Two Lancaster Farms to Be Toured by State Officials
Two Lancaster County farms were chosen to represent the area and will be toured Monday by the Northeastern Association of Commissioners Secretaries and Directors of Agriculture during its annual Hershey convention. The Kreider farm at Manheim will show poultry, potatoes, tobacco and a Holstein herd, while the Wissler Farm at New Holland focuses on steer feeding and potato and tobacco production.
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Lancaster County
Northeastern Association of Commissioners, Secretaries
Noah W. Kreider
Manheim
New Holland Machine Company
Eugene Wissler
Rt New Holland
Wissler
Pennsyl
Vania Dutch” County
Tienning
Keystone Mushroom Company
Coatesville
Mushroom Canners League
U. S. Department of Agriculture Research Center
Philadelphia
Screwworm Test Begins in Florida Research Area
Experimental field tests start in a 2000 square mile Florida area to evaluate eradication methods for screwworms. The approach mirrors the Curacao effort of 1954 using sterile male flies, but a broad Southern state program is not foreseen soon due to cost.
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Florida
Curacao
Purina
Dr Smith to speak at Elizabethtown Rose Society meeting
Dr C Stuart Smith is slated to talk at 8 p m Wednesday at the home of Dr and Mrs Smith 103 West High St Elizabethtown on keeping roses healthy Mary W Sheaffer reports a membership drive and a good chance for prospective members to learn how to combat rose diseases and pests The Elizabethtown Rose Show will be Saturday June 8 in the education room of the First National Bank on South Market Street with more than 40 prizes The Harrisburg Rose Show runs June 11 and 12 in the Farm Show Building and the Philadelphia Show on June 1 and 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Stuart Smith
Elizabethtown Rose Society
Conestoga Wagon Steam Engine At Farm Museum Festival
The Pennsylvania Farm Museum Festival at Landis Valley Farm Museum showcases a Conestoga wagon drawn by a six horse team and a steam threshing locomotive. Elmer Lapp and Elmer Landis drive the wagon, Noah Getz operates the steam thresher engine, and Gov and Mrs George Leader are invited guests. Activities run 1 pm to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday marking the museum’s fifth anniversary since state acquisition.
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Landis Valley Farm Museum
Pennsylvania Farm Museum
Henry
George Landis
Elmer Lapp
Kinzers
Elmer Landis
Jacob Brubaker
Noah Getz
Brubaker
S. K. Stevens
Pennsylvania Istorical and Museum Commission
George M Leader
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J. Fred Whiteside
Kirkwood
John B. Kurtz
Ephrata
John J. Hess II
Intercourse
New Providence
Wenger Bros. Rheems
Snader’s Mill
Mt. Airy
John J. Hess
S. H. Hiest
Pequea
B. F. Adams
Warren Sickman
Salunga
Purina Research
Dr. Smith
Rose Society Meeting
Harrisburg
White Rocks
New Hampshires
Sex Link
Burling
Oxford
Sudan
Atlas Sorge Sweet
Piper
Weedone
Monthru
Smoketown, PA
Ph. Lane
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