Lancaster FFA’ers BY LAURA ENGLAND LANCASTER Lancaster High Schools spent the morning County FFA members put their taste-testing 10 samples each of taste buds to the test Wednesday milk, cheese and cottage cheese, morning as they judged samples of In addition, they completed a 30- milk, cheese and cottage cheese question written test and judged during the county’s annual dairy sediment cards for milk quality products judging contest held at and cleanliness. Penn Dairies Inc., Lancaster. The students’ scores, which Approximately 35 students from included a numerical rating of the the Ephrata, Garden Spot, product and a description of the Lampeter-Strasburg, Lancaster product’s quality, were compared Mennonite, Manbeim, Penn 1° those prepared by Dan Ready to sample dairy products are individual winners, from left, Greg Kerdeman, Manheim, first place; Tim Herr, Solanco, second place; and Tracey Landis, Solanco, third. COCALICO CONCRETE Ready Mix Concrete For Every Purpose SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS • Quality Controlled Concrete • Radio Equipped Fleet • Mix Uniformity thru Automation For Prompt Courteous Service Call COCALICO CONCRETE (215) 267-7591 A d VISIO n of tIFJKWKi Toll Free (800)422-8107 M// _ „ „ W/ALt. COCAIICVCONCRETE R D 3, DENVER, PA CRUSHED STONE • READY MIXED CONCRETE • ASPHALT PAVING Manor, Pequea Valley and Solanco put their taste buds to the test Hamilton, quality control director for Penn Dairies. A total 570 points was possible, however, the winners were those with lower scores - the best individual ratings at 100 points or less. The top 10 individual dairy products judging winners each scored below 100 points. First place went to Greg Kerdexnan, a sophomore at Manheim High School. A first-time dairy products judger, Kerdeman scored 80 points. Tim Herr, a junior at Solanco High School, was second with 83 points, while teammate Tracey Landis, also a junior, was third with 90. The other top 10 winners, from fourth to tenth, were; Tom Wiker, Pequea Valley; Billy Martin, Ephrata; Dave Fisher, Garden Spot; Mike Hershey, Pequea Valley; Mike Cassel, Manheim; Neal Benedict, Manheim; and Karen Shertzer, Lampeter- Strasburg. In team competition, it was the combined talents of Tim Herr, Tracey Landis and Fritz Frey which earned the championship trophy. Representing Solanco High School, the trio scored 275 points. Second place went to Ephrata High School, with 326 points, and third to Penn Manor with 328. For its win, the Solanco team received a rotating trophy, CALL US FOR FREE ESTIMATES on TOP QUALITY BARN SPRAY & BRUSH PAINTING Try Our New Concept In Penetration And Adhesion. In 1984 To earn a dollar give a dollars worth of service and work Pay only $750 for the best kind of barn painting on an average barn - if you pay more you paid too much On barn siding painting - temperature and timing are factors as well as penetrating kind of quality for adhesion are helpful guides for long lasting under average conditions of siding type and age I will share helpful guidelines on roof maintenance of steel roofs by brushing on at prime time The farmers in Lancaster Co. are lucky because of the amount of competition in barn painting. Check with us for the best deal! PHARES S. HURST Years of experience plus self RDI. Box 503, Narvon, PA 17555 employment gives you quality 215'445-6186 work for less expense. Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 21,1984—127 Oan Hamilton, right, quality control director for Penn Dairies Inc., presents the first place dairy products judging trophy for Solanco FFA members, from left, Tim Herr, Tracey Landis and Fritz Frey. sponsored by Penn Dairies, which students were given a list of 14 it will keep until next year. A cheese varieties. They then had to school winning the contest for identify 10 samples correctly, three consecutive years keeps the These included mozarella, trophy permanently. processed American cheese, In both the milk and cottage muenster, swiss, provolone, cream cheese contests, the students dneese, monterey jack, sharp' tasted samples demonstrating cheddar, mild Cheddar and colby qualities of oxidation, rancidity, cheese, foreign material, garlic and onion The individual and team winners taste, high acidity, saltiness, of the county contest will advance flatness and bitterness as well as to state competition slated for June normal quality samples. during the FFA Summer Con- For the cheese contests, the vention. BRUNING C w Y ihz f v Jr \ P/ A LESSON WELL LEARNED... LANCASTER FARMING'S CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS! Phone: 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 SURDIAC COALSTOVES Hopper Feed and Automatic Draft Unrest Prices Ever BOWMAN'S STOVE SHOP RD 3, Ephrata, PA 17522 Rt. 322.1 Mi. East of Ephrata (717) 733-4973 lues., Wed. 10-6; Thurs., Fri. 10-8, Sat. 10-4