Agriculture Leader urges quality programs to beat imports
Secretary Le Sland Bull urged Lancaster Rotary Club to expand quality control for farm products to compete with 10 percent beef and foreign imports. He cited Europe’s health programs, urged research and marketing, and pressed reducing distance between farmer and consumer through better packing and advertising.
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le Sland Bull
Lancaser Rotary Club
Hotel Brunswick
Europe
Bull
Pennsylvania
Christ
New Holland 4-H Club and County Meetings Schedule
The calendar lists the New Holland 4-H Club reorganizing and a county 4-H Development Committee meeting at the Production Building on Seville Road. Also noted is a Manheim Young Farmers class on weed and insect control.
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New Holand 4
New Holland Pank
Ayrshire-Jersey
Tha Landis
Lis Valley
Seville Road
Manheim Young Famers
York County Hog Tops Carcass Classes at York Coury Market Hog Show
A 210 pound Yorkshire bred and shown by Willow Glen Farm Strasburg R1 topped the carcass classes at the York County Hog Show in the Thomasville pavilion. The entry dressed 167 pounds with 1.43 inch backfat 475 square inches loin eye 381 percent ham and loin and length of 3375 inches. Sponsor York County Swine Producers Association.
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Lancaster County
York
Thomasville
York County Swine Producers Association
Willow Glenn Farm
Victor Longenecker Honored for 30 Years in 4-H Leadership
The County 4-H Council honored Victor Longenecker of Elizabethtown R1 for 30 years as a club leader at the annual 4-H Leaders banquet held Monday night at Hostetter's Banquet Hall in Mount Joy. A plaque was presented, noting his role with Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club.
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County
Victor Longenecker
Elizabethtown
Longenecker
Hostetter’s
Mount Joy
Red Rose Baby ‘Beef and Lamb Club
Richard B Lefever
Quarryville
John Herr
Harold Fry
Stevens Ril
Harold Stuber
Guernsey Tour Leaves April 14 From Lincoln Highway
The Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders Association bus tour departs at 8 30 a m from the Guernsey Sales Pavilion on Lincoln Highway Tuesday April 14. The first stop is at New Continued on Page 16.
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Lancaster County
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Guernsey
Lincoln Highway
Governor Approves Plans For State Dairy Show
The Pennsylvania All-American Dairy Show will run September 14 to 17 at the State Farm Show Building in Harrisburg. Open to registered dairy breeders from the United States and Canada, it will showcase six breeds Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey and Milking Shorthorn. State approval followed unanimous legislative action.
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Harrisburg
Leland H Bull
Pennsylvania
State Farm Show
United States
Canada
Ayrshire
Guernsey
Jersey
Bull
Commonwealth
Market News Reporter Begins Duties At Lancaster
James J. Anderson started as USDA Market News Service reporter at the Lancaster Union Stockyard. A Carbondale native and SIU graduate, he replaces Jim O Hara who moves to Kansas City. Anderson will cover prices and conditions at the Lancaster Stock Yards including private treaty sales and weekly auctions plus the Vintage and New Holland auctions. He is married to Verna Lacy and they have a 2 year old daughter Glioma Ann. They live on Wabank Road in Lancaster.
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New Market
Jim Anderson
Lancaster Union Stockyards
Lancaster
SDA Market News Service
East St Louis
Jim Bhare
James J. Anderson
Usda Market
Lancaster Union
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
US Air Force
Ilinois Fruit Growers Exchange
Illinois
Federal State Market News Reporting Service
Peoria
Ilinois
Jim
East St. Louis
Usda. Market News
Anderson
Jim O’hara
O'Hara
U.S.D.A
Kansas
City
Verna Lacy
Glioma Ann
Wabank Road
Wildlife Club Plans Reorganization Meeting in Lancaster
The Lancaster County 4H Wildlife Club will reorganize with an April meeting open to former members and youths age 10 to 19. The session at 7 30 p.m. will be held at Raymond and Mrs. Stoner’s home 1051 Eden Road Lancaster to elect officers for the year.
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Lancaster County 4H Wildlife
Raymond Stoner
Eden Road
Lancaster
Grassland FFA sweeps area in speaking and parli pro contest
Grassland Future Farmers of America scored a clean sweep in the York-Lancaster area FRA public speaking and Parliamentary Procedure contest Monday night. Glenn Weber Mohnton R2 repeated his county win in public speaking with Disaster Looms Ahead while Grassland’s Parliamentary Procedure team defeated Solanco to earn a regional bid for April 21 at Millersville State College. Third and fourth places went to Dover and Red Lion in York County. Weber, 15, is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Weber and a 10th grade student.
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Grassland Chapter
Future Farmers of America
York-Lancaster Area
Glenn Weber
Mohnton
Solanco
Millersville State College
Dover
Red Lion
York County
Five Day Weather Outlook Mild to warm with light showers
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging normal to five degrees above normal with nightly lows around 40 and afternoon highs near 62. Mild conditions dominate most of the period with cooler spells at the end and total precipitation under 6.5 inches, mainly showers near period end.
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Lincoln
John Stone
Quanyvile RI
Grassland Future Farmers
Carl Fahnestock
Manheim
Weber
Andrew Weber
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