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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1966
Page
1
Lancaster County Vocational Agriculture teachers met at Solanco High School to review the FFA hog show. The 197 entries mark the largest event since its 1963 start, with an average weight of 213 pounds and ongoing growth each year.
Everett Newswanger reports Karl Linde of Oxford led the youth division in a 2668 point model Guernsey cow judging at the Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders Association field day held at Chiques Glen Farms Manheim with James Myer Gilbert Linde and Jesse Balmer Jr close behind. Dorothy Breneman led the ladies division with 251 points while Harry Mumma won the men’s division with 2667 points. A panel of four local Guernsey breeders Frank Hershey Deiter Linde Melvin Stoltzfus and Raymond Witmer followed the judging segment before 120 breeders and families dispersed.
The Lancaster County ASCS plans its annual farm tour for August 18 with buses leaving Penn Manor High School Mullersville at 9 am and returning by 3:30 pm. First stop is the Muddy Run Project with a hydro pumping station and dam under construction. private cars are not permitted at Muddy Run. Bus fare is 1 for adults and 25 cents for children.
Seven Future Farmers compete for Lancaster County Star Farmer. Nomination at Solanco High School Tuesday with interviews at Penn Manor High School August 16. Contestants include William Risser James Huber Leon Rutt Robert Weaver Ken Rohner Daryl Bollinger Adam Zimmerman. The award carries a $175 prize to cover expenses to the National contest.
Ruth Konhaus a 19 year old Penn State senior from Mechanicsburg is the first entrant in the Northeast Poultry Producers Council Poultry Princess contest. The event runs October 4 5 6 at the Farm Show Building Harrisburg with contestants from 14 states. The winner receives a 500 US Savings Bond and extensive publicity while runners up get 100 US Savings Bonds.
Clyde E. Wivell chairman of Lancaster County Farmers Association policy development committee explains a system that moves ideas from county farms to state and national levels to shape programs of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The committee met recently.
Lancaster County 4-H youths earned 22 ribbons at State Days, up from 19 last year, with 13 blue ribbons the top group. The junior livestock judging team led by Michael Smucker and Larry High ranked high in its division, while four county entries in demonstration earned two state championships and three blue ribbons. Audrey Yunginger and Kathy Ney won blue ribbons and first in Livestock Demonstration for Live stock Need Minerals, and Tom Houser won a state title for Internal Parasites In Cattle.
The Lancaster County Holstein Association holds its annual barn meeting at John Shelly's farm near Petersburg on August 16 at 8 pm. Committee members John E. Kreider Daniel S. Stoitzfus and Paul N Brubaker announce Roy Simpson as guest speaker and classifier. Refreshments will be served.
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