State Livestock Numbers Show Little Change From Year Ago
Harrisburg reports Jan 1 1957 Pennsylvania farm livestock totals at 2,838,000 head, down under 1 percent from 1956 but above 1946–55 average. Cattle, horses, hogs, sheep values rise to 3302.7 million. cows and dairy cattle at 1,049,000 head. beef steers 165,000. Turkeys up. broilers excluded. poultry value drops to 34 million. overall livestock investment at 338 million.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Turkey
Cocalico FFA Demonstrates Meeting Procedures at Denver Night
Cocalico FFA members display 18 parliamentary practices at the Denver Lions Club Agricultural Night during National FFA week. Participants include Marvin Benneth, G R Druma, Harold Noll, Barry Noll, Robert Good, Theodore Buehl, and Ronald Fahrenbach winner of the Public Speaking Contest on Small Game Conservation.
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Cocalico
FFA
Denver Lions Club
Marvin Benneth
G. R. Druma
Harold Noll
Barry Noll
Robert Good
Theodore Buehl
Sentinel
Ronald Fahrenbach
Cocalico Ffa
Benson Urges Egg Purchases As March Is Egg Month
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson urges consumers to buy and use eggs while supplies are plentiful. He notes rising production in 1956 and predicts higher output in early 1957, praising poultry industry promotion and a national drive titled March Is Egg Month. USDA will bolster the campaign with a Special Plentiful Foods Program in March. Tangerines and tangeros are also mentioned as high quality and bruiseless.
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Ezra Taft Benson
USDA
Sec. Benson
America
Benson
Pasturgro pasture plant food promises richer forage
Pasturgro is a premium pasture plant food designed for grasses and legumes. It emphasizes extra growth elements to yield mineral-rich forage, aiming for more meat or milk per acre and stretching the grazing season in spring and fall.
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Swift
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