Awards Honor 4-H Leaders Council At Mount Joy Banquet
The county 4-H Leaders Council awarded seven honors for outstanding contributions at a banquet in Mount Joy. Certificates were given to the Lancaster County Bankers Association and other sponsors. Scholarships went to five 4-H youths, with recipients from Bareville, Conestoga, and Washington Boro, plus Grest names pursuing colleges such as Elizabethtown, Messiah, and the University of Maryland. Continued on Page 10.
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Hostetter’s Anquet Hall
Mount Joy
Elvin Hess
Bateville
County
Lancasterounty Bankers Association
Stanley Musselan
Lancaster Farming
Jack Owen
the Intelligencer Journal
Arry Stacks
Lancast New Era
Ted Godshall
Lancaster Tnday News
Ron Stemmetz
Stor
Watt
Southeastern Khsylvania Artificial Breeds Cooperative
Roger Emig
Jamen
Wgal-Tv
Sinia Brown
Home Econom
Sselman
Kers Association
Bareville
Bridgewater
Virna
Lucille Kreider
Lack
Reorganization Meeting and Soil District Director Session
Farm calendar notes a 11 30 am reorganization of the Measter County Extension Tybe executive committee at Meadow Halls Dining Room New Danville Pike. A 30 pm soil conservation district director meeting at Lancaster Court House 12 7 15 pm. New release describes farmers meeting.
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Measter County Extension Tybe
Meadow Halls
New Danville Pike
Soil Conservaton District
Lancaster Court House
Cattle Feeders Schedule Meet
County cattle feeders will examine the economics of cattle feeding at a meeting scheduled by the county extension service next week. Louis Moore, extension agriculture economist from Penn State, is slated to open the session at 10 am in the basement of the Poultry Center on Roseville Road.
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County Extension Service
Louis Moore
Penn State
Poultry Center
Roseville Road
First Calf Heifer Produces Over 850 Pounds In 305 Days
Blossomelle Zsa Zsa a first calf Holstein heifer in Herbert and Rhelda Royer herd 2025 Oregon Pike produced 851 pounds of butterfat from 21133 pounds of milk at 40 percent test to set a high 305 day lactation record.
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Herbert and
Rhelda Royer
Oregon
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Zsa
Red Rose Dairy Club elects first- and second-time female leaders
Mary Jane Herr, newly elected president of the Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb club at Mt. Brecht School, becomes the second woman to hold the post, succeeding Blyin Hess. The 115 member club also chose officers including Wes ley Mast as vice president Judy Longenecker as secretary Eugene Hosler as treasurer and others. The report covers dairy herd performance, listing high lactation records, butterfat outputs and milk totals from multiple local farms including Echo J Mowery Frey and Son and the Esh and Kreider Akers herds with detailed production figures.
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Mary” Jana Herr, Refton
Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club
Mt. Brecht School
Wesley Mast
Elverson
Judy Longenecker
Holtwood
Eugene Hosler
Manheim
Janet Frey
Marietta
Kenneth Hess
Strasburg
Larry Brut Dat
Rat Eritrea Anicel
Quarryville Farmer Named Outstanding Cooperator
Harry L Troop a 30 year old dairyman from Quarryville R3 was named Outstanding Conservation Farmer for 1962 at the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District banquet. He operates four farms with 122 rented acres and 45 home acres, implements conservation on all land, and works to spread the idea to neighbors. Troop milks 20 Holstein cows and ser ves tobacco and row crops while planting trees and building waterways as part of ongoing soil conservation efforts.
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Harry Troop
Lancaster County
Harry
Avid
L. F
Harry L Troop
Quarryville R3
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Troop
Home Place
US Marine Corps
Henry Hackman
Quotas Not A Dead Issue In Dairying Say Experts
Dr William Pierce of Penn State told Lancaster County Dairy Day that quotas remain a live topic for years. He offered two options to reduce Northeast surplus milk, including a regional market or lowering the class I price to force out inefficient producers. He warned of continued cost price squeezes and rapid industry consolidation in coming years.
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Lancaster County
Pierce
de Sardis Oy
Northeast
Five Day Weather Forecast with Cooler Temperatures Ahead
The five day outlook calls for nights around 28 to 48 degrees with days near 50. Temperatures run 2 to 8 degrees below normal, turning colder Saturday then moderating briefly Monday before another drop later. Total precipitation 1 to 2 inches, mainly in the first half.
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Mary Jane Herr
Beef Club
Miss Herr
Blyin Hess
Herbert Royer
Rhelda Eshleman
Echo
J. Mowery Frey and Son
Lancaster
John E .Esh
Gordonville
Clayton Kreider
Curt Akers
Quarryville Rl
Paul Styble
Raymond
Louise Witmer
Guernsey
Quarryville
William Pierce
Pennsvana State University
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