Lancaster FFA Youths Win At Region Dairy Show
Lancaster County FFA youths swept the 14th annual Pennsylvania Southeastern Region Dairy Show in Harrisburg winning reserve grand champion senior reserve champion and junior champion titles and collecting 17 blue ribbons. Earl C Stauffer Cloister Chapter led with reserve grand champion and multiple blue ribbons while Jay C Zimmerman Linford L Weaver and Nelson R Weaver also earned top honors.
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Lancaster Ffa
Lancaster County
FFA
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Earl C Stauffer
Cloister
Stauffer
Jay C. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Linford L. Weaver
Nelson R Weaver
Earl C. Stauffer
Earl
Clarence Stauffer
Ephrata
Local Winners At Ag Progress Days Take Top Prizes
Queameade Farms RD 2 New Holland captured two first places while Frank Yost RD 1 Narvon earned a first in the day show. Towanda Lancaster County placings list Alfalfa First Cutting field cured Frank J Yost. Alfalfa grass mixed first cutting Queameade Farms. Alfalfa grass mixed later cuttings Frank Yost. Grass first cutting Quemeade Farms. Grass second cutting Quemeade Farms. Mixed Hay more than 50 percent legume Frank I Yost.
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Queameade
New Holland
Frank Yost
Narvon
Agricultural Progress Day
Towanda
Lancaster County
Frank J Yost
Queameade Farms
Quemeade Farms
Frank I. Yost
European Corn Borer Survey and Control Guidance Issued
Pennsylvania State University advises surveying fields now for European corn borer egg masses. If 10 or more unhatched egg masses occur per 100 plants, spray every 4 to 5 days until counts drop below 10 and continue monitoring every 4 to 5 days. The 1969 recommended materials include EPN and Carbaryl formulations with notes on effectiveness and toxicity.
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Pennsylvania State University
Dennis Ginder Wins 4-H Pig Show Grand Championship
Dennis Ginder, 11, from Manheim and Elm-Penryn 4-H Club, won the Lancaster County 4-H Pig Roundup grand championship with a Hampshire-Yorkshire-Duroc Cross hog. The 225-pound entry sold for 66 cents per pound, totaling $148.50 to Kunzler and Company of Lancaster.
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Dennis Ginder
Manheim
Dennis
Earl B. Ginder
Lancaster County
Kunzler and Company of
Lancaster
Diane Buckwalter
Richard Buckwalter Jr
Esskay Packing Co
DHIA Directors Hold Meeting at Farm & Home Center
DHIA directors met Monday evening at the Farm & Home Center and approved a two week vacation for all supervisors after five years of service. The local board will cover 13 of hospitalization costs previously paid by the tester, with the state covering 36. A committee led by Donald S. Eby, Gordonville, Harvey Stoltzfus, Morgantown, and William Arrowsmith, Peach Bottom, was appointed to set a pricing plan for DHIA memberships when samples are tested at the Penn State University Lab.
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DHIA
Farm & Home Center
Penn State University Lab
Donald S. Eby
Barman
Gordonville
Farvey Stoltzfus
Morgantown
William Arrowsmith
Peach Bet
County 4 H Youths Dominate Dairy Show
Garden Spot 4 H youths dominate at the South Central 4 H Dairy Show in Harrisburg winning grand and reserve titles. The Witmer brothers Mark and Peter of RD 1 Willow Street lead with top Guernsey entries, while Jersey and Ayrshire placings include Barbara Aaron Quarryville and Byron Smeltz Elizabethtown with junior and reserve honors. Lancaster County dairy judging results list names and placements.
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Witmer Brothers
South Central
4.H
Daily Show
Guernsey
Mark
Peter
Jersey
Harrisburg
Willow Street
Barbara Aaron
Quarryville R1
Ayrshires
Byron Smeltz
Masonic Home
Elizabethtown
Farm Calendar Listings for Sept 3 4
Wednesday features the Baby Beef and Lamb Club meeting at Penryn Picnic Woods and the Lancaster Co Soil and Water Conservation District gathering at Farm & Home Center. Thursday lists Yo-Ag Teachers meeting at Pequea Valley.
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Baby Beef and Lamb Club
Penryn Picnic Woods
Lancaster Co Soil & Water Conservation District
Yo-Ag
Pequea Valley
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European Cort’ Hy Borer
Levin
Raymond Witmer
Henry Smeitz
Elizabeth
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