Self-Financing Promotion Favored by State Advisory Panel
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Food Marketing Advisory Committee urged self financing of product promotion to help farmers market their goods. The group noted successful programs are funded by voluntary contributions from growers processors and distributors and will coordinate through the Bureau of Markets with PSU extension specialists. The meeting highlighted plans for the first Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition at the Farm Show Building November 16 to 21 and the Junior Dairy Show on September 19 along with reviews of year round promotional programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Markets
Pennsylvania Department Ofgriculture
Co. W. Funk
Reformers Split Over Solutions Highlighted by Disagreement
An analysis notes that reformers struggle to unite as two leading factions clash over methods. The piece discusses divergent approaches within reform circles and the impact on momentum for change.
High April Milk and Butterfat Leaders Named in Dairy Herd Group
The Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Assn. reports April leaders by lactation and herd. Top cow Philly Wayne Bes sie Homestead, a Holstein owned by Job Stoltzfus, produced 16 716 pounds of milk and 669.6 pounds of butterfat. Marvin A. Eshleman of Strasburg led the month herd average with 1 625 pounds of milk and 59.6 pounds of butterfat. A Grof herd Holstein from Quarryville yielded 15 175 pounds of milk and 668.9 pounds of butterfat. The Witmer herd Guernsey on Rt Willow Street topped butterfat with 1 869 pounds of milk and 121.5 pounds of butterfat. Job Stoltzfus also produced the second high cow, a Holstein, with a record not fully shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rose
Robert C. Grof
Quarryville
Job Stoltzfus
Raymond Witmer
Willow Street
Nearly 500 State Farmers List Housing Food as Greatest Expense
Pennsylvania farm families from 12 counties contributed to a national living cost survey. The average yearly expenditure was 3309 dollars with housing at 868 dollars and food at 833 dollars the largest costs. Cash gifts were 110 dollars and medical expenses 240 dollars. Reading and education averaged 44 dollars.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Erie
Butler
Forest
Elk
Cameron
Westmoreland
Fayette
Centre
Carbon
Dauphin
Lancaster
Bucks
US Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Census
E. R. Nordbreg
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Pennsylvania Survey
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Were
Rockies
Appalachians
West Coast
Gulf Coast
Mid-Atlantic
Corn Belt
Great Plains States
US. Weather Bureau
Allis-Chalmers
Allis Chalmers
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro
National Farm and Home Hour
NBC
L. N. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa
N. G. Myers & Son &Keems
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa
Flann & Grumelli Farm Serv
R. S. Weaver
Quarryville, Pa
Stevens, Pa
DHIA
M. A. Eshleman
A. Wickenheiser
Edwin Kurtz
Henry Martin
J. Harold Balmer
Albert R. Fry
Ernest J. Sauder
Elam Billinger
J. Lester Stauffer
Robert C. Groff
Clarence Stauffer
Mountville
R. D
Columbia, Pa
Leroy Geib
Manheim, Pa
Fairview Roller Mills R D. 1
Narvon, Pa
I. B. Graybill & Son
Reston, Pa
John H. Bonholtzer
Snader’s Mill
Joseph M. Good
Walter & Jackson, Inc
Christiana, Pa
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