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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1959
Page
1
March 11 dairy day program in the county at 9:30 a.m. features opening ceremonies and a speaker quartet. PSU presenters Will Parkin and others discuss wastewater disposal and dairy mastitis while Richard J. Spiers leads a panel on the dairy outlook.
An all day display of water softener and conditioner equipment plus dumping station outfits will be shown. Lunch at the Pavilion is 1.00 per person. Dairy Day is run by the Extension Service with Milk Distributors and Dairy Breed associations. Committee members include Cowan Flora Garber Horton Kauffman Keen Landis Miller Stolizfus Rohrer Witmer Wohnseidler.
The 8th annual Pennsylvania Potato Growers conference will be March 11 and 12 at the Potato City Hotel near Lancaster. The event gathers growers to discuss county production history from 1939 to 1957 and current 1959 prospects as Lancaster Lehigh and other counties compare yields and trends with state crop service data.
Several hundred Pennsylvania potato growers are expected at the Potato City Institute led by Ivan Miller Corry. The program includes a panel on twin row versus triple row planting with David Leem of Kutztown moderating at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning.
The 1957 58 winter brought Lancaster County 60 inches of snow, while 1958 59 to date shows only 7.2 inches. County precipitation runs 55 inches below normal since May 1958, with frozen ground causing runoff and drier soil conditions. December was the coldest month, precipitation 121 inches below normal, and November to February showed below normal moisture and limited snowfall. Washington Boro considers returning to Manor Township after flood damage.
Extension schedules four meetings at farms in Strasburg Lititz Lancaster Mount Joy to teach seed cleaning and chemical treatments. Dr. O D Burke will demonstrate silver nitrate seed treatment and the program lasts four sessions with a small material charge. One quart of seed per grower will be cleaned and treated during the meetings.
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