Risser Brothers Win Keystone Farmer Honors at Warwick Vo-Ag
The Risser brothers of Lititz R1, sons of Mr and Mrs Robert B Risser, gain Keystone Farmer honors in Warwick High School Vo-Ag. Eugene 20, a 1966 degree winner at Penn State majors in agribusiness. William 19, freshman at Hagerstown Junior College studying business teaching. Thomas 17, Warwick junior. Each active in FFA with varied projects and leadership roles. Continued on Page 9.
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Robert B Risser
Lititz
Warwick High School
Eugene
Pennsylvania State University
FFA
Penn State
William
Hagerstown Junior College
Warsack
Farm Calendar events for February schedule
Farm Calendar lists a series of meetings and workshops: Farm and Home Foundation Board of Directors at Farm and Home Center on February 19 at 7 30 pm, Forage Workshop at Cocoa Inn Hershey on February 20 at 5 00 am, Purina Pig Meet at American Legion Hall Palmyra, and Lancaster County Extension Association Meeting at Plain and Fancy Farm at 8 45 pm. The item is continued on page 12.
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Hoonday
Farm and Home Foundation Board of Directors
Farm and Home Center
Cocoa Inn
Hershey
Purina
American Legion Hall
Palmyra
Lancaster County Extension Association
Plain and Fancy Farm
Poultrymen Hear Specialists On Egg Marketing Problems
Penn State University Poultry specialists spoke at a Lititz meeting for local poultrymen. Larry Yeager discussed Marketing Alternatives and Kermit Birth covered Marketing Strategy, urging managers to plan cartoned and noncartoned egg outputs, unpaid bills, delivery ranges, and the role of services in retail.
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Penn State University
Lititz
Larry Yeager
Kermit Birth
Yeager
Cal
Annual Extension Association Meeting Set for Feb 20
The Lancaster County Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Association will hold a dinner meeting Tuesday February 20 at 6 45 pm at the Plain and Fancy Farm Restaurant near Bird in Hand. Reservations due by February 16. Dr Mulford Heddieson from Penn State will present For Land s Sake a color slide talk. Five board seats to be filled and reports from county Extension Workers.
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Lancaster County Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Association
Association
Mulford Heddieson
Pennsylvania State University
Road Hunting To Be Further Curbed Under New Legislation
Pennsylvania enacts Act No 335 to curb road hunting. Effective February 12 1968 the law targets firing from or near moving vehicles at wildlife including deer grouse pheasants woodchucks rabbits and predators. The act makes it unlawful to shoot after alighting from a motor vehicle.
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Pennsylvania
Milk Commission Takes Testimony At Hearing On Area 14
At Lancaster Court House the Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission heard testimony from area farmers including Clarence Staffer of the Lancaster County Farmers Association while objections from milk dealers were raised. Stauffer’s remarks were admitted for its value as part of the record as the panel weighs producer prices and production costs amid falling milk output and cow numbers from December 1966 to 1967.
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Ephrata Area
Harold Swope
Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission
Lancaster Court House
Clarence Staffer
Lancaster County Farmers Association
Swope
J Lin Huber
Commission
Stauffer
Huber
Pennsylvania
Cattle Feeder Meeting Attracts 160 Farmers
More than 100 farmers attended a first in a series of Cattle Feeder meetings at the Farm and Home Center on Thursday night. Speakers include Louis Moore, Penn State Ag Economist, and Lester Burdette, Penn State Livestock Specialist, who discussed Livestock and Feed Outlook with optimism for the fed cattle market.
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Farm and Home Center
Louis Moore
Penn State Ag
Lester Burdette
Penn State
Moore
Elizabethtown FFA Boys Report Activities
Elizabethtown FFA reports a year of publicity efforts led by members and Melvin Zimmerman. Members sold 1000 restaurant place mats sponsorships for outdoor billboards and a lobby display of ducks. Plans include a downtown store window display and a pig display near the square generating child interest.
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Melvin Zimmerman
Elizabethtown
FFA
Mike Baum
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Arm
I3titz
Risser
Keystone Farmers
L. F. Photo
Risser Boys
Warwick
Vo-Ag
Thomas
Milk Commission
Mumma
Guernsey
Harry Mumma
Landisville
Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders Association
Mumma Farm
Arthur Breneman
Willow Street
Elmer Lapp
Kinzers Rl
Field Day
K. D. Linde
Kirkwood
Robert Wagner
Quarryville
Banquet
Andrew Burkin
Earl Linton
Richard Mull
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