822-Lanc«ster Farming, Saturday, August 13, 1988 Maryland Farm Queen To TIMONIUM. Md. Trisha Elaine Marsh, the 1987 Maryland Farm Queen, will have the honor of crowning her successor, on Sun day, August 28. Young ladies rep resenting 23 Maryland counties will compete for this renowned tide and a scholarship worth up to $2,000. Contestants between the ages of sixteen and nineteen will earn their place in the 1988 Maryland Farm Queen Contest by winning local Regional Star Farmers “Efficiency and cost manage ment are the two keys to my suc cessful start in agriculture,” he explained. “By using a ‘pay-as you-go’ method, I have been able to keep interest payments down and my debt loan to a minimum.” His father has great respect for Richard’s managerial skills and a number of major decisions have been made since the partnership was formed. One of his first improvements introduced was a new feeding system which allows lactating cows to be fed grain indi vidually six times per day. This feeding technique has resulted in increased milk production of more than 1,000 pounds per cow per year. Speer also utilizes embryo transfers to produce top quality calves from his best cows. The most recent embryo transfer work resulted in two female calves from one of the top cows in the herd. Dana Wallace, Speer’s FFA advisor, characterizes his former student as an outstanding individual. “He not only accomplished many things in FFA himself, but he also encouraged others to do the same,” Wallace said. Richard, the son of James and Henrietta Speer, is a member of the Southern Huntingdon FFA Chap ter. His accomplishments in the FFA are many. He was named Pennsylvania’s Star Farmer in 1986 and won that state’s dairy proficiency award the same year. He was also a member of the stale FFA band from 1982-85 and was elected state FFA treasurer for 1986-87. Each of the regional stars will receive 51,000 from the National FFA Foundation and the national winner is awarded an additional $l,OOO. The regional stars were selected from candidates nomi nated for the American Farmer degree, which is awarded to less than two-tenths of one percent of the organization’s 404,500 meynbers. Case IH, the Farm Credit Sys tem, Na-Churs Plant Food Com pany, Pioneer Hi-Bred Interna tional, Inc., Cyanamid Agricultur- S SL, FINEST QUALITY Mm SEEDS AT il9 COMPETITIVE PRICES Alfalfa WL 316 Cert. Barle Barsoy, Maury, Pennco, Wysor Turf Seeds Timothy Seed HEIST SEED COMPANY Finest Seeds (Sippe 1925) Mount Joy, PA (717) 653-4121 county contests sponsored by their Farm Bureau. These young ladies will be critiqued primarily for their agricultural knowledge and exper ience. Each must spontaneously respond to a “fish bowl” question either related to career issues or specific farming problems. Poise, communication skills, and civic involvement are secondary requirements. The 1988 Maryland Farm Queen and her four runners-up will (Continued from Page B 20) at Division and the Armstrong Tire Company sponsor the American Farmer degree program as a spe cial project of the National FFA Foundation. Cert. Wheat Tyler, Scotty Rye Be Crowned be chosen by three judges. The criteria for scoring this contest are as follows: Farm, Home and Community Responsibilities, 25 pts.. General Appearance, 25 pts., Personality, Manner and Friendliness, 25 pts., Speaking Ability, 25 pts. Orientation begins Tuesday, August 16, to inform contestants of their responsibilities and to instruct them on the preparations for the August 28 competition. The 1988 Maryland Farm Queen will be required to be pre sent throughout the 10-day State Fair, to mingle with fairgoers and media, and to award prizes. The runners-up will assist the Queen with her tasks. RO FOGGER NOZZLES Jk FOR POULTRY "THE STANDARD OF THE INDUSTRY ' STAINLESS STEEL MODEL 402 S HERSHEY EQUIPMENT CO., Inc. 255 PLANE TREE DRIVE LANCASTER, PA 17603 717-393-5807 » CHORE-TIME Baby Pig Saver. Liquid Feeding System Designed For Automatically Feeding Pre-Nursery Age Pigs A New Idea That Can Let You Cut 80% Of Baby Pig Losses Up to 10 pigs - not more than 10 - can be placed on this feeder until old enough to digest dry feed without scouring: about 3 or 4 weeks of age. We do not recommend placing pigs less than 2 to 4 days of age on the feeder. Pigs must have sow's colostrum before going on the feeder. Your Authorized Distributor Cheri Bisel, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bisel of Westfield, was recently named winner of the 1988 DEKALB Agricultural Accom plishment Award. The award, sponsored nationwide by DEKALB-PFIZER GENETICS, is presented to the outstanding senior agriculture student demon strating superior scholarship, lead ership and supervised agricultural program. Presenting the award was Clair Zcrby, agricultural teacher at Cowanesque High School. Chen attended Cowanesque High School, where she was vice president of the local FFA chapter, president of the National Honor Society, a stale farmer, placed third in the state FFA Conservation Public Speaking and was named the Nontraditional Student of the Year. She has been awarded the Swine & Poultry Systems Specialists FARMER BOY AG. 41 1 1 INI 01 NAVI MVtRSTOWN PA 1 /Ofc. / BEST IN DESIGN, PRICE AND EXPEHIEM E Dekalb Here’s when to use this feeder 1 For small pigs having a hard time competing with littermates - or use it for the largest pigs of a lit ter, allowing smallest pigs to remain with the sow serve as a substitute for an entire litter of up to 10 pigs 3 In an all-in/all-out farrowing system it s necessary to wean some pigs at less than 3 weeks of age Young piglets don’t have a fully developed diges tive system always able to handle plant proteins A few days on the Pig Saver post-weaning will allow ''is to itch 4 Place a feeder in the nursery and use it to give a boost to pigs old enough to wean but biologically not ready to be placed on dry feed A few days will let them catch up Winner Cherl Blsel chapter and district wide Headwa ters Farm Credit Outstanding Senior Agricultural Student and the Lynn Doan Memorial Scholar ship for agriculture. 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