Fest Control And Spray Meeting Scheduled For County Next Week
Lancaster County Extension Service plans a split meeting for farmers at 9 30 am Wednesday May 21 at the Lancaster Poultry Center Roseville Road and 230 ByPass. Extension specialists from Pennsylvania State University will discuss plant diseases insects and weeds control and proper spraying equipment adjustments.
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Lancaster County Extension Service
Lancaster Poultry Center
Roseville
Pennsylvania
Urversus
Farm Calendar March 19 30 New Ho and 4 H Clubs
Farm Calendar lists events March 19 to 30 including 4-H and Junior Farm activities in New Holland and Dillerville areas. Meetings include the 4-H Leaders Council executive board at Farm Bureau Building and the South Eastern Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association gathering at Solancu Faugh School.
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New Ho
4-H
Tolland Bank
4-H Leaders Council
Farm Bureau
Dillerville Road
County Youths At Conference on Youthpower
Seventy students from 29 counties gathered at the Chalet Restaurant in Dillsburg for the Pennsylvania Youthpower Congress. Judges questioned their grasp of youth issues including nutrition and habits, with doctors briefing on physical fitness and appearance.
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Pennsylvania Youthpower Congress
Dilsburg
Change of Address Notice Request
A public notice asks residents to submit old and new addresses due to recent postal regulation changes. It urges sending the old address then the new one, notes even route number changes matter, and mentions free change of address cards from the Post Office to update files.
Community Club Reorganizes Leadership Elected
Roger Stoner was elected president of the Kiitz Wan heim 4 H Community Club at a Thursday meeting held at Fairland School. Other officers include John Erb as vice president and Cynthia Bucher as secretary with George Mark treasurer and Robert Ho linger song leader. Continuous notes list junior leader and program committee chair Tim, readers Jualy Luckhwalter and John Clark, with Cynthia Bucher and John Erb as County Council representatives.
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Roger Stoner
Kiitz-Wanheim
Fairland School
John Erb
Vues
Wary Anne Graybill
George Mark
Robert Holinger
Jualy Luckhwalter
John Clark
Cynthie Bueher
Robert Homiminger
Tim
Cynthia Bucher
Leininger Barrow Tops County Market Hog Show
Leininger Barrow wins Grand Champion Barrow at Lancaster County Swine Producers show ties three spotted Poland China entries in top spots. The grand champion pen of three hails from Masonie Home Farms for Berkshires averaging 193 pounds while Stauffer Homestead Farm claims the pen of ten Landrace crosses. Norman Kolb, last year’s champion exhibitor, takes reserve. The event marks the first time a Spotted Poland China captured a top spot, with the champion boar tracing to Iowa sires including Big Ben, later Grand Champion Sire at an Austin show. Continued on Page 19.
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Barrow
Warren Leininger
Denver R
Poland
China
Lancaster County Swine Producers Association
L F
Grand Chimpton Barrrow
Lancaster County
Denver
Masonie Flome Farms
Head of
Berkshires
Stauffer Homestead Farm
Norman Kolb
Pitney Road
Lancaster
Lesinger
Iowa
Big Ben
Austin
Leininger
Tobacco Market Program Backed By Farm Group
Lancaster County farmers association backs crafting a tobacco marketing program for type 41 cigar filler tobacco. The 73 members urged their board to study plans, aiming for farmer control with a binding agreement model inspired by the tomato growers program run by the Agricultural Marketing Association and the Pennsylvania Farmers Association.
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Farm Group
Lancaster County Tobacco
County Farmers Association
Lancaster County Poultry Center
Lancaster County Tobacco Cooperative
Farmers Association
Harold Rohier
Lancaster Ri
Pennsylvanian Farmers Association
Agricultural Marketing Association
PFA
Rohrer
Grain Program Signs Up 151 County Farmers
151 county grain farmers have enrolled in the 1962 Feed Grains Program. Lancaster County ASC office manager Vass Neel says advance payments totaling 42,288.07 dollars have been issued for the diversion of 2165 votes of corn enrollment, which ends March 30.
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Dorothy Neel
Lancaster County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Vass Neel
Five Day Weather Forecast and Temperature Outlook
The forecast calls for near to below normal temperatures over the next five days with average daytime highs around 52 and nightly lows near 15. Snow is expected Saturday with possible wintry mix late Sunday or Monday and again late Tuesday, with total precipitation around 0.6 inch.
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Arnold Lueck
Conference On Youthpower
Barrow Tops
Grain Program
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