LANCASTER - Leßoy H. Welk,
Quarryville, was reelected to the
county Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service com
mittee by delegates to the County
ASCS Convention, held December
13 at the Farm and Home Center.
He will be serving a third 3-year
term on the committee.
The delegates also elected
Ronald L. Meek, Denver, and
Victor F. Dohner, Elizabethtown,
as first and second alternates to
the committee.
Mr. Welk is a partner with his
father and brother in the farming
operation of Ira Welk and Sons.
They are milking approximately 85
Holsteins and grow 220 acres of
com and alfalfa. Welk is also
active in the Quarryville Fire
Company and serves as Eden
Township auditor.
A 150,000 laying hen facility is a
major part of the farm operation of
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Lancaster elects county ASCS committeemen
Ronald Meek, who is in part
nership with his father, Carl. They
grow com, wheat, and hay on
approximately 300 acres. Mr.
Meek is a graduate of Penn State
University with an associate
degree in business administration.
He also serves on the West
Cocalico Township Planning
Commission.
Victor Dohner owns a 45-acre
beef and hog farm and farms an
additional 120 acres of rented land.
He has 40 brood sows and currently
is fattening 270 feeder pigs. The
principal crops grown by the
Dohners are corn and tobacco.
The Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service is the
agency of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture that administers
specific commodity production
and related land-use programs
designed for voluntary production
adjustment, resource protection
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Lower Dauphin Young Farmers meet
HUMMELSTOWN - Fifty-two
members of the Lower Dauphin
Young Farmers chapter recently
attended their annual Christmas
Banquet, held at the South
Hanover Elementary School.
Highlights of the evening included
the presentation of awards from
the Hay and Silage Show, the
announcement of results for the
com yield contest, and a visit from
Santa Claus.
First place winners win the Hay
policies and decisions at the county
level. The community committees
of three regular and two alternate
members are elected each year in
fifteen communities in the county
by farmers in their respective
communities. The community
and Silage show, held in Novem
ber, were; Kevin Halbleib, first
cutting grass; Sherwood Huntz
berger, grass aftermath and first
cutting alfalfa hay; Tim Gamber,
mixed hay aftermath; Oel-Dell
Farms, alfalfa hay aftermath;
Harold Nissley, com silage; and
Catalpa Farms, haylage. Dennis'
Hoch, extension agent from
Lebanon Co., served as the official
judge.
First place in the com yield
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P.O. Box 212
Norristown, PA
215-275-0440
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Reynold Todd 215/948-9604
Earlßenshaw 717/786-8409
Clayton Renshaw 717/768-3400
committeemen are the “grass
roots” of the agency. They are
available to assist the county
committee when needed to
evaluate local situations and serve
as delegates to the county con
vention.
contest went to Marlin Pickle, with
197.3 bushels per acre. Second
place was awarded to Kevin
Halbleib, 180.6 bushels; and third
place went to Keith Oellig with
145.6 bushels per acre.
Young Farmers is a nation-wide,
non-profit, non-political
organization formed for
educational purposes with par
ticular emphasis on agricultural
education. It is an integral part of
the Lower Dauphin School
District’s Vocational Agriculture
department. Anyone with a desire
to learn and participate is urged to
become a member by calling the
Lower Dauphin Vo-Ag depart
ment.
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