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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1969
Page
17
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A Lancaster County 4-H event lists winners across cattle classes including Holsteins Jerseys Brown Swiss and Guernseys. Names like Byron Smeltz Linda Witmer Peter Witmer and Susan Kauffman appear with first and blue ribbons. Counties represented include Adams Cumberland Dauphin Franklin Lancaster Lebanon York. All blue ribbon winners qualify for the State Junior Dairy Show in Harrisburg on Sept 22.
DHIA officials reported a request for a two day test fee increase by testers was not approved. The banquet committee was named with John Bieneman as chairman along with Bruce Hershey Elam Bollinger and Stanley Groff. The next quarterly board meeting is scheduled for late November.
The article discusses the corn borer and the insecticide EPN with a 3 ppm FDA tolerance. EPN must be handled like parathion and can be used 14 days after harvest with fodder fed to animals after that period. EPN is highly toxic to bees. Light trap data show significant corn earworm flights on August 5 6 7 and 12 13, signaling possible heavy infestations in some fields.
Lane FFA contestants win blue ribbons in multiple classes including intermediate and senior calves. Winners include Thomas A. Bollinger Cloister Chapter and Thomas Aaron Solanco FFA for Jersey senior yearling, Nelson H. Wenger Manheim for Holstein senior yearling, and others from Warwick Cloister Elizabethtown and Solanco chapters. Counties competing span Lancaster Berks Bucks Chester Cumberland Dauphin Franklin Lebanon Lehigh Montgomery Perry Schuylkill and York.
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