Mark Hess Named Garden Spot AGWAY Unit Manager
Mark Hess, native of Lancaster County, named Unit Manager of the Garden Spot Unit of AGWAY in Lancaster. He succeeds Kenneth Emerson, who moves to AGWAY's Western Division to manage a large retail store and grain elevator at Geneva, New York. Hess will oversee farm production supplies distribution through Lancaster, New Holland, and Quarryville stores with headquarters in Lancaster.
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Mark S Hess
Lancaster County
Agway Lancaster
Bert Cochran
Hess
Kenneth Emerson
AGWAY
Geneva
New York
Lancasterr
New Holland
Quarryville
Lancaster
Agway Co
Prof Says Slick Pavements Doom Drivers
Prof Archte H Easton of the University of Wisconsin warns that ice and snow multiply stopping distances and skidding risk. He notes limited traction on glare ice, advises gentle braking and cautious acceleration, and compares snow tires and tire chains, urging slow speeds in winter driving.
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Madison
Wis
Archte H Easton
Motor Vehicle Research Laboratory
University of Wisconsin
Easton
National Safety Council
Corn Stover Has Potential for Feed and Bedding
Penn State agricultural engineer told members at the Pennsylvania Crop Improvement Association meeting that corn stover could boost per acre returns. Stover, about half the plant material, is usually left in fields and can serve as feed when roughages rise in cost and as bedding during shortages. Four low cost methods of retrieval exist, with forage combine still experimental at land grant institutions, while future use depends on feeding programs crop quality harvest timing stover collection and machine costs.
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Harirsburg
Penn State
Pennsylvania Crop Improvement Association
Burton . Horne
Stover
Hoine
Farm Women Hold State Convention in Harrisburg
The Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania held its 50th annual convention January 13 and 14 in Harrisburg with about 500 in attendance. State Secretary of Agriculture Leland H Bull praised the group and discussed modern agricultural trends and the need for improved Farm Show facilities. Mrs F Dummer of York County presided, with county reports and Harrisburg Civic Ballet entertainment rounding out the program.
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Harrisburg
Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania
Leland H Bull
Pennsylvania
Bull
F. Dummer
Thomasville
York County
State Society
Harrisburg Civic Ballet
Caroline DeLone
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Mark Hess
Mark S. Hess
Reer
Jack Huber
Claude Hess
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Edward T. Mallinson
Bureau of Animal Industry
Homer Bickster
Poultry Federation
Route 501
John Huber
Victor F. Weaver
L. F. Phote
Lancaster Farming
City State
City
P. O. Box
Lititz
Penna
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