Wolgemuth Resigns From Lancaster County Farm Bureau
John E. Wolgemuth of Mount Joy announced his resignation as assistant general manager and sales manager of the Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association after 15 years. He will leave December 14 for Iowa to join Daffin Manufacturing as a sales representative for mobile feed mills and vitamin premix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Wolgemuth
Birchland Ave
Mount Joy
Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Wolgemuth
Iowa
Moble Feed
Daffin Manufacturing Corporation
Farm events and meetings listed for Nov schedule
Farm Calendar items note Fulton Grange at Oaklyn Pennsylvania with corn and pie contests from November 11. Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition runs November 11 to 15 in Harrisburg Farm Show building. Pennsylvania Farmers Association annual meeting November 11 to 16 at Hotel York Towne in York. National 4-H Leaders forum November 11 in Washington DC. County Soul Conservation District Directors meet November 11 to 30 in the Court House.
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Fulton Grange
Oaklyn
Farm Show Building
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
Yorktowne
York
Washington, D. C
County Soul Conservation District
Court House
4 H Steers Bring Good Prices At District Show
Spurred by local business support the Southeast Pennsylvania District 4 H show sold 117 head for an average of 28.77 per cwt with 73 buyers the largest in the show's history. Grand Champion a 920 pound Angus shown by Ronald Mentzer went to Acme Markets for 1.02 per pound. Reserve Champion Hereford exhibited by Clifford Holloway III sold for 45 cents per pound to Kunzler and Company. Champion Shorthorn shown by Robert Hosler sold to Host Motel for 30 cents per pound. Steers averaged 946 pounds and grossed 31844.24 for club members.
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Ronald Mentzer
Downingtown
Angus
Clifford Holloway III
Peach Bottom
Hereford
Ty F
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Downingtown Ri
Acme
Philadelphia
Kunzler and Company, Inc
Lancaster
Robert Hosler
Manheim
Host Motel
Six County Boys Vie For Beef Calves Scrambles
Six Lancaster County FRA and four H club boys join 69 others from 28 counties named to compete in five calf scramble events at the Pennsylvania Livestock Expo in Harrisburg November 11 to 15. Fifteen contestants per scramble vie for a $100 feeder steer by haltering a calf and bringing it to center stage, with Lancaster participants including Larry Weaver Kenneth Martin Eugene Hosler Jacob Long and William Fisher among the listed entries.
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Lancaster County
FRA
State Farm Show Building
Harrisburg
Larry Weaver
New Holland
Kenneth M Martin
Denver
Eugene Hosler
Manheim
Jacob Long
Elizabethtown
William Fisher
East Earl
Holstein Club Hears State Pres at Banquet
Obie Snider of Bedford County told Lancaster County Holstein-Friesian members at the 13th annual banquet that milk pricing will shift to Total Nutrient Testing. He urged cattleowners to focus on overall cow value including solids not fat as the basis for sales and herd culling.
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Holstein Club
Pennsylvania Holstein Association
Obie Snider
Bedford County
Lancaster County Holstein-Friesian Association
Blue Ball Fire Hall
Snider
Chester County Showman Wins Second 4-H Crown
Ronald Mentzer of Downingtown, 17, won a second consecutive grand championship in the Southeast District Beef show with a 920 pound Angus. He bought a second steer from Chester County breeder William L Batchelor after the first calf did well. A first year Lancaster County member showed a New Mexico bred Hereford for reserve. The event at Lancaster Stockyards drew 117 club calves with judges listed.
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Chester County
4-H
Ronald Mentzer
Downingtown Ri
Reynard
Ronald
William L Batchelor
Lancaster County
Clifford Holloway III
Clifford Holloway
Peach Bottom
Solanco
Robert Hosler
Manheim
Marvin Hosler
Lancaster
Robert
Janice
High Dairy Herd Averages In Red Rose D H L A September
Martin H Good East Early leads with 26 Holstein cows averaging 66 pounds butterfat from 1 903 pounds milk at 8 5 percent test. Stoltzfus Mount Joy Ri and McLapp Kinzers Ri trails with 57 pounds butterfat. Finishing records include Hu en Elverson R2 with 1 012 pounds butterfat from 22 468 pounds milk and 4 5 percent test. The Red Rose group notes multiple herds surpassing 800 pounds butterfat in lactations and 50 plus pounds averages across fifteen additional herds.
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Red Rose
Martin H. Good
East
Dan S. Stoltzfus
Mount Joy Ri
Amos McoLapp
Kinzers Ri
Stoltzfus
Lapp
Andrew D. Stoltzfus
Elverson
Huen
Furry Frey
Gypsy Hull Road
Gay
Nima
Guernsey Club Banquet Set at Spanish Tavern
Paul Case of Pleasant Grove will show pictures and describe Arabia at the Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders banquet next Friday at the Spanish Tavern Quarryville. A ham dinner starts at 7 P.M. followed by election of three new directors for three year terms and reports.
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Paul Case
Pleasant Grove
Arabia
Lancaster County
Spanish Tavern
Quarryville
Charles McSparran
K. O D. Lande
Robert Ankrum
Five Day Weather Forecast Outlook Mild Start Then Cooler Finish
Temperatures over the next five days will run 2 to 8 degrees above normal, with daytime highs near 37 at night. Rainy period expected late Sunday through Tuesday could total more than 0.4 inch.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Bureau
County Co- Operative
Mentzer
Downingtown High School
Charles Mentzer
Dauphin County
Nancy Rohrer
Lititz
Joanne Rohrer
Martin Good
Co. D.h.la
Charles Tindall
Robert C Grotti
Melvin G Stoltzfius
J Mowery Frey
Guernsey Club
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