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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1964
Page
1
Directors of the Lancaster County Poultry Association voted to discontinue its nine year old weekly broiler sale. The decision followed withdrawal of support from the county's only poultry auction and a drop in listings after two major feed firms halted use.
Lancaster County tobacco market opens with three major buyers Consolidated Cigar Corp P Loormllard Co and American Tobacco Co bidding mostly 28 and 18 cents through Wednesday. Buyers slow as quotas fill and farmer bids taper off with notes of last year’s levels and regional variation.
A registered Guernsey cow named Majesty's Polly at the Lancaster County farm delivered triplet heifer calves last week. This birth comes just a month after Polly turned four, marking a rare multicalf event for the herd.
A busy schedule lists January 27 to February 1 events across Lancaster County including Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers and Canner Fieldman conference at Penn State University 4-H Conservation at Sensenig Market New Holland 730 pm Future Farmers of America at Pequea Valley High School and more. Calves at Balmer farm attract interest as multiple births occur with two sons reporting on the event.
Pennsylvania vegetable growers and cannery fieldmen will hold their annual educational conference January 27 to 29 at University Park. The event opens with the annual business meeting at 10 a.m. Monday and features talks on the State Department of Agriculture’s horticulture role by Leland H. Byl, state secretary, plus sessions on lab and labor in the vegetable business led by John Carew of Michigan State University.
Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative plans bulk milk handling additions at its Mount Joy plant. Manager Horton reported 45 million pounds processed last year with peak intake in May. He noted 93 percent of milk went to Class I use and outlined rising price differentials across 1963 and projections for mid 1964. Abner Risser of Bainbridge Ri presided over the annual meeting.
The Lancaster County 4-H Leaders' Council amended by laws to allow half the 10 member board to be elected each year for two year terms. The changes set a staggered election pattern to fill director seats.
The board of the South Eastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeders Cooperative cancels its 1964 progeny show citing non representative membership and $10 000 cost. The decision, to be reviewed next year, impacts county 4 H dairy clubs Brown Swiss Canton 5 and the South eastern Black and White shows reliant on SPABC tents at the 230 bypass.
Monday night the Lancaster County Poultry Growers association elected seven directors to three year terms. Grower members Roy Erb and Aaron O Brubaker joined the board, alongside allied industry directors Charles Teater F W Fisher John Keener Paul Hiestand and Phares Auker. Secretary Sally Harper resigned.
Temperatures over the next five days average near 22 at night and 39 in the afternoon with a cooler weekend ahead. Rain or snow is possible Saturday and again around Wednesday, with total precipitation potentially exceeding a half inch when melted.
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