Stoltzfus and Kauffman win Holstein show
Nathan Stoltzfus of Gap R2 dominates the Lancaster District Holstein Show with eleven home bred animals earning premier breeder and exhibitor banners. Robert Kauffman of Elizabethown R1 wins grand champion with Elaine Hermandale, an 8-year-old cow recently purchased by Kauffman, while Stoltzfus takes reserve with Clara, daughter of Maplebound Burke Rate Leader.
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Dieter Krieg
Quarryville
Nathan Stoltzfus
Gap
Lancaster District
Scianco Fairgrounds
Robert Kauffman
Andfar
Cinderella
Clara
Stoltzfus
Elaine Hermandale
Kauffman
Burke
Farm Calendar and 4-H Round-up Highlights
A county farm issue review features the Berks and York 4-H Round-ups and the Lancaster and Berks DHIA reports. Includes Classifieds and Public Sales Register notes with sale reports and homestead notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life On the Farm
Homestead
Ida’s Notebook
Berks Co
Chester
Lancaster
Holstein Picnic
York
Dhia Berks
DHIA
Public Sales Register
President Ford meets FFA President Ranch
Randy Ranck of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, newly elected state FFA president, met President Gerald R. Ford in Washington during the State FFA Presidents Conference. The event, part of a GM Foundation sponsored program, aimed to boost leadership and FFA knowledge for 80 state officers. Ranck, son of Lester and Mrs. Ranch of Quarryville, works on his parents farm and assists his brother Jay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
FFA
Randy Ranck
Gerald R. Ford
Ford
General Motors Corporation
National Ffa Foundation, Inc
Lester
Quarryville
Lancaster Farming
Jay
Solanco High
Charles wins Lancaster FFA hog show grand champion
Cliff Charles, 20, a Penn Manor High School graduate, won the Lancaster County FFA Hog Show grand champion with a 200 pound Duroc. The event at Lancaster Stockyards drew 349 hogs, with six schools represented and 5-pound class splits. The show, the 14th annual, is noted as the largest since 1972 and signals growth in Lancaster County hog production. Charles was also named champion breeder exhibitor and will receive the American Farmer Degree in Kansas City.
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Dieter Krieg
Lancaster
Cliff Charles
Lancaster County
Charles
Penn Manor High School
Kansas City
Harvest crew opens new world for Darrell Martin
Darrell Martin spent two months learning wheat harvesting by joining a mobile crew that traveled across the Midwest from June through July. The Pennsylvania farmer joined the compact team to gain hands on experience in the harvest season.
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Harvest
Darrell Martin
Joanne Spahr Rohrerstown
Midwest
Pennsylvania
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Stoltzfus and
Linda Kauffman
Agro Acres
Ned
President Ford
President Ranch
Randy Ranch
Sale
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