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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1962
Page
1
Wheat harvest started with most areas yielding over 40 bushels per acre and high grain quality. Test weights run 59 to 62 pounds per bushel with moisture under 14 percent except far south where rains pushed moisture to 14 to 15 percent. prices paid ranged from about 200 to 208 dollars per bushel.
Farm management workshop for teachers of vocational agriculture at Lampeter Strasburg High School. Leadership training for 4-H members in Washington DC with two from Lancaster County. Soil Conservation District meeting at County Court House. Ayreshire Jersey Brown Swiss 4-H meeting. Continued on page 10.
Howard Swan was elected president of the Manheim Community Farm Show Association at a reorganizational meeting held in the Manheim high school agricultural room. Newly elected officers include first vice president Roy Hershey, second vice president John Bruckhart, secretary Jane Eshelman, treasurer Kenneth Miller, and corresponding secretary Abram Weidman. New directors were chosen for a three year term.
Two top officials from the Metropolitan Cooperative Milk Producers Bargaining agency will be guest speakers at a county cooperative meeting. Arthur Little Economist and Thomas Tedesco field man will address dairymen of the county about manufacturing milk prices.
The Lancaster County Guernsey 4 H club will hold a July meeting at 8 pm at the home of Robert McSparran Peach Bottom. The program includes a fitting and showing demonstration and a picnic led by two members Donald Ankrum and another fellow member.
Robert Henney, vocational agriculture teacher and Lititz farmer, runs a strict sanitation and nutrition program for over 1 000 pigs yearly. Pigs stay off concrete until fattening, with windowless farrowing, temperature control, and vaccines for cholera, erysipelas, scours prevention, and iron for anemia. To curb pig boredom on fattening floors he provides objects like rubber hoses and tires to reduce tail biting and fighting.
The Southeast ern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative schedules its 1962 show with July 14 as the entry deadline. Ayrshire Guernsey Brown Swiss and Jersey cattle judged July 31 while Holsteins enter the ring August 2 at the cooperative grounds along Route 230 bypass west of Lancaster.
County Agent M. M Smith cautions potato growers in Lancaster and York counties to monitor for late blight after reports of the disease in Somerset County. Recent rains and weather conditions could allow spread to fields in nearby areas during the current period.
The Lancaster County Poultry Association plans its annual tour led by president Mark Myer. Stops this year include Chester Bucks and Montgomery counties on Wednesday July 25.
Temperatures will average two to five degrees below normal with nights near 66 and afternoons around 86. Little day to day variation is expected as precipitation stays under .2 inch mainly eastern parts with light showers or drizzle. no measurable rain is anticipated in the county.
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