Six vie for poultiy crown
LANCASTER Six Lancaster
County young women have been
chosen as candidates for the
Lancaster County Poultry Queen
Contest to be held Friday, August
7, at the Farm and Home Center.
Debra Ann Engle, a 1979
graduate of Elizabethtown Area
High school, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob W. Engle Rl,
Marietta.
Debra’s high school activities
included business club, powder
puff football, and intramurals. She
was presented outstanding awards
in bookkeeping and spelling. Deb
was the Business Student of the
Month.
Presently Debra is working as a
LaVon Fuhrman
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bookkeeper for Fischer Ag Ser
vices, a division of Wenger’s Feed
Mill Deb’s escort will be Greg
Goodhng.
Kim Erway is the daughter of
Jess R. and Patricia Erway, Lititz.
Kim will be a senior at Warwick
High School where she is an Honor
Student. Kim was named “Who’s
Who in Music” her Junior Year,
and is active in Glee Club, Show
Choir, and in High School Musicals
in which she had a lead this year in
“Camelot”.
In addition to all her school
activities, Kim finds time to help
her father in business for the past
three years caging birds, old fowl
and pullets, and now works part
time in the office (Erway’s Poultry
service) as well as in the field
when needed.
Kim is planning a college career
- probably at Clarion State. Her
escort will be Barry Geib.
LaVon Jane Fuhrman, a 1980
graduate of Elizabethtown Area
High School, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Fuhrman,
Bainbndge.
LaVon is presently employed as
a secretary at Wengers Feed Mill.
While attending school, LaVon was
active in the Student Council,
Business Club, marching and
concert bands, softball and field
hockey teams.
She will be escorted by Scott
Flowers.
Donna Rene’ Hess is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
M. Hess, Rl, Manheim.
Donna will be a junior at
Manheim Central High School in
September.
In addition to her interests of
violin, piano, painting and
sculpture, Donna helps her family
take care of 84,000 pullets.
Donna is planning a college
career, hopefully the University of
Delaware. Her escort will be Brian
Stoltzfus.
Jeann Louise Kready, an 1981
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New fanning methods
HARRISBURG Farmers in
Dauphin County who have adopted
conservation tillage to save time
and fuel are actually helping
wildlife, according to a local
conservationist.
“Wildlife will benefit from
conservation tillage methods being
used more widely on county far
mland,” reports Joel Myers,
District Conservationist with the
USDA, Soil Conservation Services.
“Previously, the land was plowed,
which turned the soil upside down,
placing the grass, straw or corn
stalks underground. In this new
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday,. July 25,1981—C9
Kim Erway
graduate of Manheim Central High
School, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Kready, R 6,
Manheim, and is employed by the
Pleasant View Rest Home as a
nurses aide.
While attending school, Joann
was active in FHA, pep club, and
powder puff football.
Joann also helps her family pack
eggs in their 70,000 laying hen
house. Joann’s escort will be Glenn
Shenk.
Connie Eileen Wiegand is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Wiegand, Lititz. She is a 1981
method, the soil and surface cover
are left in place.”
In chisel plowing, the topsoil is
loosened, but left in place. In no-till
farming, the seed is placed in a slot
made in the residue or sod.
The crop residues are left on the
surface. This provides protection
against soil erosion. It also leaves
the material where it can provide
cover and food for wildlife.
Sportsmen have blamed the
large barren, plowed fields as a
reason for declining wildlife
populations. Conservationists have
pointed to the' excessive soil
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graduate of Manheim Central High
School and was enrolled in the
diversified occupations program.
Connie plans to further her
education by attending the
Heritage School of Com
munications and Evangelism in
South Carolina next year. She is
presently working at Plain and
Fancy Egg Ranch, Inc.
In addition to enjoying hiking,
swimming, singing and listening to
records, Connie also has worked on
stage shows at the Sight and Sound
Auditorium. Connie’s escort will be
Rod Gordon.
aid wildlife
erosion from the same conditions,
notes Myers.
According to Myers, ap
proximately 35,000 acres are
fanned using one of the various
conservation tillage methods for
growing their farm crops. The
reasons differ, but this practice
should have the support of far
mers, as well as sportsmen and
conservationists, concludes
Myers.
Without the sun’s warmth, the
temperature on Earth mould never
rise much above minuses) degrees
Fahrenheit.
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