Record-Setting Penna Chicken of Tomorrow Auction
Top broilers in the Pennsylvania Junior Chicken of Tomorrow contest sold at near record prices. The grand champion entry from Valley View fetched $6 per pound, totaling $324 for 54 pounds, bought by Ralston Purina at Fredericksburg auction. Other top bids included $3 per pound for Slippery Rock birds and $4 per pound for York County stock. Total sales reached 130 lots weighing 6125 pounds at an average 48.75 cents, amounting to $2,986.07.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Browler-Fryer
Pennsylvania
Happy
Rmecher
Farmer of America
Dean R. Bixler
Valley View
Schuylkill County
Ralston-Purina Company
Fredericksburg
Coatesvill
Butler
Ray Morgan
Lewistown
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation
Coatesville
Carl Shearer
Dover
York County
Beacon Milling Company
Martin’s Hatchery
Lancaster
Raymond D. Schar, Jr
Dillsburg
American
New Hampshire
Mountain View
Robert Southard
Kennett Square
Chester County
Asbury Wins Arthur Young Scholarship for Penn State
John Thomas Asbury of Peach Bottom wins the Arthur Young Memorial Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Farm Equipment Dealers Association to study farm equipment service and sales at Penn State. Chester E. Wiley and Son of Quarryville recommended him. the course runs two 16 week modules from November to March with seven months of on the job training in between.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Asbury
Peach Bottom
Arthur §. Young
Pennsylvania State University
Asbury
Chester E. Wiley and Son
Quarryville
Pennsylvania
Farm Equipment Dealers Association
Penn State
Arthur S Young
Pennsylvania Farm Equipment Dealers Association
Young
Six of Top 10 In Egg Contest From Pennsylvania
Six of the top ten pens in the Pennsylvania Official Egg Laying Test are owned by state breeders. Grayhill Poultry Farm entry placed third in the state, while Hareo Orchards and Poultry Farm led the national tests with 2,582 points and 2,404 eggs by May 1. Keystone Breeding Farm and Greider Leghorn Farms also show multiple top entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Grayhill Poultry Farm
McAlllisterville
Juniata County
Hareo Orchards and Poultry Farm
South Easton
Mass
Greider
Keystone Breeding Farm
Ephrata
Keystone
Greider Leghorn
Hubbard Farm
Lancaster
Sleeping Sickness Season Warned For Horses And Mules
Warmer weather brings insect activity and a warning from the American Foundation for Animal Health. Owners should vaccinate horses and mules by a veterinarian well ahead of the peak season to guard against sleeping sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Foundation For Animal Health
Peach Bottom Farm Wife Elected Pennsylvania Flying Farmer Queen
Mrs. Charlotte Huber, wife of David H. Huber, Peach Bottom, elected Pennsylvania Flying Farmer Queen to succeed Florence Kimmer. She will be crowned at Butler Farm Show in August and compete for the national title in Chicago. She holds a private pilot license with over 50 hours and flies a four place Piper Pacer from a Quarryville airstrip. The two day event included tours of a steel mill and Greater Pittsburgh airport with FAA guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Huber
David H. Huber
Peach Bottom
Pennsylvania
Florence Kimmer
Pennsylvania Flying Farmers
Beaver County
Quarryville
Greater
Pittsburgh
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Malcolm Small
C.A.A
Flying Farmer
Thei
Amos F. Shhenk
Lititz
John Gehman
Barto
Homer Graybill
Manheim
Warren Wetzler
Unionville
L. Logan
Kennett Square
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Honegger
Windle
Assoc. Hatcheries
Cochranville
A Alam AA
LCE
Sane Ees
Lai Valenta Gee
Nature
L. H. Brubaker
Strasburg Pike
J. T. Asbury
Peach Bottom Farm
Babcock & Wilcox Steel
Beaver Falls
Bill Ritchey
Feed New Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Inc- Com
Lancaster— Manheim
New Holland
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