Lanchester Pony Club Prepares for May 6 Junior Show
The Lanchester Pony Club of southern Lancaster and Chester counties hosts a May 6 junior horse show at Quarryville Community Grounds starting at 9 am. Seventeen aged riders compete in 22 classes across two rings to raise funds for a permanent cross-country training course.
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Lancaster
Chester County
Quarryville
Lanchester Pony Club
Chester Counties
Pony Club
G W Hassle
Hassler
Fight To Retain Delaware Valley Handler Pool
Dr Paul E Hand of the Inter-State Milk Producers Co operative economist told about 200 area dairy farmers that the Delaware Valley milk marketing area has lost its handler pool status. He said the federal change shifts the region toward a marketwide pool and discussed impacts for Philadelphia shippers amid a referendum on the April 7 decision.
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Dairymren
Delaware Valley
Paul E Hand
Hand
Guernsey
US Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
N.Y
Economist
Farm Calendar April 25 to 27 schedule
Farm calendar lists April 25 7 30 p m meeting at UGI Building Lancaster with leaders Forum April 27 9 30 a m at Reading Motor Inn and 1 30 pm tractor driving contest at Garden Spot High School. Open house at Faw Hill Farm Chestertown Maryland runs 11 am to 3 pm.
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UGI
Conestoga St
Lancaster
Southeast
Reading Motor Inn
Reading
Garden Spot High School
ABC
Faw Hil Farm
Chestertown
Tobacco Tops Crop Insurance Coverage
A U S Department of Agriculture report shows crop-hail insurance has doubled in 15 years, aligning with higher production costs and harvest values. Tobacco leads insured crops among major commodities, with about one third protected against hail. About one quarter of wheat is insured.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Life Sunday Observances Planned in Ephrata Area
Rural Life Sunday events mark the fifth Sunday after Easter with services by Bethany United Church of Christ youth at Old Bethany near Akron and a Stevens Hall Church of the Brethren service led by Norman Reber editor of the Pennsylvania Farmer. Merriam notes focus on rural Christian life and invites the public, especially 4H and FFA youth.
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Win Merrliam
Rural Life
Youth of
Stevens Hall
Church of the Brethren
Norman Reber
Pennsylvania Farmer Magazine
Merriam
Grangers Oppose Constitutional Convention Action
Lancaster County Pomona Grange 71 at its spring meeting at the White Horse Fire Hall last Saturday voted against the proposed constitutional convention. The measure appears on the May 16 primary election ballot.
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White Horse Fire Hall
Lancaster County
Pomona Grange
River Basin Plans Urged to Preserve Agricultural Land
Pennsylvania soil and water conservation districts urged that river basin studies include plans to preserve land highly suitable for farming. They warn that land resources are not inexhaustible and future needs for food require protecting productive farmland, while allowing low value land to host recreation and development.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Association of Soil and Water Conservation District
Pennsylvania
Raymond D Shaffer
Dalmatia
Northumberland County
Association
Period Weather: Below Normal Temperatures and Rain Total
Temperatures from Saturday to Wednesday are forecast to average below normal 66 to 44 degrees with about 1.4 inches of precipitation. Showers are expected Saturday and again around Tuesday.
Earl Hess Named PENB Chairman
Earl L Hess, president of Hess Bros Farms Inc of Ephrata, was unanimously named chair man of the Poultry and Eye National Board at the PENB annual meeting in Chicago. Hess had been PENB first vice president and succeeds Dr John Salsbury. E M Sonders of Producers Cooperative Exchange attended as PENB state director and committee member.
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Earl L Hess
Hess Bros. Farms, Inc
Ephrata
Poultry and Eye National Board
Chicago
Hess
PENB
John Salsbury
E. M. Sonders
Producers Cooperative Exchange
Coatesville
Pennsylvania Poultry Association
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Pam Hassler
Miss Hassler
Paul E. Hand
Grangers
Earl Hess
Earl L. Hess
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