Farm Calendar Highlights Lancaster County Farmers Assn Events
Lancaster County Farmers Assn hosts meetings at Poultry Center and Farm Bureau with speakers and refreshments. 4 H Ayrshire Jersey Club reorganizes at Artificial Breeding Cooperative Route 230 Bypass. John Deere Day at H S Newcomer & Son Mt Joy and tours at Landis Valley Farm Museum.
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Lancaster County Farmers’ Assn
Poultry Center
Lancaster
H Farm and
Home Electric Club
PP & L
Ayrshire and Jersey Club
Route 230
John Deere
H. S. Newcomer & Son
Mt. Joy
Garden Spot Organic Club
Poultry Exchange
Roseville Rd
Ben Glanzer
Washington DC
Lancaster County Flying Farmers
Lancaster Airport
Glass Kitchen
Landis Valley Farm Museum
Swine Feeding Trials Favor Pelleted Rations
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station reports pelleted swine rations raise daily gains, lower feed needed per 100 pounds of gain, and shorten time to market. Pellet-fed pigs outperformed meal-fed contemporaries by about 12 pounds daily gain, 53 pounds less feed per 100 pounds of gain, and 12 days faster to market weight.
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Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
Complete Soil Test Use Urged For Top Results
At a soils and crops meeting in White Horse Fire Hall County Agent Max M. Smith Amos H. Funk president of the Lancaster County Soil District and W Martin Muth of the U S Soil Conservation Service urged eastern county farmers to use complete soil tests. They cited cases showing deficiencies resolved by balanced fertilizer planning and highlighted low organic matter and phosphorus in county soils. Smith outlined rotations erosion control more grasses and terraces as part of an integrated soil and wildlife program with on site farm help offered.
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White Horse Fire Hall
Max M. Smith
Amos H. Funk
Lancaster County Soil District
W. Martin Muth
U. S Soul Conservation Service
Funk
Max Smith
Lancaster County
Corp
Hess named delegate to national 4 H conference
James A Hess 20 son of Elvin and wife of Strasburg R D 1 Lancaster County selected for outstanding 4 H Club work and leadership named among four Pennsylvania delegates to the national 4 H Conference in Washington D C June 15 to 20 The other delegates are Fred Strouse Sylvia Salinshick and Nancy Heath The group will learn program details to boost club and community leadership Chauncey P Lang and Miss Patricia Kelley accompany the delegates
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James A Hess
Elvin Hess
Strasburg
Rd1
Lancaster County
Washington, D. C
Allen L. Baker
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania
Penn State
Fred A Strouse
State College
Centre County
Sylvia Salinshick
Monaca
Beaver County
Nancy Heath
Benton
Columbia County
Washington
Chauncey P. Lang
Patricia Kelley
Linton Adopts Exclusive Prefix for Guernseys
Earl M. Linton of Kirkwood reserves the prefix Linton Acres for naming his pure bred Guernsey cattle. The American Guernsey Cattle Club confirms the prefix is approved and on file, granting Linton exclusive use and making Linton Acres his trademark in the Guernsey world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl M. Linton
Kirkwood
Linton Acres
Guernsey
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Linton
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Extension Assn
Farm Bureau
Lancaster Senor Extension Club
Kauffman’s Tea House
East Petersburg
Reed Wissler
Ephrata
Akron
Harry Metzler
Leamon Rd
Hartman Bridge
Donegal
Washington School
Fiort
International Harvester
D. L. Diem & Sons
Lititz
State County Agents
Soil Conservation Service
S. S.boshnaugle
Columbia
Route 30
Mountville
J Raymond Newcomer
Manheim Rd
Erb’s Church
Vo- Ag
Solanco High School
Quarryville
Neuhauser Implement Co
Lititz-Manheim
Fairland School
Fruitville
Western
Brubaker’s Implement Co
Salunga
R. W. Hollinger & Sons
Manheim, Pa
WN & Rea
Musser Farms, Inc
James A. Hess
Hess
Pennsylvania 4-H
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Iowa
Re Tue
E. M. Linton
Guernseys
Ford
Allen H. Matz
New Holland
Denver
Lauder Bros
Columbia Pike
Haverstick Bros
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc
Conestoga Farm Service
Quarryville Ph
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