalled when she
made her decision to enter
the vo-ag curriculum in 9th
grade, her parents, four
brothers and three sisters
said she’d never make it.
“That made me even more
determined to be a suc
cessful farmer,” she said.
Since then, Beth has
earned many honors in FFA
and agriculture She has
earned her Green Hand
degree, Star Green Hand,
Chapter Farmer, and Star
White Rose degrees
As a member of the York
County judging team, she
was second out of 180 at the
1979 Timonium contest and
later that year placed fifth
individually in beef judging
at Keystone
Her public speaking
ability earned her a gold
medal at 4-H States, and her
performance in the class
room earned her the
recognition of Outstanding
Sophomore.
Beth has also earned the
respect of her peers and was
voted County FFA president
this year, and served as
president of Jay teens, a
service organization with the
Jaycees, and president of
her sophomore class
Looking to the future, Beth
explained she will be
representing Pennsylvama
in the National Berkshire
Queen contest this year
one of her goals She said she
also hopes to run for State
and National offices in the
N.J. produce firm
has license suspended
JERSEY CITY, NJ -
Greer Bros. Dist, Inc,
Jersey City, NJ, had its
produce trading license
revoked for failing to pay
promptly for $78,354 worth of
fruits and vegetables the
firm purchased
Under the Perishable
Agricultural Commodities
Act, all interstate traders in
fresh and frozen fruits and
vegetables must be licensed
by the U S Department of
Agriculture
USDA is authorized to
suspend or revoke a trader’s
license for violating the act,
which is a code of good
business conduct for the
produce industry
USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service had
charged the firm with failing
to make full payment
promptly for 24 lots of fruits
and vegetables purchased
between January and
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Going to college to study
agriculture education is
another goal in Beth’s future
plans And she said she
hopes someday to live out
West and have her own
farm
Her plans also will include
her finance, Greg Innerst of
Red Lion, a fellow FFA’er.
With all her activities, the
Berkshire Queen said she
doesn’t have much time for
other interests, although she
enjoys latch hooking rugs
and reading.
“Someday, Greg and I
would like to have the best
Berkshire herd in the hog
industry,” Beth smiles
‘Being a successful farmer
is what matters it doesn’t
take a lot of money to be
happy ”
August 1979
Charles Brader,
marketing official with
AMS, said the firm had the
opportunity to answer the
charges, but did not USDA’s
Administrative Law Judge
John G Liebert ruled that,
based on evidence, the firm
had committed willful,
repeated, and flagrant
violations of the act
As a result of Liebert’s
order, the firm may not
conduct business subject to
the act until November 1982
and then only if a PACA
license is obtained
Also, the firm’s officers
and major stockholders
Albert J Grear and
Emanuel Greer may not
be employed by or affiliated
with any PACA licensee until
November 1981, and then
only if the employer posts a
surety bond and USDA
approves
For more information contact your nearest dealer
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717-398-1391
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The Farm Show Berkshire Bred Gilt Show found
Beth bestowing ribbons to the winners,
maneuvering the tan bark in heels like a pro.
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717-264 9588