John H Hess Elected President Of County Poultry Association
John H Hess of New Holland R2 was elected president of the Lancaster County Poultry Association for 1967 at a board meeting in the Lancaster Farm Credit Building. He succeeds Paul Heistand and serves as treasurer of New Holland Supply, with three children and residence in New Holland for 26 years.
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County Poultry Association
John H. Hess
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Lancaster Farm Credit
John H Hess
New Holland R2
Paul Heistand
Maretta Ri
Hess
The
Poultry Association
New Holland Supply Company
New Holland
New Holland Hess
New Holland Supply
Millersville
New
Farm Calendar Details December Meeting Schedule
Farm Calendar lists December events beginning December 20 at 2 pm and 7 pm with a Tobacco Meeting at Ag Way Warehouse New Holland on Handling 1966 Crop. Garden Spot Yeung hosts Adult Farmer Class on Farm Engines Part 1 at Garden Spot High School. December 21 10 am to 3 pm Penn State University Farm Income Tax program at Met Edison Building Reading. December 22 7:30 pm Eph rata Adult Farmer Class on Irrigation Water Laws at Ephrata High School.
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Agway Warehouse
New Holland
Garden Spot Yeung
Garden Spot High School
Penn State University
Met-Edison Bldg
Reading
Ephrata
Ephrata High School
Producers Co-Op Earnings Up 4 9 Percent
The Producers Cooperative Exchange held its annual meeting at Mostette’s in Mount Joy with about 20 percent of 160 stockholders attending amid a heavy snowfall. General manager K M Souders reported dollar volume of 4 692 438, up 49 percent from last year, while eggs handled fell 16 percent to 92 million dozen. Despite lower volume producers received 8 32 cents per dozen, up eight cents from last year, and earnings per dollar of sales rose over 2 percent.
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Producers Cooperative Exchange
Co-op
Mostette’s
Mount Joy
K M Souders
Souders
Sauders
4 H Veal Production Program Is Launched
Lancaster County 4 H dairy clubs learned last week a new veal production program could be offered if enough youths show interest. Eligible ages are nine to nineteen, open to non-dairy club members. Lebanon is the only nearby county with such a program, with plans for expansion through district roundups. Veal production is seen as profitable and practical for youth.
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Lancaster County
Victor Plastow
Lebanon
SWCD To Study Long Range Plan
Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District directors review county resource data compiled by the Soil Conservation Service. Conservationist Oval Bass outlines long range goals and cites district examples. He advises regular owner land reports to keep landowner list current.
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Lancaster County
Local Egg & Poultry Firm Runs Liquid Egg Plant
Victor F Weaver Inc of New Holland operates a separate 30 by 50 foot liquid egg breaking room with positive pressure near shell egg facilities. Plant manager Ben Burkholder notes breaking and pasteurizing equipment investments, plus the potential to upgrade shell egg packs by absorbing eggs with poorer shell quality profitably.
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Martha Rieff
L. F
Victor F Weaver, Inc
New Holland Egg and Poultry
Ben Burkholder
John Kennel
Weaver's
Weaver’s
Burkholder
Wea
17 County Herds Exceed 600 Lbs Butterfat
Lancaster County dairy herds in the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association completed another testing year adviser Victor Plastow announced. Seventeen herds posted butterfat records exceeding 690 pounds, with specifics to come at the annual banquet set for noon January 17 at the Dutch Town Country Inn in Vintage. The county average remained 485 pounds, one pound below last year, while the number of high fat producers edged up by one.
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Lancaster County
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Association
Victor Plastow
Plastow
Dutch Town & Country Inn
T. M. Malin to Retire As Lancaster York Yo-Ag Director
T M Malin will retire December 31 1966 ending a 41 year career in agricultural education. Native of Media Delaware County he came to York County in 1934 as vocational agriculture teacher at Dillsburg High School and became county director in 1937 guiding combined Lancaster York areas since 1942. Under his leadership many honors were earned by area FFA members.
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T. M. Malin
Lancaster-York Area
Yo-Ag
York Area
Thomas M Malin
Malin
Media
Delaware County
York County
Dillsburg
Lancaster
York
Lancaster County
Chester County
Uder
Voca
Five day temperatures to stay below normal range
Weather brief notes average temperatures from Saturday to Wednesday dip under 39 to 25 degrees with little daily variation. Precipitation remains light with showers likely Monday or Tuesday, not exceeding 0.25 inches total.
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West Virginia University
Morgantown
Wva
Eastern Mennonite College
Harisonburg
Virginia
Garden Spot
John
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Thomas M. Malin
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