Uncertain Sugar Beet Acreage in Lancaster and York Counties
Uncertain beet acre projections for 1989 crop year follow a New York Sugar Industries meeting at the Farm and Home Center. Only 94 acres signed contracts. about 400 of the proposed 700 acres may be planted due to a legal issue with the Hershey Estates. A temporary receiving plot may be built at Elizabethtown with planned rental at 2 per acre.
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Lancaster
New York Sugar Industries Inc
Montezuma
Yershey Estates
Dauphin County
York County
New York
Elizabethtown
Richardss
Farm Calendar highlights February meetings and events
The Farm Calendar lists events on February 17 to 19 including Swine Education Meet at Farm and Home Center and Southeast Dairy Conference at Guernsey Barn Lincoln Highway East 9 am. Dairies and health education sessions follow at Farm and Florace Center with Manheim Young Farmer meet at Vo Ag Room 7 20 or Ephrata Young Farmer meet at Vo Ag Room 2 24 via Farm and Home Center meet Wednesday February 19 7 30 am. Eastern Lancaster continued on Page 5.
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Munov
Lancaster
Miller Breaks With Shafer On Tax Issue At Extension Meet
State Rep. Marvin E Miller of Lancaster announced the Republican House opposition to Governor Shafer's proposed income tax at the Lancaster County Agricultural Extension meeting. He said the party would start with a tax structure rather than a budget and called the disagreement a family spat.
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Marvin E Miller
Lancaster
Shafer
Republican House Caucus
Lancaster County Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Association
Miller
Millers
Date Announced For Soil and Water District Annual Meeting
Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District sets annual dinner for Tuesday March 4 at the Farm and Home Center. Dinner starts 6 30 p m with tickets at 3 25 each and reservations due by February 25 through any district director.
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Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District
Farm and Home Center
Attention To Details Boosts Poultry Farm Production Levels
Ambrose Hanks manages 10 000 leghorns at a Drumore farm focusing on minute details. He inspects for off birds and places them in hospital pens in an environment controlled house to maintain 57 58 percent production in a 13th four week period and about 210 eggs per bird per 280 days with 1 percent monthly losses.
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Ambrose Hanks
Hanks
Drumore
Wheat and Feed Grain Provisions for Farmers
Farmers may earn price support and diversion payments by enrolling in the Wheat and Feed Grain program via the local ASCS office. Diversion minimum is 20 percent of base for price support on feed grains. max diversion is the larger of 25 acres or 50 percent of base. Wheat allotment diversions up to 48 percent of the allotment and payments for unplanted portions. Continued on Page 2.
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Cormubarley
Grasorghum
ASCS
Dairy Health Meeting Set February 18
A dairy health and herd management meeting is planned for February 18 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm at Extension meeting 100m in the basement of the Farmana Home Center 1383 Arcadia Road Lancaster. Sam Guss PSU Extension Veterinarian will speak on health problems. Donald Ace Extension Dairy Specialist will cover management. A Q and A follows each talk and lunch is available nearby.
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Victor Plastow
Farmana Home Center
Arcadia Road
Lancaster
Sam Guss
Pennsylvania State University
Donald Ace
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Blythedale
Olympia
Jersey
Paul Trimble
Ambroise Hanks
Drumoré
Trimble
Amos Rutt
Quarryville
Robert Bushong
Columbia
David E. Buckwalter
Lititz
Carl Herr
Penn Grant Road
Clarence Stauffer
Ephrata
L. F
Soil & Water District Annual Meeting
Georgia
Ambrose
Ambrose Farm
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