Chicago Stock Yards Seeks Oldest Shipper for 90th Anniversary
The Chicago Stock Yards seek memory-holding livestock farmers to honor at a June 14 Awards Banquet marking the market's 90th anniversary. Nominations must be to Room 4,116, Exchange Building, by May 15. The event honors oldest active shippers, salesmen, buyers, truckers, and railroad men who contributed to a billion head of livestock shipments since 1865.
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Chicago
Stock Yard Inn
Exchange Building
Chicago Stock Yards
Stock Yards Club of
Market — Commission
Chicago Union Stock Yards
William Wood Prince
Prince
Billy the Bullonth
Bert Fevold & Sons
Humboldt
Iowa
Timber Fire Stops Fire On Farm
Bainbridge Fire Co. fought a woods fire on Jonas Forrey’s Stackstown farm Monday night. No damage was reported. Refuse burning got out of control and caused the fire.
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Jonas Forrey
Stackstown
Edinger Retires After 41 Years of School Service
Paul E. Edinger, assistant director of agricultural and home economics extension at Pennsylvania State University, will retire July 1 after 41 years in education. He previously served as Cumberland County agricultural agent from 1917 to 1929.
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Edinger
Paul E. Edinger
Pennsylvania State University
Cumberland County
World’s Merchant Fleet Triples Since 1900 In 1900s Era
The Worlds merchant fleet has tripled since 1900. Newsprint output and use set new records in March.
Erie County Farmer Wins State Outstanding Young Farmer Title
Robert C Boyd 34 of North East Erie County won the Pennsylvania Outstanding Young Farmer award at a Palmyra banquet hosted by the Pennsylvania Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ralph M Horst 32 of Lebanon and Donald E Lanius 29 of York were honored as runners up for leading progressive farming. Boyd, a dairying and orcharding operator, is part owner of a 204 acre farm. Horst, a World War II veteran with a BS from Penn State, runs 190 acres in orcharding. Lanius, a 325 acre partner with his father, won PSU five acre corn contests in 1953 and 1954 and improved corn yield through contour farming.
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Robert C Boyd
North East
Ere County
Pennsylvania
Palmyra
Boyd
Erie County
Vic Horst
Pennsylvania State University
Lebanon Jaycees
Lanius
Paradise toasts Paradise Postmaster Nominee
Robert D Esbenshade nominated by President Eisenhower as Paradise postmaster. He has served as acting postmaster since April of last year after succeeding Samuel T Hershey. The nomination now goes to the Senate for confirmation.
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Robert D Esbenshade
Fusenhower
Paradise
Samuel T Hershey
Senate
Weather Wet And Cool Here In March Dusty Southwest
Weather notes a cool wet trend in a March wrap with farmer concern over a dry spell. The piece cites drought in Florida and a southwest dust bowl with storms, adding farmers sowed oats yet lack rainfall while dust and fires affect Texas New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and surrounding panhandles. Colonel John A McComsey speaks from San Antonio on the drought and occasional rain.
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John A McComsey
USA
San Antonio
Texas
Lancaster Farming
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Guernsey Cows Set AR Records in McCoy West Chester PA
Osborne Hill Pat Teresa a junior three year old posted 13 029 lbs of milk and 676 lbs of fat in 365 days with two daily milkings forming about 6250 quarts of high quality milk. Osborne Hill Baron s Delores a five year old produced 12 346 lbs of milk and 570 lbs of fat in 305 days with two daily milkings yielding about 500 quarts of milk. Both met calving requirements.
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McCoy
West Chester
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Osborne Hill
Pat Teresa
Osborne Hill Baron’s Delores
Florida Sees Severe Drought and Acreage Fire Loss
The northeast Sunshine State suffered about 5 000 acres of timber lands burned as lakes dried and crops including citrus trees withered in a 65 year dry spell. Relief arrived midweek as showers delivered a ten million dollar boost per a state agricultural specialist.
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Sunshine State
Florida
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O. H. Delchamps
Point Clear
Alabama
Ankonian
Eileenmere
Blackbird
Erie
Guernsey
N. Ann St
Lancaster
Arthur S. Young Co., Inc
Kinzer, PA
Kaylor Bros
Rheems, PA
Jared Stauffer
Martindale, PA
Walter Binkley & Son Lititiz
A. J. Herr & Bro
Quarryville, PA
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