Farm Calendar highlights regional farm women events
A list of upcoming activities from May to August includes Farm Women meetings in Elizabethtown and Ephrata, farm and poultry events in Hollidaysburg, Butler, Lititz, and Lancaster, plus auctions, exhibitions, and a government price deadline. Notable items include the 10th Annual Chicken of Tomorrow Contest finals in Hollidaysburg and a Sunbonnet Day fundraiser in Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Creek
Centre County
Bellefonte
Lancaster County
Guernsey
Elvin Keener
Elizabethtown
William Buyers
Moses Blackbill
Christs Home
Washington
Altoona
Lakemont Park
Hollidaysburg
Chicago Union Stock Yards
Butler
Longacre
Franconia
Susquehanna
Sunbury
Coatesville
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Farm Women No
Farm Women Society No
Martic Forge
Farm Women
Ward’s Gas Co
Ephrata
Sallie West
Society
David
Hess
Lancaster
John H. Herr, Jr
Kready Ave
Millersville
Harrisburg
Tillie Miller
al Manheim
Howard Clark
Pennsylvania farm shows and fairs schedule excerpt
Listing of events from July 1955 to January 1957 including the Kes town Kutz town Intercourse Summer Jubilee National Flying Farmers Convention New Orleans Kutztown Fair York Inter State Fair Southern Lancaster County Fair Quarryville Ephrata Farmers Day West Lampeter Manheim Mt Joy Dillsburg New Holland Farmers Fair Unionville County Convention and the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County Farm Women’s Societies
C. H. Reinhold
Lancaster
Holstein-Friesian Asso
Milwaukee
Wis
Lancaster County Poultry Assn
Lititz Spring Park
Future Farmers of America
Pennsylvania State University
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Chicago Stock Yards
Lancaster Poultry Exchange Building Fund
New York City
Summit Hotel
Uniontown
Farm Society
Intercourse
National
Flying Farmers Association
New Orleans
Kutztown
South Lebanon
Iowa
New Holland
Manheim
Unionville
Mt Joy
Dillsburg
Field Work to Advance with Warm Weather in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports say warm, mostly dry weather through Saturday will aid farmers in resuming field work. Soils dried after mid week rains, though heavy storms affected some areas. Oats planting delayed in northern and western counties, while southeast oats seeding nears completion and corn plowing should progress in southern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
US Weather Bureau
Pony Club Meet to discuss 4H horse care
Roger Halsted of Penn State extension will discuss Four H Club work feeding and management of horses at the Lancaster County Pony and Light Horse Club meeting at 730 pm in Martin's Sales Barn Blue Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Halsted
Penn State Livestock Extension
Lancaster County
Martin
Blue Ball
Apple blossom tour draws crowds to Boyerstown Berks County
The annual apple blossom tour will attract thousands of visitors to Boyerstown in Berks County this Sunday afternoon after a postponement from last week. Light showers are expected in northern sections Thursday with more general rain later in the week. Total weekly rainfall should average about a quarter inch statewide. Fruit trees in southern counties are in bloom while winter grains remain in good condition but need warmer weather. Hay and pasture progress varies in northern and western counties. Early potatoes are being planted in northwestern areas and tobacco plant beds are doing well. Spinach harvest for fresh market continues and asparagus is being cut lightly. Tomatoes for processing are setting in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyerstown
Yo-Ag Tractor Land Judging Winners Named
Clifford Hirneisen a Cogalico Union High School senior from Reinholds won the district land judging contest at the Paul M Metzger farm Mount Joy with 409 of 550. Duane Miller and Glenn Kauffman placed second and third. Hirneisen will represent Lancaster County in the state match. Merle Groff won tractor driving with Samuel Long second. Larry Folkenroth led horseshoe pitching with Bill Jackson runner up. Plaques were awarded by Wayne Rentschler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Mhirneisen
Cogalico Union High School
Reinholds
Paul M. Metzger
Mount Joy
Duane Miller
AJ Felton
Kennard Dale School
Glenn Kauffman
Elizabethtown
Donegal High School
Hirneisen
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania State University
Merle Groff
al Strasburg
Lampeter-Strasburg High School
Samuel Long
Manheim Central High School
Larry Folkenroth
Bill Jackson
Solanco High School
Peach Bottom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lancaster Farming
Quarryville
Fulton Juvenile Grange
Spice House
Baltimore
Butler Farm Show
Quarryville, PA
Yo-Ag Tractor
Wayne Rentschler
The
Lancaster County Soil Conservation Service
Benson
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