Type Certification Swine Assa Discussed at Producers Meeting
The Meat Type Certification program for purebred swine producers was outlined by Dwight Younkin at a Lancaster county meeting. The process includes litter registration, two pigs fed six months, slaughterhouse measures, and breed association reporting. Younkin noted added sale value for certified meat type stock and proposed a county swine producers association with events like a spring barrow show and bred gift sale.
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Dwight Younkin
Farm Bureau Cooperative
Lancaster
U- Breed
Breed Association
Younkin
Lancaster County
Kunzler Packing Co
Manor Street
Max M. Smith
Swine Producers Association
Pennsylvania
Smith
State Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Penn State
Penetrating Sealer Best For Wood Floors
Rutgers University extension home furnishing specialist Miss Gena Thames says penetrating sealer revives color and beauty in faded flagstone floors. A thin sealer dries quickly and resists dust like varnish, with moisture resistant formulas advised for outdoor or shore areas.
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Gena Thames
Rutgers Universitye
Twelve new farmers join Lancaster County Soil District
Twelve new farmer cooperators were approved by the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District at a courthouse meeting. The list includes D. Fischer of Narvon with 94 acres, Charles Haug of Manheim with 5 acres, Rufus Bollinger of Stevens with 33 acres, Lester Brubaker of Manheim with 124 acres, Guy Wanner of Narvon with 43 acres, Ethan Mast of Narvon with 120 acres, John Stoltzfus of Narvon with 32 acres, Jonas Martin of Gap with 116 acres, D. Arthur Charles of Lancaster with 83 acres, Robert Barr of Millersville with 26 acres, Lloyd Skiles of Narvon with 30 acres, and a Salisbury Township farmer with 148 acres.
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Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Ficher
Narvon
Charles W Haug
Manheim
Rufus Bollinger
Stevens
Lester M. Brubaker
Guy Wanner
Ethan Mast
John K Stoltzfus
Jonas Martin
Gap
D. Arthur Charles
Lancaster
Robert H. Barr
Millersville
Lloyd Skiles
Salisbury Township
Water as a Limiting Resource Says Benson
Secretary Benson in a prepared speech calls water perhaps the greatest limiting resource for U S growth. He urges prompt, cooperative action and homegrown self help programs with state and federal support. He cites soil conservation districts and the small watershed program as linked tools for local water and soil management.
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Benson
Plowing Demonstration Planned by 4-H Tractor Club
A plowing demonstration to teach plow hitching and adjustment and a plowing contest for 4-H Tractor Club members are set by Chester County extension service. The event occurs tomorrow at the Pusey L. Moore farm on Street Road near London Grove starting at 1:15 p.m. Burton S. Horne of Penn State will speak.
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Pennsylvania State University
Robert W
Charles Happel
Chambersburg
U.S
L. L. Huber
Penn State
Chester County Extension Service
Pusey L. Moore
Street Road
London Grove
Burton S. Horne
Bovine diseases ranked after major zoonoses
The report states bovine leptospirosis Weil’s disease in humans is less important than mastitis tuberculosis and brucellosis, as assessed by semi authority sources.
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Weil
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County Soil District
Lancaster Farming
Ivan M. Martin
Blue Ball, Pa
New Holland
Ebgin
Terre Hill
Billcrest
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