Cattle Feeder Meetings Set by Lancaster Extension
Lancaster County Extension Service schedules a series of 7:30 pm meetings in the Extension Training Room at the Farm & Home Center 1883 Arcadia Road Lancaster. Feb 15 features Penn State economists H Levis Moore and Lester A Burdette on Live stock and Feed Outlook and Reducing Cost of Gains. Feb 22 includes Dr Samuel Guss Penn State Extension veterinarian presenting A Beef Cattle.
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Lancaster County Extension Service
Weed Control Could Boost Vegetable Yields at Penn State
Prof C J Noll of Penn State University predicts perfect weed control may soon raise yields for vegetable crops. He notes a herbicide mix could enable wide adoption of bed planting to improve production efficiency. His team aims to gauge herbicide behavior under field conditions with a £ 600 indicator.
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C. J Noli
Department of Horticulture
Penn State University
State
Assn
Noll
Agricultural Experiment Station
Penn State
Farm Calendar Dense with Meetings Across Counties
Farm Calendar lists events from Monday February 12 including a Vegetable Conference at Nit tany Lion Inn University Park and a Chemgro Fertilizer Plant open house in East Peters burg. Also Garden Spot Young Farmer Meet at Aden Matz Tractor Dealer New Holland and Tuesday February 13 features a Forage Workshop at Cocoa Inn Hershey a Spray Materials Meeting at Banks Fire Hall an Ephrata Adult Farmer Program at Vo-Ag reem and Lancaster County Poultry Association Education events.
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Nittany Lion Inn
University Park
Chemgro Fertilizer
East Petersburg
Aden Matz
New Holland
Cocoa Inn
Hershey
Banks Fire Hall
Ephrata
Vo-Agreem
Lancaster County Poultry Association Educa
Extension Agronomists Speak At County Crops And Soils Day
Lancaster County Crops and Soils Day drew 125 farmers to Leola Memorial Hall on Wednesday. John Baylor urged chemical weed control in new spring alfalfa seedings, citing potential yields of three tons per acre and about $100 per acre at $30 per ton. He advised mid August as the ideal time to seed any grass and warned later fall seeding requires winter-hardy varieties. Penn State expert noted legume management from seed to storage, with liming and fertilizing as key practices for top yields.
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Lancaster County
Leola Memorial Hall
Leola
John Baylor
Extension Agronomist
New Spring
Baylor
Penn State
4-H Play Try Outs For Nervous Wreck
The Lancaster 4-H County Council will hold try-outs for their annual play Nervous Wreck on February 15 at 7 30 P M in the Lancaster Production Credit Building 411 W Roseville Road.
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Lancaster
4-H County Council
W. Roseville Road
ASCS Officials Explain Wheat Feed Grain Tobacco Programs
State representatives from the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service outlined the 1968 Wheat Feed Grain and Tobacco programs at a Farm Credit Building meeting. Raymond Connolly described signup rules February 5 to March 15 and conditions for eligibility, including allotment limits and base conservation requirements, with details on diversion options for larger feed grain bases.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
ASC
State Committee
Farm Credit Building
Raymond Connolly
Potato Storage Plant Uses Lancaster Spuds
Tri Co Foods Corp builds a new potato storage and conditioning plant in Centre Hall Centre County supplying specially selected potatoes for modern processing and marketing. Ray M Hendrick, director of potato purchasing, told State Agriculture Secretary Leland H Bull during a plant tour that the firm aims to build a market on consistency and quality.
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Chicago
Centre County
Ray M Hendrick
Tri-Co Foods Corp
Leland H Bull
Tri Co Foods
Centre Hall
Sheaffer Farm Earns Superior Rating at Farm Show
A Lancaster County egg producer led by owner Reid Sheaffer and manager John Watson earned a Superior Rating for first place in the One Dozen Carton Class at the Farm Show this year, marking his first attempt. The interview covered their operation of a 23,000 cage layer house where Sheaffer stressed that management is the key to success.
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Lancaster County
Lampeter
Reid Sheaffer
John
Pete) Watson
Sheaffer
Reid H. Sheaffer
Lime Valley Layer
Willow Street
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Jay Hodecker
Jim Dutt
Ernie Bergman
PSU Agronomy Department
Hodecker
Dutt
Wendell Ditmer
Dept. of Agriculture
Bergman
George Baker
Centerville Road
Sheaffer Farm
L. F. Photo
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