Poultry Boosters Banquet Aims To Fund New Center
Lancaster County Poultry Association plans a $100-a-plate Booster Dinner at the Hotel Brunswick to raise 25 000 to 30 000 for the Poultry Center construction. The drive uses solicitors contacting processors, feed suppliers, hatcherymen and others. 3 000 in tickets were sold at a meeting. Deadline for ticket sales is Feb 1.
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Brunswick
Lancaster County Poultry Assn
Juan
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Community Center Commission
Poultry Center
Lancaster Poultry Association
L. Howard Martin
Columbia Ave
Lancaster
Honey Producers Display Wins First Prize at Farm Show
Lancaster County Honey Producers took top prize at the Farm Show with a display of prepared honey in comb and extracted forms, surrounded by honey candy cookies beeswax and gift boxes. The staff photo highlights the winning exhibit and the county's first win.
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Lancaster County
Feeder Cattle Numbers Up 4 Percent on Jan 1
Washington reports cattle and calves on feed for market in the United States at 6,099,000 on Jan 1, up 4 percent from a year ago. Iowa leads with a 9 percent rise. Minnesota up 10 percent. Ohio up 11 percent. Indiana Missouri and South Dakota flat. Kansas and North Dakota down 1 percent.
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Washington
United States
Crop Reporting Board
North Central States
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
South Dakota
Kansas
North Dakota
Vegetable Growers Plan Extensive Program At Meeting
Lancaster County vegetable growers outline a full program at a Jan 23 meeting at the Guernsey Breeders Sales Pavilion Lincoln Highway and Strasburg Pike. Penn State experts Dr Charles Moran J O Pepper Dr O D Burke and Dr A H Reed join a panel to discuss insect control disease control vegetable culture practices and labor ethics in harvesting.
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Lancaster County
Guernsey Breeders Sales
Lincoln Highway
Strasburg Pike
Pennsylvania State University
Charles Moran
Campbell Soup Co. Research Dept
J. O. Pepper
Lima
O. D. Burke
J. O. Dutt
A. H. Reed
Department of Education
Moran
Harry S. Sloat
Lancaster
Henry A. Gruber
Farm Service Assn
Hamburg
Herbert Royer
William Jacobs
Narvon
Wilmer D. Rohrer
Charles Ressler, Sr
Holtwood
Lititz Youth Sweeps Leaf Championships at Farm Show
James Graybdnl of Lititz a Northwest Lancaster 4H Club member wins a four way championship in tobacco at the Farm Show his entries take 4 H filler championship and the open class grand championship in tobacco showing strong 4H performance.
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Lititz
James Graybdnl
Northwest Lancaster
Opening of Farm Show Draws Large Crowds
Heavy crowds marked the 40th anniversary Farm Show with 85 000 attendance Monday and 95 000 Tuesday as snow slowed arrivals. Gov. George M. Leader opened the event, while Lancaster County flaunted a globe display and dominated tobacco prizes alongside honey and dressed poultry wins. The 4 H baby beef show occurred yesterday and the sale continues today. results to be published next Friday.
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Harrisburg
George M. Leader
Lancaster County
Harry Lamparter
Mountvile
Seed Co-op Sees Bright Future For Coming Year
Harrisburg reports that the Pennsylvania Foundation Seed Cooperative closes its first year next month with excellent prospects for 1957. President K. W. Lauer said a good acreage of small grains is under contract and corn hybrids produced in 1956 will be distributed in spring 1957. The cooperative, organized February 14, is in good financial condition with seed stocks worth about 39000 and a $14000 warehouse and processing plant at Jersey Shore. Funds come from member stock sales to support plant breeding research and occasional grants to the University to aid the Experiment Station program.
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Harrisburg
Pennssylvania Foundation
K. W. Lauer
Pennsylvania Crop Improvement Assn
Lauer
Jersey Shore
Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
Lau
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