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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1958

Page

4

Contour Plowing Cuts Losses During Rainy Season

Agro guide notes 12 to 16 inches of potential rainfall in growing season with 2 to 4 inches lost on sloping land. Planting row crops on contour saves each inch, boosting yields by up to 40 bushels of potatoes or 1 ton of corn silage or cabbage per acre.

Beef Clubs Receive Steers For 1959 Feeding Projects

115 feeder calves distributed this week to Rd Rose and New Holland 4-H Baby Beef Clubs as county youths start new feeding programs. Drawings for NH and Red Rose clubs were held at New Holland Sales Stables with calves bought from Valley View Farms Timonium Md George Jackson Farm Christina and Bay Manor Farms Lewis Delaware. County Agent Max Smith Ira Rutt Mylin Good Harry Showalter Reimholds Jay Nisselus Victor Longenecker praised the lots as among the best and most uniform and urged careful feeding ten months from now.

Rd Rose New Holland 4-H Max Smith Ira Rutt Peach Bottom Fred Linton Quarryville Mylin Good Manheim Harry Showalter Reimholds Jay R. Nisselus Victor Longenecker Elizabethtown New Holland Sales Valley View Farms Timonium George Jackson Christana Bay Manor Lewis Delaware Smyth New Holland Club

Prestige Groups Eat More Broilers

A University of Tennessee study of 3 611 families across 69 counties shows professionals such as teachers medical personnel lawyers and public servants consuming 28 12 pounds of broiler meat per person each year. Miners eat 20 pounds and agricultural workers 21 pounds. City residents eat about 24% more than country dwellers and farm owners eat about 1% pound more than tenants. small families eat more per person than large ones.

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