Soil Conservation Field Day At Speedwell Forge Next Week
Plans released for the annual conservation Field Day to be held at Speedwell Forge the farm of Gerald P Darhneton Lititz PA. The program begins at 10 a.m. with wagon tours of conservation sites and exhibits by the Pennsylvania Game Commission the Department of Forest and Waters and ASC offices. The event features demonstrations of contour strip cropping tile drains woodland management and wildlife plantings with participation by local agencies and vocational agriculture teachers. Refreshments will be available near the buildings with signs directing visitors from Route 501 and Route 322.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Funk Chanman
Lancaster County
Soi
Speedwell Forge
Gerald Pdarhneton
Lititz
Elmer M Sensenig
Sensenig
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Stephen Mace
John Kitch
Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters
Fred Seldomridge
Agriculture Stabilization Conservation Office
ASC
Tarm Ofice
Paul Whippis
Production Credit Association
Bickley Foster
Lancaster County Planning Commission
Richard Hoover
Lancaster Farmers Home Administration
Sol
Martin Muth
Lnit
Vocational Agriculture Teachers
Brubaker wins SPABC dairy judging event
Isaac M Brubaker a Lititz R2 farmer won the SE Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative twilight meet dairy cattle judging with 187 points of 200. He led Holstein and Jersey judging while Martin D Zimmerman scored 184. In the junior division Paul Martin and Paul Brubaker were runners up. Victor Plastow chaired the judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPABC
Isaac Brubaker
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Isaac M. Brubaker
Holstein
Jersey
Martin D. Zimmerman
Paul Martin
Henry W Martin
County Agent Urges Careful Bull Selection at Meeting
David Yoder urged dauymen and sire selection committeemen to plan for future herd improvement. He advised choosing sires for individual matings rather than one sire fits all cows. M. M. Smith presided as about 650 farmers attended.
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Sociate County
David Yoder
Dauymen
Sire Selection
M. M. Smith
Farm Women 7 Family Night Draws Community
A Farm Women Society 7 event at Mrs Jacob Kreider’s Gap Ai home drew over 50 people. A covered dish supper followed a brief business meeting led by Mrs Roy Sawyer. A special Aug 17 meeting at Mrs Willis Landis in Paradise will decide activities for Paradise 250th anniversary events Aug 30 to Sep 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women 7
Jacob Kreider
Gap Ai
Roy Sawyer
Willis Landis
Paradise
Farm Calendar Highlights Lancaster County Agriculture Events
Lancaster County teachers of vocational agriculture at Hershey host a summer list of tours and field days. Poultry Growers Tour gathers at Poultry Center Bypass and Roseville Road. Vegetable Growers Tour meets at George Washington Motor Lodge Valley Forge. Guernsey cattle judging at Raymond Witmer’s farm. Holstein breeders Field Day at Red Rose Experimental Farm. Swine Producers gilt and boar sale at Paul Z Martin Sales Barn Blue Ball. New Providence 4 H Family Night at Floyd Atkins. County Swine Producers Field Day at Warren Leininger farm Denver. Ayrahire Field Day at Ellis Mentzer farm New Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Poultry Center
Roseville Road
Pennsylvania
George Washington Motor Lodge
Valley Forge
Guernsey
Red Rose Experimental Farm
Pitney Road
Lancaster
Paul Z. Martin
Blue Ball
New Providence
Floyd Atkins
New Proveidence Ri
Warren Leininger
Denver
Ellis Mentzer
New Holland
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Vic Nity
The
Coleman Memoral Presbyterian Church
Penryn
Brickerville
Cert
Alfa Alfalfa
Ranger Alfalfa
Lincoln Brome
Timothy
Ladino
Aalbo Pye
da Bro., Inc
Svmoketown
Ph. Lane
Farm Women
Oliver 550
Farmersville Equipment Co
Eporate
R. D
Hershey & Son
Manheim, R. D
Chas J. McComsey & Sons
Hickory Hill, Pa
Lancaster County Teachers of Vocational Agriculture
Hershey
Jack Harper
Penn State
Media Heights Country Club
Raymond Witmer
Wileslow Street
Westock
SPF
Korlan
J. C. Ehrlich Chemical Co., Inc
Lancaster, PA
Chadds Ford
Harry Pyle & Sons, Inc
Menver Supply Co., Inc
Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Co., Inc
Ephrata Farmersville Equipment Co
Martin’s Feed Will, Inc
Honey Brook Martin
Kern Hardware
Lebanon
Kreader’s Farm Supply
Pansy Hill Nursery & Garden Center
Manheim
N. G. Hershey & Son
Parksburg
RK. H. Keen & Son
RED Lion D. EK
Horn of Red Lion, Inc
West Grove
Chambers & Smith
S. G. Lewis & Son, West Willow West Willow Farmers Assoc., Inc
Lancaster Landis Bros., Inc
Lancaster County Farm Bureau Co-Operative
Dillerville Road
Salunga
S. H. Hiestand & Co
Strasburg I. B. Graybill & Son,Inc
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