812-Lancastor Farming, Saturday, Juna 20,1987
BY SHARON SCHUSTER
Maryland Correspondent
WESTMINSTER, Md. - Kathy
JoAnn Weant of Taneytown was
crowned Carroll County Dairy
Princess at the Ag Center Satur
day. Odtgoing princess Nancy
Powel relinquished her crown to
the 17-year-old Francis Scott Key
High School student after judges,
Eloise Woodfield and John Witiak,
made their selection.
Engle Wins
ELIZABETHVILLE - Terry
Engle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clair
Engle of Elizabethville, was
recently named winner of the 1967
DeKalb Agricultural Ac
complishment Award. The award,
sponsored nationwide by DeKalb-
Pfizer Genetics, is presented to the
senior agriculture student at
taining the highest degree of
proficiency in scholarship,
leadership and a supervised
agricultural program.
Terry recently graduated from
Upper Dauphin Area High School,
where he has been treasurer and
historian of the local FFA chapter,
a member of the National Honor
Society and the track team. Terry
has also achieved special
recognition for his ac
complishments in the state FFA graduation, Terry plans to attend
contests held at Penn State, MUkrsyille University to major in
receiving a silver award in land industrial education,
judging, a first place in safe this y® 3l- s winner, Terry
tractor driving. This year he will receives a pin and certificate, and
compete in the extemporaneous ™ s na * ne h®, inscribed on a
public speaking contest. s*** l3l P lac l ue displayed in the
His agricultural program con- s A chool ’ s m3in lo bby. De Ka } b
sists of home garden, potatoes and W3rd ’ °* ten considered the
dairy-beef finishing. Following highest honor s vo-ag student can
receive on the local level, is
Broiler
Production Up
HARRISBURG -
Placements of broiler
chicks in the Com
monwealth during the
week ending May 30
were 2,442,000, six
percent above the
previous week and 16
percent above the
corresponding week a
year ago.
Average placements
during the past nine
weeks were up 16'
percent from a year
ago. Settings for broiler
chicks were 3,158,000,10
percent above the same
period last year but
down six percent from
the previous week. The
current three-week total
of eggs set is 13 percent
above the comparable
period a year ago.
Expected marketings
for the week ending July
25, 1987 will be up 21
percent to 2,338,000.
This figure is based on
placements seven to
nine weeks earlier less a
mortality allowance.
Broiler-fryers slaugh
tered in Pennsylvania
under federal inspection
for the week ending May
20 totaled 1,913,000 with
an average liveweight
of 4.22 pounds.
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Th* Classified
Livestock
Section
Has Baastly
Selections!
Kathy JoAnn Weant Wears Carroll County Daily Princess Crown
As the contestants made their farm near Taneytown. Kathy was
way to the stage, the audience did a member of the Carroll County
a doubletake. Kathy competed for Dairy Bowl team which won first
the title with Sally Clas and her place at the state competition last
own twin sister, Karen Weant. The year and fourth place in the
only way to tell the two apart were national contest. A member of the
their peach and blue dresses. National Honor Society, she is also
a member of the Spanish Club and
The new princess, Kathy, and shows dairy animals and swine,
first runner-up, Karen, live with Kathy said her goal is “to
their parents, Clyde and Rhoda promote the dairy industry and 4-
Weant, on a 113-acre Guernsey H ” In answer to the dairy bowl
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question, “Do you think small Jean Fender, chairman of the
farmers have a plage in the dairy contest, announced that the Dairy
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Kathy JoAnn Weant was crowned the Carroll County Dairy
Princess during ceremonies at the Ag Center. During the
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