Soil District President Predicts 1958 to Be Biggest Year Ever
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District president Amos H Funk predicts 1958 will be the biggest year yet, citing National Plowing Matches Conservation Exposition and Conservation Week. He urged farmers to extend rotations, study costs, build 50 new ponds, and press two northern farms to terrace and divert, as Leeland H Bull outlined Hershey events with a queen of the furrow and brucellosis progress.
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Soil District
League of Women Voters
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Amos H Funk
Millersville
Funk
Hostetter’s
Mt Joy
Leeland H Bull
Hershey
Philadelphia
Henry Hackman
Manheim
State Soil Conservation Association
Bull
Hackman
Pennsylvania
New York City
Mississippi
Harrisburg
Wayne B. Rentschler
New Foods Lunch Feature at Food Council Meeting
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Food Marketing Advisory Council will host a new foods luncheon March 26 and 27 near Gettysburg. Impartial tasters will evaluate foods made from vegetable fats and other substitutes against established products to gauge consumer preference and future promotional patterns.
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New Foods
Food Council
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Food Marketing Advisory Council
Here
John L. Rainey
Bureau of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Rainey
Midwest
Ramey
Wheel Track Planting of Corn May Work Here in Loose Drained Soils
Pennsylvania farmers and Penn State agronomists report wheel track planting may suit loose well drained soils. In tight soils water may puddle, so the method should not be encouraged there. traditional seedbed prep remains costly and can harm soil structure and increase erosion.
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Pennsylvania
Chester County
Robert A Powers, Jr
Penn State
Powers
Lancaster Chamber Plans Farm Program Boost
A Lancaster Chamber task group proposed a 3 point plan including an annual Farm City Week observance and a BIEA Day to strengthen farming ties. The group urged close contact with Conestoga Valley Assn and Extension Service and recommended a standing agriculture committee. The next meeting is April 15 at 45 East Orange Street.
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Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
FFA
Lancaster
Lester Brubaker
Walter Dunlap
Lancaster Chamber
Chamber
Brunswick
Chamber of Commerce
Conestoga Valley Assn
Agricultural Extension Service
County Agricultural Council
Hershey
East Orange St
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Robert Fahnestock
Dean Hoffer
Andrew Hackman
Fahnestock
York-Lancaster County
Hoffer
Lancaster County
Holiday West Motor Hotel
Gettysburg
Pennylvania Turnpike
Strasburg Pike
John E. McGranh
Farmer Supply Co
Walter Dunlap Jr
Union Stock Yards
Robert Kest
Lancaster Farming
Quarryville
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