Potatoes and Tobacco Harvest In Lancaster County Farms
Henry Nissley on R2 Holtwood begins potato harvest with 38 acres, aided by Bob Eckman Carvin and Ken Bowers. At Rawlinsville, Albert and Mrs Winters harvest a two acre tobacco crop with their son Thomas assisting. Lancaster Farming Staff Photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Henry Nissley
Holtwood
Bob Eckman
Carvin
Ken Bowers
Albert Winters
Rawlinsville
Thomas
Lancaster Farming
Poultry Trade Ledger From Lancaster Area Auctions
A list of sales and consignments from Lancaster area poultry dealers shows numerous transactions in White Vantress, Indian River, Red Vantress, and White Rock varieties. Buyers include Marvin Sweigart, Meader's Poultry, Tilley’s Poultry, Producers Cooperative Exchange, and C. F. Manbeck Inc, with prices and stock ages ranging from 6 to 34 weeks and brief notes on percentages.
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Nith Bushong
Marvin Sweigart
Robert Neff
White Mountains
Roy E. Ream
Warren Witmer
John E Rettiner
Miller & Bushong
Abram N Muller
S. E Davis
Glenn H. Herr
Tilley’s
Indian River
Claude F. Smith
Walter C
Mellinger
Kenneth McCracken
Wilmer Nissley
Meader‘s Poultry
Elmer Beier
Producers Cooperative Exchange
William Selcher
Meader’s Poultry
Mullport Roller Mulls
George Warfel
College Hill Poultry
Elmer Leaman
C. F. Manbeck, Inc
Walter
Charles Nissley
Mandala Poultry
Richard Blessing
Muller & Bushong
Grace Fisher
Lewis Mortenson
Thomas Stoltzfoos
Jacob Cramer
Daniel K. Good
Mrs. Ross England
White Rock
Indian River Poultry Farms
Harvey Eberly
Indian Rivers
H. W. Longacre
Indian River Poultry Farm
Elmer Boyd
Tulley
Ed Wolgemuth
M. Musser
White Rock Cross
Simeon S. Kauffman
Victor F. Weaver, Inc
Roy E Ream
Luke Nissley
Paul Ranck
Arthur Powl
Victor F. Weaver
Reading habits across nations and poultry yearlings sale notes
A quoted statistic cites only 17 percent of Americans read books after school, vs 55 percent in England Australia Canada and higher in Nordic countries. The fragment lists names and percentages tied to poultry yearlings and sales, including Leghorn stock and buyers such as Walter Lehman and Meader's Poultry, with various 16 percent and 19 percent figures.
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Frances C. Sayers
England
Australia
Canada
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
B. Risser
David H. Martin
Roy E. Ream
J. C
Jay Garber
J. Robert Charles
Aaron Brubaker
Walter B. Lehman
Eli Wolgemuth
Eugene K. Metzler
Meader’s
Wenger’s
Paris Ober
Spring Mill Farm Ayrshires Cited for High Rating
Two purebred Ayrshire cows at Spring Mill Farm Malvern received the Approved rating from the Ayrshire Breeders Association Executive Secretary Chester C Putney of Brandon Vermont. The rating honors their producing ability and that of at least two offspring under the Approved Ayrshire Dam Plan adopted in 1942 to identify top brood cows.
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Spring Mill Farm
Malvern
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Wavac
New Castle
Castle
Salsbury
F. W. Fisher
Leacock Pa
Cosa
Lauder Bros
New Holland
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc
Alien H. Matz
Denver
Haverstick Bros
Columbia Pike
Lancaster
Lancaster Broilers
Ayrshires
Purina Research
Purina
PURINA —_a
J.H. Reitz & Son
J. Fred Whiteside
Kirkwood
Snader’s Mill
Mt. Airy
John J. Hess
Kinzers
S. H. Hiest and
Salunga
H. S. Newcomer
Mt. Joy
B. F. Adams
John J. Hess IE
Intercourse
New Providence
John B. Kurtz
Wenger Bros. Rheems
Warren Sickman
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