Agricultural scholarship recipients named for 1959
Kenneth E Porter and Sarah Sorah of Pennsylvania and Colorado respectively were named as 1959 PP&L agricultural scholars to Penn State this week. Porter, a Penn Manor senior, will study general agriculture while Sorah plans to major in Agriculture Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E Porter
Wash
Boro
Rchard P Sorah
Denver
Pp&l
Fenn State
Porter
Penn Manor
Sarah
Cocalico Union
Insect Pest Control Guidance Cited By USDA
A 1959 Lancaster Farming item notes insects threaten crops and endorses DDT as an effective control. It recommends mixing 50 percent wettable powder at three level tablespoons per gallon of water or using a five percent DDT dust and urges early treatment to reduce future caterpillar damage. The USDA reports an agreement with the University.
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Lancaster
Benson Calls Egg Promotion Meet in D C
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson calls a special meeting of producers and trade representatives at the U S Department of Agriculture in Washington DC at 10 am on Monday May 18 to discuss eggs marketing and an accelerated merchandising program. Egg supplies remain heavy and prices have fallen while per capita consumption rises.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
U. S Department of Agriculture
Washington
Benson
Pricipal Poultry and Egg Trade Associations
USDA
Egypt Plans 23.4 Million Dollar Farm Product Sale
The Arab Republic aims to finance a sale valued at 23.4 million dollars including ocean shipping of U S farm products for Egyptian pounds. Commodities listed include cottonseed yellow corn barley and frozen dry milk.
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Ted Arab Republic
U.S
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Canada
Crop Reporting Board
Uni
D.C
Americas
Lester A. Singer
Rones
Strasburg
Mathieson
Phytomycin
E. R. Squibb & Sons, A Division of
Olin Mathiesen Chemical Corporation
J. C. Ehrlich Co
Chestnut Street
Lancaster, PA
Cui
Gehl
Snavely’s Farm Serv
New Holland
Formain
fRoce Esha Movi
Ford
Allen H. Matz
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc
Elizabethtown
Lauder Bros
Park Ave
Haverstick
Columbia Pike
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