VOL 26 No. 30
Soil Stewardship Week begins Sunday
Being a steward of the soil amidst the wide
expanse of the land you work can often be a
lonely' task. But on the tractor seat with just
the hum of the engine to keep you company,
are you realljr entirely alone? Today’s Lan
DER ok’s 2nd Knouse grant
HARRISBURG - A second
$300,000 grant has been approved
by the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources for
the project at the
Knouse Food Cooperative at Peach
Glen in Adams County.
The initial DEE grant of $300,000
was made to the Adams County
Commissioners for use in the
project in January, 1980.
The additional grant is being
offered for the Knouse project,
according to DER Secretary
Clifford L. Jones, because costs of
the project have escalated due to
mflation and additional safety
measures,' air pollution controls
and insurance.
The grants, now totaling
$600,000, would be used in the
second phase of the project to
convert apple pomace into useable
energy, which is expected to
reduce fossil fuel use at the Or
tanna Food Processing Plant m
Franklin Township by up to &
percent.
This second phase of the three
step pilot project involves the
drying of apple pomace or other
Inside
This
Week’s...
Two dairymen tell their conservation stories and convictions to soil steward
ship ...A24, DIO
Some Tennessee Walking Horses just left Lancaster County for a coastal
resort in New Hampshire. But they're not going on vacation Read about their
umcfue and interesting duties A 26
Youngsters with animals are a photographer’s delight But when the Manor
FFA took some of theirfarm livestock to elementary schools this week, it also
turned out to be quite an education tor both CIS
Twenty lucky students receive scholarships from the Lancaster County Farm
and Home Foundation totaling $15,000 Read all about these ambitious,
dedicated youths. ,C 24
caster Farming honors such stewards and
their work. Numerous conservation stories
and photo features, such as on A-22, are found
throughout the issue.
wastes so that they can be burned
to produce,®* B to run the plant’s
generator. "
“Extra! Extra! Dairy
\
cows make headlines!"
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 23,1981
Knouse Foods financed die
initial phase o!4he project^which
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LANCASTER - That's right. In
two weeks, dairy cows, dairy
producers and dairy delights will
hit the headlines for the best-ever
issue of Lancaster Farming.
Help us salute June as Dairy
Month by sending in your news,
ideas, recipes, pictures and en
thusiasm. Add your meeting to our
Farm Calendar. Cooks, one dairy
recipe will be the price for a sur
prise gilt-guaranteed to bring a
smile. Dairy producers, it’s your
month so help us celebrate!
So you don't miss out on this
special June 6 issue, be sure to
send us your news by Monday,
June 1. Paid advertising for the
isspe is also due this date.
Give us a call at 717/394-3047 or
717/626-1164. Or, write Lancaster
„ Fanning, Box 366, Lititz, Pa, 17543.
Read all about it!!
RE6UIAR COLUMNS
Editorials, A 10; Now is the
Time, A 10; Joyce Bupp's column,
C 8; Ladies Have You Heard, C 9;
Ida’s Notebook, CIO; Farm Talk,
D 6; Dairy Pipeline, Dl5.
MR/
Chester DHIA, B 7; lodine in
feed, D 8; Lancaster DHIA, DM;
York DHIA, DlB.
HOME AND YOUIH
Homestead Notes, C 2; Farm
Women Societies, C 4; Home On
Range, C 6; Kid’s Korner, CM; 4-H
News, C 16.17
Enter your favorite
dairy photo in contest
LANCASTER - Dust off the old
family photo album.
Root through that bureau
drawer.
Or grab your mstamatic and
run to the meadow or bam.
Lancaster Farming is spon
soring a Dairy Month Photo
Contest and you could win up to a
$5O cash prize.
The contest, which will continue
until Friday, June 26, is your op
portunity to enter that favorite
dairy photo you snapped one day
around the farm. Instead of just
digging it out each time visitors
come calling, send it along to
Lancaster Farming.
A total of nine cash prizes,
ranging from $2O to $5O each, will
be awarded in three categories of
competition.
To qualify, the photograph must
have dairy livestock in it. It must
have-been taken by an amateur
photographer - anyone who
Menhennett 681, a Shropshire ram owned by Warn G.
Menhennett, Cochranville, turned in a Penn State Test
Station growth record of 1.42 pounds per day. His per
formance surpassed the previous record set in 1977 by a
Hampshire ram.
Shropshire breaks
test record
STATE COLLEGE - A
Shropshire ram at Penn State’s
Performance Station has turned in
a performance that breaks the
center’s record. In order to rank in
the Number One position, this ram
had to out-gain the 221 yearling
rams that have been tested at the
center since 1977 the year
testing rams began.
The ram, Menhennett 681,
belongs to Warn G. Menhennett,
Cochranville. This Shropshire ram
completed the test with the highest
index and the fastest gain for those
sheep entered in this year’s test, as
well as in the center’s history. His
$7.50 Per Year
doesn’t practice photography in
their line of employment. Also,
livestock photos taken for you by a
professional photographer, are
ineligible.
The three categories of com
petition:
Posed - any photo showing
people posed with their favorite
dairy animal. It could have been
taken at a show or around the
farm.
Comic or cute - any photo of a
dairy animal in a funny situation
or one that suggests a humorous
caption. Also, cute photos, such as
bottle feeding a calf or a barn
kitten catching a spray of milk.
Scenic - any photo showmg
dairy animals against a pretty,
natural background, such as your
pasture or meadow.
Three cash awards will be made
in each of the categories. These
include a $5O first prize, a $3O
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average daily gain was 1.42 pounds
per day.
Menhennett’s ram broke the
center’s record set in 1977 by a
Hampshire ram owned by Nevin
Zerby. This ram had a gain of-1.36
pounds per day.
The previous high Shropshire
gain was set in 1979 by a ram
owned by Ted Kirby. It’s average
daily gain was 1.26 pounds.
Menhennett also had this year’s
second high indexing Shropshire
on test.
The 1981 top indexing Suffolk
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