Farm Show Spotlight Sees Dauphin Steer Triumph in 4-H
The 1959 Farm Show previews reveal Dauphin County youth winning the 4-H Polled Hereford steer title with a well trained, aptly fitted animal. Lancaster County dominates prizes with many ribbons as entrants from multiple counties gain incentive to bring baby beef to the show, while competition rises with diverse entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Diffenback
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Dauphin County
Dauphin
Not Raising Hogs Hoax Letter Baffles Officials
A Louisiana farmer ruses the Secretary of Agriculture with a letter asking which hogs are best not to raise. He cites $1000 payments for not raising hogs and considers 4000 hogs and 100000 bushels of corn, claiming favorable returns in a humorous phantom venture.
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Hereford Quarterly
Salmon
Idaho
Recorder-Herald
Aitchison
Kan
Daily Globe
Louisiana
Secretary of Agriculture
Bordeaux
Terrebonne Parish
Bordeaus
Octave Broussard
Unknown Quote Reflects on Marriage and Age
An old man, referred to as a codger, rejects settling down with a new wife. He characterizes one kind of woman who would accept him, then asserts he will not live with a fool. The remark is attributed to Pave Anderson in a fractured transcription.
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Goscat
Pave Anderson
Muscovy
Whibley
America
Republic
Colum
Paul
Timothy
Titus
churches—Christ
USA
Community Press Service
Weather and liberty musings mix with a crime tale
A Lancaster Farming weekly column recalls varied notes from 1883 on weather science and human biases, then shifts to reports of lawmaking for game hunting with dogs, American patriotism, and a Alabama utility paying taxes early to aid schools, ending with the arrest of James Carter for selling spectacles to a non reader in Burnham.
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Alabama
Selma Times Journal
Albania
Americas
1908 Wrath of sportsmen and a neglected child tale
A Pennsylvania teacher recalls a one room school incident from fifty years ago. A six year old boy, covered in grime and in need of care, was asked to tell his mother to bathe him and change his clothes. The boy returned with a note from his mother saying they sent him to be learned, not to be smelt.
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Boardf Game Commissioners
Pennsylvania
Willie
Organized Church Lesson for January 26 1958
A 1950s church lesson argues organization aids faith not hindrance and compares water pipes to church structure. It stresses needs driven roles, Deacons as servants, and character over title in selecting church officers, urging every member to contribute.
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Christan Church
America
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Octoraro Newspapers
Quarryville
Sterling
Lancaster Phone Express
Alfred C. Alspach
Robert E. Best
Robert G. Campbell Robert J. Wiggins
Tovatoes
BY Jack Reichard
Bus
Promised Land
Thames Embankment
California
Oregon
Burnham. 1
James Carter
G.C
Wah
Requare
Aber
Union
Dr. Foreman
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