Horton Wins 4-H Hog Show Grand Prize at Lancaster County
Stephen Steff Horton, in his second year, claimed the grand champion crossbred hog at the Lancaster County 4-H Pig Roundup and Sale. The 210 pound pig sold to Penn Packing for 1.15 per pound. Other winners include Mike Grube with a 225 pound duroc and the Augsburger siblings with breed champions. Auction and buyers included Kunzler Meats, McCoy Cattle, Hershey Inc., and Lancaster Stockyards, with 112 hogs sold.
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Stephen ‘‘Steff’’ Horton
Lancaster County
Penn Packing
Steff
Elizabethtown
Mike Grube
Mike
J. Harold Grube
Elm
Andy
Audrey Augsburger
Audrey
Hampshire
Lincoln
Walter Augsburger
Reinholds Rt
Augsburger Farm
Scott Heisey
Poland
China
Dan Baum
Yorkshire
Joel Gerber
Berkshire
Stuart Heisey
Bill McCoy
Stockyard Exchange
Allan Bare
Clyde Wolgemuth
Grand
Reserve
Kunzler Meats
Chester
Andy Augsburger
Oxford Lass Crowned IFF Teen Farmerette in Philadelphia
Joy Ann Rothenberger, 17, daughter of Stanley and Mrs. Rothenberger of Oxford, was named IFF Teen Farmerette at the International Flying Farmers Association convention in Philadelphia. A 1972 Oxford Area High School graduate, she plans to study home economics at Bridgewater College and will write a monthly column for IFF magazine.
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Pennsylvania
International Flying Farmers Association
IFF
Joy Ann Rothenberger
Stanley K. Rothenberger
Oxford
Joy
Philadelphia
Oxford Area High School
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Iifteen
Farmerette
Flying Farmer
New International Flying Farmer
Farm Calendar August 26–30 1972 Highlights
Saturday features an Octarara Young Farmer Picnic at Nickel Mines Pool from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Second Annual Plowing Contest at Shaef ferstown. Sunday runs Homemakers Camp at Camp Swatara Bethel through the 29th. Monday includes DHIA Quarterly Directors Meeting at Farm and Home Center Fulton Grange Officers election and South Central 4-H Dairy Show in Harrisburg through the 29th. Wednesday lists FFA District Dairy Show at the Farm Show Building Harrisburg and Agricultural Progress Field Days at Calvin Will and Richard Croner farms near Berlin in Somerset County.
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Octarara
Young Farmer
Nickel Mines
Shaefferstown
Homemaker’s Camp
Camp Swatara
Bethel
DHIA
Fulton Grange
South Central
Harrisburg
FFA
Calvin Will
Richard Croner
Berlin
Somerset County
Landscape for Living 1972 USDA Yearbook distribution figures
The 1972 Landscape for Living Yearbook, printed by the USDA, totals 250k copies including 232,650 for Congressional distribution. Senators receive 550 each and representatives 400. SupDocs plans 45,000 for sale at 3.50 each. printing cost $272,892.
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New York Times
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Washington, D.C
Lancaster Farming
Jack Hayes
SupDocs
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Horton
James Horton
Masonic Homes
Mr. Horton
Sale
Duroc
Oxford Lass
Jeff
Rothenbergers
Russellville
Montgomery County
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