Milking Parlor Reveals Modern Farm Vision in Lancaster County
James Graybill of Lititz R2 returns to dairy farming after high school, builds a 36 cow Holstein herd, moves to a cash rented farm, and installs a modern milking parlor with picture windows. He and his wife Janice Roser welcome a baby daughter as he plans future herd growth.
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Lancaster County
James Graybill
Lititz
Manhem Central High School
James
Graybil
James Grayll
L. F
Oto
County 4 H Club Congress Heads to State University
Thirty one Lancaster County 4 H clubs members along with four leaders travel to Pennsylvania State University next week to participate in the annual State Congress. Last year teams judged at the University and drew activities by club leaders and members.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Boots and Saddles 4-H Club Demonstration at Mountain View Pony Farm
Mountain View Pony Farm hosted a Boots and Saddles 4-H light horse club meeting where senior member Galen Swigart demonstrated show pony handling. Interested persons were invited to attend the next meeting on July 14 at Reams Fire Hall per reporter En Sites.
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Ountain View
Galen Swigart
Ted
Reamsfire Hall
4H Club Activities Across Districts
Readable fragments show 4-H judging practice in Gordonville and New Holland, with county agents formalizing demonstrations at Penn State University. Also noted are the Solanco Farmers Association meeting, a Bureau audit, and the Extension Committee gathering at Oilerville Road.
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Swine Association
John W. Eby
Gordonville Ri
Dastrict
New Holland
Pennsylva State University
Solancong Farmers Assa
James Lefever Auryville
Bureau Audi
Oilerville Road
Om - Manor
Steh- Unity
Fern
Seeds Shape USDA Yearbook Theme and Hope for Peace
The USDA yearbook centers on seeds as a foundation of abundance and a path to peace. Orville Freeman calls good seeds a symbol of national strength and a tool to end hunger, urging farmers and the public to value seeds as life’s germ and future harvest.
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USDA
Agrculture
Orville L. Freeman
Tobacco Disease Seen In County
Blue mold and wildfire on tobacco beds were found in Lancaster County. Assistant County Agent Arnold Lueck and Dr. Carlton Taylor noted outbreaks are not yet serious. Growers should inspect beds now and follow a streptomycin ferbam spray program, with an extra ferbam spray if already using six to seven day intervals.
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Lancaster County
Arnold Lueck
Lueck
Carlton Taylor
Lancaster Agri Council to view Fallout and Agriculture film
Lancaster County Agricultural Council members and invited farmers are urged to attend the quarterly meeting next Thursday. Merun B. Muth will present a film Fallout and Agriculture and report on the Emergency Planning Committee. A general discussion on agriculture's role after a nuclear attack follows the screening at 8:00 p.m. June 29 in the Farm Bureau auditorium on Dillerville Road, Lancaster.
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Lancaster County Agricultural Council
Charles Cowan
Merun B. Muth
Lancaster County Emergency Planning Committee
Cowan
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Dillerville Road
Lancaster
County 4-H Council Elects Trimble Denlinger Presidents
Trimble son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Trimble Quarryville Ri a 4-H leader at state congress and elected to the county council by the Dru more community club succeeds Darvin Boyd Eph rata Denlinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Denlinger 602 Enfield Drive represents Conestoga sewing club on the council replacing Londa Boyd Manheim R4 Delegates met at the Lancaster Poultry Center 340 W Roseville Road Council also approved a constitutional amendment replacing any executive board member missing two consecutive meetings
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Raymond Denlinger
Enfield Drive
Conestoga Sewing Club
Londa Boyd
Manheim
Lancaster Poultry Center
Roseville Road
Solanco YFA Plans Wheeltrack Demonstration Meeting
Solanco Young Farmer's Association will hold a June meeting to compare wheel track and conventional corn planting. A field comparison is on farms of J Zeigler Hess and James Lefever near Quarryville R3 with a social and refreshments at Lefever's farm after the demo.
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Solanco Young Farmer’s Association
Quarryville
J. Zeigler Hess
James Lefever
William Fredd
Ayrshire Farm Name Assigned for Barbara Ann Kupp
The Ayrshire Breed ers Association Brandon Vermont assigns the exclusive use of Tiny Acres as a farm name for registering purebred Ayrshire cattle born in a reserved herd. Tiny Acres is one of over 20,000 Ayrshire herds in the United States tracing back to historic homeland stock.
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Barbara Ann Kupp
Manheim
Providence 4-H Hears Biologist At June Meeting
Members of the Providence 4-H club heard biologist John Rorabaugh of Millersville State College speak on the importance of birds and insects to modern farming. The group plans a family get-together at a member’s home on June 29 at 6 pm. Miss C Jane Henry is the club news reporter.
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New Providence 4-H Club
John Rorabaugh
Millersville State College
C. Jane Henry
Five Day Weather Forecast Temperatures Slightly Below Normal
The five day outlook shows afternoon highs around 84 and nights near 63 with temperatures about two to five degrees below normal. Weekend temps stay near or a touch under normal, then a warming trend arrives by Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation may total about three quarters of an inch, mainly Saturday and again later in the period.
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H'erse Club Congress
Agri. Council
Trimble
Denlinger
Solanco Yfa
Ayrshire
Providence
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