Poultry Meet Scheduled by Lancaster Poultry Association
The Lancaster County Poultry Association plans a February 28 educational meeting at 7:45 PM in the Poultry Center on Roseville Road. Earl Hess of Hess Brothers, Ephrata, speaks on Pennsylvania egg business and market trends. A four-man panel from the county discusses lagoons, ventilation, manure pits, egg gathering, and seed types.
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Lancaster County Poultry Association
Poultry Center
Roseville Road
Earl Hess
Hess Brothers
Ephrata
Carl Dossin
Pennsylvania State University
George Weaver
David Musselman
New Holland
Walter Augsburger
Reinholds Ri
Jack Huber
Lititz
Association
Farm Calendar Feb 25 events in Pennsylvania areas
Feb 25 7 15 pm Heg O Rama meeting Penryn fire hall 7 30 pm Northeast 4 H tractor club in Allen Matz shop Denver Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Assn directors meeting reorganizing at Farm Bureau building Dillerville Pike Feb 26 7 15 pm New Holland Young Farmers Will discuss swine management Arlie Anderson Masonic Home Farms New Holland High School 7 30 pm Central 4 H shop L H Brubaker Strasburg 10 am to 3 pm Joint poultry meeting for York Adams Lancaster Counties at York Caterpillar Co Lincoln Highway east of York Feb 26 1 30 pm and 7 00 pm 4 H leaders Clothing construction course Lancaster Production Credit Assoc Roseville Road Feb 27 9 30 am to 3 pm County Soils and Crops day Guernsey Sales Pavilion Lincoln Highway east of Lancaster Continued on page
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Heg- O-Rama
Penryn Fire Hall
Allen Matz
Denver
Red Rose Dairy Herd
Farm Bureau
Dillerville Pike
New Holland Young Farmers Meeting
Arlie Anderson
Masonic Home Farms
New Holland High School
Central
L H. Brubaker
Strasburg
York
Adams
Lancaster
York Caterpillar Co
Lincoln Highway
pFeb
Lancaster Production Credit Assoc
Roseville Road
Guernsey Sales
Lancaster County Soils Day Presented By Agronomy Experts
Four agronomy experts will speak at the annual Lancaster County Soils Day next Wednesday at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion. The program runs 9 30 to 10 am for displays and exhibits, then talks begin at 10 am with PSU extension agronomist Mulford Hedderson presenting Know Your Soil Type followed by James Eakin on soil testing, John Baylor on Better Forage Crops, and George Berggren on the latest in weed control.
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Lancaster County
Guernsey
Lincoln Highway
Lancaster
Mulford Hedderson
Pennsylvania State University
James Eakin
Agronomy Extension
PSU
John Baylor
George Berggren
Extension Agronomist
Swine Producers Show And Sale Next Week
Lancaster County Swine Producers Alsa plans their fifth annual show and sale at Lancaster Stock Yards on Tuesday March 5 1963. The judging weight limits have been raised to reflect heftier meat hogs with lightweight classes 190 to 220 pounds and heavyweight classes 221 to 250 pounds. Breeds include Berkshire Chester White Duroc Jersey Hampshire Landrace Poland China Spotted Hogs and Yorkshire with crossbred entries by sire.
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Lancaster County
Alsa
Lancaster Stock Yards
Berkshire
Chester White
Duroc-Jersey
Hamshire
Poland
China
Yorkshire
Broiler and Turkey Production Seen Higher in 1963
A Penn State extension marketing service report indicates production of broilers and turkeys will be higher in 1963 than in 1962. More broilers are slated for the first quarter of 1963, and egg setting for broiler chicks in January across 22 states varied around year-ago levels.
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Penn State Extension Marketing Service
Ride With The DHIA Tester At Red Rose Dairy Farm
DHIA tester Jay Risser visits Jay Landis at Lan caster RG to copy and record milk data. Electronic processing reduces clerical work, while Landis uses records to cull low producers and guide feeding. The tool analogy highlights records as essential though not a substitute for effort.
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Jay
Jay Landis
Jay Risser
Landis
SPABC Reports Record First Services at Annual Meeting
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeders Cooperative announced a record 157 first services for the year at its Leola memorial meeting. Breeding fees totaled 789 642 with net income 25 749 distributed at 16 cents per 500 first service. Henry E Kettering Lititz R3 elected director for a three year term.
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Southeastern Pennsylvania
Artificial Breeders Cooperative
Leola Memorial Building
Ing
Yoder
Henry E Kettering
Lititz
Local Youth Honored by Eastern States Farmers Exchange
A Lancaster County youth was named among 10 honored youths at the Eastern States Farmers Exchange 45th annual meeting in West Springfield Massachusetts. Clarence R Bauman 19 son of Mr and Mrs Ivan W Bauman received recognition at the event disclosed in the report.
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Lancaster County
The
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
West Springfield
Mass
Clarence R. Bauman
Ivan W
Five Day Weather Forecast With Cold Temperatures
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging seven or more degrees below normal with nightly lows near 27 and afternoon highs around 44. Moderation early, then colder again toward the end of the period. Light snow possible late with less than a tenth of an inch melted.
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Pennsylvania
Hess
Dhia Tester
Jay Rissler
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Lancaster RG
SPABC
David Yoder
Ris
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