Quality Low Yields Steady to Lower Tobacco Prices Noted
Lancaster County farmers sold most of the 1970 crop by week’s end with slow start in January turning brisk. Straight stripped and sorted tobaccos moved, prices near last year’s but slightly lower, with buyers led by Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co and Lorillard among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co
Agway
National Tobacco
Penn Leaf Tobacco
Domestic Tobacco
R D. Owens
Bayuk Cigar Lorillard
American Tobacco Co
A K Mann Jr
Lancaster Leaf
American
Lorillard
Tus
County FFA Project Book Awards Honor Area Chapters
About 40 awards were presented in 16 classes at the county level for the annual project record book evaluation contest. Judges used the Danish system and awarded gold silver bronze and honorable mention based on accuracy and efficiency of livestock and crop records. Names include Breeding Steve Her Shey Peace Valley and various Ephrata Solanco Garden Spot and Pequea students across multiple enterprise categories.
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EFA
Pembiate— Sory
Giviér
FFA Upeaiean
Winterstate
FFA
Steve Her Shey
Peace Valley Ig
Ea Ad
I Russel
Klire-Ephrata High
Marlin
Ephrata
Richard
James Weaver
Eric Copenhaver
Richard Bollinger
Sil
Russel Kline
Daniel Harting
Gerald Musser
Samuel
Garde En Spe
Marlin Smoker
Michael Bollinger
Donald Weaver
Nevin Zimmerman
Clyde Dearolf
Solanco
Dale Martin
Paul New
Referendum On Tobacco Type 41 Filler Quotas Across Counties
A mail ballot referendum from February 22 to 26 seeks marketing quotas or acreage limits on tobacco type 41 for three years. Lancaster County's preliminary allotment is 22,662 acres, higher than 1970’s 18,000. Other counties show lower totals. farmers have historically rejected quotas.
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Tigariantes
Sophereferendum
Lancaster County
Miss Dorothy Neel
ASC
Miss Neel
Lebanon County
Berks
York
Chester
Red Rose 4 H Banquet Honors Lamb and Beef Champs
Red Rose 4 H Baby Beef and Lamb Club held its annual banquet at the Farm and Home Center. Tim Bushong earned champion lamb fitter while Linda Ober was champion lamb showman and county show champion. Ray Brubaker topped beef project scores with 993 of 1000. Karen High placed second with 99. Linda Ober won the county lamb record with 968 and earned a silver bowl as county champion showman. Other awardees included Susan Herr for county champion steer Charolais Angus cross and Marlin Bollinger as county reserve champion.
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Farm and Home Center
Ray Brubaker
Raymond Brubaker
Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster
Karen High
Harvey High
Leola
Linda Ober
Ray Ober
Petersburg Road
Lamb
Susan Herr
Penn Grant Road
Farm Calendar and Grange Events Listed
Farm Calendar items include State Grange Regional Institute in Hepburnville Lycoming County on Saturday February 6 and a Soil and Water Conservation Club meeting at 8 pm February 8 hosted by Vincent Hoover in New Providence. There is an Annual Vegetable Conference at Penn State University Nittany Lion Inn February 8 to 10 and Fulton Grange 66 in Oaklyn hosting events Tuesday February 9. The 6th Annual Red Rose Southeastern Pennsylvania Dairy Conference runs 9 am to 6 pm in the Guernsey Pavilion Lancaster, followed by an Annual Dinner Meeting of the County Extension Association.
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Soil and Water Conservation Club
Vincent Hoover
New Providence
Nittany Lion Inn
Penn State University
Fulton Grange 66
Oaklyn
Guernsey Pavilion
Lancaster
County Extension Asso
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FFA Project
Red Rose 4-H Beef and Lamb Club
Tim Bushong
Charolas
Marlin Bollinger
Denver
Nancy Herr
Penn
Kenneth Brubaker
State Grange Regional Institute
Hepburnville
Lycoming County
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