Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition Set for November 9 13
Agriculture Secretary Leland H Bull announced the 8th annual exposition to run November 9 to 13. Harold R McCulloch of State College named as manager with Walter M Dunlap Jr Lancaster to represent the live stock industry on the steering committee. The event is co sponsored by the Department of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Livestock and Allied Industries Association under a joint steering committee.
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Harrisburg
Leland H Bull
Harold R. MccCulloch
State College
Walter M. Dunlap, Jr
Lancaster
Bull
Department of ‘Agriculture
Pennsylvania Livestock and Allied Industries Association
Farm Calendar Notes From Lancaster Area
Calendar items list events on March 16 including a 3 pm market evacuation on foot at Lancaster Union Stock Yards and a 7:30 pm adult welding class at Ephrata High School agriculture shop. Also noted are a 7:70 pm 4H tractor club meeting at Arthur Kinzer shop and a Manheim Young Farmers session in the Hin school room. On March 17 at 8:30 am judging market hogs for the county show at Lancaster Union Stock Yards with a 2 pm show hog sale there.
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Lancaster Union
Ephrata High School
Central
Arthur, Young, Kin- Zers
Manheim
Lancaster Union Stock Yards
Dairy Day speaker predicts price declines for dairy industry
Dr. William Paerce of Penn State told county dairy producers at Dairy Day in the Guernsey Sales Pavilion that milk prices may rise temporarily but are likely to fall in coming years if weather improves. He outlined four ways dairymen could achieve higher prices including production controls and increasing fluid milk sales.
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Pennsylvania
Guernsey
William Paerce
Penn State Agriculture Economis
Pennsylvania Regains Scabies Free Status for Cumberland County
Pennsylvania regained scabies free status yesterday after USDA declared Cumberland County free of the sheep disease. The state had held scabies free status since June 1963 but Cumberland was redesignated eradication area on Jan 8, 1964 following a flock outbreak. cooperation between the Bureau of Animal Industry and USDA's Agricultural Research Service led the eradication efforts.
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Pennsylvania
US Department Ofgriculture
Cumberland County
Pennsylvania Bureau of Animal Industry
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Ats
CIA
Tobacco Seed Treating Demonstrations Set Next Week
Lancaste r County Extension Service schedules five tobacco seed cleaning and treating demos led by Arnold Lueck. Demonstrations run March 18 to 20 at locations including John Sangrey’s Conestoga farm and Richard Hess’s farm, with seed cleaning and silver nitrate treatment shown.
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Lancaster County Extension Service
Arnold Lueck
John W Sanngrey
Conestoga
Sangrey
Herr Nursery
Mullersville
Richard Hess
Top Conservation Farmer Raises Yields 20 Per Cent
Lancaster County farmer Forney F Longenecker says contour farming boosted yields by about 20 percent on his Litita R3 farm started in 1950. The 85 year old, a Warwick Township High School graduate, contoured 100 acres with sod waterways and plans to contour a 130 acre plot, aided by the Conservation District and Conservation Service.
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Romey F. Longenecker
L.F
Lancaster County
Forne
Longenecker
Litita R3
Longeneckers
Farmer
Warwick Township High School
Kitty Eckman
Quallyville
Forney
Sol Conservation District
Sol Conservation Service
Goddard Defends Project 70 Plan Before Lancaster Farmers
Pennsylvania Secretary of Forests and Waters Dr. Maurice K. Goddard defended the department’s stance on Project 70 before 250 Lancaster County farmers at the annual soil conservation district banquet. He said the aim is not to destroy farms and noted no park site in Lancaster County has been chosen yet due to lack of a suitable location.
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Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Heavier pigs offer better profit for feeders says expert
Penn State extension specialist Dwight Younkin told a county swine clinic that buying pigs at 60 pounds yields peak profit per pig. He noted profits level off after 60 pounds but do not drop at heavier weights and emphasized feed efficiency as the key to competing with midwestern producers.
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Penn State Extension
Dwight Younkin
Younkin
Hog Belt
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Breeding Co ops Prepare for 21st Annual Meeting
The Pennsylvania Association of Artificial Breeding Cooperatives schedules its 21st annual meeting at the Nittany Lion Inn in University Park Pennsylvania on April 10 and 11. Featured speakers include Lew Mix Beacon Feeds vice president and general manager discussing Dairying in 1975 and Robert W. Rumler an executive.
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Pennsylvania Association of Artificial Breeding Cooperatives
Nittany Lion Inn
University Park
Pennsylvania
L 8S
Lew’’ Mix
Beacon Feeds
Robert W. Rumler
Five day outlook shows above normal temperatures
The forecast predicts temperatures 3 to 9 degrees above the 50 degree normal for five days with mild weather overall. The period includes brief cooler spells on Sunday and Wednesday and little precipitation totaling around 1 percent or more mainly Saturday night to Sunday and Tuesday night.
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