Hog show highlights and swine center plans at Penn State
The article recounts hog market sentiment with Younkin predicting steady prices into early fall 1966 and notes increasing mechanization reducing labor costs. It covers a judging contest led by Dwight Younkin, Becky Boyd’s top score, prizes awarded across divisions, and a proposed swine evaluation center at Penn State awaiting final federal approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younkin
Penn State
Government Services Administration
Becky Boyd
Glen Rock Ail
York County
York
Shire
Hostress
Janet Martin
Irvin Martin
Ephrata
James Martin
Betty Herr
Richard Boyd
Irene Bollinger
Eugene Hosler
Kenneth Hess
Paul Bollinger
Warren Leininger
Earl Kreider
Michael Hosler
Suzy Martin
Tom Zartman
Beth Boyd
David Deardolf
Dwight Younkin
M. M. Smith
H&h
Holstein Field Day Highlights Dairy Breeding and Forage Talks
The event emphasized supply and demand in dairy merchandising. Speakers Backus and Smith discussed breed improvement, Superior Merit sires, and controlled use of top bulls. Forage advice covered alfalfa timing, weed control, sudan grass, and prussic acid cautions, with multiple award winners noted in both adult and junior divisions.
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Backus
National Breed Association
Max Smith
Smith
Sudan
Linda Lou Welk
Lancaster County
Towanda
County Holstein Association
Victor Plastow
Nelvin Empet
Pennsylvania Holstein Assa
Jonas Gruver
East Berlin
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Nelson Hershey
Columbia RI
Clare Martin
Lititz
Fred Metcalf
Willow Street
Elam Petersheim
Elverson
Kenneth Hershey
Kinzer
Melvin Penter
Hans Herr Drive
Lancaster
Miriam Kauffman
Elizabethtown
Carl Martin
Shirley Hershey
Mary Ellen Kettering
Jay Smoker
Stephen
Daryl Bollinger
Littitz
Jim Breitigan
AGWAY
Lancaster Co
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