Elizabethtown FFA Reports On Its Many Activities
Elizabethtown FFA outlines calf chain wins five purebred registered heifers Holstein Guernsey cows and gilts funded by Sear Foundation and local donors. Members earned calves through contests and plan trips from freshman to senior years with a future microbus purchase for summer trips and FFA events. The article notes a busy year with scrap drives and parent nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kurtz
Jacob Kurtz
North Market Street
Elizabethtown
Willis M. Hackman
FFA
John Hertzler
Hackman
Guernsey
Irwin Engle
Gary Kreiner
Kenneth Myer
Willis M Hackman
Edward Shoop
Dennis Patches
Donald Patches
Donald Gruber
Kevin Hiestand
Leon Rutt
John Kuitz
Willis Hackman
Sear Foundation
James Schwanger
Paul Vummau
Paul
Thireen James
Donald Miller
Dale Bettie
West Coast
Soils Day Set by Lancaster Extension on Feb 25
The Lancaster County Extension Service with Penn State sponsors the 5th Annual Crops and Soils Day at Leola Memorial Hall Leola from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Four extension agronomists and one entomologist discuss soils fertility fertilizer treatments forage crops insect controls and weed control. Exhibits by lime fertilizer seed and farm supply distributors. Lunch at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Extension Service
Penn State
Leola Memorial Hall
Leola
Quotas Allow Unrestricted Type 41 Tobacco Sales
Government tobacco officials worry about market stability as growers may sell all type 41 tobacco that the market will absorb in 1967 crop years. Pa cigar-filler tobacco stocks reportedly total a four year supply, raising concerns over supply balance.
20th Annual Nurserymen's Conference and Local Events
Farm Calendar lists the 20th Annual Nurserymen's Conference at Nutty Lion Inn Penn State Univ Feb 23 24 25. Feb 24 25 open house at Farmersville Equipment Co Farmersville. Feb 25 9 am to 3 pm 5th Annual Soils Day at Leola Memorial Hall Leola. Lancaster SWCD hosts conservation contractors' school at Farm Credit Bldg Lancaster. Feb 26 7 pm Garden Spot YF Awards Banquet at Garden Spot H S New Holland. Feb 26 27 Hempfield H S 4-H play The Marriage Machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuttany Lion Inn
Penn State Univ
W. Roseville Rd
Lancaster
Garden Spot Young Farmers
Garden Spot H. S
New Holland
Hempfield H. S
Bird Damage Control Discussed At Meeting
The discussion covered scare devices and damage variation by proximity to rivers and marshes. Officials noted no safe repellent for seeds and warned that toxicants like parathion kill many birds but may spread hazards as birds travel miles. decoy traps showed success in orchards and vineyards with variable trap sizes and average catches around 17 birds per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seubert
Delaware
Public Sale Notices for Stock and Implements
Public sale of stock, implements and household goods on Marietta road near Marietta listed by Harry H. Emenheiser. A second sale on Christman farm along the Middletown to Hummelstown road listed by L. J. Christman. Both set for March 1965 with noon start times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Mount Joy
Harry H. Emenheiser
Middletown
Hummelstown
Christman
L. J. Christman
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E’town
Sear’s Foundation
Father and Son
Agriculture Department
France
Caleb M. Wenger
Drumore Center
Quarryville
Angel
Anderson
Anderson Box Company, Inc
P. O. Box
Indianapolis
Ind
Liberty Street
East
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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