Soil Conservation Aid Appointed for Lancaster District
Ivan McKeever announces Carl G. Dressler as Soil Conservation Aid at Lancaster Pa. He will work with W Martin Muth to aid farmers in Lancaster County in developing conservation plats and installing difficult practices. Dressler, married with two daughters, plans to move to the area soon.
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Abner Houseknecht
Lancaster
Soil Conservation Service
Carl Dressler
Dressler
Lancaster Work
SCS
Ivan McKeever
U.S Soil Conservation Service
Carl G. Dressler
Lancaster, Pa
W. Martin Muth
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Sylvia Ann
Jennifer Carlye
Wae
Farm Calendar May 21 and 24 County Activities
Southeast District County Agents tour Chester County. Pequea Valley FFA meets at the High School. Seftball game with Garden Spot FFA before the meeting. Witness Oak FFA meets at the Donegal Huish School. Penn Manor 4-H club meets at the high school. Conestoga Valley Association Clean Streams Forum at Armstrong Cork Auditorium. County Holstein 4-H club meets at John Sheily’s home. Rural life Sunday services at county churches.
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Chester County
Pequea Valley Ffa
Garden Spot Ffa
Witness Oak Ffa
Donegal Huish
Penn Manor
Conestoga Valley Association
Clean Streams Forum
Armstrong Cork Company
County Holstein
John Sheily
Manheim
Freeman Establishes Agricultural Attaché to Common Market
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced plans to post an agricultural attaché to the European Common Market. He said the move gears up for rapid events in the area to safeguard and expand farm exports to the region, which last year bought over 12 billion dollars in U.S. farm products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville & Freeman
United States
Clean Streams meeting planned by Conestoga Valley Association
Conestoga Valley Association plans Clean Streams event next week announced by president John Wieh Taeturum open to the public. A meeting is set for May 22 at the Armstrong Work Court Auditorium Lebarty Street Lancaster to present surveys by Dr Ruch Patrak urging action to restore the Conestoga Creek and watershed to a healthier condition for future use.
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Spm
Armstrong Gork Co
Rhea Conestoga Creek
4-H Dairy Club Names Delegate to State Congress
Larry Hart of Quarryville was elected delegate to State 4-H Club Congress at a county meeting of Ayrshire Jersey and Brown Swiss clubs. The event at Milton Brubaker’s home Lititz included a judging contest with Dr William Kelso as judge and speaker. Guernsey and Holstein 4-H clubs attended as guests. next meeting will host a fitting and showing demonstration at J Everett Kreider’s farm.
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Larry Hart
Quarryville Ri
Ayrshire
Jersey
Milton Brubaker
Lititz Ri
William Kelso
Pennsylvania State University
Guernsey and Holstein
J Everett Kreider
Quarryville
Govt Officials Divided On Farm Bill Chances
Washington reports split views among government officials and lawmakers on how the Billie Sol Estes case might affect the farm bill. Democrats downplay its impact while Republicans say it could sway the House Agriculture Committee vote. Senator Allen Ellender is noted among those commenting.
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Congress
Billie Sol Estes
House Agriculture Committee
President Names Farm Bill a Realistic Plan at White House
President Kennedy, speaking at a White House reception for Newspaper Farm Editors Association, called administration backed farm bill the most realistic approach. He said it offers balance between farmers and consumers, but warned passage in Congress will be difficult due to conflicting regional interests and production problems.
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Kennedy
Congress
Farm Editors Association
White House Lawn
Ralph Fired For Connections With Estes Case
Former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture James T talph Way was fired this week over gifts from the indicted Texas financier Billie Sol Estes. The action cites FBI reports on his connections while he trained for an agricultural attaché post to the Philippines. Other department officials, including Lmery Jacobs and William E. Morris, have resigned or been fired in related fallout.
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James T Talph Way
Tevas Tinanmer
Billie Sol Estes
Orville Freeman
Ralph
Phillipines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lmery Jacobs
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Wlliam E. Morris
Jerry R. Hollman
Alsov Fis
Editor Meets Pres Kennedy at White House Rose Garden
Lancaster Farming editor Jack Owen and other National Farm Editors Association members met President Kennedy this week in the Rose Garden. The group gathered for a handshake and a roughly ten minute discussion, with Kennedy’s remarks reported elsewhere on this page.
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National Farm Editors Association
Whennedy
White House
Jack Owen
Lancaster Farming
Rose Garden
Five Day Weather Forecast Sets Warm, Dry Trend
The five day outlook shows temperatures about 7 degrees above normal with nights near 54 and afternoons around 75. Expect scattered showers late period, total rainfall under 0.2 inches. County rainfall since April 1 trails normal by about 1 percent. May rainfall sits at 0.6 inch versus 2.0 inches typical.
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Thompsontown
Juniata County
Juniata High School
The
American Viscose Company
Lewistown
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Freeman
Washington
Estes
Texas Fiimandiet
National
Farm Editors
Secretary of Agriculture
House
Senate Agriculture
Allen Ellender
Louisiana
Atthatus
Egtes
Pres. Kennedy
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