Benson to Be Main Speaker At Plow Contest
Ezra Taft Benson will headline the second day of the 16th National Plowing Contest in Hershey on Aug 22. Governor George M. Leader opens the event Aug 21 with contour plowing matches and a tribute to Pennsylvania agriculture. State police riders, a rodeo, and tractor tipping safety demo precede awards to plowing winners, with national matches to follow.
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Hershey
United States
Ezra Taft Benson
George M
Pennsylvana Agriculture
Benson
National Agriculture
Leland Bull
Leader
Pennsylvania
Hershey Stadium
Bull
Col. E. Henry
C.C Kelley
Cornell University
William L Henning
SPABC Dairy Show Set for August 6 7 in Lancaster
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative dairy show is scheduled for August 6 and 7 at SPABC headquarters Route 230 Lancaster. An August 6 evening type demonstration led by L. O. Colebank will open events with judging of all breeds starting at 10 am on Thursday.
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Southeastern Pennsylvania
Ohio Farm Editor Sees Ending Of Leaf Surplus
Columbus Dispatch farm editor Bull Zipf reports a novelty mint flavored chewing tobacco found by a Fairfield County farmer. He jokes it could boost farm morale and hints at selling ladies tobacco kits with mint flavored tobacco and jeweled cuspidors.
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Ohio Farm Editor
Bull Zipf
Columbus, Ohio
Dispatch
Fairfield County
County Poultrymen Plan Local Tours Across Lancaster
Lancaster County poultrymen will conduct an on site tour visiting four farms and two New Holland plants. The 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. program includes poultry processing, egg grading, and barn layouts with Leghorn layers and broiler houses.
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Lancastr County
Lancaster County Poultry Assa
Mrk E Myer
Richard Kreider
Arthur Graybill
Harry S Sloat
New Holland Machine Co
New Holland
Victor F. Weaver Inc
George Weaver
Rt New
Broiler
David G. Musselman
al New Holland
Mervin Hoober
Rt New Holland
Hoober
Lancaster County Set to Crown Queen of the Furrow
Lancaster County will send two contestants Ruth Ann Carroll and Rosemary Andrews to Hershey for the district Queen of the Furrow competition. The area event is the seventh of ten statewide contests with more than 800 contestants entering eliminations through August 15.
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Lancaster County
Lebanon
Schuylkill
Dauphin
York Counties
Hershey
Ruth Ann Carroll
Peach Bottom
Rosemary Andrews
Willow
Winnie Lee Hogan
Saegertown
Crawford County
Gwendolyn Carole Davis
New Castle
Lawrence County
Lee Nicodemus
Alum Bank
Bedford County
York County poultry queen contest co chairs named
Edward Fisher of Coudersport and Thomas Malin of the Lancaster York area serve as co chairmen of the contest committee for the state poultry queen event. The contest is sponsored by the Soil Conservation Districts of Pennsylvania and local vocational agriculture departments.
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Edward Fisher
Coudersport
Pennsylvania Assn of Oil Conservation District
Thomas Malin
Lancaster- York County
Soil Conservation Districts of
Pennsylvania
Vocational Agriculture Departments
Wheat Harvest Delayed by Wet Weather in 1958
Weather and crop reports show a prolonged 1958 wheat harvest as frequent rains keep fields too tough to harvest. Farmers head wheat to avoid shattering, mow straw for baling, and pursue late hay cuttings. Fruit growth in Berks Lehigh and Adams Franklin York belts remains ahead, with peaches and apples sizing well.
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State
Berks- Lehigh
Adams-Franklin-York
Poultry Tour Invites Enthusiasts to James Hill Farm Visit
The tour stops at the RL Gordonville farm of James Hill at 3:15 pm. The house spans 36 by 450 feet with heat from a hot water pipe. Four rows of hanging tube feeders are fed by a track cart and the dirt floor and cellophane windows are noted. All poultrymen may join any part of the tour.
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James Hill
Gordonville
Dealers of the American Steel and Wire Division Named
The report lists dealers affiliated with the American Steel and Wire Division of U S Steel Corp. detailing distribution network and market coverage across regional outlets.
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American Steel and Wire
U. S. Steel Corp
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James Garber
Elizabethtown
County Poultrymen
Berks
Lehigh
Bucks
Montgomery
Philadelphia
Delaware
Chester
West Chester American Legion
Margaret McPhearson
York County
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