Lancaster Farming Introduces Hog Prices Report
The Lancaster Farming market page adds a Hog Prices feature compiling hog price data from all markets carried. It gathers price information previously spread across three pages into a single, easily reviewed section.
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Lancaster Farming
New Ag Teachers Feature Debuts in Lancaster Farming
Lancaster Farming starts a regular feature by agriculture teachers across the service area. Get better acquainted with our ag teachers and their work for farm readers. First article by Jesse Elway of Manheim Central High School appears on page 17.
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Lancaster Farming
Jesse Elway
Manheim Central High School
Chester County Farmers Assn Elects County Chairs at Meeting
Chester County Farmers Association president Arthur D. Hershey announced county committee chairmen at Ingleside Restaurant Coatesville during the annual membership kickoff. Appointees include Rath Gable Brown Breckbill Sands King Elliott Joyce Barnard Yeatman with guests Stephens Moore and McDowell. Association reported 1971 membership of 722 farm families.
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Arthur D. Hershey
Cochranville
Chester County Farmers’ Association
Ingleside
Coatesville
Dwight Rath
National Legislative Committee
Charles Gable
Leo Brown
Safemark
Richard Breckbill
Advisory
Paul Sands
Nathan King
Ronald F. Elliott
Dairy Action
Elliott
Joyce Hershey
Richard Barnard
Apple Marketing
Robert Yeatman
ABC Plans Three Membership Meetings in Lancaster Chester
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative schedules three annual ABC meetings in Lancaster and Chester Counties in February. District Two Chester County meets with Dairy Day at Sadsburyville Fire Hall with dairy program at 10 a.m. and meeting at noon. District Five hosts February 18 at United Methodist Church of Quarryville 7 p.m. District Four meets February 24 at Blue Ball Fire Hall 7 p.m.
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Atlantic Breeders Cooperative
Lancaster
Chester Counties
ABC
Chester County District Two
Chester County
Sadsburyville Fire Hall
Roger B Gundlach
Lancaster County
United Methodist Church
Quarryville
Blue Ball Fire Hall
Farm and Home Center
Penn Manor
Young Farmer Officers
Voag
Penn Manor High School
Ephrata Young Farmer Officers
Ephrata Area High School
Garden Spot Young Farmers
Vo Ag
Garden Spot High School
Lancaster County Farmers Association
Lancaster County Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association
FFA
Lampeter-Strasburg High School
Lancaster County Coordinating Council
Pennsylvania State Education Association
General Sutter Inn
Lititz
Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District
Paoli Methodist Church
Ephrata Young Farmers
Mt. Airy Fire Hall
Page references for committee events and programs
This issue notes related stories on wheat and feed grain programs on page 7 and the Pennsylvania Vegetable Conference on page 6. Banquet coverage includes Farm and Home Foundation on page 15, Inter-State Milk Producers on page 14, and Mount Joy Cooperative on page 15.
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Pennsylvania
Farm and Home Foundation
Inter-State Milk Producers
Mount Joy Cooperative
Milk Marketing Topic Set for Chester County Meeting
Chester County Extension Service and the Octorara Young Farmers sponsor a milk marketing meeting from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. on February 9 at Sadsburyville Fire Hall. Speakers include William F Johnstone Maurice Martin W W Moffett and James E Honan with a panel of local dairymen. Lunch is 175 prepaid by February 1 with registrations due then via Chester County Extension Service.
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Chester County
Chester County Cooperative Extension Service
Octorara Young Farmers
Sadsburyville Fire Hall
Sadsburyville
Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board
William F. Johnstone
Penn State University
Maurice Martin
W.W. Moffett
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
James E. Honan
Inter- State Milk Producers’ Cooperative
Chester County Extension Service
North Wing
West Chester
USDA proposes 30 day quarantine on imported pet birds
The USDA APHS seeks to double the import quarantine from 15 to 30 days for parrots mynahs parakeets cockatoos and macaws and birds shipped with them to prevent exotic Newcastle disease. Quarantines would apply at Miami New Orleans Los Angeles Seattle and New York ports with comments invited for 15 days.
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USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Service
APHS
U.S
Canada
Mexico
Miami
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Seattle
New York
United States
Veterinary Services
Hyattsville
Public hearing on European chafer quarantine expansion
The USDA APHS will hold a 10 a.m. February 7 hearing in Baltimore to decide whether to end the Federal quarantine on European chafer in four states or extend it to Ohio Rhode Island and New Jersey. The pest can damage lawns and pastures as larvae feed on roots. regulated articles include soil and plant materials.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rode Island
New Jersey
Animal and Plant Health Service
APHS
Social Security
Security Blvd
Baltimore
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Chester Co. Farmers Assn
Hershey
Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association
Carlisle
Camp Hill
Gerald Stephens
Elizabethtown
PFA
William Moore
Agway Daily
Chester Co. Ifye
Sale Register
Newcastle
Department
California
Texas
New Mexico
Puerto Rico