Farm Activity Presses On Across State After Rain Delay
Farmers resume spring work as fields dry after a rain brief. Oats planting, corn plowing advance across most areas though North Central remains delayed by wet fields. Winter grains grow well. hay and pastures flourish with warm weather. early potatoes and cabbage progress. Apple orchards tours set for Berks and Adams. Temperatures near normal with a cold front bringing storms and rainfall. Safe Harbor totals 1.37 inches for the week ending Wednesday.
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Berks
Adams
Safe Harbor
Byars Allen Sale Draws Buyers From Nine States
Buyers from Connecticut Maryland Colorado Georgia Pennsylvania Virginia Oklahoma California and Texas bought 47 Angus cattle at the Byars Allen Sale. All were females averaging 691 dollars for a total of 32505 dollars. The President did not attend due to press distractions and security restrictions. The second high animal sold for 2700 dollars.
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Gettysburg
Connecticut
Maryland
Colorado
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Oklahoma
California
Texas
Byars & Allen
Ground Broken for 16th National Plowing Contest
Ground was broken Wednesday at the Milton Hershey Estates for the 16th National Plowing Contest and Conservation Exposition to be held August 21 and 22. Attendees included William L Henning secretary of agriculture James Bobb H ershey Estates vice president Ivan McKeever state soil conservationist and Lee H Bull deputy secretary of agriculture. Authorities from state water game wildlife forestry highways utilities and equipment dealers observed as two 16 ton bulldozers moved dirt and began building a dam for a farm pond fish management demonstration. Ralph W Hunter US Soil Conservation Service chaired the exposition division and introduced the dignitaries. The conservation demonstration area spans 2300 acres.
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Milton Hershey Estates
Willam L .Henning
James Bobb
Hlershey Estates
Ivan McKeever
Lee H Bull
Farm Pond
Ralph W. Hunter
US Soil Conservation Service
Conservation Exposition Division
Newsman to Discuss World Affairs At Holstein Convention in Boston
The 73rd Annual Holstein-Friesian Assn of America convention in Boston features Erwin Canham of The Christian Science Monitor presenting Problems of a Strong America. A Plymouth harbor excursion precedes business sessions June 4-5 at the Sheraton Plaza Hotel. Canham, a noted journalist, will discuss events shaping recent U S history. He began as a Maine 4 H member under Harold J Shaw, a former county agent.
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Holstein-Friesian Assn. of America
Plymouth Harbor
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Erwin D Canham
Christian Science Monitor
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Sheraton Plaza Hotel
Canham
Harold J. Shaw
USDA suspends kidney removal rule for poultry plants
The Agriculture Department announced a suspension of the kidney removal requirement for young poultry until January 1, 1959. May 1, 1958 remains the start of the regulation, with voluntary federal inspection continuing through 1958. About 350 plants are under voluntary inspection, and 250 more have applied for approval.
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Department of Agriculture
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