County 4-H Demonstrators Capture 7 Blue Ribbons at Regional Contest
Nine Lancaster County youths entered the Pennsylvania Southeast Regional 4 H Day at Owen J Roberts High School in Chester County. Seven won blue ribbons with six blue winners earning first place to advance to state competition August 7 9. Winners include Averiil Royer for How to Give a Demonstration in agriculture and Ann Nissley Audrey Yunginger for Protect Livestock Use Pesticides Safely in livestock conservation.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Owen J. Roberts High School
Chester County
Averiil Royer
Oregon Pike
Ann Nissley
Mount Joy
Audrey Yunginger
Maretta
Dale Bushong
Columbia
Marvin Nissley
Hugh Wenger
Quarryville
Dale Shenk
Lititz
Kaye Smith
Betty Barley
Mil
County Barley Harvest Nears Finish as Wheat Cut Estimates Vary
County barley harvest is nearly finished after rain while wheat progress lags with about 40 percent of barley cut and up to 80 percent still standing in some areas. Test weights around 58.5 pounds per bushel but high moisture requires drying. Operators hope a dry day will push wheat movement and finish within a week.
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Couny
Lancaster County
Farm Calendar Highlights Local Events in July
Farm Women hold annual picnic at Sico Park Mount Joy July 23. Lancaster Pony Club meets Drumore. July 24 York County Poultry Assn banquet and queen pageant Wintterstown Fire Hall. July 25 Lancaster Co Plowing Contest and Conservation Field Day at Edwin Kurtz and Louis Hurst farms Ephrata. July 26 Lancaster County Holstein Assn field day Amos Butt farm Quarryville. July 27 County events continue.
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Sico Park
Mount Joy
Lancaster Pony Club
Drumore
York County Poultry Assn
Wintterstown
Lancaster County Holstein Assn
Amos Butt Farm
Quarryville
Brucellosis Target Set for Pennsylvania 1971
Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Leland H. Bull announced changes in brucellosis control aimed at eradicating the disease by 1971. Brucellosis affects cattle and can cause undulant fever in humans. since 1936 state campaigns reduced cattle incidence to under one tenth of one percent.
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Harrisburg
Leland H. Bull
Pennsylvania
Consu Field Day and Plow Contest Details Set
Final details for next Tuesday's annual plowing contest and conservation field day were announced by Aaron Stauffer Lancaster County LA and Water Conservation District director. With the weather delayed wheat harvest there was doubt the 12 acre grain field on Edwin Kurtz farm at Ephrata would be ready. Stauffer reports most wheat is cut and baling of straw is underway. The field will be ready for Soil Conservation Service techniques.
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Aaron
Stauffer
Lancaster County
Water Conservation District
Edwin Kurtz
Ephrata
Soil Conservation Service Techni
Irwin Joins Lancaster County Extension Staff as Assistant Agent
Jay W. Irwin joins the Lancaster County extension team as assistant county agent to fill the vacancy created when Winthrop Merriam resigned last June. A Blair County native, he and his wife Betty Wilsom of Centre Hall and their six children live in Latrobe and plan to move to Lancaster County soon. He is a 1949 Penn State agriculture economics graduate and previously served as veterans' agricultural training supervisor and as manager for Farm Bureau Cooperatives in Indiana Venango and Westmoreland counties, most recently as unit manager.
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Jay W. Irwin
Lamcaster
Winthrop Merriam
Irwin
Blair County
Betty Wilsom
Centre Hall
Latrobe
Lancaster County
Penn State University
Veterans
Farm Bureau
Indiana
Venango
Westmoreland
NEPPCO Co-Op Division backs S.109 and egg quotes
The NEPPCO Division of Co operatives in Sandusky Ohio voted to back S109 the Agricultural Producers Marketing Act with about 40 similar bills. It would shield producers from discrimination by handlers for being in a marketing cooperative. It also favored an Extra Large egg price quotation as proposed by Urner Barry.
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Neppco Co
Neppco Division
Cedar Point
Sandusky
Ohio
House of Representatives
Urner Barry Company
Farm & Home Campaign Kick-off Set for July 1
Farm & Home Foundation launches a five-district drive starting August 2 to raise $100,000 for a debt-free Center, with director Furhman F. Bailey outlining the plan. L.F.Photo.
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Farm & Home Foundation
L.F
Farm and Home Foundation launches 100000 drive
Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation directors met at Agway in Diller ville to plan a three week fund drive totaling 100000. Furhman F Bailey, hired as campaign runer, outlined five area chairmen and district chairmen who will recruit volunteer solicitors to reach debt free status for the Farm and Home Center.
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Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation
Agway
Dillerville Rd
Lancaster Countia
Furhman F. Bailey
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Tional Farm
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Broiler Council
The
Institute of American Poultry Industries
Southeastern Poultry & Egg Association
Southern State Poultry Associations
Strasburg
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