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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1959

Page

2

Tobacco Field Day Set For Lancaster County Farmers

The Lancaster County Extension Service with the Southeastern Research Laboratory and the USDA will stage an all day tour of eight farms on Tuesday to show tests on tobacco varieties chemical weed control and fertilization. Visitors will see five new disease resistant varieties tested under farm conditions with checks including Swart and Hirshman. The tour starts 930 AM at the Research Lab north of Landisville visiting Wills Hackman Brown 3 Ray Hahn Columbia 1 and L E Hercelroth Silver Spring for demonstrations on new varieties weed control and fertilization.

Lancaster County Extension Service Southeastern Research Laboratory USDA Swart-Hirshman Landisville Wills Hackman Brown Ray Hahn Columbia L. E. Hercelroth Silver Spring

Local Farm Ads Highlight Fertilization and New Varieties

The listing features John Shenk II Aaron Weaver Lester Weaver Homer Martin and Loyd Shreiner promoting fertilization and new varieties with chemical weed control. Lancaster Farming advertising encouraged for farming needs.

John Shenk II Willow Street Aaron Weaver Q-uille Lester Weaver New Holland Homer Martin Lititz Loyd Shreiner

Egg quality decline linked to genetic factors say Rhode Island expo

Workers at the Rhode Island Experimental Station report that the rate of interior egg quality loss under ideal storage conditions is partially controlled by genetic factors. The finding highlights genetic influence on preservation and shelf life in poultry egg storage experiments.

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