Breeding Practices Build Green Meadow Sheep Farm Success
Everett Newswanger reports on Green Meadow Farms where Edward Hess of the American Hampshire Sheep Association urges year round worming and dipping. Newborn lambs are iodine treated, penned with mothers, ear tagged, creep fed alfalfa with 14 percent protein, tails docked at two weeks, and males castrated for fattening.
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Everett Newswanger
American Hampshire Sheep Association
Edward Hess
Leola Ri
Green Meadow
Leola
Green Meadow Farms
Hampshire Lambs
Hess
L. F
ASCS Warns Farmers Of Deadline For Feed Grain Signup
Ascs warns farmers of a March 26 deadline for feed grain signup. By last week 236 Lancaster County farms had joined the 1965 program out of 6864 eligible. Eligible farms grew corn sorghum or barley in 1959 and 1960. Signups total 3421 acres, including 3209 acres of corn.
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ASCS
Lancaster County
Farm Calendar May 22 events and meetings
Farm calendar entries list dates and times for Solanco Young Farmer field work and Vintage Auction at 7 33 pm Ephrata Young Adult welding class Welding farm equipment parts at 7 20 pm Reoiy meeting Elm Fenryn 4 H Community Club at Penryn High School 7 30 pm 4H Tractor Club tour at New Holland Machine Co monthly meeting of County FFA Chapter officers and delegates at Solanco High School Quarryville March 26 1 30 pm Manheim.
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Solanco Young Farmer
Ephrata
Reoiy
Elm Fenryn
Penryn High School
New Holland Machine Co
FFA
Solanco High School
Quarryville
Manheim
Area Dairymen Score on SNF and Milk Production
Holstein cows from registered herds in this area are listed in an official production testing report by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. The report covers solids not fat SNF as a portion of milk credited to lactation records, with SNF including protein lactose and minerals.
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Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Holstein Association
Five Day Temperature Outlook From Saturday Through Wednesday
Temperatures for the five day period are expected to average below normal with normal highs of 52 and lows of 32. Saturday and Sunday will be seasonably cold, milder Monday and Tuesday, then cold again Wednesday. Rain or snow is forecast Sunday and again Tuesday with total precipitation near a quarter inch.
Lane Co Agent Plans Study Trip To Brazil
County agricultural agent Max M Smith will join an eight member Alliance For Progress team on a two week study trip to Bahia Brazil leaving March 31. The Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce sponsors the mission to explore social and commercial development possibilities.
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Max M Smith
Bahia
Brazil
Willow Glen Yorkshire Entry Tops County Swine Carcass Show
The Willow Glen Farm entry owned by John Henkel and Joe Little won the grand championship at Lancaster County Swine Producers Association's Spring Carcass Show. Twenty five animals were entered by sixteen producers, scored on foot Monday, slaughtered Tuesday, and cut up Wednesday under Kunzler & Co supervision with judges from Penn State.
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Willow Glen
Yorkshire
John Henkel
Joe Little
Willow Glen Farm
Strasburg
Lancaster County Swine Producers Association
Kunzler & Co, Inc
Carl Dalton
Kunzler’s
Penn State
Dwight Younkin
PSU
Burdette
Association
County Swine Association
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