Pa Farmers Plan Less Tobacco and Potatoes in 1967
A Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service survey shows 1967 planting intentions favor corn barley and soybeans with cuts in oats potatoes tobacco and hay Weather and price shifts could alter final acreages Wheat and rye earlier showed big gains while corn at 1 237 000 acres would be the highest since 1956 Soybeans rise to 24 000 acres and hay remains around 2 052 000 acres Potatoes drop to 38 000 acres tobacco down eight percent to 23 000 acres
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Dairymen resist NFC organizers in Lancaster County
Dairymen present at a Lancaster County meeting rejected NFC organizers with strong language and cited loyalty to existing groups. Commission chairman J Lin Huber warned against milk withholding, noting possible violations of the Milk Control Law Sections 210 and 211. ABC board members were honored for long service, including Abner Risser and Lewis Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFC
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
National Farmers Union
NFO
Lancaster County
Commission
J. Lin Huber
Huber
Mark Witmer
Abner Risser
Bainbridge
ABC
Donald Lehman
Carlisle
Samuel B. Willams, Jr
Middletown
W Levis Phipps
Wilmington
Dela
J Lewis Wiliams
Uniontown
Dairy leaders urged to push new product research
Secretary Bull cautioned that the dairy industry must advance new product research to stay competitive with substitutes. By March 28th, reservations for food and transportation should be arranged as part of the plan, with the Pennsylvania Milk Control guiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull
Zimmerman
Farm Women No 15 Plans New York Trip and Local News
Members of Farm Women Group No 15 will travel to New York City on April 11 with bus departure from Kirkwood at 6 a.m. A May 18 lunch meeting is planned at Hearthside Restaurant followed by a Penn Dairies tour. Committee reports note road name selections for Colerain Two and invitations from Society 20 and Society 5. Treasurer reports donations to several charities and proceeds from a farm sale event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Farm Women Group No. 15
New York City
Kathryn Wagner
Kirkwood
Hearthside
Penn Dairies
Jessie Trimble
Colerain
Supervisors and Planning Commission
Wee
Society 20
IOOF
Society 5
Raymond Hess
Landisville
Ruth Crawford
Cancer Society
Crippled Children’s Society
Heart Haven and
Hemophilia Foundation
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Lancaster Farming
Ivan M. Martin, Inc
Blue Ball, Pa
New Halla
Terre Hill
Jabor
VanDale
Vandale S-17
Caleb-M. Wenger
Holstein Assn
Pennsylvania Milk Control
Farm Women No
New York
Ways and Means
Sadie Greenleaf
Hines
Lancaster Laboratories, Inc
New Holland
E. H. Hess
Ph.d
Lanc
Call
J. Mark Eshleman
Lititz
Four Seasons Farm & Home Center
Greenfield Road
Anderson Box Co
Lancaster
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