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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1964
Page
1
The Lancaster County 4H Livestock judging team won two national championships at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. They captured the 4-H beef cattle judging title over 28 states, the first Lancaster County team to win a national title in a livestock division.
Farm Calendar lists Pennsylvania Day at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting in Philadelphia Convention Hall. Manor Young Farmers meet at Penn Manor High School with speakers Amos Funk and others. Red Rose Baby Beef Club meets December 9 at East Petersburg Elementary School with Pa Farm Show details and county talk.
The ASCS at 1466 Manheim Pike urges farmers to enroll before participation in 1965 ACP and ACP benefits. The program covers about 50 percent of costs for liming grassland, seeding, contour strippping, pastureland work, drains, wildlife habitat, water areas, and hedgerow management with pond caps. ACP payments run 75 to 80 percent for springs, sod waterways, cover crops, and forest planting.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange began futures trading in live beef cattle last Monday. The Iowa State Extension Service in the November 12 1964 Iowa Farm Outlook analyzes implications for farmers who raise cattle. It notes futures markets reflect supply and demand and may affect prices and planning.
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association report shows Frey at 711 pounds butterfat from 35 Holsteins at 1348 Gypsy Hill Road Lancaster leading the county. John E. Esh of Gordonville with 20 Holsteins posted an average 18 348 pounds milk and reclaimed last year’s butter fat title with seven pounds more.
Don Hershey of Manheim earns the Southeastern Pennsylvania Outstanding Young Farmer award after building a 65 cow Holstein operation. His herd averages 13 885 pounds milk and 517 pounds fat with a goal of 600 pound herd average. He manages 217 acres including alfalfa corn and tobacco. He and wife operate Hershvale farm with sons Larry and Steven.
Reist of South Lebanon Township rebuilt a barn moved from Lancaster County after a fire destroyed his dairy operation. About 75 neighbors helped raise the structure with Jacob Flaud of Bird in Hand overseeing dismantling and erection. Reist plans to expand to about 100 cows with new silos and automatic feeding, milk dumping stations, and enhanced storage and handling for high moisture grain and mixed feed.
The American Farm Bureau Federation will hold its annual meeting in Philadelphia at Convention Hall December 6–10. Pennsylvania Day is December 8 with over 1000 Pennsylvania Farmers Association members expected. Gov. William W. Scranton will give the welcome address. Senator Allen J Ellender will address on farm issues.
The outlook calls for near normal temperatures through Saturday to Wednesday with a normal high of 42 and low of 26 degrees. Little day to day change is expected until the end when it turns colder. Precipitation may total more than half an inch melted, mainly in the first half of the period.
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