Speedwell Forge Blends History and Modern Farming
Speedwell Forge in Northern Lancaster County blends a 200 year old manor with modern farming. Owner’s son William Darlington has managed since 1942, implementing a soil conservation plan with the Soil Conservation Service in 1943 to rebuild soil productivity and. the piece notes a shift toward a gentleman’s estate yet practical agriculture.
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Speedwell Forge
Lancaster County
William
Darlington
Gerald S. Darlington
Darlingtons
Soil Conservation Service
Attorney General Urges Lower Milk Prices in Pennsylvania
Atty. Anne X Alpern urged a price limit on milk dealers before the Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission. She said consumers should buy milk cheaper per gallon and noted prices have risen with no state maximum. The commission sets minimum prices only, preventing undercutting but not capping highs.
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Ladelphia
Anne X Alpern
Hiefore
State Department
Alpern
Pennsylvania Commission
Miss Alpern
Best Eggs Plan Gains Strength
Lancaster county egg producers approved the Pennsylvania Best Eggs Inc plan at the Poultry Center. The program aims to supply buyers with uniform quality eggs, funded by a three cent per crate processor donation and five cent per case dealer contribution to hire fieldmen for quality checks.
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Lancaster County
Poultry Center
Pennsylvania Best Eggs, Incorporated
Jay Greider
Mount Joy
Pennsylvania Best Eggs, Inc
Ephrata
Spring Work Reaches Full Gear Across State Farmland
After a late start spring activity surges as snow and mud recede. Farmers clear manure piles, prepare seedbeds, and sow oats while soil moisture remains adequate though some low spots hold surplus. Plowing for oats and corn resumes statewide.
Poultry Condemnation Talks Planned for County Meeting
An educational meeting for county poultrymen will discuss the how and why of condemned poultry. Dr. J R Harney and Dr. Andress of the USDA inspection section will give illustrated talks at the Lancaster Poultry Center on Friday April 29 at 8 00 p m. All processors and growers are invited with questions on effects of condemned poultry on operations across the county. Early potato and pea planting is underway. tobacco beds begin sterilizing and seeding. wheat and barley conditions are improving. pastures are good but slow to start providing feed.
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Lancaster Poultry Center
JR. Harney
United States Department of Agriculture
Dr. Andress
Five day forecast shows above normal warmth this week
Temperatures will run about 16 degrees above normal for five days with nights near 44 and days around 65. Weekend warmth gives way to cooler air by Tuesday or Wednesday with showers possible Monday or Tuesday. The past week saw 0.21 inch of rain and April totals reached 2.58 inches through the 23rd.
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UTH
Lancaster County Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Farmer Cooper
John Hess
Washington Boro
Penn Manor Ffa
A. Clyde Kreider
Quarryville
Solanco Ffa
Farm Bureau
Darlamer
Strasburg
Lampeter-Strasburg H. S
Julia Long
Standfion
Pat Trimble
Holtwood
Penn Manor
H. Liry Producers Cooperative Exchange
Mary Heisey
Sheridan
Lincoln
Ruth Ann Myer
Lampeter
Lampeter-Strasburg
H. S
Southeastern
Artificial Breeders Cooperative
Donald Trimble
John Zimmerman
Reinholds
Producers Cooperatives
Darvin
Lititz
Ironmasters
L. F
Pennia Milk Control
Guern- Sales
Line Highway
Lanan
Poultry and Egg Naal Board
Henry Om Hotel
New City
Eastern Dairy
Pp&l
Ster
Lancaster Co
Philadelphia
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