Swine industry to adopt integration and larger operations
Penn State swine expert Dwight Younkin told the County Line Producers Assn during a dinner that integration is spreading beyond New York and Indiana to Pennsylvania. He cited Purdue studies showing labor and profit gains with larger sow herds, urged preparedness, and announced a May 20 feeder pig sale in Harrisburg. Directives on equipment, pasture decline, and new products Iron Dextrin and Hygromycin were discussed. three directors were re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Younkin
Penn State
Purdue University
Younkin
Harrisburg
Armour and Anchor
Farrowme
Association
C. Warren Leininger
Denver
Arle Anderson
Elizabethtown
Howard Siglin
Millersville
Blue Ball Fire Hall
Lancaster County Swine Producers Assn
Penn State Animal Husbandry
March Prices Highest Since October 1953
Harrisburg report shows Pennsylvania farm prices for the month ended March 15 averaged higher than February. Milk wholesale prices fell 20 cents a hundredweight, while the state index reached 257 percent of the 1910-14 average, the highest since October 1953.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Community Meal Planning Meeting Rescheduled in Lancaster
A planning meeting on organizing community meals is rescheduled to Friday April 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Power and Light Co basement auditorium Ghest Building Lancaster. Women involved with church dinners or organization sponsored meals are invited. new attendees should register by Wednesday April 9 with the Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Office. EXpress 4-6851.
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Ruth K. Kretbich
Extension Home
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co
Ghest Bldg
Lancaster
Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Office
Post Office
Food Industry Representatives Test New Foods in Pennsylvania
Sixty eight participants at the Pennsylvania Food Marketing Advisory Council luncheon evaluated four new foods including an apple juice concentrate turkey steaks frozen dessert and flake potatoes. Natural versions often won praise though Mellorine ice cream ranked near the top in taste tests. Experts discussed future prospects in production packaging handling retailing and nutrition during a two day fair chaired by council committees. Tom Raser of Farm Journal spoke on Food Marketing Challenges at the banquet.
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Ada B. Konhaus
Cumberland County
New Foods
Food Marketing Advisory Council
Pennsylvania
Tom Raser
Food Store Products Department
Farm Journal, Inc
Least Tobacco Least Price Mark 1957 Crop Sales
Lancaster County tobacco farmers posted the smallest output since 1953 and the lowest price since 1951. The USDA quarterly tobacco report shows Type 41 filler yield at 412 million pounds and average price 22.2 cents per pound, down 19 percent from 1956 and 7.5 percent in price.
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Lancaster County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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