Solanco Young Farmers Tour Maryland Army Base Visit
Fifty three Southern Lancaster County Young Farmers and their families toured farms and a Maryland military installation on Wednesday. Ray Wiles, a civilian employee at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, led the group during the outing.
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Solanco
Young Farmers Tour
Needmore Farm
Earlville
George Fry
Raymond Mueller
Cecil County
Maryland
William Fredd
Ames Rutt
Clyde Aument
Solanco “Young Farmers Association
Aument
Clair DeLong
Clair De‘Long
Young Farmer
Winterhall
Solanco Young Farmers
Shepherds
Or Army Base
Lancaster County
Ray Wiles
Aberdeen Proy
Ing Grounds
Solanco Young Farmers Chapter
Needmore Farms
Cecilton
County sheep producers meet set for April second
Farm Calendar lists Lancaster County events including a county sheep producers meeting April 2 at the Farm Credit Association basement Lancaster with speaker Ben Morgan PSU livestock extension specialist on sheep feeding and management Dr George B Smith federal veterinarian will discuss scabies eradication and animal health topics at the Union Stock Yards plus multiple 4-H and farm group gatherings across the week involving New Holland Lampeter Intercourse and Quarryville communities.
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Lancaster County
Farm Credit Association
West Roseville Road
Lancaster
iBen Morgan
Pennsylvania State University
Morgan
Penna
George B. Smith
Lancaster Union Stock Yards
Eight Point State Conservation Plan Aired in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Association of Soil Conservation District Directors announces an eight point plan led by Amos Funk. The program includes a Water Research Center to be run by the U S Department of Agriculture, expanded land inventories, stronger rural urban cooperation, district water activity recognition, increased watershed construction, and conservation publication efforts.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Association of Soil Conservation District
Amos Funk
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth
Swine Growers Plan Banquet
Three directors will be elected at the annual banquet of the County Swine Producers Association next week. The banquet begins at 6 30 pm on April 5 at the Plain and Fancy Restaurant in Intercourse. Dean Wolf editor of Hog Extra will give a speech.
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County Teachers of Vocational Agriculture
Garden Spot
New Holland
County Swine Producers
Plain and Fancy
Intercourse
County Swine Producers Association
Dean Wolf
Hog Extra
National Farm Magazine
Small Wheat Growers May Vote In May Referendum
Wheat growers under 15 acres may vote in the May referendum by returning their allotment notices to the county ASC office. Arnold Pinay says most Lancaster County growers qualify, but cards must be received seven days before the referendum. If voting occurs, small growers face strict allotment limits and potential penalties if they exceed them.
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County Agriculture Stabilization and ‘Conservation Office
ASC
Arnold Pinay
Lancaster County
Pinay
Farm Bureau To Begin Receiving Tobacco Crops
The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau formed tobacco cooperative will start receiving the 1962 crop tobacco around next Wednesday. Richard Hann notes final warehousing and labor arrangements are being made this week. The cooperative will lease a city warehouse and several county barns to store the crop and signups occurred at meetings in White Horse New Holland and the Lancaster office.
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Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
Richard Hann
State Farm Bureau
Hann
White Horse
New Holland
Lancaster
Guthion Cleared for Spring Alfalfa Spray
Harold Mengle announces Guthion is approved for spring use on alfalfa by the FDA. Speaking at a Willow Street soils and crop age meeting, he notes its effectiveness against alfalfa weevil spittle bugs and leaf hoppers, and that fields not sprayed with Dieldrin or Heptachlor last fall should be treated.
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Harold Mengle
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Willow Street
Mengle
Food and Drug Administration
Five Day Weather Forecast Turns Warmer Then Cooler
The forecast calls for nights around 37 degrees and afternoons near 57 with temperatures about eight degrees above normal. A cooler spell arrives Saturday and Sunday with a rise again Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers are possible over the weekend and midweek, totaling 0.2 to 0.5 inch.
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County Sheep Producers Meeting
Farm Bureau Cooperative Building
Duillerville Road
New Holland Young Farmers Farm Mechanics
New Holland High School
Parent and Son
the Manor
Penn Manor High School
State Association of Soil Conservation District
Autoport
Colweite
SCD
Nt Angi
Farm Bureau
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