Small Grains Harvest Progress Amid Rains Across State
Farmers report half days of dry weather finishing wheat and oats while corn reaches tassel and silk. Alfalfa gains four cuttings. hay quality declined from recent rains. Potters County snap beans underway and early tomatoes market ready. potatoes rot from wet soils. peaches move in small volumes as summer rains aid fruit sizing.
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State
Potter County
Philadelphia
Wellsboro
Reading
Safe Harbor
3th Poultry Festival Opens August Twenty First
The Pennsylvania Poultry Federation will hold its 8th annual Poultry Festival at Hershey August 21 to 24 in cooperation with Pennsylvania Dutch Days. A chicken barbecue aims to exceed 50 000 halves, a festival record, with preparations to barbecue over 37 000 halves. The event includes exhibits of fancy game birds, water fowl, 12 turkey varieties, and birds trained to ring a bell for feed. The climax is contests for Miss Pennsylvania Poultry Industry 1958 and the Pennsylvania Poultry Cooking Champion on Saturday August 23.
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Pennsylvany Poultry Federation
Hershey
Pennsylvey
United Stats
Pennsylvania
Star Farmer of America 1958 Selection Nears Decision
A panel of judges in Washington this week selected finalists for the Star Farmer of America. The winner will be announced October 14 at the Future Farmers of America Conversion in Kansas City.
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Washington
Star Farmer of America
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Kenneth Skiles Wins Berkshire Gilt at Field Day
Kenneth Skiles wins the Berk gilt prize at the Lancaster County Swine Producers Field Day held at the Masonic Home. Winners in the adult division include Bruce Boyd James Martin Paul Ebaugh and Ralph Dietz. Annville Darvin Boyd takes youth division first. second Glenn Smoker third James Dombach fourth Walbur Hosler and fifth Kenneth Dombach. Dr Dwight Younkin outlines plans for a Penn State boar testing station and a state swine association with Larry Gobbles and M M Smith on the program. C Warren Leininger presides as event chairman.
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Masonic
Kenneth Skiles
Sarvon
Lancaster County
Glenn Smoker
Lancaster
James Dombach
Walbur Hosler
Manheim
Kenneth Dombach
Dwight Younkin
Penn State
Larry Gobbles
Animal Husbandry Department
M. M. Smith
Warren Leininger
Denver
Guernsey Field Day Set at Witmer Farm Near Lancaster
The Guernsey Breeders Assn will hold its annual field day August 13 at the Witmer dairy farm on Willow Street eight miles south of Lancaster Route 22. The Witmer herd topped DHIA for the county. average butterfat 5785 pounds. Frank D Brown Jr. of Port Deposit MD speaks on Mt. Ararat Farms. Judging starts 10 am with Roger Emig as judge in three classes. Prizes awarded, lunch served by Farm Women 14 for $1. Field day committee includes Jason Weaver Raymond Witmer and John Grayhill.
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Lancaster
Route
Witmer
Dhia
Frank D Brown Jr
Port Deposit
Mt. Ararat Farms
Roger Emig
Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative
Jason Weaver
Raymond Witmer
John Grayhill
Miss Andrews Captures Area 2 Queen of the Furrow Title
Rosemary Andrews of Lancaster County won the Area 2 Queen of the Furrow contest at Hershey surpassing ten contestants from Dauphin York Lebanon Schuylkill counties. She received bouquets and a wrist watch, earned a place in the state final at Hershey August 15, and will compete for a national crown tied to the Plowing Matches.
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Lancaster County
Rosemary Andrews
Miss Andrews
Hershey
Lancaster
Andrews
Dauphin
Schuylkill
Lebanon
York Counties
Alfred Dugan
Milton Hershey School
Christian Musser
York County
Mullersville State Teachers College
County Soil Conservation District
Ruth Ann Carrol
Peach Bottom
Donna Landis
Cynthia Zell
Dauphin County
Ceeelia Tree
Charlotte Miller
Schuylkill County
Rachel Sanger
Barbara Roe
Lebanon County
Margaret McPherson
Bonnie Abel
McPherson
Palmyra
Lampeter-Strasburg High School
Westminster Choir College
Prinston
Hershey Community Theater
New York City
Pennsylvania
Richard Redman
Powers
WHP
Harrisburg
Clarence Funk
Farm Bureau Co-op Information Service
C . Jackson
Chester
Delaware
Jack Brand
United States Steel Hour
Lenore Brundige
The
Pittsburgh Press
Richard Redmond
Whp-Tv
H. Bull
Secretary of Agriculture
David Unger
Robert Malick
WGAL
Barbecue Planned Aug 9 for Lampeter Fair Benefit
A chicken barbeque for the West Lampeter Community Fair will be held August 9 at the Lampeter Community Center. Meals start 4 to 8 pm with carryout available. A calf roping contest runs 3 to 5 pm by the Lap and Tap Roping Stock. Tickets cost $1.50 for adults and 75 cents for children. Roy B Herr is general president and Harold Rohrer fair president. Wayne B. Rentschler serves as secretary-treasurer. Barbecue committee chairs include Wayne B Rentschler publicity and Harold Rohrer purchasing with others handling tables grounds pit parking and serving.
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West Lampeter
Lampeter
Roy B Herr
Harold Rohrer
Wayne B. Rentschler
B. Snavely Garber
LeRoy Andews
Mark Myer
J. Lloyd Rohrer
Isaac Herr
LeRoy Andrews
Frank Leed
Paul Rowe
Robert Adams
Cigar Filler Stocks Down 3.6 Million Pounds on July 1
Federal data show total tobacco leaf inventories at 4,609 million pounds as of July 1, down 237 million from a year earlier. Cigar filler stocks fell 6 million pounds from last July while shade grown wrappers rose, with flue cured and other tobaccos showing notable declines in stock levels.
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Star Farmer
Berk Gilt N Swine Producers
Guernsey
R. F. Witmer
Raymond F Witmer
Willow Street
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