AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1981
Frederick County to mark
FREDERICK, Md - Maryland
Agriculture - Voice of the Land,
will be celebrated in Frederick
County at the Fredencktowne Mall
beginning on March 2 to 7.
Activities have been planned for
each night, beginning at 7 30 p m
in front of the J.C. Penney Store
On Monday night, March 2, the
Frederick County 4-H Cow Gals
and Guys wlI have food demon
strations and have a program on
dairy products.
On Tuesday night, March 3, the
Frederick County Sheepbreeders
Association will be “Telling the
Wool Story” from start to finish.
Dover Young Farmers
Association and have taken part in
numerous commodity promotions
Lome has been instrumental in
helping the York College obtain a
grant through their work with 20
area farms Through that
program, participating farmers
could obtain information on toxin
levels found in the forages they
grew and used in livestock rations
The Detters have four children
and recently hosted an American
Field Service exchange from
Japan while she attended Dover
High School for a year. Lome is
also a gospel singer and heads up
the Hosanna Gospel Group
For the second year, the Dover
Young Farmers selected an out
standing local supporter of
agriculture programs as their
chapter Honorary Young Farmer
Named the 1981 winner of that
award was William Sprenkle,
owner of Spangler and Sprenkle,
Inc , a West York feed, grain, and
coal dealer
Sprenkle is well-known
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They will have baby lambs on
display and will also be demon
strating shearing and spinning
They will also have demon
strations on uses and cutting of
lamb
On Wednesday night, March 4,
the annual Pie Eating Contest will
be held with Region 3 (Frederick
County) FFA Chapters and Vo-Ag
Teachers and FFA Advisors
participating The Pies will be
donated by the Frederick County
Farm Bureau Some of the con
testants include David Grimm,
Karen Kemp, and Thomas Johnson
(Brunswick FFA Chapter), Susan
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throughout the county for his
ongoing support and sponsorship of
ag educational meetings and
competitive events He was
recently given a similar honor by
the county’s 4-H baby beef
members
Sprenkle expressed surprise at
the engraved plaque, claiming,
“This must be a mistake ”
Also honored during the evening
banquet were com yield and Crop
Show champions in several
categories
Two entrants, Lester Baney,
Bull Road, and Lester Lucken
baugh, Spring Grove, finished in a
field corn yield tie, both harvesting
160-bushels per acre on their trial
plots
The champion hay sample
exhibited at the Crop Show was
entered by Joe Stump, York RIO
Wayne Myers, Salem Church
Road, Dover, topped the silage
classes and the ear corn category
winner was William Livingston,
dover
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Flanigan, Ernie Yates, and Kyle
Olsen (Catoctm FFA Chapter),
Andy Daymude, Bob Boylan,
Carroll Shry, and Holly Dean
(Frederick County Vo-Tech
Center), Paula Toms, Thomas
Smith, and Tracey Stutler,
(Frederick), Carol Grossnickle,
James Ferrant, Naomi Weiner,
and Roy Walls (Linganore),
Natalie Schley, Tim Bowman, and
L. Keith Statley (Middletown),
Brian Wiles, Charles Cramer, and
Vernon Marshall (Walkersville).
Also participating will be Phil
Arnold, Maryland State FFA
President
On Thursday, March 5, the
Region 3 (Frederick County) FFA
Poultry Judging Contest will be
held at the Mall, beginning at 3 00
p.m FFA members from
Frederick County will be judging
various grades of eggs, chickens,
and turkeys
Thursday night will feature
Dairy Night Contestants will be
trying their .'■and at milking goats
Also there will be a “Squirts for
Squirts” program where small
children and adults can try their
hand at milking cows
There will also be a petting zoo,
for children which will feature the
six dairy breeds of calves There
will also be a Simmental cow and
calf on display Children will have
a chance to touch these animals
On Friday evening, there will be
a cross cut sawing contest Some of
the contestants include Barry
Lucey and Paul Spurrier (Farm
Bureau), Rodman Myers,
(Grange), and Gordon Anderson
(School Board), Lance Ghsan and
Mark Stevens (Sire Power), Clyde
Crum and Joe Free (Fair Board)
and David Miller and Larry Riggs
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ag week at mall
On Saturday afternoon, the
Frederick County Extension
Homemakers, in conjunction with
the Frederick County 4-H Clubs
will be having a mannequin
modeling demonstration
throughout the day
On Saturday evening, a Mini
Tractor Race will be held. Some of
the contestants include David
Burner (Frederick County Young
Farmers), Ivan Barnesley (Heart
of Maryland Tractor Pullers),
Terry Castle (Vernon Stump
Company); Marvin Glass, (H B
Duvall Company); Benny Ahalt
(Central Maryland Antique
Tractor Pullers), James Har
baugh (Gladhill Tractor Mart),
Bobby Bare (Reich’s Ford Truck
and Tractor)
Also on Saturday evening, there
will be a bale throwing contest
Representatives from FFA Alumni
Chapters in Frederick County will
be participating Contestants in
clude Bobby Myers (Catoctm),
Richard Pry (Brunswick), Randy
Toms (Frederick), Jamie Zim
merman (Linganore), Tommy
Ramsburg (Middletown), Teddy
Albaugh (Walkersville)
Throughout the week many
MILLERSVILLE The Manor displays representing different
Chapter of Future Farmers of activities of the Manor Chapter
America is planning several and its members
special events to commemorate Keystone - Farmer Degree
National FFA Week, which begins members will make a presentation
today . before the Washington Boro Lions
Manor President Wayne Hess, of Club at the Washington Boro
Conestoga, listed these events Municipal Building r -
The chapter is erecting a sign in During the coming week, the
front of the Penn Manor High chapter will be making daily radio
School to designate National FFA announcements.
Week Also, the Manor Chapter is
Show cases throughout the providing a film for the Conestoga
school will feature various Lions Club monthly meeting
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demonstrations will be held at
various tunes Some of the
demonstrations include omlet and
meat cutting demonstrations, by
Roy Porter, University of
Maryland; apple cider pressing
demontration, sponsored by the
Catoctm FFA Chapter on Wed
nesday, Friday and Saturday, egg
hatching demonstrations, spon
sored by the Walkersville FFA
Chapter and the University of
Maryland.
Frederick County Pomona
Grange will sponsor the following
demonstrations wood lathe
demonstration (Tuesday and
Wednesday); spinning and
weaving demonstration (Thur
sday) and a quilting demonstration
(Friday and Saturday)
Many organizations and
agricultural businesses will have
displays also during that week.
Some of the exhibits include a bee
and honey exhibit, 4-H and Dairy
exhibits; Farm Safety, Antique
Tractor exhibits, Soil Conservation
Service and machinery displays
There will also be exhibits from the
University of Maryland,
promoting statewide agriculture
programs and organizations
Manor FFA activities