Fill Up for the Farm Show and Triplet Calves Born Near Union
Weather outlook for Farm Show Week in Harrisburg hints at delays and gas shortages as crowds flock to the world’s largest indoor agricultural event. Triplet calves born near Union in Lancaster County include two bulls and a heifer, healthy after a cautious start. Genetic researchers explore sex selection in cattle via sperm separation and a vaccine affecting mice fertility. Futures show price bumps in Chicago cattle hogs potatoes and egg contracts. local live steel auctions stay firm but below 55 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Union
Robert Weichsel
Lancaster County
Weickser
Chicago
Will it Replace Farm Show Building Keystone Exposition
Proposals to shut the Pennsylvania Farm Show complex have circulated in Harrisburg since the Scranton administration. Built on a 1929 landfill it’s viewed as outmoded and unattractive. Dr Norman Reber urged for a new facility with continued persistence into last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex
Keystone Exposition Center
Harrisburg
Scranton Administration
Sale Register Farmers Almanac
Homestead Notes
Pennsylvania
Vo-Ag
Farm Show Association
McHale
Keystone Farmer Dog
New Holland
Norman Reber
Pennsylvania Farmer Magazine
Reber
Rohrer Dominates Lancaster County Tobacco Show
Roy M. Rohrer and family of Strasburg RD1 led Lancaster County's tobacco roundup on Thursday, taking top prize in five of six classes at Rohrer’s top tobacco show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Rohrer
Pennsylvania
Roy M. Rohrer
Strasburg
Conservation Farming Emphasized by Lancaster County Grower
In a series of farmer interviews Earl Smoker of Lancaster County advocates conservation farming as a future driven practice. The piece notes a shift toward mandatory conservation plans by 1977 and highlights Smoker as a firm believer in sustainable dairying near Arcadia Road with ties to the Sea Conservation Service and Farm and Home Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Smoker
Stevens Rd1
Smoker
Lancaster County
Sea Conservation Service
Lancaster County Farm and Home Center
Arcadia Road
Lancaster
Stevens Rdi Dairyman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farm Trends
Dick Warner
Rohrer’s Top Tobacco
Conservation Case History
Karl Smoker
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!