Free parking expanded for 1958 Pennsylvania Farm Show
Seven more acres of land will be opened for free parking during the 1958 Farm Show January 13 to 17, boosting free parking to about 40 acres. The new lot near the Farm Show Arena holds around 15,000 vehicles, was acquired with 1957 funds, and safety plans include a pedestrian tunnel under Cameron Street to connect with the arena.
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Commonwealth
Farm Show Commission
William L Hemnms
Cameron Street
Henning
General State Authority
State Farm Show Commission
Harrisburg City
Susquehanna River
Harrisburg
George M Leader
Pennsylvania State Police
Certified Seeds and Egg Carton Labeling Rules
The text outlines certification benefits for seeds to ensure true type and desirable traits. It also details a Pennsylvania law change requiring egg cartons to display consumer grade weight class and producer or distributor name and address starting Jan 16. Additional notes advise removing pond ice to keep oxygen, and spraying basements for spiders with lindane for control.
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Pennsylvania
4-H Corn Roundup Yields 80 and 100 Bushels in Lancaster
Lancaster County 4-H Roundup at Bayuk Cigar warehouse rewards southern entries with top honors. Glenn Porter posts 80 bushels per acre on red clover soil. Don Trimble achieves 100 on former tomato ground. Judges set 60 bushels in southern plots. Porter and Trimble lead in overall scores amid divided county sections.
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Don Trimble
Glenn Porter
Bayuk Cigar Warehouse
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Edgar Porter
Washington Boro
Quarryville
Porter
Funk
Foster
Trimble
Corn Club
Donald Trimble
Paul Trimble
David Heisey
Sheridan
David Martin
Mr. Joy
Wilbur Hosler
Manheim
Barry Haldeman
Betty
Fatherless Poult at Beltsville Killed by Dogs
Graydon the Agriculture Department’s fatherless turkey at Beltsville Maryland was killed by two dogs. Raised to maturity by Dr. Marlow Olsen to study mating, Graydon died hours after the attack at 39 weeks old. Researchers hatched over 20 parthenogenetic poults in five years with many dying in autopsy.
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Beltsville
Graydon
Agriculture Department
Beltsville, Md
Olsen
Local Show Judges and Entrants Named for Pennsylvania Event
Hess R3 Elizabethtown Wendell Martin R1 Drumore and Harold Hess R38 Manheim tie Steven Martin R1 Drumore Rodney Martin Rl Drumore James Groff R7 Lancaster Gloria Brubaker R1 Ephrata David Zimmerman Rl Reimholds and John Zimmer man Rl Reinholds. Judge for the show was George Berggren agronomy specialist from Penn State.
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Hess
Elizabethtown
Wendell Martin
Drumore
Harold Hess
Manheim
Steven Martin
Rodney Martin
James Groff
Lancaster
Gloria Brubaker
Ephrata
David Zimmerman
Reimholds
John Zimmerman
Reinholds
George Berggren
Penn State
Manheim Youth Named State Star Farmer of Pennsylvania
Dean Hoffer 18, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur H Hoffer Manheim receives the State Star Farmer of Pennsylvania award at the 1958 State Farm Show. A 1957 Manheim Central High School grad he is designated as Star Farmer for the 12 county Southeastern Region. He built a net worth of over 14000 from farming ventures and presides over his IA chapter and regional FFA groups.
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Pennsylvania
Future Farmers of America
Dean Hoffer
Arthur H. Hoffer
Manheim
Young Hoffer
Manheim Central High School
Farm Show Commission
George D. Derr
FFA
Department of Public Instruction
Hoffer
Glen W. Ferrow
Dover
Young
Hoffr
FFA Advisory Council
Ingh
Annual Tobacco Co op Meeting and Show Set for Jan 10
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Cooperative schedules a 1 pm meeting and show on January 10 at the Farm Bureau Cooperative in Dullersville Road Lancaster. Entries in filler whipper and binder classes will be judged with two hands per grade. Dr Haggerstadt of the USDA research center Beltsville Md to speak on disease control and cultural practices. Local tobacco buyers invited to share input for the 1957 crop.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Farm Bureau Cooperative
Dullersville Road
Lancaster
Haggerstadt
Usda Agricultural Research Center
Beltsville
Coop
Farm Bureau Bldg
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By Max Smith
Max Smith
Manheim Youth
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