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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1962
Page
10
A new U S Soil Conservation Service publication helps farmers and suburban residents pick sites for private sewage disposal. The 12 page booklet titled Soils Suitable for Septic Tank Filter Fields explains why filter fields fail how soil surveys identify suitable areas how to use soil maps to pick sites how to size a field and how to perform a percolation test.
Miss Lois Clymer was chosen as queen of the Conestoga Valley Senior 4 H sewing club to represent the group in the county Pasture Queens contest at 4 H Field Day in Long Park on July 19. Estella Leaman presided in Judy Denlinger absence as president. members funded a leaders chicken barbecue at Lampeter fair grounds and planned kimono projects for the nurses welfare association. The next meeting is set for Tuesday at 8 30 am at Conestoga Valley High School.
The National Berkshire Swine Type Conference will be held at the Farm Show building in Harrisburg from July 19 to 21. Top Berkshire breeders from across the United States and even California will exhibit hogs with a sale on Saturday afternoon July 21. A judging contest and type discussion for 4 H and vocational agriculture members is planned for Saturday morning July 21 with prizes for class winners.
The Elizabethtown Donegal 4 H Club reported on strawberry care with top prizes won by Leslie Witmer and his sister Gweng Olen at a recent strawberry round up. The group planned a barbecue and set July 19 at Janet Frey's home for the next meeting with a program committee led by Lillie Ann Wivell Joe Well and Nancy Frey.
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