Plowing Contest Scheduled for July 29 in Lancaster County
Plans for the 1989 Lancaster County Plowing Contest were finalized at a Soil and Water Conservation District meeting. The event will start at 10 am Tuesday July 29 at Earl Hurst farm Lititz with a rain date July 31. New farm women class and several related activities accompany the contest.
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Lancaster County
Soil and Water Conservation District
Aaron Stauffer
Earl Hurst
Lititz
Farm Calendar Schedule and Meetings for July Week
Farm events listed include 4H Livestock Judging at Masonic Home Farms Elizabeth town on Tuesday July 15 at 10 00 pm. Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation Directors meet at Farm and Home Center at 8 00 pm. 4H Touto Iowa Jeaves Farm and Home Center event midweek July 16. New Holland Young Farmers Tour departs High School at 30 a.m. July 16 and Holstein Judging School in Bucks County at 10 06 pm. Thursday July 17 features 4H Hose Club Leaders meet at 7 30 pm and Interstate Milk Producers meeting at 4 00 pm at Farm and Home Center. Friday July 18 and 19 pa Young Farmers Picnic in Gettysburg.
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Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation
Farm and Home Center
Touto
Iowa
Jeaves Farm and Home Center
New Holland Young Farmers Tour
Bucks County
Hose Club
Interrstate Milk Producers
Young Farmers Picnic
Gettysburg
County 4 H Youths Qualify For District
County 4 H youths qualified for district competition after the local Demonstration Day at the Farm and Home Center. In the senior division Burnell Buchen Manheim and Roy Brubaker Lancaster won for their demonstration Better Care Better Profits. The show highlighted safe handling of live stock. Ray and Burnell belong to the Baby Beef and Lamb 4 H Club. In the junior division Judy Risser of Leola was selected. Continued on Page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnell Buchen Manheim
Roy Brubaker
Lancaster
Ray and
Burnell
Judy Risser
Leola Ri
Local 4 H Youths To Attend PAFC Summer Institute
Two hundred rural boys and girls from 46 Commonwealth counties and parts of New York and New Jersey will convene in Shippensburg at Shippensburg State College for the PAFC ninth summer institute. The event runs through Thursday and is sponsored by the farmer cooperative trade group and PSU College of Agriculture. Co chairs Averril Royer and Kenneth Risser are listed among attendees. local youths Lynn Heistand is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Counties
New York State
New Jersey
Shippensburg
Shippensburg State College
Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives
The
Farm Cooperative Trade Organization and
College of Agriculture of
Pennsylvania State University
Averril Royer
Oregon Pike
Kenneth Risser
Lynn Heistand
Farmers Show Enthusiasm For Cucumber Cash Crop
An Amish farmer said picking cucumbers Thursday is easier once you get the hang of it. The remarks reflect upbeat mood among growers about expanding cucumber crops and market potential in the region.
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Good
Intercourse
Harvey Good
Farti
Holstein Field Day Provides Tours and Talks in Lancaster County
The Lancaster County Holstein Breeders Association hosts Field Day on July 23 at Paul Zimmerman farm Ephrata with a 1030 am judging by Raymond Seidel of Richland Pennsylvan ia. A noon chicken barbecue costs 1.50. James F Pound of Brattleboro Vermont speaks at 1:30 pm. Committee: H Richard Hershey chair David Sweigart James Kreider. The cucumber boom is noted with Oxford Pickle Company sourcing 50 acres in the area and 54 acres under SMR 58. 39 farmers report strong harvests and enthusiasm amid fresh rains and rising yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Holstein Breeders Association
Paul B Zimmerman
Ephrata
Wickes Lumber Yard
Zimmerman’s
Raymond Seidel
Ketchenhill Farm
Richland
Pennsylvania
James F Pound
Brattleboro
Vermont
H. Richard Hershey
David Sweigart
James Kreider
Lancaster County
Oxford Pickle Company
South Deerfield Mass
Good’s Plant Food Store
Intercourse
David Orloff
Harvey Good
Wheat certificate payments to farmers set for 1969 crop
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service announced certificate payments of 152 per bushel for eligible 1969 wheat farmers, about 850 Lancaster County farms will receive funds after July 14. Nationally roughly 980,000 farmers will share about 800 million dollars in certificate payments tied to the July 1 parity price and loan rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred G Seldomridge
Agricultural Stabilzation and Conservation Service
Lancaster County
Seldomadge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ers
L. F
Ephrataz
FFA Land
Amos Funk
Keystone Chapter
Soil Conservation Society of America
Orval Bass
Funk
Society
Lockhaven
FFA
New Holland
Solanco
Penn Manor
Warwick
Conserva
Masonic Home Farms
Elizabethtown
Pafc Summer Institute
Holstein
Deborah Degenhardt
Cindy Smith
Pat Smucker
Borah
Cindy
Pat
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