Deiter Wins County Gilt Award for Sears Project
Raymond Deiter 16 of New Providence receives county honors for his Sears Gilt Award project at Ephrata meeting. He raised Susie the Yorkshire sow, produced 14 pigs in her first litter earning about 150 dollars, and plans to expand hog fattening and a shop self-feeder. He attends Solanco High School and is active in FFA and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson H. Owen
Solanco High School
Voag
Donald
Deiter
Roy Deiter
Raymond
Sears
Lancaster Farming
Raymond Deiter
New Providence
Ephrata
Lancaster County
Vocational Agriculture Department of
Quarryville
Future Farmers of America
Luther D. Peck
Solanco
Susie
FFA
Yorkshires
Farm family builds a better plot through schooling and farming
On a 140 acre farm near Bunker Hill Strasburg Township Raymond Deller and his siblings Ruth 19 and younger twins Donald and Dorothy 9 sustain the family with two cows. Crops this year are strong after careful spraying. Raymond attended several schools before finishing eighth grade at Quarryville. The story shows how improved farming methods and encouragement help students excel and win prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Strasburg Township
Raymond
Ruth
Solanco
Donald
Dorothy
Providence Township
Rising Sun
Clearfield
Quarryville
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Albert Cutler
Jim Hastings
Kikwood
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Dellers
Beauty
Cushman Husky
Shank
Nevin Street
Lancaster
N. Ann St. Lancaster
Honegger
Windle
Hatchery
Cochranville Ph. Atglen LY
Limestone
West Willow
Farmers Association
Pt. Lane
Lincoln
Thermopane
Universal Milkers
Miller’s Insecticides
Wirthmore
Lauder
DeKalb Chix & Started
Pulters
Hiestand Inc
Marietta