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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1970

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Farm And Home Center Debt Drops At Lancaster Banquet

Lancaster County Farm and Home Center reduced debt to 128000 dollars by funds from an antique sale and donations, though only 15000 in pledges remain. At the annual banquet treasurer George Lewis warned to keep donations flowing as seven directors were elected including Harry K Gerlach and J Everett Kreider.

Lancaster County Farm and Home Center Foundations George Lewis Lewis M M Smith Harry K Gerlach Springhouse Road Lancaster John H Hesi Millport Road J Eeverett Kreider Quarryville Richard P Maule Quarryvile Ginn Myer Kirk

Poultry and Farm Events Amid Southeast Convention

Farm calendar lists Southeastern Poultry and Egg Association convention in Atlanta Georgia ending Jan 25. Also notes Lancasier County FFA in War wick Jan 25 at 7 30 pm Ephraia Young Farmer Jan 27 7 30 pm Garden Spot Young Farmers Jan 27 7 30 pm Central Area 4 H Club Jan 27 7 30 pm at Landis Brothers Manheim Pike Agway Dailymen’s continues on Page 11.

Southeastern Poultry and Egg Assa Atlanta Georgia Lancasier County FFA Warwick Ephraia Vo Ag Garden Spot Central Area Landis Brothers Manheim Pike

Farm Management Meetings Scheduled

A series of Farm Management meetings will be held at the Farm and Home Center starting at 8 pm. January 28 covers Estate Planning with speaker Fred Hughes and information on investments savings insurance and mutual funds.

Jay Irwin Fred Hughes

Jacob Musser Raises 130 Breeder Guinea Pigs Near East Earl

Jacob Musser, a 17 year old junior at Garden Spot High School, maintains 130 breeder guinea pigs as a profitable FFA project. He keeps them at 50 degrees in a single barn with a gas heater, feeds a home raised ration and meadow hay, and by his estimate each sow yields about five litters per year, averaging 45 pigs per litter, creating a multiplying enterprise.

Jacob W Musser East Earl Rl Garden Spot High School Jacob Musser Musser Jacob

Poultry Association Plans Three Informative Lancaster Meetings

The Lancaster County Poultry Association schedules three meetings at the Farm and Home Center on Arcadia Road starting January 29 730 pm with a program on Market Stability and Producer Responsibility featuring speakers from Penn State Maine and Georgia. A second session February 26 covers Poultry Inspection Law and consumer concerns, with a March 17 session on Forced Moult and Ventilation.

Lancaster County Poultry Association Farm and Home Center Arcadia Road Lancaster Farm and Home

Lloyd Wolf Herd Tops In Lancaster County DHIA

The Lloyd Wolf herd at Quarryville topped Lancaster County Dairy Herd Improvement Association averages for the 1969 testing year, with 16 730 pounds of milk and 660 pounds of butterfat from 416 cows. Victor Plastow reported countywide averages, new district directors were named, and the DHIA was approved as a nonprofit corporation to protect board members.

Lancaster County James Kreider Harry Ranck Jr Isaac Hostetter Robert L Kauffman Jr Elmer Weber Victor Plastow Hebert Gilmore Daily Science Extension Penn State

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