Farmers Club Hears Forecast
The Octoraro Farmers Club marks its centennial with discussions on long term farming, pollination by insects, and the need for continued attention to mechanized farming. Howard K. Walton delivers a historical address as longtime members and relatives, including James L Hastings and Elma Maule, attend under trees and in a chapel.
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Octoraro Farmers Club
James L. Hastings
Kirkwood
Anna Walton
Christiana
Helen M. Walton
Cochran
Garber Joins Logan Hatchery Staff as Salesman
Robert S Garber has joined the L L Logan hatchery at Kennett Square as salesman and serviceman. Born and raised in Lebanon County he worked with his father on a poultry farm and aided in dressing plant operations. He has sales experience and a strong interest in poultry and helping individual growers with their problems.
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Robert S Garber
L. L. Logan Hatchery S
Kennett Square
Logan Hatchery
Mr Garber
Lebanon County
Octorato Farmers Club Marks Century with Historic Program
The Octorato Farmers Club anniversary program featured a quartet, visiting members, and a detailed 1856 slide show by Mr. Pasto on farming milestones. The event at Middle Octorara Churchyard included exhibits, a basket lunch, and a pledge to continue presenting papers as the club begins its second century.
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Almus Shoemaker
Farmers Club
Melvin C. Boyce
Mr. Huber
David Huber
Richard P. Maule
Mary Boyce
Sara Holmes
Mr. Pasto
Joshua Wood
Octorara
Penn
Pasteur
von Liebig
Mendel
Octorato Farmers Club
Fanny Stepney Arrested After Car Attack
In Oklahoma City Fanny Stepney grew angry at a stalled car and attacked it with kicks fists and rocks before police arrived. She was arrested and charged with drunkenness.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Fanny Stepney
Fanny
Lancaster County Crop Outlook and Reports
Lancaster County farm notes show crops below normal temps by 3 to 4 degrees with tobacco, tomatoes, and alfalfa under insect pressure. Sloat Hay cites planters spraying with methoxychlor or heptachlor, melathion, and wettable powder to curb leafhoppers and aphids, plus plane spraying and hormone inhibitors on Sechrist and Rohrer farms.
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Lancaster County
Mr Sloat
Or&É
Slota Sloats
Raymond Sechrist
Lititz
Harold Rohrer
Lampeter
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Farm Bureau
Porkmaker
Ox& Bacs
Dillerville Road
Hollane
Robert S. Garber
Logan
Southern
Lancaster County Joint Community High School
Quarryville
Ph. Strasburg
Esbenshade Turkey Farm
Lancaster Co
Octoraro Farmers
Tespredu Uilues
Luis Cemventiidl
Crew Alloll
Uidsicdover Falming
Mr. Sloat
A. G. Jeffers
Mar-Gro
Mar-Gro Mfg. Co
Lane
Aaron S. Martin
Quarryville Concrete
A. H. Burkholder
Wolgemuth Bros., Inc
Florin
Florin, Pennsylvania
Mount Joy
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