Al6—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 25,1984
GEORGETOWN, Del. - James
H. Baxter Jr. is the winner of the
Sussex Service Club 1984 Service to
Agriculture Award. The award
was presented at the 19th annual
Service Club picnic, held recently
on the Georgetown campus of
Delaware Technical and Com
munity College.
For the last eight years, Baxter
has represented Delaware on the
poultry committee of the
American Farm Bureau. He is also
a member of the grower com
mittee of the Delmarva Poultry
Industry, Inc. and the Delaware
Farmland Evaluation Committee.
He is active in Grace United
Methodist Church and the
Republican party.
Baxter became a successful
farmer even before graduating
from Georgetown High School. He
NEWARK, Del. According to
The U.S. Environmental University of Delaware
Protection Agency extension entomologist
(EPA) has placed new Mark Graustein, the
restrictions on three health warnings
wood preservatives shouldn’t keep people
commonly used on from using wooden lawn
decks, outdoor furniture furniture or playground
and log structures, equipment. However, as
Pentachlorophenol, cr- a matter of prudence,
eosote, and inorganic the EPA recommends
arsenicals have all been that pentachlorophenol
found to cause health and creosote-treated
problems ranging from wood be sealed to
skin irritation to cancer, reduce skin exposure. It
As a result, the is even more important
chemicals will soon be to seal indoor wood
difficult to obtain, and treated with these two
use will be restricted to chemicals to reduce
persons who have inhalation exposure,
passed a special course This would be of par
on the safe handling of ticular concern to
hazardous materials. owners of log houses.
Livestock
Weekly Summary
(Continued from Pago A 2)
CALVES; 5006. Compared with
4825 head last week and 4471 bead a
year ago. Vealers grading Good &
Choice steady to 10.00 lower,
Standard & Good steady to 5.00
higher, (few) Prime 85.00-100.00;
Choice 60.00-75.00; Good 55.00-
62.00; 110-130 lbs. 50.00-55.00; 90-110
lbs. 44.00-50.00; 65-90 lbs. 38.00
47.00; Utility 50-110 lbs. 30.0045.00.
FARM CALVES; Hoi. Bulls 90
120 lbs. 45.0004.00; Hoi. Heifers 85-
140 lbs. 42.00-65.00.
POGS; 6615. Compared with 6134
head last week and 7779 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts
steady, spots 2.00 lower on 1 & 2.
US No. 1-2 200245 lbs. 52.0054.75
No. 1-3 200250 lbs. 51.0054.50; No.
2-3 200285 lbs. 48.0051.00; No. 1-3
140190 lbs. 43.0048.00; Sows
steady to 2.00 higher. US No. 1-3
300585 lbs. 40.5046.50; No. 2-3 300
650 lbs. 35.0041.00. Boars 33.00
36.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1220. Compared
with 1081 head last week and 1030 a
year ago. Uneven. US No. 1-3 2035
lbs. 12.0025.00 per head; No. 1-335-
50 lbs. 25.0042.00; No. 1-3 5075 lbs.
41.0046.00.
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALES: 2390. Compared with 1728
head last week, and 2671 head a
year ago. AH sales by CWT. Feeder
Pigs highly uneven, extremes 13.00
higher to 12.00 lower. US No. 1-2 20
30 lbs. 87.00105.00, 3040 lbs. 61.00
94.00. 4050 lbs. 69.0095.00, 5060
lbs. 64.0086.00, 60-90 lbs. 55.00
75.00; US No. 2-3 3050 lbs. 53.00
68.00.
SHEEP: 1597. Compared with
1106 head last week and 1265 head a
year agb. Steady to 5.00 higher.
High Choice & Prime 70-120 lbs.
61.00-70.00. Choice 60-105 lbs. 57.00-
68.00; Good 50-95 lbs. 45.0080.00;
Utility 40-75 lbs. 27.00-45.00. SI.
ewes: 10.00-25.00.
bought his first flock of chickens in
1937 from Thaddeus Warrington,
his agriculture teacher. In 1940 the
FFA named him Diamond State
Farmer. That year and the next,
he won the Georgetown-Millsboro
Rotary corn growing contest, with
72 and 68 bushels per acre
respectively.
In 1941, the year he graduated
from high school, he was able to
purchase a farm and begin
operation on his own. His earnings
also financed two years of
agricultural studies at the
University of Delaware. He cut
short his academic career to serve
in the U.S. Army during World War
11.
In 1948 Baxter married Ruth
Dodd. Their two sons, James m,
34, and William, 32, both graduated
from the University of Delaware
Preservatives are hazard
Baxter gets ag service award
Any paint, lacquer,
varnish or similar
coating will provide an
adequate seal.
It is difficult to
determine whether
seasoned wood has been
treated with preser
vatives, or what
preservative may have
been used. Graustein
says most wood out
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James H. Baxter Jr
and joined the family business,
now known as Baxter Farms, Inc.
The operation has grown to 1,200
acres, with an additional 800
doors around a home or
farm is treated with
inorganic arsenicals.
However, pen
tachlorophenol is the
most common brush-on
preservative. A dealer
or manufacturer may
be able to determine
what preservative was
used in a particular
case.
QUAD-TIER .
Layer cage system
Dutchman. / favorite .
rented acres, and a capacity of
120,000 broilers.
Baxter has held a number of
elective and appointive offices
over the years, both in agricultural
organizations and the public
arena. In 1942 he became a charter
member of the Sussex County
Farm Bureau, serving as vice
president in 1949, and president in
1950. From 1952 to 1962 he was
president of the Delaware Farm
Bureau. During that time he was
elected to the American Farm
Bureau Board of Directors, and
served on the executive committee
for three years. He also helped
organize the Farm Bureau’s Farm
Family Life and Mutual Insurance
Company, serving as a director for
six years.
In 1957 Delaware Jaycees
selected Baxter to receive their
first Outstanding Young Farmer
Award.
Baxter served as a director of
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.
from 1964 to 1967, during which
time he was also a member of the
Georgetown/Indian River school
board.
In 1968 he became Sussex County
Republican chairperson, and was
elected to the first of two terms as
county recorder of deeds.
In 1974 he was a delegate to the
Republican National Convention,
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Authorized
Distributor
serving on tne platform committee
and agriculture subcommittee. In
1979 Gov. duPont appointed him
State Secretary of Agriculture, a
position he held for two months. In
1980 he became state chairperson
of Delaware Farm Families for
President Reagan.
Baxter’s hobbies include
woodworking, restoring old fur
niture, and classic cars. He is also
interested in weather modification
and the animal rights issue.
entries score high
COLUMBUS, Oh. Entries of
Nix Besser Farm, R 2 Narvon,
recorded high placings including
two first-place class wins in the
highly competitive Dorset show at
the Ohio State Fair on Friday, Aug.
17.
Shown by Margaret Herr, Nix
Besser entries placed first in the
Yearling Ram and Senior Ewe
Lamb classes of the Dorset show.
Other placings included a fourth in
Senior Ram Lambs, a seventh in
Yearling Ewes and a 15th in Senior
Ewe Lambs.
Judge for the show, in which 195
top entries competed, was Buster
Wilson, of Rural Retreat, Va.
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