Cloisterdale pioneers poultry manure drying system in use
Lancaster County agri cultural leaders hosted visitors from New York to tour Cloisterdale Farms Ephrata and inspect the Penn State developed manure drying system now operating in three of nine 30000 bird houses The system dries waste to about 30 percent moisture reducing weight and enabling potential sale as fertilizer or product for commercial use
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Long Island
New York
Lancaster County
Jay W Irwin
Cloisterdale Farms
Ephrata Rdi
Cloisterdale
Glenn Bressler
Penn State University
Bressler
Penn State
Irwin
Pennsylvania
Pete Kerber
Kerber
Huntingdon
Edward Makinajian
Makinajian
Suffolk County Ag
Robert L Brown Kerber
Keiber
Glenn Herr
di Buessler
Grange Leadership School Slated At Gettysburg
Nearly every Pennsylvania State Grange county will be represented as 60 000 members attend the 48th Grange leadership school June 22 24 on the Gettysburg College campus. Miss Mildred M Shultz and others head four divisions with keynote by Walker Shannon and remarks from Dr William M Smith Jr and L S Willson.
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Pennsylvania State Grange
48Th Grange Leadership School
Gettysburg
A. Wayne Readinger
Indster
Readinger
Pomona
Mildred M Shultz
Somerset
Ross Metz
Allensville
Kenneth Schlegel
Fleetwood
Alan Merkel
Kutztown
Walker Shannon
Aliquippa
National Grange Mutual Insurance Company
Frank B Williams
William M Smith Jr
Pennsylvania State University
L S Willson
Dupont Company
Wilmington
del Willison
Editorial Page moves within Section Two and page four
The editorial page including Max Smith and Rev Lawrence W Althouse columns has been relocated from Section One to Section Two page four. Markets, especially poultry, now appear on pages two three and four. The page retains its editorials and remains easy to locate in its new spot.
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Max Smith
Lawrence W. Althouse
Poultry Association Sets October Meeting at Bird-in-Hand
The Lancaster County Poultry Association schedules its annual meeting for October 14 at the Plain and Fancy Restaurant in Bird-in-Hand. Enos Heisey of Agway Harrisburg will discuss agriculture in Africa. The group also reports all 111000 placemats sold to local restaurants to promote egg consumption.
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Lancaster County Poultry Association
Enos Heisey
Agway
Harrisburg
Wil
Stade
Africa
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
Masonic Homes Ayrshire Farms Honored at 96th National Meet
The 96th national Ayrshire meeting in Louisville honored Masonic Homes Farm of Elizabethtown for top milk production with a French Memorial Trophy. The farm averaged 12,288 pounds per cow per 305 days from 86 cows, and the resident matron achieved 100,000 pounds lifetime milk in 1970. Charles H Gable of Conchella Farm earned his thirteenth Constructive Breeder Award, posting 14,113 pounds per cow and 561 pounds butterfat on 305 days with an 85 type score average.
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Masonic Homes Farm
Elizabethtown
Ayrshire
Masonic Homes
Mt Harmon
Belinda
Charles H Gable
Conchella Farm
Elverson
Gable
Conebella
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Heri
Buessler Cloisterdale
Grange Leadership School
Gettysburg College
Poultrymen
Association
Farm and Home Center
Conchella Ayrshires
Erea Ayrshire Farms
Louisville
Kentucky
Conebella RC Sue
Paul & Iva Hebbe
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
Sue
Conchella Ruth
Commander
The
Gables
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative
Lancaster
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