Inter-City Students Tour Lancaster County Farms
A group of sixth to eighth graders from Philadelphia visited Pequea Valley and Conwell Middle Magnet School areas to learn about rural life. They toured farms with Yo-Ag instructor Ralph Horchler and received guides from his FFA Chapter, hoping to bridge city and rural understanding though highlights included turkeys cows ponies and a wax museum of Lancaster County history. continuous reporting continues on page 8.
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New Wax Museum
Lancaster County
Tory
Pequea Valley
Ralph Horchler
Ronald T Nichols
Penn State
Conwell Middle Magnet School
Philadelphia
Nichols
Herchler
FFA
America
Nichol
Bankers Laud Youths as Ag Change Described as Fantastic
Dan A. Klingenberg told the Lancaster County Bankers Association at Host Town Motel that modern agriculture is fantastic and that gorilla milk sustain mop juice Pam Becky Elfac and Agrifax are among new computerization farm accounting terms. He predicted all farms will adopt computerized record keeping to improve the farm credit system.
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Chase Manhattan Bank Agriculture’ Services
Lancaster County Bankers Assn
Dan A. Klingenberg
Eliac
America
Pam
Becky
Elfac
Agrifax
Klingeberg
Klingenberg
Farm Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Events
Stewardship Week events run Sunday through Monday at the Farm and Home Center. Meat Inspection law information session is scheduled for 12 pm. Area FFA Meat Judging planned for 1 and 2 pm at Kunzler & Co. Lancaster, with Kirkwood Community 4H Club meeting at 7 30 pm.
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Farm and Home Center
FFA
Kunzler & Co
Manor St
Lancaster
Kirkwood
Four-H Dairy Judges Share First at Expo?
Advance reports indicated Lancaster County 4 H Dairy Judging Team did not secure first place at the 44th Annual Dairy Exposition held at Penn State. Victor Plastow in charge had not yet received the final placing as of yesterday morning. Continued on Page 6.
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Lancaster County
Penn State
Victor Plastow
Meat Inspection Law Meeting Set For Monday
An educational meeting on the 1968 Pennsylvania Meat Inspection Law will be held Monday May 12 at 8 00 pm at the Farm and Home Center 1383 Arcadia Road near Route 30 by pass Lancaster County Extension Service sponsors the session to explain how the law affects live stock and poultry slaughtering operations County Agent M M Smith notes meat processors are concerned Continued on Page 9
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Farm and Home Center
Arcadia Road
Manheim Pike
Lancaster County Extension Service
Conservation Corner launches in Lancaster Farming this week
Soil Stewardship Week begins May 11 and runs through May 18 with events planned by churches and civic groups. A weekly cartoon feature titled Conservation Corner starts this week on page 17 to highlight conserving natural resources and the impacts of their destruction.
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Spe
Cial
Lancaster
Conservation Corner
Parasites to Fight Gypsy Moth in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will release millions of parasites this year to combat gypsy moths in northeastern counties. The agents target moth eggs and pupae, posing no risk to humans or animals, with mobile labs dispatched to infested areas for application.
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State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Henry F. Nixon
Department
Bureau of Plant Industry
Nixon
Warwick Youth Advances In FFA Speaking
Warwick High School sophomore Gerald Martin placed second in the Regional FFA Public Speaking Contest held at Millersville State Teachers College. The Lancaster County champion, Martin is 16 and also placed second at the Area Contest in York County with the speech It s Your Life about farm safety. Dean Schrick did not place.
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Gerald Martin
Warwick High School
FFA
Millersville State Teachers College
Martin
Amos . Martin
Lititz
Lancaster County
York County
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Co. Farms
Lancaster Farming
Lloyd Ranch
Mike Mullaney
Donald Jaje
Lemuel Anderson
Edward Dunston
M. M Smith
Warwick
Larcester
Dean Sherick
Penn Mano
Raecaster
Ellis Denlinger
Gordonville
EIDS
Ellis
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