VOL 28 No. 6
Lapp earns Lancaster DHIA’s top award
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
SMOKETOWN ~ Benuel Z.
Lapp, R 2 New Holland, received
the top award for fat production
during the Red Eose DHIA dinner
meetings, Tuesday" and Wed
nesday, at the Good and Plenty
Restaurant.
With an impressive record of 805
—pounds of butterfat, Lapp’s
statistics also included 23,464
pounds of milk for three times a
, day milking of 46 cows, thus
designating him as high mitt herd
in the Holstein breed for the second
year.
Other high mitt herd awards by
breed went to Elam Stoltzfus, R 1
Rabid bat bite kills
Lancaster County cow
_ . ANGLESTEIN
PEACH BOTTOM - The death
' of n'fuU-gromaLancaster Coilnty
dairy cdwfdllmting the bite of a
bat infested with rabies has in
creased the concern and vigilance
of Pennsylvania health, and
agriculture officials concerning
the dreaded disease.
The Holstein cow was bitten
Holiday Notice
Due to the holidays, the -
publication of the final two issues
c£ LANCASTER FARMING for
1982 will be advanced a day.
Deadlines for the two holiday
weekend issues include; Display
ads at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 21
and 28; Classified ads at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, Dec. 22 and 29; Mail
Kx Markets at 5 p.m. on Monday,
c. 20 and 27; and News at 5 p.m. ■
bn Wednesday, Dec. 22 and 29.
May your preparation for these
weekends be as joyous as the
holidays themselves.
Bred to Leadfield Columbus-ET, this Valiant daughter topped Thursday’s annual
Golden Harvest Sale at $9,700. Dunwood-NO Cherry-ET is joined in the sales ring by
(from I to r); ringmen Charlie Myers and Jay Howes; contending bidders Dorothy and
Bruce Dudley of Glen Mills; Alvin Stoltzfus, consignor; Peter Deßlock, co-manager of
sale; Les Hosking, leadsman and co-manager; Charlie and Horace Backus, in the box.
Missing from the picture was buyer Wallace Bingham of Idaho. Additional details of the
sale can be found on page A 29.
Four Sections
Morgantown, mixed breed; Harold
6. Shelly, R 2 Manheim, Ayrshire;
Francis Kirk, R 1 Peach Bottom,
Guernsey; Donald Trimble, R 2
Peach Bottom, Brown Swiss;
Robert Ulrich, R 1 Quarryville,
Jersey.
Elam Stoltzfus mitts 38 cows on
' his Morgantown farm with records
of 655 pounds of butterfat and
17,767 pounds of milk. This is
Stoltzfus’ second consecutive year
to win the award.
Top Ayrshire herd award was
given to Harold Shelly for the
second year also. His 17 cows
claim a record of 623 pounds of
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approximately two months ago
dowh'at the'
Center of the
Pennsylvania when
its condition continued .to
deteriorate and it did not respond
to , treatment. Post mortem
examination confirmed rabies.
While the" cow was the only
fatality in the incident, more than
30 people who had contact with her
are undergoing rabies im
munization. They include the
Peach Bottom area farmer, his
wife, son, his wife, the trucker who
transported the cow, local
veterinarian who began treatment
and various staff and students at
New Bolton Center.
About two-thirds of the people
are receiving the full five-shot
immunization, while the
remaining third are receiving
boosters to complement pre
exposure immunization they had
already received.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 11,1982
With 805 pounds of fat
7 Supersets receiving the $3OO superior service awardat Tuesday's meeting were,
front left, Wilbur Houser, Lampeter; Harold Probst, Bart; hack row, Harold Lindecamp,
Peach Bottom; and Tom Palmyra. In addition., to this award,. Probst also
received a special silve'ranniversary award for 25 years of service to Lancaster DHIA.
Houser and Lindecamp were honored for 27 years and 29 years, respectively.
It’s no-till time Thursday
YORK A record attendance of
1,700 is expected for the 9th Annual
Mid-Atlantic No-Till Conference
Thursday in Memorial Hall of the
York County Fairgrounds.
Memorial Hall will open at 8
a.m. for visitors to examine the
record number of 50 exhibits,
which feature equipment, supplies'
and other materials related to no
till practices.
The speakers’ program will get
under way at 10 a.m.
Section "D” of today’s LAN
CASTER FARMING is chocked
full of stories, photos and other
information on the conference and
the latest research and develop
ments concerning no-till farming.
Be sure to check Page D-10 for the
Mason-Dixon Erosion group
seeks $9 M. funding
BYJOYCEBUPP
YORK Soil conservation in
terests from Pennsylvania and
Maryland are gearing up to
cultivate the depleting budgetary
fields of Washington, D.C., in
hopes of bringing home a harvest
of some $9 million dollars.
Seventy representatives of
county soil conservation districts
and related agencies met last
Friday at the Extension offices in
York for a strategy session to
coordinate efforts on seeking
"target area” funding for the
Mason-Dixon Erosion Control
Area.
The Mason-Dixon Erosion
Control Area encompasses a total
of 22 counties, 14 in Pennsylvania
and 8 in Maryland. The region,
consisting of approximately 7.8
million total acres, 2.8 million in
cropland, is considered the leading
$7.50 per year
complete conference speakers*
program, the list of exhibitors and
directions to get to Memorial Hall.
Also be sure to check today’s
issue for no-till advertisements,
including those of exhibitors at the
conference.
To quickly indentify. and locate
no-till information, features and
other stories, look for the ac
companying symbol.
LANCASTER FARMING will
have an exhibit booth at the con
ference. Stop in and see us.
agricultural production area of
northeastern United States
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Farm Show
LANCASTER - The 1983 Farm
Show issue of LANCASTER
FARMING is just a month away.
Look for it on Saturday, Jan. 8.
Of course, Farm Show opens the
following day and closes cm
Friday, Jan. 14.
Advertisers, exhibitors and
show-goers with information or
ideas for stories are urged to get in
touch with us. Ad deadline is
Wednesday, Dec. 29 and the news
deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 5.
Contact LANCASTER F AR
MING, P.O. Box 368, Lititz, Pa.
17543, or call 717-626-1164 or 717-394-
3047.