Court rules milk price hike must be reheard
Commonwealth Court voided the March 8 action of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board ordering a two cent a quart price increase. The board must hold new hearings with consumer and dealer input. Some dealers kept increases, while retail prices stayed mostly unchanged as the ruling prompted renewed consideration.
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Inter-State
Edward Honan
Milk Marketing Board
Honan
Lancaster Farming
Harry Kapleau
William Deisley
Moore Dairies
Deisley
Lancaster County Milk Dealers Association
Shapp
Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers
Harry Kapieau
Milk Board
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
York
Lancaster
Scranton
Wilkes- Barre
Reading
Research Farm Highlights Tobacco Focus and Yocum’s Role
Yocum, assistant professor of agronomy at Penn State, outlines over a century of Lancaster County tobacco research from 1902 onward. The farm, now at its present location since 1956, uses two technicians to test disease resistance yields and curing qualities while pursuing cross breeding for lighter leaf color and renewed chewing tobacco studies.
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Yocum
Penn State
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County
Ephrata
Lancaster
Roseville Road
Landisville
James Widders
Howard Brubaker
Martin Wins Editor of the Year Award
Martin, former Lancaster Intelligencer Journal farm editor, won the Farm Editor of the Year award in Washington DC, receiving a plaque and a $100 check. Rex B. Conn presented it. Martin cited a milk production and marketing series as the basis. He recently left the paper for Sperry New Holland.
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Gary Martin
Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
Washington, D.C
Farm Editors of America
Rex B. Conn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Martin
Sperry New Holland
Gary G. Martin
Rex Conn
Iowa Gazette
Elsa
Farm Calendar highlights local meetings and shows
Fulton Grange meets in Oaklyn. Frost Entomological Museum hosts an exhibit April 23 to May 7. On Tuesday April 24 county FFA Public Speaking at Brownstown Vo Tech and 4 H Soil and Water Conservation Club roundup at Farm and Home Center. Ephrata Young continuing on page 22.
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Fulton Grange
Oaklyn
Frost Entomological Museum
FFA
Brownstown
Vo-Tech
Soil and Water Conservation Club
Ephrata Young
Dairy Princess Contest Seeks Local Entrants for 1973 Pageant
Local dairy princess contest seeks applicants who have completed junior year in high school and are under 21, daughter of a dairy producer or manager. Entries due by May 21 with ceremonies June 23 at the Farm and Home Center where last year’s winner Donna Book will crown the new princess. The winner advances to the state contest and local princesses promote dairy through promotions, parades and school programs. Applicants contact Mrs. Robert E. Gregory, Lititz RD1, 733-7584.
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Donna Book
Farm and Home Center
Robert E. Gregory
Lititz
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