Two 4 H Judging Teams Win Blue Ribbon Awards
Lancaster County took top honors at Pennsylvania 4 H Club Days at Penn State University winning first in both dairy and poultry judging making it the state s only double winner. The poultry team led by J Kenneth Hess Gary Porter and twins Albert and Robert Henry beat West Moreland to take the top prize with Elvin Shelly and other teammates contributing strong showings.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
West Moreland County
J. Kenneth Hess
Manheim
Gary Porter
Washington Boro
Twins -Albert and
Robert Henry
New Provdence RI
Blair County
Chester
Elvin Shelly
Man
Jay Hess
Albert Henry
New Providence
Winthrop Merriam
L. F
Dairy Sets Maximum Butterfat Limit On Producers
Patrons of Elizabethville Dairy Sunnydale Farms must supply milk with butterfat below 3.8 percent. A March 21 1963 letter set a 4.0 percent limit. June 1 1963 notice begins August 1 1963 ban for 3.8 percent or higher June tests and September 1 1963 ban for July tests. Any patron shipping 8.8 percent or higher will be blocked within 30 days after the month of the 3.8 percent threshold. Signed by Stanley Eisenberg for Sunnydale Farms Inc.
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Elizabethville
Sunnydale Farms, Inc
Stanley Eisenberg
Farm Calendar of Aug Events at Rural Lancaster Area
Aug 18 0 am all Western horse show at Rocking Stables Bareville 231 East Main Aug 20 7 pm Manor FFA corn roast Safe Harbor Park Aug 21 8 am judging 4 H club pigs Union Stockyards Lancaster 430 pm sale 4 H pigs Union Stockyards Lancaster 530 pm FFA Swine Ring banquet and awards Hotel Yorktown York Aug 23 10 am County Guernsey breeders field day L E Shoemaker farm Kirkwood Bi Mag 25 27 State homemak ORS camp at Canin Swatera ly
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Rocking Stables
East Main Street
Bareville
FFA
Safe Harbor Park
Union Stockyards
Lancaster
Yorktown
York
County
Guernsey
L. E. Shoemaker Farm
Kirkwood Bi
Canin Swatera
Fulton Grange Hosts County Lancaster Pomona Picnic
Fulton Grange will host the Lancaster County Pomona for its annual picnic at 7 p.m. Members of Lancaster County Grange are to bring a meat dish and another dish plus silverware. The program includes a talent contest and art contest entries will be judged.
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Fulton Grange
Lancaster Co. Pomona
Lancaster Co. Grange
Lancaster Co
Fulton Grange #66
Charles G. McSparran
W. Harold Graybeal
J. Robert Reed
Maurice Gregg
John Bradley
Camp Kanesatake
Howard Steinberg
Thomas Bradley
Clair Murphy
Ambrose Giffing
Stanley Stauffer
AP Eye
Guernsey Breeders Set August Field Day at Shoemaker Farm
The Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders' Association plans a field day at L. E. Shoemaker and Sons farm in Kirkwood Pennsylvania on Friday August 23. Judging starts at 10:00 a.m. with three classes aged cow two years old and heifer. Roger L. Strack will judge and speak. Box lunch served by Union Church ladies.
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Lancaster County
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
L. E Shoemaker
Lauxmont Farm
Richard Maule
Quarryville
Ladies of the Union Church
New York 4-H Members Visit In The County
Twenty six 4-H club members and leaders from Onondaga County are visiting the county this weekend in return for a previous exchange. The group includes 22 youths and four adults arriving Thursday and leaving Sunday afternoon. Tours include Armstrong Cork Company Hershey Chocolate Factory and the county Amish farm area.
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New York
4-H
Onondaga County
Empire State
Armstrong Cork Company
Hershey Chocolate Factory
Three County 4 H Youths Earn Keystone Honors
Three county 4 H youths received the Keystone Award at Pennsylvania 4 H Club Day on the Penn State campus. Donald Trimble 21 Quarryville R1 earned leadership, David Denlinger 17 of 90 Greenfield Road won Agriculture, and Cynthia Bucher 17 Lititz R2 won Home Economics. Trimble coached the county dairy judging team to first place in the state.
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Penn State University
Donald Trimble
Quarryville
David Denlinger
Paul L. Denlinger
Greenfield Road
Cynthia Bucher
Willis Bucher
Lititz
Trimble
4 H Pig Show Set for Lancaster County
The Lancaster County 4 H Market Hog Show and Sale will be held at the Lancaster Union Stock Yards on Wednesday August 21 1963. Hogs will be judged by Tony Dobrosky in three weight classes and auctioned at 1 30 p m with Claude Smith calling the sale. The event is sponsored by the Livestock Exchange Committee and Union Stock Yard Co with local 4 H clubs providing about 320 hogs.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster Union Stock Yards
Tony Dobrosky
York County
Claude Smith
the Livestock Exchange
Union Stock Yard Co
Horace Plank
Norman Bailey
John Stoudt
John Beam
Issac Groff
Walter Dunlap, Jr
The
Exchange
Victor Plastow
Extension Service Office
Lancaster County Plowman Finishes Eighth in State Tilt
Lancaster County’s plowing champion finished eighth in the state matches on Thursday. Frank N. Kocevar of Harrisburg Ri last year’s champion retained his crown in the contour division. Level land trophy went to J. R. Mummert, a nineteen year old Chambersburg farmer Richard Groff. Lititz R3, who won Lancaster County last month, faced early issues and difficulty with a boundary stake and a ditch. Lancaster County finished ninth last year.
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Lancaster County
Frank N. Kocevar
Harrisburg Ri
J. R. Mummert
Chambersburg
Richard Groff
Lititz
Five Day Weather Forecast Shows Slight Warmup Then Cooling
Temperatures over the next five days should average 2 to 6 degrees below normal with nighttime lows around 62 and afternoons near 83. A gradual rise early in the period gives way to cooler conditions by Sunday night with milder weather expected next Wednesday. Showers may total more than 0.6 inch late Saturday.
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Heim RI
Roy Breneman
Willow Street
Donald Bollinger
Kenneth Rutt
Livestok
Eugene Hosier
Jay Lehman
Holtwood R1
Adams County
Home Economics
County Plowman
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