Early Tobacco Harvest Underway on Gantz Farm
Harry Gantz reports the early tobacco harvest started July or August after planting in May on his Millersville area farm. He notes two acres ready and uses chemicals to control suckers, comparing treated versus untreated stalks and claiming higher yield per stalk with treatment, despite uncertain weather prospects for large leaf quality this year.
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Harry
Gantz
Harry Gantz
Millersville
Safethor
Millville R. D
L. F
Breneman Wins Guernsey Field Day Top Contest
Roy Breneman of Willow Street won the model Guernsey cow contest with 283 points at the Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders Field Day held at Melvin Stoltzfus farm. Second in men’s division went to Don Ankram, third to Jacob Bollinger. Louise Witmer led the ladies class with Bollinger and Royer close behind. Youth winner Nelson Landis, with runners-up Jody Atkins and Henry DeLong, also noted. Elmer Salisbury urged uniform replacements through one herd sire and cooperation among breeders, while Victor Plastow urged hay testing and soil testing to guide fall alfalfa seedings.
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Guernsey
Nelson Landis
Louise Witmer
Roy Breneman
Melvin Stoltzfus
Ranks
Willow Street
Lancaster County
Don Ankram
Peach Bottom
Jacob Bollinger
Lititz
Herbert Royer
Oregon Pike
Salisbury
Guernsey Association
Victor Plastow
Farm Calendar Prompted Summer Events at Local High School Field
The Gar th Spot Young Farmers Ummer picnic will be held at Garden Spot High School Athletic Field. Manheim Gung Farmers Association hosts soil conservation and map pictures. State 4H Judging Days at Sylvania State University. Lanc County ASC farm tour near Penn Manor High School. A dairy cattle isolation barn meeting at Clyde W. Martin’s farm with Earl R. D. 1, Mr. Wil ’im Nichol, Sec. of Pa. continued on Page 20.
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Young Farmers Ummer
Manheim Gung Farmers Association
Sylvania State Univer
Lancas County
ASC
Penn Manor High Choo
Clyde W. Martin
Earl R. D
Wil‘im
Nichol
ASC Farm Tour Planned in Lancaster County
The Lancaster County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee schedules a farm tour for Tuesday August 11. The group departs from Penn Manor High School at 9 30 a m with bus service at 50 cents per person and attendees should bring a picnic lunch.
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Lancaster County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Penn Manor High School
Eiach
Five day forecast with cooler temperatures ahead
Temperatures are expected to average 2 to 6 degrees below normal 85 in the afternoon 65 at night. Cooler over the weekend with moderate temperatures Monday and Tuesday and again Wednesday. Precipitation may total 0.44 inch or more as showers occur Saturday morning and again late Tuesday.
Poultrymen Free Economic Vice By Management
Dr Robert F Gentry of Pennsylvania State University urged Lancaster poultrymen to beat the economic vice through better management sanitation and isolation at the Farm Bureau Cooperative poultry meeting. He said genetic base and feed quality are strong, so emphasis must shift to practices that improve profits.
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Robert F Gentry
Poultry Disease Laboratory
Pennsylvania State University
Lancaster County Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Farm Prices Rise From Year Ago Amid Dairy Gain
Prices received by Pennsylvania farmers in mid July rose 6 percent from June and 3 percent from a year ago led by livestock and dairy products up 7 percent and poultry and eggs up 2 percent. Feed grains and hay unchanged while food grains fell 21 percent. Egg prices edged up one cent from last month and matched July last year. Broilers and roasters gained one cent.
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Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Randall Stoltzfus Captures Grand Champion FFA Hog
Judge Lee Mohney praised Randall Stoltzfus's Grand Champion Yorkshire at the FFA Hog Show and Sale held at Green Dragon Market. Stoltzfus, son of Mr and Mrs John F Stoltzfus of Gap R1, will enter Pequea Valley as a senior this fall.
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Randall Stoltzfus
Yorkshire
FFA
Green Dragon
FFA Hog
Lee Mohney
Yong
Lakeview Joint High School
Mercer County
John F. Stoltzfus
Gap R1
Pequea Valley
Jerry Snader
Ephrata
John Eby
Barry Shirk
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Punty Tobacco Arvest Started
Hempstead Road
Jody Atkins
New Providence
Henry DeLong
Elmer Salisbury
Lauxmount Farms
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