Milk price rise may boost costs but not incomes says dairy official
Dairymen were urged to expect higher Class I prices through 1964 by Dr James Honan General Manager of Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative at the District 7 annual banquet in Plain and Fancy restaurant. He warned that price hikes could prompt production increases to cushion impact and urged members to avoid coercive raids and seek solutions within the industry.
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James Honan
Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative
District 7
Honan
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Elects Officers
Samuel A Dum was elected president of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association at a Monday night board meeting. Robert Breneman was chosen vice president and Dr Victor Conger secretary, with Jacob Houser retaining treasurer duties. Dunn becomes secretary for 1964, succeeding Jason Weaver whose board term expired. The council also raised the monthly newsletter cutoff and boosted the herd average to 40 pounds of butterfat.
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Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Samuel Dunn
Greystone Road
East Petersburg
Robert Breneman
Strasburg
Victor Conger
Pitney Road
Lancaster
Jacob Houser
Lampeter
L. F
Samuel A. Dum
Greytone Road
Strasbore R1
Red Rose Research Farm
Putney Road
Dunn
Jason Weaver
Quainsville Ri2
Conger
Breneman
Farm Calendar Busy Week Lancaster Area Meetings
County Extension Committee meets March 2 at Holiday Motel Latitz Pike Lancaster at noon. Central 4-H Tractor maintenance club gathers at Keener Equipment Manheim Pike Lancaster 7:30 pm. Adult welding loss at Ephrata High School vocational agriculture shop 3 729 pm. New Holland Young Farmers corn growing at high school vocational agriculture room 7:30 pm. Manor Young Farmers meet Aaron Herr farm Millersville Ri at 7 30 p.m. Hog evaluation full fed versus inimated feeding. Southern county 4-H Holstein club reorganization in Solanco Contipadd on. Friday: hae ty
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Mar
County Extension Service Committee
Holday
Latitz Pike
Lancaster
Central
Keener Equipment
Manheim Pike
Ephrata High School
New Holand Young Farmers
Hgh School
Manor Young Farmers
Aaron Herr
Millersville
Southern County
Solanco
New Cash Crops Explored At County Crops and Soil Day
Lancaster County farmers heard about five potential cash crops at County Crops and Soil Day held at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion along Lincoln Highway. John Yocum of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Field Laboratory noted limited data but said tests could proceed if crops prove economically viable. Clarence Bryner suggested sugar beets could be grown here but require about 30,000 acres with farmer commitment. overall project would need 34,000 acres within the area.
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Lancaster County
John Yocum
Southeastern Pennsylvania Field Research Laboratory
Guernsey
Lincoln Highway
Lancaster
Lancaster S
Pennsylvania State University
Clarence Bryner
Extension Agronomist
Panel Sees Prosperity and Problems in County Poultry
A Lancaster County educational meeting by the Lancaster Poultry Association at the Poultry Center featured four experts who said poultry can benefit both family farms and large operators. Floyd Hicks of Penn State urged builders to secure a market before new housing and to construct facilities to endure and allow future expansion.
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Lancaster Court Poultry Association
Poultry Center
Solanco YFA To Have Class On Free Stalls
Solanco Young Farmers plan a March 3 program at Solanteco High School Quarryville Rill on dairy cow free stall housing. A four-dairyman panel led by William M Fredd, vocational agriculture teacher, will moderate the discussion.
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Solantco
Solanteco High School
Quarryville Ril
William M. Fredd
1964 Feed Grain Program Offers Some Changes
The 1964 feed grain signup opens February 10 at the ASCS County Office and runs through March 27. Farmer Fieldman Richard Pennay says the new program should attract more producers than 1963 while remaining substantially similar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASCS
Fred Seldomridge
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Quarryville
Richard Pennay
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
River Basin Study Team To Begin Work In County
The Lancaster County phase of the Susquehanna River Basin Study will start next week. About 50 officials attended a meeting at the Manor Shopping Center auditorium as a team of technicians surveys tributaries for two months and identifies 15 to 20 viable flood control and water supply sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
US Soil Conservation Service
Joseph Krisak
Basin Party
Conservation, and Agriculture Organization
Manor Shopping Center
Ivan McKeever
US Department of Agriculture Advisory Committee
Delaware
Potomac
McKeever
US Department of Health
Corps of Engineers
Department of the Interior
USDA
Fulton Grange Opens Hall for Scout Use
Fulton Grange 66 met Tuesday evening February 24 in the Grange Hall at Oakryn with Master Gyles Brown presiding. Dallas Thomas spoke to the Grange about scouting and the group decided to make the hall available for scout troops.
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Fulton Grange
Fulton Grange 66
Oakryn
Gyles Brown
Dallas Thomas
The
Grange
Five Day Weather Forecast and Temperature Outlook
The five day outlook shows daytime highs near 45 and overnight lows around 26. Cold Saturday with a gradual warm up Sunday and milder Tuesday and Wednesday. Light precipitation totaling 0.3 to 0.4 inch with snow flurries in higher areas Saturday and snow or rain showers late Sunday into early Monday.
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DHIA
Samuel Dum
Floyd Hicks
Solanco Yfa
Krivak
Pequea
Conestoga
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