Local Girl Elected Advisor on 4-H Congress Leadership Council
Peggy Eshleman a 17 year old from Pequea was chosen as a Leadership Council advisor for next year’s 4-H Congress at Penn State. She was one of five statewide advisors elected by the Southeast Leadership Council.
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Pennsylvania State University
Leland G. Jinks
Peggy Eshleman
Pequea
Jesse Balmer
Lititz
Congress
Penn State
Eshleman
H Clay Eshleman
Penn Manor High School
Lankenau School of Nursing
Philadelphia
Farm Calendar Highlights June 23 to 26
Soil and Water 4 H Club Conservation Picnic at Fishing Creek on Monday June 23 at 2 p m. FFA National Leadership Conference in Washington on Thursday June 26 at 8 p m. 4H Holstein Club meeting at Elam Bollinger farm Manheim RD at 8 p m. 4H County Council at Farm and Home Center at 1 800 p m.
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Delates
Soil and Water
Fishing Creek
FFA
Washington
Elam Bollinger Farm
Manheim
County Council
Farm & Home Center
Lancaster County Dairy Princess Contest Canceled
The Lancaster County Dairy Princess Contest is canceled for lack of entrants. Chair man Mrs Herbert Royer said two girls filed applications and the event scheduled for next Tuesday is called off. The contest began in 1964 but has drawn few contestants in recent years. If revived a local princess must be chosen before August 15 or Lancaster County will miss the state contest in Harrisburg this September.
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Lancaster County
Herbert Royer
Harrisburg
4 H Livestock Judging Session Set For Monday
County Agent Max Smith announces the first practice session at 6 pm at the Farm and Home Center for 4 H Livestock Judging. Two four member teams will be chosen for the August state contest at Penn State with a junior team ages 14 to 16 and a senior team at least 14. Mark Nestleroth will co coach with Smith and four boys from last year’s senior team.
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Max Smith
Farm and Home Center
Livestock Club
Penn State
Mark Nestleroth
Smith
4 H Dairy Roundup Set For July 29 30
The annual 4H Dairy Roundup will be held July 29 30 in the Guernsey Sales Pavilion. Due to limited space the show is split into two parts with Ayrshire Brown Swiss Guernsey and Jersey cows shown on July 29 from 3 to 7 p m and Holsteins shown on July 30 during the same hours.
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Guernsey
Victor Plastow
Plastow
Ayrshire
Jersey
Local Dairymen Earn District Honors in 1969 Contest
Three local dairymen won district honors for the most outstanding Young Dairy Cooperator in 1969. Winners are Robert H. Kreider Quarryville District 3 Walter C Martin New Holland District 6 and J Mowery Frey Jr Lancaster District 7. Twenty one participants joined a program to select top young dairy farmers who are members of Inter State Milk Producers Cooperative.
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Iinter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative
Philadelphia
Robert H. Kreider
Quarryville
Walter C Martin
New Holland
J Mowery Frey, Jr
Lancaster
Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative
Wilbur Seipt
Lansdale
Inter-State
James E Honan
Herbert W. Wessel, Jr
Pennmarva Dairymen’s Cooperative Federation, Inc
Baltimore
Arthur B. Morgan
New Holland Machinery Company
Morgan
J. Mowery Frey, Jr
Robert L. Knutsen
Rising Sun
Ronald B Reich
Winfield
Walter T Morris
Ili
Chestertown
Donald E Hileman
Williamsburg
Robert E Smith
York Springs
John L Morris
Extension Dairyman
University of Maryland
College Park
Wm M. Stout
Sealtest Foods
Wm Johnstone
Pennsylvania State University
University Park
George R. Brumbaugh
James Creek
Farm & Home Center Mortgage and Plans for Expansion
The Farm & Home Foundation directors reported a $67,000 fund drive on Tuesday, keeping the mortgage at $150,000. They will study converting basement space for extra offices as the County Superintendent of Schools may seek about 2200 additional square feet of office space.
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The
Farm & Home Foundation
Farm & Home Center
Pullet Chick Placements Up 34 Percent in May 1969
Domestic placements of pullet chicks for broiler hatchery supply flocks totaled 4,046,000 in May 1969, a 34 percent rise from May 1968. Leading primary breeders reported the higher May totals, with continued data on the page.
Summer egg prices forecast above spring near 1968 levels
USDA predicts summer egg prices will be significantly above spring and near last year’s level with fall prices possibly below a year earlier. Broiler prices may soften slightly. May output rose above 1968 levels and replacement pullets raise the flock by early summer.
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Washington
US Agriculture Department
USDA
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Council
Peggy
Penn Willows Club
Daiymen
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