Some Spots in County Are Dry Combining Now
Weather and farming report from Lancaster County notes scattered dry areas while heat hastens corn and tomato growth. Haymaking continues, cherry and strawberry harvests progressed, barley and oats combining under way, aphids heavy prompting spray in tomatoes and potatoes. Wind and rain affected northern and southern parts. cooler, unsettled forecast ahead with limited weekend showers.
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Lancaster County
Harry S Sloat
Mr Sloat
Migrant Worker Orientation Conference Underway
Sessions extended through today for the Migrant Worker Staff Orientation Conference in the Eastern Region. About 1,000 migrant workers to be employed in Lancaster County this summer familiarize themselves with activities. Meetings held at the Evangelical and Reformed Theological Seminary in Lancaster. Rev. Donald E. Smith leads. county chairman is Mrs. R Morris Weaver of Millersville.
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Lancaster County
Evangelical and Reformed Theological Seminary
Lancaster
Donald E. Smith
R Morris Weaver
Millersville
Sixteen Sail for Germany Under Pax Program
Sixteen young men sailed Monday for Germany to begin alternative work programs in lieu of military service. Victor A. Olsen, former Mannheim Township resident, addressed the group Friday at the Mennonite Central Committee headquarters in Akron. A farewell service of consecration was held Sunday evening at Metzler's Mennonite Church.
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Germany
Victor A. Olsen
Manheim Township
Mennonite Central Committee
Akron
Metzler’s Mennonite Church
Farmers Group Plans Cooperative Business Workshop
Four H and FFA members attended a Lancaster County meeting at the Farm Bureau Auditorium as a prelude to the 28th summer meeting of the American Institute of Cooperation in Raleigh. The event covered organizing farmers for business and included a tour of local cooperatives.
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Future Farmers of America
Four-H
American Institute of Cooperation
Raleigh
N. C
Farm Bureau Auditorium
Lancaster
Lancaster County
FFA
George M. Myers
Pennsylvania Association of Farmers Cooperatives
Dean Hoffer
Manheim
Glenn L. Porter
Washington Boro
John D. Eshleman
Willow Street
James L. Hastings
Quarryville
Lloyd Denlinger
Carl Metz
Lampeter
Mervin H. Bare
Witmer
C. Eugene Groff
Ephrata
Donald Rafferty
Mount Joy
Robert L. Deppen
Marietta
Richard Ober
Kenneth W. Watts
Elizabethtown
Cherry Picking Headlines Season's Activities on H. L. Shank Farm
Lancaster County observer Ernest J. Neill reports on H. L. Shank’s Cherry picking era with 9000 to 10000 pickers expected to harvest 60 tons of white and dark sweet cherries and red pie cherries. The 125 acre farm lies near New Danville, with Second Lock Bridge dating to 1836 and valued history. Shank notes a 20 year old self service program and ongoing bird deterrence methods from artificial owls to fireworks while preserving the historic landscape and community activity.
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Shank
New Danville
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Second Lock Bridge
Second Lock Ridge
Second Lock
Wool incentive confusion persists among growers
Some wool growers misunderstand the incentive program, believing the government covers any shortfall between their sale price and the 62 cent incentive level. USDA reports note this misperception remains even as the incentive stands at 44.9 percent.
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USDA
Transfer at Landisville July 1 official farm date noted
July 1 will be the official transfer date of the new Pennsylvania State University experimental farm north of Landisville where about 20 people toured small grain plots. Dr C S Bryner announced Dual winter wheat shows resistance to leaf rust and Hessian fly and higher yields in tests at University Park and Landisville.
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Pennsylvania State University
Landisville
C. S. Bryner
Lancaster County
Furdue
Pennell
University Park
United States
State College
University of Kentucky
Kentucky U
Leconte
Dubois
Kent
Dayton
Ohio
Illinois peach crop outlook rises to 920000 bushels
The State Federal Crop Reporting Service in Springfield says this year’s peach crop in Illinois may reach 920000 bushels, well above last year’s yield, though the 1956 crop remains about 58 percent below the ten year average.
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Springfield
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Sail
Pax
Cherry Branch
H. L. Shank
Lancaster Farming
H. L. Shank Farm
Ernest J. Neill
Conestoga River
Illinois
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