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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1962
Page
2
In a farm education program students pick articles from Lancaster Farming, review them, and write reports to keep in school notes. Subscriptions reach homes for some, boosting reading across topics, including livestock and egg processing.
30 pm Try outs for the annual 4 H play will be held at the Poultry Center 230 Bypass. 22 Dec 8 pm Senior Extension club Christmas party at the home of Elvin Hess Sr Strasburg R1.
The seed potato survey covered Allegheny Berks Bucks Clinton Columbia Lancaster Lehigh Dauphin Somerset Potter and York counties. Only three of 53 fields exceeded disease tolerance for certified seed with one seeded from Pennsylvania stock and two from out of state sources. Researchers credited low virus levels to improved aphid vector control from newer insecticides.
The article explains earth’s centrifugal effect causes heavier weight at the South Pole than at the Equator. It states that a ship near the Equator carrying 5,100 tons of cars would weigh about 5,025 tons when at the Pole.
Auction listings for Lancaster Poultry show numerous consignors and bids. Names include Daniel K. Good Harold Ghick Lloyd Rohrer and others with weights, bids, and buyers such as W. C. Mellinger & Son, College Hall Poultry, and V. J. Koser Co. Inc. The page records no sale on several lots with high bid values noted.
A Lancaster Farming reader from Harrisburg asks the editor to send two additional copies of Volume 7 No 52 featuring the Young Farmer Association Convention to the State Superintendent and the national Agriculture Education office. James C. Fink signs as State Advisor VFA and Supervisor of Vocational Agriculture.
Mrs Barton Penn State extension clothing specialist says a new run resistant stocking will soon appear. The flat knit sheer dull finish hose resembles ordinary stockings but is not mesh.
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