A26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 2,1981
Betty Jean Hoch wears Berks Dairy Princess crown
BY LAUREL SCHAEFFER
Staff Correspondent
LEESPORT - Bubbling with
excitement as if she didn’t really
believe it was happening to her,
Betty Jean Hoch graciously ac
cepted the crown as Berks
County’s Dairy Princess last
Saturday evening from the 1980
princess, Karen Sattazahn.
Betty Jean is the lively,
energetic eighteen-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
Hoch, Jr. of R 3 Boyertown. She is
presently finishing her senior year
at Oley Valley High School and is
planning to attend the McCann
School of Business as a Fashion
Merchandising major in the Fall
Selected as an alternate to work
with the new princess was Lon
Ann Lesher, 17. Lon is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Lesher, R 1 Bernville. A senior at
Hamburg Area High School, this
active young lady plans to become
a secretary after graduation. She
is actively involved in FFA and 4-H
and works part time on a dairy
farm.
Both Betty Jean and Lon, along
with four other contestants,
competed during the day of the
pageant before a panel of three
judges. The contest was held here
at the Berks County Agricultural
Center. Each contestant was
Wool growers file
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DENVER, Colo. The National
Wool Growers Association filed a
petition recently with the U.S.
Department of Commerce alleging
unfair trade practices against New
Zealand and Australia.
The spokesman for the sheep
association said the documents
claimed the governments of the
two countries were subsidizing the
export of lamb meat to the U.S.,
and the supports were creating an
unfair trade advantage in the
domestic marketplace.
The NWGA is requesting a
special duty be placed on the
import equivalent to the amount of
the subsidy.
Marv Cronberg of Salt Lake
City, Utah, president of the
National Association, said the
filing had been under investigation
by the Wool Growers for about a
year.
“We think we have a strong
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judged on appearance, speaking
ability, poise, personality and
intelligence
Betty Jean and Lon will
represent Berks County dairy
industry this year, visiting schools,
appearing at fairs and parades,
speaking before clubs and
organizations and participating in
various other activities.
Betty Jean said she became
interested in entering the pageant
aftei Ulkuig i*> List year’s alter
nate Princess, Janice Savidge of
Mertztown.
“The role sounded interesting. I
felt I knew a lot about dairy far
ming and could be of help in
promoting our image and
products,” she explained.
Betty Jean is a natural to dairy
farming. She has been helping out
at home ever since she can
remember and loves being out
doors.
Her duties at home include
milking, feeding calves and cows,
and driving a tractor when needed.
She also helps put hay away and
lends a hand anywhere she feels
needed.
Betty Jean has been in 4-H and
enjoys showing cattle and sewing.
She also likes to fish and trap,
having learned these skills from
four older brothers, Barry, Mark,
Ricky, and Randy.
The Hochs milk 50 Holstems and
case,” Cronberg noted, “and we
feel confident that the U.S.
Department of Commerce will rule
favorably for us after their in
vestigation.”
Sheep producers in the U.S. have
voiced bitter complaints about the
encroachment of foreign lamb
products in key domestic markets
at cheaper retail prices. The
petition charges that the price
differential is due in part to sub
sidies by the foreign governments.
Cronberg said U.S. growers are
willing to compete in any market
with their products, but everyone
should be playing by the same
rules.
Commerce officials have 85 days
in which to rule on the filing.
Hamburger consumption per
person in the U.S. averaged 17.6
pounds in 1979.
are building up a registered herd.
They farm 198 acres, raising corn,
small grains, soybeans, and
timothy and alfalfa for hay.
Betty Jean said she can’t
imagine a better place to be raised
than in the country.
“Once you grow up on a farm
you can never forget it,” she
remarked.
Betty Jean will compete in the
State Dairy Princess Pageant in
Harrisburg this September.
Other contestants participating
in the pageant were: Judy
Malsbury, 19 and Jayne Malsbury,
16, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
George Malsbury, Rehrersburg;
Laura Lee Miller, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller,
Bernville; and Cheryl Adam, 19,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Adam, Hamburg.
The pageant was presented by
the Berks County Milk Promotion
Committee, with president Donald
Duncan, and the Dairy Princess
Pageant Committee, chaired by
Vernette Meyers.
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Betty Jean tfoch, left, of Boyertown is the new Berks
County Dairy Princess. She received her crown last Saturday
evening. Serving as the Princess's alternate is Lori Lesher, of
Bernville, right.
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You don’t sacrifice performance
when you buy smaller seeds,
Fowler explains. Field trials show
that large flats, for example,
aren’t any better than small
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In DeKalb farm demonstrations,
seed size has no bearing on final
yield. Fowler says there is often
more difference between checks of
the same size than between seed
sizes.
Some crop growers ask seed
companies why they don’t market
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good reason, according to Fowler.
“After DeKalb workers band
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tests are run on each batch and
size of seed. And, since small seeds
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If there’s any frost damage, it
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What happens if your seed isn’t
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