F&H Center Nears 20 Percent Completion
On a pre board tour Tuesday evening F and H Foundation directors reported the Farm and Home Center about twenty percent completed with foundations and walls finished. Jacob Kurtz Jr estimates completion was delayed by poor weather this spring and sinkholes in the limestone underneath. Six scholarships of three hundred dollars each are available.
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Lancaster County Farm & Home Foundation
Farm & Home Center
Melvin R. Stoltzfus
Benjamin Burkholder
Piates Risser
Landis Myer
B. Snavely Garber
John H. Herr
L.F
F&h Center
New Farm & Home Center
F&h Foundation
Building Committee
Jacob Kurtz, Jr
Slusser Named State Holstein Assn Fieldman
David C Slusser of Chardon Ohio has been named Holstein Field man for the Pennsylvania Holstein Association succeeding Nelvin B Empet He will assume duties effective June 2 following his graduation from Penn State University in 1965 where he majored in many fields Continued on Page 9
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David C Slusser
Chardon
Ohio
Pennsylvania Holstein Association
Nelvin B. Empet
State Reed Association
Penn State University
Milk Marketing Talk For Ephrata Adult Farmer Class
The Ephrata Adult Farmer class will host a discussion on new milk marketing and pricing developments. William Johnstone from Penn State and Boyd Gaitley of Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative headline the May 28 meeting at Ephrata High School agriculture room starting 8 p.m. Vocational agriculture teacher Lewis Ayers will conduct the session. all dairy farmers are invited.
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Ephrata
William Johnstone
Penn State University
Boyd Gaitley
Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative
Oohrata High School
Wil
Lewis Ayers
Farm Calendar Meeting Summary at UGI Auditorium
May 22 program for 4H leaders members and parents includes writing and presenting demonstrations at 7 45 pm at UGI auditorium. An 8 pm special meeting follows.
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Ugi Auditorium
DHIA Directors Plan May 22nd Meeting
Directors of the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association will hold their regular quarterly meeting Monday night May 22 at 8 o'clock. The Penn Dauries Plant second floor hosts the gathering as associate county agent Victor Plastow announced. Discussion topics include changes in rates for dairymen using Association equipment. Directors urged to attend.
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Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Victor Plastow
Penn Dauries
Plastow
Cool Wet Spring Slows County Farm Field Work
Farmers across the county report a delayed start to planting as May rains keep fields soggy. Corn stands are uncertain in New Danville with half of crops planted and germination slow. tobacco and vegetables also lag behind normal progress.
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New Danville
Woncaster Farming
Smucker and Smith Named Heads of 4 H County Council
At the reorganizational meeting of the 4H County Council, Mike Smucker and Kaye Smith, both of Ephrata R2, were elected to lead for 1967 68 Smucker, 16, will be president of the agriculture section and is active in FFA, while 17 year old Smith, a Conestoga Valley High School senior, is in the business curriculum and leads the Grassland FFA Chapter Also discussed was a plan for the IFYE program with Lancaster County hosting its state convention in July and council involvement anticipated
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4H County Council
Mike Smucker
Kaye Smith
Ephrata R2
Smucker
Agriculture Section
Edward F Smucker
Mike
Future Farmers of America
Lancaster York Area
Garden Spot High School
Grassland Ffa
Miss Smith
Conestoga Valley High School
Grant € Smith
Winthrop Merriam
International Farm Youth Exchange Program
IFYE
Lancaster County
NEW County Council
Rohrerstown
L. F
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Slusser
State Holstein Assn
Avid Slusser
DHIA
By Don Timmons
Elizabethtown
H County Council
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