County Dairy Showmen Take Two Championships
Lancaster County dairy men captured two grand championship ribbons at the ninth Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeders Cooperative cattle show. Mountain Valley Dixie Royal won grand, Glenhurst Bambi took junior and reserve, with Guernsey Raymond and Louise Witmer winning senior honors. About 2000 spectators saw 175 exhibitors and 400 head judged under the Danish system, with 130 blue ribbons and roughly 3500 dollars awarded.
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Lancaster County
Glenhurst Bambi
Marilyn R. Harnish
Quarryville
Karl Bender
Landisville
Richard Amble
Atglen
G M. Cairns
University of Maryland
George Newlin
Hill Girt Farms
Chadds Ford
Harvey Worthington
West Chester
Herman Stebbins
York
Lester Jacobs
Hanover
Roger L. Emig
SPABC
Lancaster
County groups tour farm shows on Poultry and Beef clubs
About 100 farmers and families toured two garden home farms as the Poultry Association held its annual event. The Red Rose Baby Beef Lamb Club invited parents and friends to inspect 22 club members' steers. Over 200 beef feeders visited home farms and saw more than 25 steers fattened and trained for fall shows.
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Baby Beef Club
Max Smyth
Terry Petticoffer
Ammon Petticof
Elizabethtown
Smith
L. F
Fincaster
Poultry
Ents
Cold Nights blamed for poor honey production
Lancaster County reports a heavy flow of honey and nectar from goldenrod and wildflowers but bees need artificial feeding to survive winter. Penn State extension speaker W. W. Keen discussed bee care during 4-H judging demonstrations at a university event. Community notices reference meetings and projects across the county with various dates and locations.
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Ness
Lancaster County
W. W. Ke
Penn State Unity
Kentucky farmers tour Garden Spot conserve practices
More than thirty farmers from Kentucky visited Garden Spot on Tuesday to study conservation methods at four county farms. The tour included a stop at New Holland Machine Co and a Washington D C trip to the U S Department of Agriculture. Beekeeping specialist W V Clarke demonstrated frames showing scarce honey as John Lapp noted cool nights and rain reduced honey production across the state.
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Kentucky
Garden Spot
New Holland Machine Company
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
W. W. Clarke
John Lapp
Bareville
Clarke
Phot
County Boy Wins Trip To AIC In California
Lancaster County farm boy Darvin Boyd won a county contest and will travel to Berkeley California for six days of sight seeing and meetings at the American Institute of Cooperation. He beat 102 applicants and will join the state delegation in Pittsburgh and Chicago en route to San Francisco.
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AIC
California
Lancaster County
County Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Darvin Boyd
Ephrata
Samuel Everhart
Center-Clearfield
A.sc
Boyd
Pittsburgh
Indiana
O’hare Field
Chicago
San Francisco
San
Five Day Weather Forecast With Slight Weekend Cooldown
The forecast calls for near normal to five degrees below normal temperatures through Wednesday. Afternoon highs around 80s and nights in the 60s map a cooler weekend with a gradual rise afterward. Rain chances stay light, under 0.12 inches by Tuesday or Wednesday, while last Saturday's 1.77 inches pushes July totals to 5.65 inches, about an inch above normal.
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County Dairy Showmen
Reuben Locke
Lemasters
York County
Adrienne Luchsenbaugh
Spring Greens
Wilson Glatfelter
Jersey
Tom Halladay, Jr
S. F
Suzette
Charles Wollaston
Toughkenamon
Yo County Groups
Tourims of Associates
Count Soil
Leaster Court
Cm Farm Show
Aston
Frank Dice
Chambers
Ham
Renken
Crear Farch Laboratory
Nais
Lititz - Manheim ‘Ommunity Club
Oregon
State Gladiolus Pmo
Hershey
Bay
Unty Beekeepers
The
Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Extension Service
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