Swine Producers Field Day Set Aug 2 at Masonic Homes
Lancaster County Swine Producers announce the annual field day for August 2 at Masonic Homes featuring a barrow judging contest with first prize a Duroc or Berkshire gilt from the Masonic Home herd. The event includes a picnic lunch a speaking program and farm tours following the sale of bred gilts July 24 at Blue Ball.
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Lancaster County
Masonic Homes
Masonic Home
Paul Martin
Blue Ball
Poultry Association Names Hartung PR Firm
The Lancaster Poultry Exchange retains M. W. Hartung & Associates New Holland for expanded outreach through the Exchange, aiming to reduce program costs via a fall plan. Hartung specializes in agricultural advertising and already serves several Lancaster County accounts. Prices received by farmers fell slightly in June with declines in vegetables wheat cattle and potatoes offset by peaches and apples. The prices paid index declined for the first time since July 1957, lowering the parity ratio to 84, down two points from May but up two points from June 1957.
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Lancaster Poultry Exchange
M. W. Hartung & Associates
New Holland
Hartung
Lancaster County
Two Lancaster County 4-Hers Elected Club Presidents at Leadership School
At the 29th 4H Leadership School held June 23 27 at Penn State University four model 4 H clubs elected presidents including Robert Wagner Quarryville RD 2 Michael Williams Middletown RD 1 Harold Frey Marietta RD 1 and Robert A Stolzfus Elverson RD 1 They plus other officers and committee members from Lancaster and surrounding communities participated in a slate of leadership roles across activities and demonstrations.
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Lancaster County 4-Hers
Leadership School
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
Robert Wagner
Quarryville
Michael Willams
Middletown
Harold Frey
Marietta
Robert A Stolzfus
Elverson
Martha Zook
York
Virgil A. Baker
Elizabethtown
Gayle L. Gulden
York Springs
Michael Williams
John R.mumma
Chambersburg
Virginia Resinger
Ickesburg
Elaine Feeg
Myarstown
Billie Ann Kellett
Harold B. Frey
Sharon Greshorn
Chatham
Samuel Wagner
Mifflintown
Jean R. Snader
Ephrata
Janet Weaver
Halifax
Top Quality Eggs Preferred by Consumers
Surveys indicate it would pay producers to improve egg quality and sell on a grade basis to gain higher returns. Kansas State College reports customers favor top quality eggs and grade AA buyers total 75 percent, grade A 15 percent, and grade B and C 10 percent.
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Kansas State College
1957 Type 41 Tobacco prices and production mixed
Government figures show the 1957 Type 41 tobacco crop averaged 205 cents a pound, down from an earlier 222 estimate, with production unchanged at 412 million pounds. Acreage and carryover projections for 1958–59 suggest smaller futures, with imports rising in filler use and a long term drop in acreage from 1924–28 levels.
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Miami Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Soil Bank
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