Mount Joy 4-H Club Meets at Way's Appliance Store
The Mount Joy 4-H sewing club met at Way's Appliance store on June 20 with president Lilli Ann Wivell presiding. New game readers were elected Sue Eshelman and Lucy Breneman. Members pinned patterns and began cutting. The next meeting is July 6 at Way's. NEED RICH SOIL If you're planning to plant vine crops such as cucumbers squash pumpkins and musk melons you'll find they do best on a rich loam soil containing plenty of organic matter explains James Dutt vegetable extension specialist The vine crops also need plenty of fertilizer and control of insects. If irrigation is needed do it in daytime.
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Mount Joy
Way
Lilli Ann Wivell
Sue Eshelman
Lucy Breneman
Way’s
James Dutt
Grow Summer Pasture Sudangrass For July August Grazing
John Baylor of Penn State says Sudangrass is the most productive summer annual pasture crop. It can be planted between late May and late June. One acre provides grazing for three or four mature animals during July and August. Piper is a recommended variety.
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John Baylor
Penn State
Enroll Now in 1961 Pennsylvania Grassland Club
Farmers may enroll before July 1 per John Baylor Penn State extension agronomist. The club recognizes and encourages farmers improving Pennsylvania agriculture through a balanced grassland farming program.
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John Baylor
Penn State Extension Agronomist
Pennsylvania
If Your Religion Suits You Do Not Criticize Others
The reader is urged to follow their own faith without judging others, arguing that personal belief should be a private matter and not a basis for criticism or conflict.
Elizabethtown-Donegal 4 H Club Holds June Meeting
The June meeting at Wills Hackman’s home included the annual ice cream party in National Dairy Month. Roll call covered projects and baseball was played with no score details.
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Elizabethtown - Donegal
Wills Hackman
Janet Frey
Lincolnway
Donegal High School
Trout Spring La Legis E aine milk and butterfat record
Trout Spring La Legis E aine, a Holstein cow owned by John E. Kreider of Lancaster, produced 19 951 pounds of milk and 6386 pounds of butterfat in 358 days on twice daily milking as a six year old.
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John E. Kreider
Lancaster
Agricultural origin dominates basic raw materials share
About 75 percent of all basic raw materials are of agricultural origin, reflecting farming’s central role in supplying inputs for industry and commerce worldwide. This proportion underscores agriculture as a foundational economic sector shaping markets and policy.
Don’t Buy Produce Just For Low Prices
Caution against shopping solely on low prices as oversupply may trade quality for cheapness. Consumers should weigh value and freshness, not price alone, to avoid compromising product quality.
Watermelon Color Guidance for Selecting Ripe Fruit
In cut watermelons the color of the flesh should be a good bright red and firm and succulent. The rind should be dark green with a strong contrast and the fruit should feel heavy for its size.
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Florin
Lamor
Florin Egg
Wolgemuth Bros. Te
Florin, Penna
4-H
Lancaster Farmin
Ortho Dairy & Stock
Korlan
Bayer
Magic Circle
Bareville Martin’s Hardware
Buck Musser
Campbelltown
A M. Brandt Sons Hardware
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Co., Inc
Kaylor Bros
Ephrata Martin’s Feed Mill
C. P. Wenger & Sons
Florin Hess Bros
Gap Summers
Honeybrook Martin D Kern & Son Hardware
Hershey
Hershey Estates
Kirkwood
L. H. Jackson
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Weaver’s Hardware
Lincoln J. E. Galen Hardware
Lititz
L. H. Brubaker
Eby’s Mill Inc
Manheim
Leroy Geib
N. G. Hershey & Son
Robert Hess
Parkesburg
E H. Keen & Son
Quarryville
Ross H. Rohre
Rising Sun, Md
S H. Montgomery
Banks Lester
Singer
Schoeneck Brehm & Enck Het
Stevens Snader
Strasburg I
B. Graybill
Washington
Ament
Oxford
Oxford Grain & Hay Co
Willow Street
Dombach B
J. C. Ehrlich Chemical Co., Inc
East Chestnut St
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