Soils Day Speakers Urge More Use Of Soil Tests
Elmer C Pffer extension agronomist of Penn State told about 225 farmers at the second annual Soils Day that soil tests should guide fertilizer recommendations while noting some high fertility soils still show little yield gain from extra fertilizer. George Bergsten of PSUV cited weeds as a factor that can limit high yield prediction.
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Elmer C Pffer Extension
George Bergsten
Psuv
Berggren
Cloister Future Farmer Chapter Buys Dairy Heifer Ring
Ray Kline a junior at Ephraim High School became owner of a registered Holstein calf eight months old. The calf is part of a dairy heifer chain in which the chapter awards the offspring to another member under the same agreement. Members raised funds by conducting a seed service to purchase the calf.
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Roy Kline
Denver
Roy
Louis Ayres
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Future Farmer
Ray
Vernon Kiine Denver
Future Farmers of
Lancaster County Farm Calendar March Meetings and Events
The calendar lists events from March 5 to 7 including the Lancaster County Fruit Growers Association annual meeting at Farm Bureau building Dillerville Road Lancaster. Also noted are the Darry Day All day meeting in Guernsey Pavilion six miles east of Lancaster on Rt 30 Region II Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association meeting at So Jlanco High School Quarryville South of Quarryville 30 pm and 10 30 am. The Lancaster County Soil Conservation District annual meeting and banquet at Quarryville Memorial Methodist Church is scheduled for March 7.
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Guernsey
Lancaster
County Fruit Growers
Farm Bureau
Dillerville Road
Darry
Guernsey Pavilion
Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association
So Jlanco High School
Quarryville
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Quarryville Memorial Methodist Church
Lancaster County
Hosterters Banquet Hall
Mount Joy
Mar
William Henning
Pennsylvania
Office moved announced for Lancaster and Lititz offices
The Editorial offices have relocated from Lancaster to Latitz. Lancaster Dharming Wall keeps the same phone and mailing address and offers an additional contact through the Lititz Record publishing office.
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Bancaster Parvming
Lancaster
Latitz
Lanccaster Dharming Wall
Lititz
Fupress
Lancaster Farm Section Referenced in Women’s Features
The notice indicates that women’s feature stories appear on pages 11 and 15 of the second section. It directs readers to seek those pages for related women’s features.
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Lancaster Farm
County Dairy Ranks Sixth In Nation
The Registered Guernsey herd owned by Raymond F and Louise A Witmer at Penn Del Farm Willow Street Pennsylvania ranked sixth in the United States in 1961 based on the Herd Improvement Registry Dairy Herd Improvement Registry average. The Penn Del Farm Guernsey herd averaged 12116 pounds of milk 609 pounds of fat and 305 pounds per cow for 40 cows. There were 932 herds in the registry with 41920 cows total.
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Guernsey
Raymond F
Louise A Witmer
Penn del Farm
Willow Street
Pennsylvania
United States
Americ
Soil Conservation Plans The War Against Waste
Dust storms of the early 1930s exposed soil erosion as a national issue. Hugh Bennett warned of waste and neglect harming farmers and the country’s wealth, prompting renewed calls for wise land use and soil protection nationwide.
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Disht
Washington DC
South Carolina
Big Hugh
Amercas
Hugh Bennett
Americas
County Club Members Mark National 4-H Week
Lancaster County observes National 4-H Week highlighting its 69 clubs with over 1500 members led by numerous volunteers. The feature notes the program's 1914 start, global reach, and 4-H aims in character leadership and citizenship through projects from livestock judging to cooking.
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Lancaster County
United State
Puerto Rico
Five Day Weather Forecast With Cold Span
Five day outlook shows temperatures two to nine degrees below normal from 29 at night to 47 in the afternoon. Cold spell continues with slight moderation Monday then colder again Tuesday. Precipitation should total under 0.2 inches, mostly as snow Monday.
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Ray Kline
Ephrata High School
County Dairy
Hugh Hammond Bennett
Gram
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