Barley Harvest Under Way Despite Wet Fields
Merle Groff of Lancaster R4 started an 11 ft self propelled combine last week, bringing in nearly 100 bushels per acre from 200 acres of custom work. Moisture around 13 percent and good yields contrasted with fields still too wet from recent rains, delaying full harvesting until weather clears. The Groff family, on a 75 acre farm, feeds out about 175 steers and some swine annually.
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Merle Groff
Lancaster
Merle
Groff
L. F. Phote
Truth In Lending Law Impacts Lancaster Farmers
A new Truth In Lending law takes effect July 1 affecting Lancaster County farmers and farm businesses. It does not change rates but requires lenders to clearly disclose total finance charges and annual percentage rate, along with items included such as interest fees and service charges to allow informed credit comparisons.
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Lancaster County
Ralph Horchler Leaves Pequea Valley for Hamilton Equipment
Ralph Horchler, a Yo-Ag teacher at Pequea Valley, resigns to become sales representative for Hamilton Equipment Inc. He will serve Northeast Pennsylvania, calling on dealers from Ell, Pittsburgh, State College to the Ohio line. Horchler, a Union Area High School and Penn State agricultural education graduate, began at Pequea Valley in October 1967. Continued on Page 7.
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Ralph Horchler
Pequea Valley
Hamilton Equipment Inc
Ephata Farm
Ralph
Pennsylvania
Elle
Pittsburgh
State College
Ohio Line
Union Area High School
Penn State
Herchler
Conservation Air Tour Promises County Views From New Holland Airport
The annual Conservation Air Tour takes off from New Holland Airport all day offering 20 minute rides to various county areas. Sponsored by the Soil and Water Conservation District it aims to show conservation needs and effects. Tickets cost 3.50 dollars and are sold at the airport with a rain date of July 6.
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New Holland
Soil and Water Conservation District
Farm Calendar Highlights for Lancaster County
Sunday June 29 all day Lancaster County Conservation Air Tour at New Holland Airport. Tuesday July 13 FFA Activities Week at Penn State 9 00 am Holstein 4H dairy judging practice at Robert Kauffman Farm. 7 30 pm 4 H Guernsey Club meets at Margaret Shoppe home Lampeter.
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Lancaster County Conservation Air Tour
New Holland
Penn State
Robert Kauffman
Margaret Shoppe
Lampeter
Frey Wins Young Cooperator Contest
J Mowery Frey Jr of 401 Beaver Valley Pike was named Outstanding Young Cooperator by the Inter State Milk Producers Cooperative among six finalists. Frey owns a Registered Holstein herd, farms 350 acres, and will attend the 1969 National Milk Producers Federation meeting in Washington DC as part of the prize.
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J. Mowery Frey Jr
Beaver Valley Pike
Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative
Frey
National Milk Producer’s Federation
Washington, DC
Potato Growers Vote No On Self-Assessment Plan
Pennsylvania potato growers voted 99 to 87 against a self-assessment plan for research advertising and promotion. Acent per hundredweight on potatoes would have raised about $50 000 from larger growers, with 792 ballots mailed. Local grower Noah Kreider Jr voiced disappointment, noting the plan would have benefited the industry if approved.
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Pennsylvania
Noah Kreider Jr
Manheim
Local teachers at vocational conference in Pennsylvania
A top vocational education leader describes Pennsylvania as the land of the area vocational school during a featured address at the annual conference in the Poconos. The event was attended by more than 1,000 teachers and supervisors of vocational education.
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Pennsylvania
Poconos
Local Survey Shows Increase In Farm Loans
A Lancaster county survey of local credit services and banks finds no drop in farm borrowing and no wave of higher rates. The Federal Land Bank Association and Production Credit Association report about eight to ten percent increases in lending year to date, driven by demand for new machinery.
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Farm Credit Service
Federal Land Bank Association of Lancaster
Lancaster Production Credit Association
Carl Brown
Brown
Federal Land Bank
Production Credit Association
Stanley Musselman
Lancaster County Farmers Bank
Poultry Federation names top industry honors at Harrisburg meeting
A Pennsylvania Poultry Federation annual meeting at the Holiday West Motel in Harrisburg honored Hendrik Wentink of Miller & Bushong Inc Rohrerstown as Allied Industry man of the year and William R Myer of Myerstown as Poultryman of the Year in front of about 200 state poultrymen.
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Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
Holiday West Motel
Harrisburg
Hendrik Wentink
Miller & Bushong Inc
Rohrerstown
Allied
Wentink
William R Myer
Myerstown
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Everett Newswanger
Lancaster Farming
Pequea
Young Cooperator
Poultry Federation
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