Seeds shortage hits clover and alfalfa growers
Drought in Lancaster County last summer and seed production problems in the West have created a severe legume seed shortage. Pennscott red clover and popular alfalfa varieties are in very short supply with orders well ahead of last year. Seed houses urge farmers to survey needs now and order early to avoid substitutions.
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Lancaster County
Pennscott Red Clover
Pennscott
Lehigh Lebanon
Fulton
Farm Calendar and Seed Supply Outlook for County
Local farm calendar lists meetings at Penn State Lampeter-Strasburg High School New Holland High School and Hershey Regional Agriculture Extension administrators gathering. Seed manager Floyd Imes notes ample alfalfa red clover and most grass seed supply with shortages and higher prices for rye grass red fescue and Kentucky 31 tall fescue.
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Lampeter-Strasburg High School
Regional Agriculture Extension Administrators
Cocoa Inn
Hershey
Pennlawn
Kentucky
Farm Management Expert Analyzes Poultry Business
James Hall of Penn State told 75 Lancaster Poultry Association members that eggs per bird do not guarantee profit. A record analysis of 32 farms showed net losses of 0.3 cents per dozen on all eggs, while top flocks earned 2.8 to 7.5 cents per dozen after $1.25 hourly labor costs. Key factors included feed efficiency, labor efficiency, better prices, and other variables.
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James Hall
Pennsylvania State University
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Milk Co op Official Warns on Milk Control
Dr. James E Honan of the Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative warned at the Quarryville and Southern Lancaster County locals banquet that without the Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission dairymen could lose markets or face lower prices. He cited New Jersey firms that told producers they need no more milk because cheaper out of state supply exists. He warned of possible production controls though not expected from the Federal government.
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Pennsylvania Mik Control Commission
James E Honan
Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative
Quarryville
Lancaster County
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Farm Women 18 Entertained at Rohrerstown Meeting
Miss Deborah Lawrence entertained Farm Women Society 18 members at Mrs Robert Good's Rohrerstown home. A young pianist performed two solos Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 by Liszt and Bumble Boogie by Jack Fina. Mrs Benjamin Greider led the meeting with thirty members answering roll call. devotions were led by several members.
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Deborah Lawrence
Farm Women Society
Robert Good
Rohrerstown
Franz Listz
Jack Fina
Benjamin Greider
Earl Diehm
Melvin Hess
Wilbur Carper
David
Farm Women 3 Donate to Recreation Center and Cancer Fund
Farm Women society number 8 donated $50 to the Ephrata Recreation Center and $25 to the Cancer Fund at a recent meeting hosted by Mrs Harold Gelman in Reinolds. Reports from the state convention list delegates including Paul, William Eberly, and Mrs Gille Harrisburg earlier this month.
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Farm Women Society Number 8
Ephrata
Cancer Fund
Harold Gelman
Reinholds
John Edwards
Nert Paul
William Eberly
Gille
Harrisburg
New Holland 4 H Elects Officers
Leon Weaver of New Holland Ri was elected president of the New Holland 4 H Baby Beef club last Friday at Janet Groff’s home Bareville Ri. Officers include Ross Mary Nolt as vice president Ruth Ann High as secretary and William Fisher as treasurer with game leaders Janet Groff and Fred Nolt. Club leaders include Lester M Weaver Harvey High Chester Nolt and John Lapp Bareville Ri. The next meeting is February 22 at 7 30 pm at Leon and Larry Weaver’s home with William and Robert Fisher to demonstrate rope halter making.
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Leon Weaver
New Holland Ri
New Holland
4-H Baby Beef Club
Janet Groff
Bareyille Ri
Ross Mary Nolt
Bareyille
Ruth Ann High
William Fisher
Hast Hart Ri
Bareville Ri
Fred Nolt
John Campbell
Lester M Weaver
Harvey High
Bareville
Chester Nolt
John Lapp
Leon
Larry Weaver
William and
Robert Fisher
East Earl
Five Day Weather Forecast Temperatures Likely Below Normal
Five day outlook shows nightly lows around 2 to 39 degrees with afternoons in the teens to near 39. Temperatures ease through Sunday then drop again Monday and Tuesday. Little precipitation expected, 0.1 to 0.5 inch, likely as snow Sunday or Monday.
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Shea
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Solanco
Solanco High School
Clyde Aument
Holtwood
Clifford Holloway
Peach Bottom
James Lefever
George Knight
John Esbenshade
Kenneth Murphy
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Ass’n
Penn State
New Holand Young Farmers
New Holland High School
Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamp Club
Penn Manor High School
Floyd Imes
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Cooperative Ass'n
DuPonts
Northrup
Orchies
Ment
DuPuit
Milk Co-op
Official Lands Milk Control Commission
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