County Meetings Draw New LCD Cooperators
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District officials aim to expand erosion control efforts after two meetings. Six to eight new cooperators signed up in Ephrata, while Lititz drew many farmers with a watershed map prompting requests for conservationist visits.
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Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Martin Muth
Soil Conservation Service
Nrnenanta
SCS
Ephrata
Moore
Elmer Senseniz
SCD
Vamyvll
Lititz
Conestoga Valley Association
Muth
Amos Funk
Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District
Milk Control Commission Caps Bulk Milk Hauling Rate
The Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission imposes a 25 cent per hundredweight limit on hauling milk from farms to dealers plants and freezes existing rates below that cap. Dealers must justify future rate increases with evidence of services conditions and costs. dairymen complain of shifts to bulk tanks and unexplained hikes.
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Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission
Winter Short Courses Offered By Penn State
The Pennsylvania State University announces a winter series of agricultural short courses at University Park taught by College of Agriculture faculty. Enrollment is open for sessions on Farm Income Tax and Social Security, Testing Milk and Cream, Ice Cream Making for Plant Men, Rural Electrification, Market Milk, D H I A Supervisor Training, Dairy Farming, Grassland Farming, Beef Cattle Herdsmen, Lumber Grad, Dairy Milkh Erdsmen, and Bulk Milk Tank Weighers and Samplers scheduled from December through May.
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Pennsylvania State University
Penn State
University Park
College of Agriculture
Dh.i.a
Fruit Growers Pruning Field Day Near West Chester
A pruning field day for apple, peach and cherry trees is set for 1 15 p.m. Wednesday at the Fairhope Orchard Tanguy Chester County. The Chester County Day event is run with Robert Balderston PSU expert Carl S Bittner will lead demonstrations and answer questions for orchardists. Plans for a late winter meeting on small fruit culture will be announced. The orchard lies four miles southeast of West Chester at Routes 926 and 352 intersection.
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Fairhope Orchard
Punty
County 4 H play and farm calendar events
Farm Calendar lists events from December including 4 H play at Manheim Elementary School auditorium at 8 pm December 6, Tomato Meeting at Washington Boro Fire Hall December 7, Annual meeting of Producers Co op Exchange Coatesville Guernsey Pavilion December 9 to 26, 4 H Guernsey Club Christmas Party December 10 undecided, Law County Farm Equipment Dealers dinner December 10 Hostetters Mount Joy, Dairy meeting December 11 Q ville fire hall Millport Roller Mills sponsor, 4 H Holstein Christmas Party George Butt home Stevens Rt, 4 H Council Christmas Party December 15 Betty Amble home 2350 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster.
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Co-op Exchange
Coatesville
Guernsey
Q-ville
Millport Roller Mills
Council
Betty Amble
Old
Philadelphia Pike
Lancaster
Extension Tomato Meet Set for Monday Night
Extension agent Harry Sloat announces a 7 pm meeting at Washington Boro Fire Hall to discuss tomato culture. Penn State researcher Dr. B L Pollack will review replicated plots on Henry Heisey farm and university results. J O Dutt will cover tomato fertilization and early market growing.
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Wash
Boro Fire Hall
Penn State
Harry Sloat
Lancaster County
Washington Boro Fire Hall
Sloat
B. L. Pollack
Henry Heisey
J. O. Dutt
Sloats
Price Index Climbs in Pennsylvania Crop Round-Up
Harrisburg reports that Pennsylvania farmers saw a rise in the index of prices received for all products in mid November, with crops and livestock each up three points. Potatoes and apples drove gains in crops while milk prices lifted livestock. fruit and potatoes fueled further increases, though corn and soybeans fell from the prior month. The national index slipped 0.4 percent.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Crop Reporting Service
Commonwealth
Paes Named Head of Lancaster County Ayrshire Assn
Strasburg fire hall hosted the Lancaster County Ayrshire Breeders 1958 banquet with about 50 attendees. John Paes was elected president succeeding Roy Boutwell who became secretary treasurer. Alice Mentzer was elected vice president and new directors include Leon Kreider Noah Wenger. Award recipients included Paes James Espenshade and Abram Flory for county fair championships.
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Strasburg
Lancaster County Ayreshire
John Paes
Strasburg Rdi
Roy Boutwell
Elizabethtown
Boutwell
Alice Mentzer
New Holland
Leon Kreider
Quarryville
Noah Wenger
Manheim RD 3
Eli N. Martin
Stevens
Ayreshire
Red Rose Daily Herd Improvement Association
David Hamnish
Breed Association
Lancaster
Coun Unty
Paes
Lampeter
James Espenshade
Qville
Solanco Fair
Abram Flory
Manheim Fair
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W. Chester
Manheim
Guernsey Club
Law. Co
Mount Joy
Holstein
George Butt
Stevens Rt
Extension Tomato
County
Ayershire
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