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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1964
Page
1
Harold J Brubaker a senior at Don egal High School and the 17 year old son of Mr and Mrs Paul N Brubaker won the State Star Farmer honor awarded by the Future Farmers of America at the state level in Recdeanton.
Summary of local farm group events from Jan 20 to 23 including annual meetings and banquets for Mount Joy Farmers Association Poultry Association 4 H Leaders Council Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Solanco Young Farmers and Farm Finance discussions. Pennsylvania FFA Farm Show honors star farmer winner Brubaker announced by Governor, with regional winners named and prize money awarded.
Guernsey breeders elected J Rohrer Witmer to the state board at their annual Farm Show meeting. Clarence R Hack of Berwick was named president, S C Martin of New Geneva vice president, with Raymond and Louise Witmer receiving a trophy for high milk production based on Dairy Herd Improvement Association records. The Pen Del herd averaged 594 pounds of butterfat and 11 751 pounds of milk.
Mrs Abner Risser of Bainbridge was reelected treasurer of the Farm Women of Pennsylvania at the 45th annual meeting held during the Farm Show in Harrisburg. New officers include Mrs Elmo Mentzer as president and Mrs W F Dummer as first vice president. Second vice president is Mrs Kenneth Staver with directors named from Montgomery, Somerset, Lebanon, Franklin and Fulton counties.
4 H Wildlife reports from a Lititz club meeting detail feeding station observations for the month. Melvin Long led a roundup planning session for March 18 at the Production Credit office on West Roseville Road. Members identified seeds of familiar birds and animals as part of the game.
Lancaster County exhibitors completed four days of judging at the 48th Pennsylvania Farm Show with five grand championships eight reserve grand championships six champions five reserve champions eighty four first place ribbons and 320 minor ribbons. Prize money totaled 3 168 95 with many top ribbons across cattle poultry and 4 H events led by Melvin S Fisher and Richard Thomas earning grand champion hands and the best turkey by Zimmerman Turkey Farm.
A former Lancaster County resident, William R Myer of Lebanon County, was named one of six Penn State Master Farmers at a luncheon in Harrsb urg. Myer operates a dairy, beef, turkey, broiler and laying hen farm and is noted for agricultural and community leadership. The awards were co sponsored by Pennsylvania Farmer magazine and the Extension Service of Penn State University, with winners chosen from farmer nominees, readers and county agents.
Jay Foreman of Lititz Ril will host the next farm gathering with plants and small objects found around the farm noted as topics for discussion during the February 19 meeting.
The Pennsylvania Horse and Mule Association in Harrisburg re-elected Elmer D Lapp of Kinzers to a one year term as vice president. Other officers re-elected were John P Bloom as president, William Cruikshank as secretary, and J Fred Campbell as treasurer. The group noted space constraints at the Farm Show with 120 horses entered but only 98 stables available.
The forecast calls for average highs near 89 and lows around 23, with temperatures 4 to 10 degrees above normal. Expect mild conditions through most of the period and rainfall under 0.2 inches, mainly late in the period.
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