w ifc'bflT Tri-Community Dairy Tri-Community 4-H Dairy Club held its January meeting recently at the Hewitt residence in Spring City. Members identified the parts of a dairy cow, judged Holstein cows, and explained their placings of each cow. Lebanon County Sheep On November 18, 1987, the Lebanon County 4-H Sheep Club met at Jennifer Wenger’s home. The meeting was called to order by Krista Hetrick, vice president. New officers were elected: Krista Hetrick, president; Daryl Grum bine, vice president; and Heather Emrich, secretary. In other business, the 14 mem New Holland Baby Beef The New Holland 4-H Baby Beef Club held its monthly meet ing on January 19. The club re elected its officers. They are: Scott Hertzog, president; Doug Hertzog, vice president; Krista Martin, sec retary; Robert Kreider, treasurer; n>.s. msa™ §m®!? 2388 Old Leacock Rd., Gordonvllle, PA 17529 HOT & COLD HIGH PRESSURE WASHERS Sk. P TRAILERS MADE TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS m HIGH-TENSILE FENCING . U If AVWf#lll and HARDWARE td IWIIUUI( KENDALL OILS & LUBRICANTS k--° , msmkt— COME TO Saving Place !■ INTERCOURSE PA ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE February 8 - February 13 SEE SPECIAL INSERT In This Week’s Paper FARMER’S MACHINERY SHOW - FEB. 11th Featuring: • Planned Programs • Door Prizes • Movies All Morning • Lunch At Noon • Inside Equipment Display • Factory Representatives ■ I Hfl Bfl Controlled Truck* For raEHiii I wupcw !■<.S^ l ,‘{; l^Si' 1 ‘pA M t 71 7) 768-8231 anuraay, mrumy 6, 1988 HAPPENINGS The next meeting will be Febru ary 5 at Mike Mowrer’s farm, Spring City. Members will improve their judging skills. Fol lowing this, 4-H’ers will go to Henry Yorgey’s home for a busi ness meeting and refreshments. bers present discussed holding a fundraiser to raise money to fix sheep pens at the fairgrounds. The meeting was adjourned at 9 p.m. at which time refreshments were served by Jennifer Wenger. Upcoming dates include a meet ing in February and the Lebanon Counry 4-H Banquet on March 3. Casey High, song and game lead er; Hiedi Quanbeck, song and game leader; and Kim Martin, news reporter. The next meeting will be on February 16. 4-H Lebanon County Tractor The Lebanon County 4-H Trac tor Club held its weekly meeting on January 18 at the extension office. Daryl Wampler presided over the meeting. The scrapbook committee reported that the scrap book will be compiled on March 21. In other business, tee shirts were ordered and the 1988 fair exhibit was planned. The next meeting will be held January 25. tl'M NOT L10N... THE CLASSIFIED LIVESTOCK SECTION HAS BEASTLY SELECTIONS! CHORE-TIME mmim feed bins We mi Assemble And Deliver Bins To Your Form! 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Utilized , pear production, 3,050 tons, was , valued at $822,000 for 1987. Sweet cherry production in 1987 was 600 tons, down 43 per cent from the previous year, and equipment, INC. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM In PA the utilized production of 500 tons was valued at $740,000. The tart cherry crop totaled 5 million pounds, less than half the 12 mil lion pounds produced in 1986. Value of the utilized 4.3 million pounds was $1.2 million. Grapes, the only crop with increased production, reached 62,500 tons in 1987, up 4 percent over 1986 and equalling the record high production of 1983. Utilized production was valued at $14.7 million. Nationally, the apple crop tot aled 9.99 billion pounds, up 26 percent from 1986, and Washing ton state - the nation’s leading producer ~ reported a record 4.2 billion pounds, 33 percent more than the previous year. 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