Berry Esbenshade Win Best in Show at Mount Joy Capon and Turkey Exhibit
Kendace Berry of Mount Joy R2 won Best in Show at the Mount Joy 4-H Capon and Turkey Exhibit held at Hostetler’s Banquet Hall. Walter Gutzgon judged the Danish system results with eight blue ribbons among 13 capon exhibitors. Clyde Esbenshade of Willow Street R2 captured Best of Show in the turkey exhibit. Jay Hess and Cindy Greider also earned blue ribbons. Local poultry head Paul Hess led Mount Joy 4-H poultry projects.
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Mount Joy
Hosteter’s
Kendace Berry
Clyde Esbenshade
Willow Street
Capon
Jay K. Hess
Manheim
Cindy Greider
Conestoga
Gutzman
Paul Hess
Elizabethtown
Farm Show Committee Expands to Sixty Members
The State Farm Show Committee grows to a new high of sixty organizations with the addition of the American Mushroom Institute. Secretary Leland H. Bull notes advisory role and confirms 1967 show plans building on the record 1966 event with 11 000 entries and 700 attendance.
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Harrisburg
State Farm Show Committee
American Mushroom Institute
State Agriculture
Leland H. Bull
Bull
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association
Department of Agriculture
Horace L. Mann
Lancaster Livestock Prices Report
Market notes from Lancaster list various beef weights and prices. It shows ranges for 205-225 lb cattle at 23 dollars, 235-250 lb at 21.50 to 21.75, and 260-290 lb at about 20.50, reflecting a weekly livestock price update.
Chicago Market Livestock Prices Report
Wholesale price ranges listed for Prime and High Choice cattle and slaughter heifers with weights from 850 to 1700 pounds. Includes ranges for Choice, Mixed Good, Standard and Low Good, plus utilities for cows and trims such as canners and cutters at several dollar per hundredweight figures.
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Chicago
Sheep and Lamb Market Report Highlights Prices
SOWS US 1 3 300-500 lbs typical. Ewes and lambs show steady to 50c lower with slaughter stock easing. Wool lambs fetch 68 05 per hundredweight. light to good quality 16 22 per cwt. slaughter ewes 4 50 to 8 with utility grades 16 22.
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Lancaster
Berry
Esbenshade
Turkey
Grofftown RD
Martin
Blue Ball
Penna
Kentucky
Ohio
Paul Z. Martin
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc
Stevens
Denver
Mastersonville
Colebrook
Colebrook Road
Rapho Twp
Lancaster Co
Rufus Haldeman
Daniel Haldeman
John B. Haldeman
David Young
Rufus Geib
R. D
Hellam
Highmount Church
Massey Harris
John Deere
New Idea
Oliver
Century
New Holland
David Bradley
Willis R. Miller
Jacob A. Gilbert
Gilbert & Frey
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