Farm Show awards Lancaster County at 1956 event
Readable results show Lancaster County dominance with gold medals for Hubbard Farms at Lancaster for poultry and for Harry Lamparter of Mountville in dressed turkeys. Home Economics honors go to Ruth Brenner of Manheim and others in rug and chair categories. Dairy and cattle classes list multiple Flory family wins and Masonic Homes Farms recognitions. County FFA entries from Lancaster also noted.
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Frank Frederick
Denver
Hubbard Farms
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Sylver
Harry Lamparter
Mountville
Lamparter
Tax Time Meet for Chester County Farmers Held at Grange Hall
County Agent Robert A Powers Jr introduces a program on Farm Income Tax Reporting and Social Security Tax Coverage with Fred H Hughes from Pennsylvania State University. A Social Security Administration representative will discuss Farm Record Keeping Systems. Meeting at 7 45 p m January 18 at Russellville Grange Hall.
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Chester County
Russellville Grange Hall
Oxford
Robert A. Powers, Jr
Fred H. Hughes
Pennsylvania State University
Chester
Tuesday Poultry Auction Reports Mixed Prices at Lancaster
The Lancaster Poultry Exchange sale on January 10 1955 lists eight lots totaling 13250 birds selling at 20 21 and 21 percent with a 4900 capettes sale and eleven lots totaling 18150 birds listed. Sellers and buyers include Eber Hess Victor J Koser J J Hess II Muller Bushong Ray W Gubbile Walter C Mellinger J W Eshelman Isaac N Miller Roy H Ream Henry Shenk John T Thomas Daniel K Good Warren Shenk Robert Noll Leola Poultry and others with White Van Tress Leghorns Red Vantress Capettes and Cornish Cross entries.
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Lancaster [Poultry Exchange
Rohrerstown
Eber Hess
Victor J. Koser
J. J Hess II
Herbert Gilgore
Muller & Bushong
John J. Lehman
Ray W Gubbile
Miller
Henry Shenk
Daniel K Good
Warren, Shenk
John T Thomas
Robert Noll
Daniel K. Good
Harvey M. Hostetter
Leola Poultry
FFA Officers Honor Parents at Harrisburg State Meeting
Harrisburg FFA state officers honored their parents during the mid winter state meeting at the Farm Show. Seven officers will confer the Honorary Keystone Farmer title on their fathers and present mothers embroidered certificates for support enabling their sons to serve as state leaders.
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Harrisburg
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Farmboy Organization
H. Leroy Welk
Strasburg
RD 1
Robert
Victor Cappuccui
Mehoopany
Victor
Harold M. Herr
Gettysburg
Richard
Lewis S. Gregg
Grove City
Kenneth Gregg
H. C. Fetterolf
Department of Public Instruction
Growers of Vegetables Meet Jan 18 at Lan caster area pavilion
An all day meeting for Lancaster County vegetable growers is set for Wednesday January 18 at the Guernsey Breeders Sales Pavilion near the Strasburg Pike crossroad. Amos H Funk and Rev Joseph Ball will give the invocation followed by a program on farm safety plant disease control and insect management with speakers from Penn State University including Dr Kirby James Baking and Henry A Gruber. A noontime prayer and cafeteria style baked ham dinner are planned with the dinner price listed as 150 per plate.
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Guernsey Breeders Sales
Lincoln Highway
Lancaster
Strasburg Pike
Amos H. Funk
Millersville
Mill
Lancaster County
Joseph Ball
Lititz
Kirby
Pennsylvania State University
Wall
Nolt
Farm Bureau
J. O. Penper
Pennsylvania State_University
James Baking
Henry A. Gruber
Good Recipes Boost for Lancaster Farming Subscriptions
Reader David Ehriste from Oxford sends $100 for a subscription to Lancaster Farming praising the paper’s good recipes and overall quality. The note reflects enthusiasm for local farming news and culinary features.
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Oxford
Lancaster Farming
David Ehriste
Vegetable culture talk and sale at growers gathering
The event opens with group singing led by Mr. Nolt at 1 15 pm and features J O Dutt a Pennsylvania State University vegetable specialist who covers culture practices fertilization planting cultivation harvesting handling foliar sprays side dressing with anhydrous ammonia and weed control A sale follows at 2 pm Rev W E Trexler of the First Reformed Church Lancaster discusses Looking Ahead A question box is available and answers begin at 2 50 Reservations must be in today Friday to processors.
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Nolt
J. O. Dutt
Pennsylvania State University
W. E. Trexler
First Reformed Church
Lancaster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pennsylvania ‘Farm Show
Home Improvement
Ruth M Brenner
Manheim
Ruth M. Brenner
Wiliam S. Longenecker
Mount Joy
Walter G. Hawthorne
Bambridge
Alten B. Shearer
Hainey Sensemy
Adamstown
Patsy Earhart
Nancy Newcomer
Romaine Good
Betty Herr
Quarryville
Ayrshire Dairy Cattle
Masonic Homes Farms
Elizabethtown
Masonic Homes
Abram K
Florence C. Flory
Ned Z. Paes
Abram G. Flory
Florence Mae Flory
A. K
F. C. Flory
Cc. Flory
Florence Masonic Homes Farms
Joan §. Paes
Marvin E. Miller
F C. Flory
Hayrshire
Herfer
Abram G Flory
James
C. Brubaker
Joan Paes
Lancaster County Ffa
Berkshire
Richard Heagy
Melvin Longnecker
Robert Mowerer
Marietta
Kenneth Newcomer
Mt. Joy
Soil Testing Service
David B. Johns
Overland
Wenger & Sensenig Co
Paradise
Muss
Lena H. Rohrer
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Cooperative Association
Dillerville Road
New Holland
National Research Council
Edward G. Wilson
Notary Public
Lime St
Oliver— Ferguson
GMC
Hershey
N. G. Hershey
Manheim, PA
Massey Harris Ferguson
Brillion
S. G. Lewis & Son
West Grove
Kirkwood
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