Dairy Demonstration Field Day at Groff Farm
Extension specialists from Penn State assist local agents at a dairy field day Thursday July 9 at J Wade Groff farm 644 Beaver Valley Pike Lancaster R7 Pa from 10 am to noon and 230 pm to 4 pm. Wagon tours and demonstrations cover farm management forage mixtures dairy practices soil and weed control with a 130 pm program and lunch provided.
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Penn State Unversity
J Wade Groff
Beaver Valley Pike
Lancaster R7
Lampeter
Fred A. Hughes
John Baylor
Agronomy
Dexter Putnam
Extension Dairyman
Roger Grout
Agi Engineering
Gioff
Mulford Heddleson
George Berggren
Groff
Jackson Owen Resigns as Lan ming Editor
Jackson Owen, editor of Lan ming since September, resigns to take a site as Information Specialist for the Maryland staff. A graduate of Quar gh School, he earned a science degree from Pennsylvania State in 1950. He taught agricultural education at York County and at Slr t High School for seven years before moving with his family to Coste Park, Maryland.
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Lanc Ming
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Quar“gh
Pennsylvania
York County
Slr T
Ales
Hempfield 4H Lead the Way event at Cocoa Center
County 4H Day activities in Lancaster and Adams counties include a dairy and wing contest. The event features 4H clubs at Penn 4H School District and Cocoa Disney Center with farm equipment displays and youth leadership sessions.
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Cocoa “Sney Pa
Pa Farm Prices Rise 17 Over May Mid June Receipts
Prices received by Pennsylvania farmers rose one percent from mid May. Hog prices climbed 6 percent, poultry and eggs boosted receipts, chicken up 8 percent and eggs up 3 percent. Field crops fell with wheat and barley down 7 percent, hay down 8. Milk price for June held at 24.25 per cwt, 13 cents higher than a year ago. The Prices Received index stood at 216. (Continued on Page 5)
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Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Tomato Growers Shop Opens Early In Washington Boro
The Tomato Growers Specialty Shop began business on Wednesday as the Washington Boro Tomato Growers Cooperative Assn. opened its staked tomato specialty shop five days ahead of schedule. Manager Reeder M Young cited early spring rains that accelerated ripening.
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Washington Boro Tomato Growers Cooperative Assn
Reeder M Young
Earls
Lancaster 4 H Members Attend Nation’s Citizenship School
A group of five Lancaster County 4 H members will join a 33 person southeastern Pennsylvania delegation at the National 4 H Headquarters in Washington DC for a week long citizenship school set July 12 to 18. Chaperones are Extension Agents Helen Tunison of Adams County and Paul Reber of Montgomery County. The trip’s cost is mostly covered by the 4 H development fund from harness racing funds.
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Lancaster County
4-H
National
Washington, DC
Pennsylvania
Helen Tunison
Adams County
Paul Reber
Montgomery County
Erie Stoner
Eden Road
Lancaster
Lilli Ann Wivell
Columbia
Judy Longenecker Holtwood
Nancy Neff
Mullersville
Charles Warfel
Conestoga
Five day weather forecast with warm weekend rise
The five day outlook shows temperatures about four degrees above normal, with nights around 65 and afternoons near 87. Expect a warm weekend with a easing trend afterward and scattered showers or thundershowers Monday and Tuesday totaling around two inches.
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Manheim
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Coste Park
Maryland
Landisville
Hempfield Senior
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E Equipment Co
Sv Ile Pa
Piut
Asx Ag
Lancaster Coun
Tomato Growers Specialty Shop
4-H Citizenship School
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