Conservation farmer notes gains from better practices
Reflections Zeiser, contoured his farm in 1956, credits improved fertilization and cattle manure for higher yields though he notes surface strips help hold manure and fertilizer. Leininger Barrow Tops Market Show features a 205 pound Spotted Poland China grand champion from Leininger farm. Masonic Homes Farm and Stauffer Homestead Farm win other divisions. Dossin named head of poultry extension at Penn State, succeeding Kauffman, with a history of organizing coops and a 1952 Outstanding Poultryman award.
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Zeiser
Leininger Barrow
Poland
Lancaster County Swine Producers
Lancaster Stock Yards
Warren Leininger
Denver
Masonic Homes Farm
Elizabethtown
Stauffer Homestead Farm
East Ear
Ten Years Ago DHIA Directors Announce Program Change
Red Rose DHIA directors adopt a six point plan to address machine record keeping issues in dairy herd testing beginning June 1. Changes include cost sharing, directed owner sampler work, and increasing herd size for pay purposes from 40 to 70 head.
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DHIA
Red Rose Dhia
Victor Plastow
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Lancaster County Agricultural Council
C Bickley Foster
Foster
Dossin
Carl O. Dossin
Penn State University
H. H. Kauffman
Pennsylvania
Poultry Farmers of
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Poultry Science Assn
Agricultural Business Alliance
Brunswick
H H. Alp
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ted
Hess
James A. Hess
Elvin Hess
Strasburg Ri
Washington, D. C
Lancaster County
USDA
Neppco Pres
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
Hadd P Klahold
Hostetter’s
Mount Joy
Klahold
Lancaster
Push
L. H. Brubaker
Strasburg Pike
Lancaster Farming
Izer
Epti
Smoketown
Ph. Lance
Milk & Money
Wolgemuth Bros., Inc
Mount Joy, Penna