Two County Youths Win F and H Foundation Scholarships
Lancaster County high school seniors Ei leen V Anspach and Fire Stoner have been awarded the Farm and Home Foundation scholarships. Each $25000 award funds higher education at Penn State University. Anspach, Hempfield High School graduate, will study Home Economics. Stoner, Manheim Township High School graduate, will study Agronomy.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation
B. Snavely Garber
Willow Street
Eileen V Anspach
Bridgeview Avenue
Lancaster
Fire Stoner
Eden Road
Penn State University
Miss Anspach
Hempfield High School
Landisville
Stoner
Manheim Township
Neffsville
Penn State
Local Corn Variety Trials Part Of Six County Extension Study
A plot on the Bell Brothers farm in Lititz was planted with corn from 13 seed companies as part of a Uniform County Trial. The study will run in six Pennsylvania counties under the State Extension Service to gather uniform yield data on standard hybrid corn varieties. Additional tests in Lancaster County examine herbicide effectiveness and a new 30 inch row spacing in the annual corn extension study.
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Bell Brothers
Lititz
Arnold _G Lueck
Pennsylvania
State Extension Service
Thas
Lueck
Lancaster County Extension
Glenn Thomas
Lititz A3
Carl Herr
Penn Grant Rd
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Farm Calendar May 23 to 25 events in Lancaster area
May 23 at 7.30 pm County FFA Chapter meets Ephrata High School. 8 pm Red Rose DHIA directors meet at Farm Credit Building Lancaster. May 24 pm Board of Directors Lancaster County Agr and Home Ec Extension Assn meets Conestoga Bank Building Lancaster Shopping Center. May 25 7.30 pm Lancaster County SWCD directors meet with County.
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FFA
Ephrata High School
Red Rose Dhia
Farm Credit Bidg
Lancaster
Board of
Lancaster County Agr
Home Ec. Extension Assn
Conestoga Bank
Lancaster County
SWCD
4-H Capons Fly In One Day Earlier
County extension office reports a shipping delay from Wilmarth Poultry Farm suppliers. Pickup for 4-H Capon Club members moved to Monday May 30 at Mervin Peifer farm Manheim Al, between noon and 2 pm for delivery.
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County Extension Office
Wilmarth Poultry Farm
Mervin Peifer
Manheim
Mid-Year Farm Survey Begins in Lancaster County
A random sample of farm operators in Lancaster County and nationwide will be visited in the coming weeks as part of the U S Department of Agriculture mid year farm survey. Enumerators will interview about land use planted acres crops livestock and wages using aerial photos and road maps to locate the selected tracts.
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Lancaster
U.S Department of Agriculture Survey
department’s _ Statistical Reporting Service
County Farmer Transforms 30 Acres Into Campground Near Martieville
Elmer Huber, near Martieville, converted 30 acres of his El mer Lauber farm into a campsite complex centered on a one acre man made pond. He aims to attract recreation seeking city visitors and offer a rustic escape amid wildlife.
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Elmer Lauber
Martieville
Elmer Huber
Elmer L. Huber
Hubers
Huber
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F & H Foundation
Farm and Home Foundation
Eric Stoner
Eileen V. Anspach
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By Don Timmons