Record of Soil Bank Agreements Totaled by March First
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committees report 895 276 Soil Bank agreements signed by March 1 placing 17 592 134 acres in the 1957 reserve. Agreements cover 3 029 655 acres of corn 2 285 917 of cotton 113 397 of rice 77 154 of tobacco and 12 076 011 of wheat with winter wheat. Final counts paused by counties with exhausted funds or requests for more acres and expected to rise into mid and late March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soil Bank
USDA
Department
Farmers Back Federal Quarantine On Witchweed
Eight county farmer representatives from North and South Carolina urged a Federal witchweed quarantine at a March hearing in Washington. About 60 attendees including officials and researchers supported quarantine limited to infested areas. Spokesmen Bill Hooks of Whiteville NC and W B Norwood of Marion SC led the statement.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
USDA
Dpartment
South Building
Bill Hooks
Whiteville
N. C
W. B. Norwood
Marion, S. C
Lancaster County farm events calendar highlights meetings
County wide swine gathering at Farm Bureau Dillersville Road and Lancaster Airport meetings for Flying Farmers. Officers elected at Farm Bureau Cooperative. Weekly club gatherings include Garden Club 4 H groups, Dairy barn demos, Bookkeepers dinner, and 4H chapters. Also upcoming Philadelphia Flower Show and district extension conference in Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau Cooperative
Dullersville Road
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Glass Kitchen
Landis Valley
County Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Assn
Farm Bureau Cooperative Assn
Dillersville Road
Melvin Wenger
Mt. Joy
Rheems
B. Snavely Garder
Willow Street
Mylin
Hostetter’s
Drumore
Chestnut Level
North Queen St
Lancaster County Bank
Hempfield
Farmdale
Ben Morgan
Farm Bureau
Western
Tractor Club
Naaman G. Hershey Implement Co
Manheim
Philadelphia
First Presbyterian Church
East Orange St
Sixth Annual Polled Hereford Show Sale Held Monday
The eastern Polled Hereford Assn. will stage its sixth annual show and sale Monday at the Guernsey Breeders Sale pavilion on Lincoln Highway East with 52 animals listed. A 4 p.m. annual meeting is set Sunday at Hotel Brunswick, followed by a 7 p.m. banquet. The Monday program includes a morning show, with judge W. J Largent of Merkel Texas and buyer cries by Col. Jewett Fulkerson of Liberty Missouri.
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Mews Garden Club
Brunswick Hotel
Lincoln Community
Ward Bottled Gas Co
Route 222
Ephrata
Sale
Guernsey Breeders Sale
Lincoln Highway East
Brunswick
W. J Largent
Merkel
Texas
Col. Jewett Fulkerson
Liberty
Allis-Chalmers Unveils Low-Line High-Crop D-14 Tractor
Allis-Chalmers announced the Model D-14 a 4100 pound low-line tractor with high crop clearance at a Harrisburg sales meeting. Features include on the go shifting eight forward speeds enclosed hydraulic system easy-ride seat rolling front axle adjustable wheel spacing two-clutch power control automatic traction booster SNAP Coupler hitch and a new line of Roll In quick-hitch cultivators.
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Allis-Chalmers
Harrisburg
Allis Chalmers
Ady
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Fred Frey
Quarryville
Lancaster Farming
Myer’s Metered Gas Service
Tappan
Wincroft
Lawson
Revco
MYER
GAS Service
Hawkins
Hiestand, Inc
Marietta R. D
Nick-Chick Leghorns
America
New York
Calif
H&en
Florin Farms
Florin Farms, Inc
Penna
Full Line
Eshelman Dairy & Poultry Feeds
Iaw
Farm Seeds
Hardware & Tools
W. W. F. Poultry
West Willow
Ph. Lane
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