Two Assistant Home Economists Appointed in Lancaster County
Two assistant Home Economists named for the Lancaster County Extension Office will serve on a temporary basis during the summer. Mrs Norma Delis associated with home economics and Mrs Lucille Baldwin of Frenchtown N J bring degrees and varied experience in 4-H programs and college activities.
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Lancaster County Exton
Norma Delis
Associated Home Econ
Lucille Baldwin
Frenchtown
Barbara A. Hie
Ain
Ha Sigma Alpha Sorority
Baldwin
Daugher
William 'Pot
N. J. Er
Gary D
Prexay
Wheat Variety Plots Open To County Farmers
Lancaster County farmers invited to inspect winter wheat plots on the Brenneman farm near Central Manor and Cresswell on Tuesday evening June 28. Four varieties in the test include Redcoat a new high yielding soft red variety. Pennell Seneca Dual comparisons noted. Elmer Pifer of Penn State will discuss Redcoat merits and trial results from Pennsylvania Agriculture Experiment Station tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Ralph D. Brenneman
Washington
Boro Rl
M. M. Smith
Elmer Pifer
Pennsylvania State University
Brenneman Farm
Central Manor
Cresswell
Pifer
Pennsylvania Agriculture Experiment Station
Dual
Pennell
Seneca
Turkish official impressed by American freedom and farm programs
Ahmet Elgin of Ankara praised American freedom and the transfer of new ideas in farming. He toured Garden Spot County during a five day visit, studied home economics agriculture and 4 H, and plans to adapt extension program concepts for Turkey. He has previously traveled the United States and aims to learn admin and organization of extension work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahmet Elgin
Ankara
Turkey
Lancaster County
M. M. Smith
Near East
Elgin
Africa
Cornell
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
America
United States
Ministry of Agriculture
Garden Spot
European Productivity Agency
Cornell University
Texas
Calif
Business Farm Day date set for Lancaster County
Willis Esbenshade announced the 1960 Business Farm Day will be October 6. Farmers will host industry leaders during the event, a reversal of 1959 when hosts were local business sites. An eight member committee will select 30 to 25 farmers to host industrialists, with plans by the Agricultural Council and Lancaster Chamber of Commerce to meet again in July for final arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Willis Esbenshade
Lancaster County Agricultural Council
Esbenshade
The
Agricultural Council
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Bomb shelters urged as best defense for Manor farmers
Manor young farmers at Penn Manor High School heard County Sheriff Harry Meyers and Civil Defense officials stress fallout shelters as practical protection after a nuclear attack. The program showed destruction, discussed livestock care during a two week danger period, and advocated inexpensive farm shelters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manor
Penn Manor High School
Harry Meyers
Max J. Stierstorfer
C.D
Howard Siglin
The
Young Farmer Organiza
Cutworms And Other Crop Pests Hit County Farms
Insects damaged corn and tobacco across the county with untreated tobacco fields worst affected. Some corn crops were replanted and tobacco replanting was heavy. Alfalfa weevils attacked fields after first cutting. County agent Harry Sloat and entomologist J. O Pepper advise Heptachlor for tobacco and Chlordane or Toxaphene for cutworms with specified application rates and a three day soil interval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sloat
J. O Pepper
Five Day Weather Outlook Near Normal With Cooler Weekend
The five day forecast calls for temperatures averaging near normal to five degrees below. Lows around 63 and highs near 84 mark the weekly range. Cooler weekend ahead with a warming trend Monday and Tuesday followed by a dip Wednesday. Rainfall expected around one inch mainly Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Drex Institute of Technology
Dauphin County
Drexel
Bald
Economics
Glee Club
Wos Athletic Association
Tive Ve
Woland
Salunga
Lebanon
Mrs. Baldwin
Indiana State College
Hiestand
Lebanon County
Barbara Zug
Elizabethtown Area
Larry
Mrs. Hiestand
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