Poultry Tour Stops Include Large Scale Barns and Dairy
The Poultry Tour begins near Lancaster at 5 30 am visiting Titus Beam’s Elyerson farm with 500 hogs and slatted doors. Schwenksville showcases a 12 000 bird cage layer unit with forced air, lighting and manure lagoons. Bucks Montgomery Farm Bureau and another cage layer setup follow, then a final stop observes 7 000 layers and a dairy of 33 cows and 22 heifers. Reservations by July 21 with Lancaster Poultry Center. Tour committee: H Raymond Stoner chair, John Hess, Milton K Horst, David Musselman, Mail Myer.
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Lancaster
Titus Beam
Elyerson
Schwenksville
Bucks - Montgomery Farm Bureau
Lancaster Poultry Center
H Raymond Stoner
Chaiman John Hess
Milton K Horst
David Musselman
Mail Myer
Cattle Show Judges and Entry Rules Announced
Judge Lawrence O Colebank of the American Guernsey Cattle Club will preside on day one with Dr L W Specht of Penn State assisting. Exhibitors may win top premium or guaranteed money for one animal per class. additional entries earn ribbons. Ribbons follow the Danish system. Exhibitors must supply hay and grain. cooperative provides straw water and a portable milking machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence O Colebank
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Dr L. W Specht
Pennsylvania State University
Milk Co op Meeting At Mount Joy To Elect Officers
The Mount Joy milk cooperative holds a meeting at the Hostetter Banquet Hall at 11:15 p.m. with Abner Risser serving as chairman. Risser is listed as agency treasurer and president of the Mount Joy cooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter Banduet Hall
Mount Jovy
Chaiman
Abner
County potato blight report and spray guidance
No blight reported in the county. Smith advises growers not to spray yet due to rumors. If late blight appears, watch fields closely and spray with Maneb at three pounds of the 8 per cent wettable formulation.
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Smith
Farm Calendar Items From Local 4-H and Clubs
Calendar notes list meetings in Quatryville Hempstead Road Peach Bottom Denver and county offices. Events include 4-H club gatherings at Kieider Clymer McSparlan Sweigait Pony Farm and the artificial breeding cooperative twilight meeting at the Co-op building with dates in July and times mostly evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Clymer
Hempstead Road
County
Guernsey
Robert McSparlan
Peach Bottom
Southea
Pennsylvania
Co-o
Sweigait Pony Farm
Denver
Dry Weather Said to Halt Disease Spread Per Acre
Smith said a period of dry hot weather would stop the threat of spread of the disease, noting conditions on powder per acre.
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Smith
Chicago Cattle Market Prices Reported
Prices for steers and cows listed with ranges for grades from good to prime. Feeding steers and feeders shown with weights and dollar per hundredweight values. Notes include bulk lots and standard utility categories with varying prices across load sizes.
Farm Show Schedule and Leadership Announced
The association names Russell Lauder Marlin Cassel Ammon Shelly Paul Bruckhart Edith Longe Shecker Eugene Cassel Jay Nissley Clifford Gibble Harold Shenk Graybul Russell Diwin. The farm show will run October 3 4 5. A new two year contract for printing the fair premium book was negotiated with a local printer. Department heads and committee chairmen were selected for the coming year. Next meetings will be July 16 in the agriculture room at Mannheim Central High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Lauder
Marlin Cassel
Ammon Shelly
Paul Bruckhart
Edith Longeshecker
Eugene Cassel
Jay Nissley
Chifford Gibble
Harold Shenk
Graybul
Russell Diwin
Manheim Central High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Snavely Silo Sales, Inc
Boa LF
Landisville, PA
J Everett Kieider
Quatryville Rl
Cargill, Inc
Marietta, PA
Hazel
Chicago
Organic Plant Food Co
Groftown RD
Wilson Scott West Willow
G and G Feed & Supply
Stutz - Manheim
Jacob L. Kurtz
Elizabethtown
Stephen Kurtz
Morgantown
Maurice Good Gordonville
John E. Melhorn
Joy
Martin Warner
Gap
John Martin Barcuille
Enos R. Buckwalter
Evan E. Dinger Reinholds
Farmers Feed & Supply
New Holland
Henry B. Hoover Ephrata
Lancaster Service Center
Quarryville
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange, Inc
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