Lancaster farmer eyes poplar wood for pulp production
On his Lancaster County farm Fry plans to cultivate poplars for pulpwood. The project aims to yield usable timber while improving the trunk clearance about a foot from the ground, reflecting a forestry development note in the February 15 1957 issue.
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Fry
Countian Develops Hybrid Poplar Cash Crop on Family Farm
Frysville farmer Miles W. Fry and son Morton plan to plant an 80 acre woodlot with hybrid poplars developed from six U S Forest Service seedlings. The crop aims to yield marketable pulpwood in a few years, with cuttings propagated from branch tips and hormone-treated roots. The Fry family has farmed since 1762, dairy cattle, hens, and tobacco cessation noted.
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Countian
Fry
U. S. Forest Service
Eleven County Holsteins Complete Herd Improvement Registry Tests
Eleven Holstein cows from County dairymen have completed Herd Improvement Registry records. The list includes breeders and cows with milk and butterfat yields across ages, noting farms in Marietta Holtwood Lititz Elizabethtown Manheim Christiana Atglen and Rheems.
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Holstein-Friesian Assn
America
Harry S. Aungst
Marietta
Ballard Farm Fobes Susie
Everett E
Louise J. Benjamin
Holtwood
Penncroft Sovereign Lucy
Daly
Issac M. Brubaker
Lititz
Bruk Vil
Pet Bess Emperor
Albert R. Fry
Manheim
Honeycroft Admiral Nora
My poor brother lies fallen in a rest home
An inmate complains of fallen arches as a visitor from the public welfare committee explains the true cause, a bridge fell on him, highlighting a tragic misunderstanding in a care facility.
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Saffi Rin
Public Welfare Committee
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