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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1961

Page

5

Meat Judging results from June at University contested

Late June meat judging results list runner-up Dale Hostetter of Pequea Valley High School with 396 points. Third through fifth place were Dale Houck Narvon with 234 Roy Weaver Earl Township 228 and Fred Vando Churchtown 225 all from Garden Spot High School. Carl Dalon plant superintendent of Unzler and Company organized arrangements and acted as official judge at the Pennsylvania event.

Dale Hostetter Gap 1 Pequea Valey High School Ale Houck Narvon Rl Roy Weaver 1St Earl Fredando Churchtown Garden Spotigh School Carl Dalon Unzler and Company Dalon Pennsylvania

Ag Teacher and Chicago Yards Jobs And Agriculture Plans

Vocational agriculture faculty at New Holland plans include continuing the high school program while a second teacher leads the adult young farmer class and one high school class. Organizational work starts in July with Young Farmer classes in the fall.

Agriculture Department New Holland State Department of Public Instruction

Crop activity and harvest progress in the region

Crop planting begins with Christmas and forest trees. Asparagus harvest starts in southern counties while general harvests delay about ten days. Strawberries show growth, corn appears in scattered Lancaster fields, wet and cold weather slows sod cover crops, and oats are growing slowly overall.

Lancaster

Fireproofing a Barn with Soffit Block by Kurtz Bros

Colonial craftsmen built two foot thick stone walls that confined damage to a barn. Dan Wenger and Son installed Kurtz Bros soffit block as a fire safe floor and ceiling to speed rebuilding. The 36 by 86 foot area was covered, then sealed with two inches of concrete, creating a watertight vermin proof, insulated interior.

Kreider Dan Kurtz Bros Wenger Kurtz Bros Concrete, Inc Ephrata Denver

DHIA Dairymen Learn Efficiency Analysis in Lancaster County

University direction by Victor W Plastow outlines herd efficiency study for seventeen Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association members. Elizabethtown, Manheim, and Mt Joy areas are represented with listed members. Jay Risser and Clarence W Crider assist as Lancaster County head tester and DHIA supervisor for Red Rose 7.

University Victor W Plastow Lancaster County Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association Elizabethtown Mervin Nissley Jay Heisey Richard Breneman M W M. Wenger Ray Clarence W Crider DHIA Red Rose 7

Package costs rival the price of the food itself

The remark notes that the packaging adds nearly as much to the total purchase as the food does, highlighting cost sensitivity in consumer choices and potential pricing impact on meals.

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