County FFA President Plans For Farm Future
Robert Weaver the recently installed president of the Red Rose Future Farmers of America Chapter plans a farming career after high school He is a sixteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Weaver of Strasburg RI and youngest of four He operates a 30 head Holstein dairy on a 60 acre farm which will be taken over by his brother He also serves as president of the Garden Spot Chapter at Lampeter Strasburg High School Agriculture instructor Gerald Kiger calls him a hard worker His best subjects are English and Bookkeeping and his hobby is deep sea fishing He is very busy with FFA activities continuing on Page 7.
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Robert Weaver
Red Rose
Future Farmers of America
Ivan Weaver
Strasburg RI
Weaver
Beb
Garden Spot
Lampeter- Strasburg High School
Gerald Kiger
Bob
NEPPCO Poll Shows Poultry Members Oppose Marketing Order
NEPPCO executive director Richard I. Ammon testified before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry that members oppose a nationwide egg marketing order by an almost 9 to 1 margin. The panel considered bill $2832, like HR 481 the Resnick Bill, aimed at enabling a Marketing Order for the table egg industry. Ammon cited a recent NEPPCO member poll showing over 85 percent response in opposition.
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Trenton
N.J
Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Richard I. Ammon
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
Neppco
New Jersey
Senator Case
Resnick
Ammon
Penn State Grassland Forage Short Course and Local Dairying Events
Farm Calendar lists February 21 to 24 activities at Penn State and central Lancaster area venues. At 7 30 p m Ephrata High School hosts a welding course for adults while Penn Manor High School begins a Quality Forage series with a session on How Rough Is Roughage. Interstate District 7 plans its annual meeting February 23 at Hostetter s Banquet Hall Mount Joy.
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Penn State
Penn State Uniy
Ephrata
Ephrata High School
Penn Manor High School
Agriculture Room
InterState District 7
Hostetter’s
Mount Joy
Pesticide Research Center Planned at Penn State
Penn State will expand pesticide research by creating a combined Pesticide Research Laboratory and Graduate Study Center within the entomology department. The project, approved by the General State Authority of Pennsylvania, targets completion in 1968 with an estimated $400 000 cost including federal funds. Donald E H Frear coordinates the chemical pesticides program and notes uses include chemical pesticide research biological pest control and analysis of samples from other departments.
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State University
Department of Entomology
General State Authority of Pennsylvania
Donald E. H. Frear
Community Meeting Addresses Watershed Pollution
A meeting at the Martindale Fire Hall led by Miles W. Fry of Ephrata R3 aims to tackle long standing upper Conestoga watershed pollution from Martindale to Hinkletown. Industry reps and a state health official will discuss prevention and steps to reduce discharges from a rendering plant hat factories sewage plants and a steel plant before a 7 30 pm start.
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Martindale Fire Hall
Miles W. Fry
Conestoga
Martindale
Hinkletown
Fry
Pennsylvania Board of Health
Charles H. Kutler
West Reading
Lincoln Independent School Board
4-H Play Set for March 4 and 5 at Manheim High
The county 4 H club presents Here We Go Again a comedy about family and a teen daughter in high society with politics involved. The cast includes Ronald Long Linda Ney Pat and Audrey Yunginger Ken Rutt Mike Smucker Janet Groff at Manheim Township High School Neffsville Friday and Saturday 8 pm.
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Manheim Township High School
Neffsville
Ronald Long
Linda Ney
Pat
Audrey Yunginger
Ken Rutt
Mike Smucker
Janet Groff
SWCD Directors Finalize Plans for March Banquet
Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District directors met Tuesday at the Courthouse to wrap arrangements for the March 8 annual banquet. The speaker will be Charles Hess state director of soil and water conservation districts, a former Manheim Central High School vocational agriculture teacher. Dinner will be at Blue Ball Fire Hall with plain accommodations.
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Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District
Charles Hess
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Hess
Manheim Central High School
Blue Ball Fire Hall
Weather forecast calls for below normal temperatures
Forecasters predict a period with temps below normal, generally 43 to 24 degrees is the typical range. The pattern includes an early and late cold spell with a milder middle, with some precipitation possible. The weather bureau remains non committal on snow or rain and mentions a %% inch moisture, with rain possible Tuesday or Tuesday night if conditions cooperate, otherwise a White Wednesday may occur.
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Weather Bureau
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American Tobacco Co
FFA
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Agriculture Dynamic
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SWCD
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