Oats DuBois LeConte Lead Pennsylvania Test Showing
Dial When I Makes just Good Production shows Landisville trial results with DuBois and LeConte as top winter oats varieties. Wong and Kendar barley continue to lead as best adapted barley in Pennsylvania. Robert Pfeifer of Penn State notes Washington wheats with stiff straw and high yield will enter a breeding program this fall, with results years away.
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Wong
Kendar
Pennsylvania
Robert Pfeifer
Penn State
Washington
New York Egg Market Sees Unsettled, Weaker Trading
New York on July 31 reports shell egg prices unsettled with broader selling pressure across accumulations. General trade quiet as yesterday's call support withdrawn. Nearbys down about 1 percent, Midwestern fancys steady on mixed, whites and browns only fractionally lower.
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New York
18 Pct Fewer Young Chickens on Farms
Latest Crop Reporting Board figures estimate that the number of young chickens raised on farms is 394,305,000, an 18 percent drop from last year and the lowest on record. This preliminary June 1 national tally shows many farmers liquidating flocks, with the largest declines in small flocks.
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Crop Reporting Board
Processed Poultry Prices Steady for Philadelphia Market
July reports show ready-to-cook ice packed young chickens steady to firm with light offerings but improved demand for heavy birds. Prices delivered to warehouse Philadelphia ranged 32 to 39 cents per pound for Grade A and USS classifications, with regional receipts totaling 229,000 pounds from Maryland Delaware Georgia Virginia North Carolina.
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Philadelphia
Maryland
Delaware
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
Philadelphia eggs prices steady amid lighter demand
USDA reports unsettled markets with generally adequate supplies. Demand lighter and floor stocks moving slowly while out of storage movement stays moderate. Wholesale prices show minimal ranges for AA, A and B grades with large and medium sizes. receipts total 3,000 cases by truck on July 30.
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Philadelphia
U.S
First Annual Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition Opens in Harrisburg
The first annual Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition will be held at the State Farm Show Building in Harrisburg from November 12 to 16, showcasing regional farm animals and related exhibits.
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State Farm Show Building
Harrisburg
Old poem remembered by reader requests in paper
A subscriber from Lampeter recalls a school poem titled Great wide wonderful beautiful world describing wind shaking trees and hills and ends with World you are beautifully dressed. She expresses appreciation for pictures of people and local enterprises in the paper.
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Esther Weaver
Lampeter
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Landisville
DuBois
LeConte
P.L. Rohrer Bro., Inc
Smoketown
Lancaster
Robert Barr Washington Bore
Enos R. Buckwalter
Evan E. Dinger Reinholds
Maurice Good Gordonville
Henry Hoover Ephrata
Mark Hosler
Manheim & Lititz
Jacob L. Kurtz
Elizabethtown
Stephen M. Kurtz
Joanna & Conestoga
John S. Martin
Bareville
John Melhorn
Mount Joy
Wilson Scott Willow Street
Lester Schultz
Martin Wanner
Gap
David H. Weaver
New Holland
Eastern States Service Center
Quarryville
Sterling
Urner-Barry
USDA
Kischor Chike
I Hubbard Farms
Lancaster, Pa
Lancaster Markets
Cope & Weaver
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Willow ST
Ph. Lane
Wirthmore
Hiestand
Ene
Marietta, R. D. 1
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