■ 30 YEARS AGO t THIS WEEK -A 900 pound Angus steer named 800800, Jr., carried off the grand championship rosette in the Solanco Fair Baby Beef Show Thursday for his pretty owner. Rose Marie Linton. Rose Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Fred Linton of Quarryville R 2, dubbed her calf 800800, Jr., in respect for the steer. 800800 she fed last year in 4-H Club work. The steer, a Lancaster County calf, was bred by Clyde K. Eshleman, Washington Boro Rl. The win for the 17 year-old senior at Solanco High School keeps the championship in the Lin tons for the second consecutive year. Her brother Fred won the rosette last year with a Hereford. Runner-up in the contest was a 1,000 pound shorthorn named Toby, owned and exhibited by Magda Frey of Quarryville R 2, a 16 year-old junior at Solanco High. Magda repeated her show ing of 1959 when she also showed the reserve champion at Solanco. The champion Hereford was shown by Donald Swinehart, Quarryville. -Mrs. Milton K. Morgan of 1916 New Holland Pike was the earliest Pennsylvania entrant in the sheep department of the fifth annual Pen nsylvania Livestock Exposition. Mrs. Morgan is a veteran exhibitor in the show and has won many prizes with her Suffolk breeding flock. She has seven entries this year. -The father and son team of Amos and Kenneth Rutt of Quar ryvillc R 2 made it two in a row as they took the tractor driving championships Thursday at the Solanco Fair. Kenneth repeated as county 4-H champion while his father took his second consecutive adult crown. Isaac Hershey, New Providence, waws second in the adult class. The FFA championship was won by Carl Troop of Quarryville R 3, a senior at Solanco High School The son of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Troop was runner-up in the divison last year. Dale Herr of Kirkwood Rl finished in second place in FFA competition followed by John Frey, Qyuarryville R 2; Ross Trimble, Quarryville R 2; Harold Lefever, Quarryville R 2 and Harold Beck, Quarryville R 3, second to sixth respectively. -Newspaper photo shows Solan co Fair’s Harvest Queen Miss Jeanne Cutler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cutler, Drumore, being crowned by retiring queen Anne Quigley, Quarryville. Miss Cutler, a 17 year-old senior academic stu dent at Solanco High School, plans a career in nursing. She is a mem ber of the Future Nurses of Ameri ca, Future Teachers of America and the Solanco band and chorus. She was presented a 50.00 savings bond by the Quarryville Lions Club. Runner-up in the contest was Miss Betty Ulrich of Peach Bot tom. She received a $25 bond. Clean Water Award HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) the year when the crops can best - Secretary of Environmental usc stored nutrients. They usu many* wßhin awmtea tne mte smi Chesa two days of spreading to maximize n Wal f A Farm the nutrients' availability. Awardto John J. Heller of Aspers, othcr innovations inc l ude Adams co. use of newspaper bedding for the At a meeting of the Pcnnsylya- farm . s6o wh f ch Hell ma Associauon of Conservation cr believes improves hod health i 0 "* ** by Cueing mastitis. In the pas sented a certificate of recognition tures. he fields for grazbg access to the stream to prevent Water Farm streambank Ston £ col . c"“^ dC ° n - his fields are used to semng Soil and Water. stabilize the streambanks. a ? ? Heller befieves that the less the received this distinction for out- pound is disturbed, the less top standing achievements in manag- wUI be lost. Cover crops^S mg ns soil and nutrient resources. „ . r . . . r 1". The Hellers routinely test their soil ground protecton. and animal manure to determine fr the nutrient requirements of the aogs own 60 acres, Heller rents another With financial and technical 140 acres He 1m been successful beta from Pennsvlvania’s Chesa- in P ersuadin B landowners of K they inied 1 "«? hnd to aUo * him to amanure storage facility to allow «*tall various conservation prac the spreading of manure at times of such . as watenrays contour r ° strips, and a spring development. As for pesticides, Heller takes the time to educate himself about the proper application and disposal of pesticides. Each year, the Chesapeake Bay Education Office awards the Clean Water Farm Award on behalf of the Department of Environmental Resources' Chesapeake Bay Prog ram. To date, more than 500 farms have received financial and techni cal assistance from county conser vation districts and the DER tow ard the installation of conservation -Mrs. Elizabeth Shaub ofEphra ta showed slides taken during her recent trip to Italy and Portugal at the recent meeting of the Society of Farm Women 8 in the social hall of the Maytown Lutheran Church. Mrs. William H. Heisey led devotions and had several poems. Musical selection were sung by a quartette of Bonnie Hoffman, Pat ty Zinn, Beth Huber and Kathy Ney. They were accompanied by Mrs. Millard Hoffman. Heller Farm Receives Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21, 1991-A29 practices. Twenty-eight counties located within the Susquehanna River Basin now participate in the cost-share program. As part of the award, John Hell er, his wife Diane, and their young daughter visited the Chesapeake Bay recently to learn more about the bay on a firsthand basis. They were part of a trip sponsored by the Bay Education Office to Solo man’s Island. Activities included a fossil hunt led by the Calvert Mar ine Museum, a visit to the Chesa peake Bay Biological Labs, and a boating excursion to the Benedict Estuarine Lab. RCMA (Continued from Page A2l) order. The current proposal means all will share the benefits of the emergency order. 5. Maintain fair prices with markets in other states. New provisions in the Rogers-Alien order will put all handlers on the same competitive level. This cre ates a healthy market environment in which to sell your milk. “For these reasons, and for a sound economic future for the dairy industry in New York State, farmers are urged to vote ‘yes’,” said Ross. Further information is available by calling the RCMA office at 1-800-634-3723.
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