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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1956
Page
3
Friends and neighbors of Aaron S. Glick gathered at 8 a.m. Friday in Lancaster County to start a community project. The effort aimed to provide a job for every man on the site as teams organized and worked together through the weekend.
A Lancaster County barn raising shows organized progress with pre-cut pieces laid out for assembly. The frame rises steadily, reflecting early 20th century rural teamwork with a Lancaster Farming Staff photo documenting the scene.
More than 1 200 young farmers from the United States Latin America Europe The Middle and Far East have participated in the International Farm Youth Exchange program sponsored by UNESCO.
A registered senior four year-old cow named Penstate Noble's Val Glad, owned by Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa, has achieved a top fat production record among the Guernsey breed, ranking in the ten highest in her class.
Washington announces the 1957 Agricultural Conservation Program to share costs with farmers and ranchers for approved conservation practices. Paul M. Roger of the ACP Service notes ACP is a long running, non competing program with the Soil Bank Program, carrying a new authorization of 250 million dollars for 1957 and annual updates to address current problems.
The Oxford Agricultural 4 H Club viewed a film titled Pig And Swine Management covering pig breeds care and marketing at 225 lb target. Jimmy Herr was elected Oxford's 4 H Week Penn State delegate with Norma Jean Groff as alternate. Elimination contests at Hill Girt Farms in July select a daily judging team for Penn State. The Chester County 4 H Picnic is July 25 at Maple Grove Park with Ruth Wrigley contact by July 24.
Harrisburg estimates 3 to 4 million people will attend the 1956 Pennsylvania fair season from mid July to mid November. The 10 day Kimberton Fair in Chester County runs July 18 28 and leads to 93 fairs ending with the Nazareth Farm Show November 15 18.
Guy A Leader & Sons of Leader Farms in York join the American Guernsey Cattle Club to become members of an organization serving over 40 000 purebred Guernsey breeders in the United States. They belong to the Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders Association and the York County Guernsey Club.
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