Poultry Association tomeet at Lancaster County gathering
J Collins McSparran will be the keynote at the Lancaster County Poultry Association annual meeting. The January 25 event at 7 30 p m in the Poultry Center on Oseville Road will seek approval to amend bylaws removing the director appointed Committeemen at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Collins McSparran
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Oseville Road
Rge
E Association
Yorkshire Type Conference Heralded in Harrisburg 1962
The 1962 Yorkshire Type Conference proceeds January 25 to 27 at the Farm Show Building Harrisburg with penning, numbering, and judging. York Extension hosts Poultry Outlook at Caterpillar Plant Rt 30 East York. Other events include Coatesville Egg Auction, Producers Cooperative Exchange meeting, and National Yorkshire Swine Type Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Extension Service
Caterpillar
York
Producers Cooperative Exchange
Coatesville Egg
Pequea Valley High School
Farm Show
Harrisburg
Quarryville Methodist Church
Solanco Ffa
Solanco High School
Quarryville
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Roseville Road
Col McSparran
County
FFA
New DHIA Directors Named At Red Rose Dairy Banquet
Three new directors of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association pose with the high herd award winner at the annual banquet. Directors are Kenneth Skiles Narvon, John J Oberholtzer Leola, and Irwin Musser Mount Joy. The winner, J Mowery Frey Jr Lancaster, produced 600 lbs butterfat per year. Banquet held Thursday at noon in the Hotel Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
R. Kenneth Skiles
Narvon
John J. Oberholtzer
Newport Road
Leola
Irwin Musser
Mount Joy Rt
J. Mowery Frey, Jr
Hans Herr Drive
Lancaster
Association
Brunswick
L.F
County Tobacco Contracts In Kentucky Farm Country
Lancaster County tobacco growers report contract farming with a company that supplies seed and buys the crop. Lan caster County official Paris Gruber notes about 300 acres are grown in the six county area and mentions Washington County as a trial site. He says no more growers are sought and Pennsylvania filler farmers oppose quotas. William Smith hopes for a successful crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Courier-Journal
Lancaster County Cigar Company
Paris Gruber
Lancaster County
Gruber
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Burley
William Smith
Poultry Disease Meeting Set By York Adams Assn
All Lancaster County poultrymen are invited to a joint York Adams Poultrymen meeting on January 23 at the Caterpillar Tractor plant on Rt. 30 near York. Topics include Leucosis vaccines records and egg marketing regulations with experts from Pennsylvania State University and Harrisburg Bureau of Markets. Carl O Dossin will open at 10 a.m. with speakers Dr. Robert F Gentry James T Hall and Edward Lawless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
York-Adams
Carl O. Dossin
Pennsylvania State University
Rt. 30
York
Robert F. Gentry
Department of Veterinary Science
PSU
James T. Hall
Edward Lawless
The
Bureau of Markets
Harrisburg
Purebred Stock Associations Listed In Book
The National Society of Livestock Record Associations published a directory of Purebred Livestock Registry Associations detailing secretaries and addresses for Beef and Dual Purpose Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Draft and Light Horses, Ponies, Sheep, Goats, and Swine. Free distribution. requests to Allan C. Atlason, Secretary, 3964 Grand Avenue, Gurnee, IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Society of Livestock Record Associations
4-H
FFA
Allan C. Atlason
Grand Avenue
Gurnee, al
Frey Herd Tops DHIA With 600 Pounds Fat
J M Frey Jr of Lancaster earned a plaque and gold trosette for the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association 1961 top herd average at the annual banquet. Frey’s 34 Holsteins averaged 15 082 pounds of milk and 600 pounds of butterfat per cow. The Witmer Guernseys ranked second with 11 662 pounds of milk and 595 pounds butterfat per cow. Third went to Paul B Zimmerman’s Holsteins at 14 922 pounds milk and 565 butterfat per cow. Fourth and fifth reversed from last year with Hiram Aungst’s herd at 565 butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Mowery Frey, Jr
Hans Herr Road
Lancaster
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Frey
Raymond F
Louise A. Witmer
Willow Street Rl
Witmer
Paul B. Zimmerman
Ephrata Rl
Hiram Aungst
Elizabethtown
Producers Cooperative Exchange to Vote on Merger Proposals
Stockholders will vote at 8 pm on January 23 at Pequea Valley High School to ratify and effect the board’s plan to join with the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association to acquire assets and facilities of Producers Cooperative Exchange and operate its business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Producers Cooperative Exchange
Producers Cooperative
Coatesville Egg Auction
Pequea Valley High School
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Lacili
Funk Reelected to 10th Term as County Soil District Chairman
Amos Funk of Millersville R1 won reelection Monday night to his 10th consecutive term as chairman of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District Directors. He first became chairman in 1951, succeeding Arthur E. Brown who led the district’s founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Funk
Millersville
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Funk
Arthur E. Brown
Nottingham
Brown
4 H Leaders Name Directors
Five new directors were elected and five re elected by the Lancaster County 4 H Leaders Council Monday night. The council selects one home economics and one agricultural club leader from each of five districts to form the board. Southeast district elected Mrs Earl Kreider and Wilbur Hous er. Northeast district elected Mrs Herbert Royer and Chester Nolt. Southern district elected Daniel Trimble and Mrs Charles Woods was reelected. Southwest district reelected Mrs Kenneth Musser and Richard Lefever along with Mrs Hoxie Thomas and Mylin Goad from Manheim R1. A reorganization meeting will be held later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Earl Kreider
Quarryville
Wilbur Houser
Lampeter
Herbert Royer
Oregon Pike
Lancaster
Chester Nolt
Bareville
Daniel Trim
Five day weather outlook with below normal temps
The forecast calls for five days of below normal temperatures with nights around 24 and afternoons near 39. Continued cold is likely through most of the period with slight moderation Monday or Tuesday. Precipitation may reach 1 to 2 inches melted, with snow Saturday and a rain or snow chance Wednesday.
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McSparran
Collins McSparran
Harisburg
Theerican Yorkshire Club
Nem
D.H.I.A
York Assn
Dhia
SCD
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