Wheat Vote Polls Announced for 1961 Referendum
Polling places for the July 21 referendum on marketing quotas for the 1961 wheat crop are listed. Eligible voters are growers with more than 15 acres, excluding feed-wheat participants, with two-thirds voting approves quotas to trigger marketing penalties and price supports at 75 percent parity. If opposed by more than one-third, no quotas but existing allotments linger for price support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis G. Becker
Chaiman
Lancaster County Agriatural Sta Zation and Conservation Committee
Mr. Becker
Coney
West Donegal
Mt Joy
East Donegal
West Hempfield
Rapho
Red Rose Dairy
Tobacco crop yields and farm reports from Lancaster area
The article describes tobacco transplanting delays due to soggy ground and cutworm damage, with farmers adapting by planting corn or soybeans. A first yield estimate around 1 550 pounds per acre is noted, amid good growing weather and a rush to finish. Readers are listed with 4 H demos and demonstrations in Lancaster and surrounding townships.
Lancaster Poultry Auction Notes From Brook Farm Beds
Readable entries show bidders and bids for poultry at Brook Farm with names such as Daniel K Good Arthur Graybill Jack Bucher Meader's Poultry and others. Several lots list no sale and 186 to 204 bids with weights in WV WVC and IR. The fragment notes multiple consignors including Daniel G Ferry and I J Hess with bids and lot numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M&e
Harold E. Rohrer
Roy E. Ream
Same
W C. Mellinger & Son
Starr Poultry
Harry H. Weaver
M&b
Jay Donmoyer
College Hill Poultry
Mennon& Beiler
Samuel B. Felker
Meader’s
Edgar M. Martin
Marvin Sweigart
Elvin Bleecher
Benjamin Brubaker
Mts. C
W. C. Mellinger & Son
Daniel K Good
Arthur Graybill
Lancaster Poultry
Brook Farm
Eric Martin
George Neauman
WVC
Jack Bucher
Meader’s Poultry
Daniel G Ferry
John Niamon
John N Thomas
Aaron E Beller
Carl B. Risser
I J Hess WU
J. Warren Eshleman
Muller & Bushong
Elvin H Nolt
Stair
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Lititz
J. Harry Hershey Farm
East Cocalico
West Cocalico
Brecknock, Clay
Ephrata
West Earl
Upper
Leacock
McCormick Farm Equipment
Caernarvon
East Earl Earl
Salisbury
New Holland Fire Hall
East Lampeter
West Lampeter
Strasburg
Paradise
Lancaster
Manor
Florence Mac Flory
Keim Ri
Richard Glags
Pitney Road
Lancasio
Richard Seaman
Hill Road
UN Stock Conservation
James Hass
Manheim
Mary Jane Kreider
Mehheim
Shirley Chin
Entomol
H Wilmer Wenger
Gefield Road
Davyig Uflinger
Horseshoe
Gpa
Kre
Allis-Chalmers
France
Allis-Chalmers Sales and Service
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa
N. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa
Mann & Grumelli Farm
R. S. Weaver
Quarryville
Stevens, Pa
Lititz, Pa
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa
Bushong
Lancaster Express
Bushong, Inc
Rohrerstown, Pa
Ph. Lancaster
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