Farm Calendar and Notes Highlight Poultry Topics
Editorial comments discuss Poultry feature Pseudorabies plans and Homestead Notes FFA poultry contest. Farm Women Home on the Range Ida's Notebook Recipe Swap Jr Cooking Edition Plant lover's corner 51 My Thoughts Turkey farmer Cereal leaf beetle. Classifieds Lebanon DHIA Speaking contest Farm equipment outlook Daiphin DHIA Ladies Have You Heard Life on the farm Joyce Bupp Sale Reports Public Sales Register.
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Homestead
FFA
Ida’s Notebook
Lebanon
DHIA
Daiphin
Joyce Bupp
Improved cattle market sets record at Lancaster yards
Lancaster Livestock Yards posted a new daily sales record with 1649 head on Wednesday as Ascension Day reduced Thursday turnout. Prices for choice cattle remained in the low 40s while overall demand was solid and buyers arrived from the region to meet needs.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
New Holland
Poultry Industry Faces Challenges in Egg Production
Gary Anderson of Ralston Purina says egg feed ratio is 6.8, down from 7.3 last year and 7.0 five-year average. At a Poultry management seminar in Lancaster attended by 180 producers, demand for eggs remains strong due to growing economy and higher incomes. Production rises though layer numbers fell by 40 million since 1970, with the downward trend reversing this year.
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Lancaster
Gary Anderson
Ralston-Purina Company
Annual Dairy Issue Deadline Notice
LANCASTER FARMING invites dairy groups organizations and individuals to submit articles and news for the Dairy Issue to be published June 4. Advertising and editorial materials must be received by Tuesday May 31. Contact 717 394 3047 717 626 1164 or write LANCASTER FARMING Box 266 Lititz PA 17543.
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Lancaster Farming
Lititz
Early tobacco planting under plastic gains head start in New Holland
Tobacco seedlings raised under plastic show maturity for field transplanting in New Holland area. Farmers report planting as early as two weeks ago, with most units starting this week and 42 to two acres set. Beds are sterilized in Fall with late February to early March seeds under plastic incubation.
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Joanne Spahr
New Holland
Ice Cream Standards Hearings Sought by Pennsylvania Official
Harrisburg Agriculture Secretary Kent Shelhamer urged the FDA to hold hearings on proposed final ice cream standards. If hearings are not held before June 13, 1977, the regulations would become final. Shelhamer said his department led the nation in requesting hearings to decide issues including the permissible content of certain substances.
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Harrisburg
Agriculture
Kent Shelhamer
Food and Drug Administration
Washington
Shelhamer
Department
Farm and Home Foundation Scholarship Winners Named
Twelve Lancaster area seniors left the Farm and Home Center after receiving 1977 Farm and Home Foundation Scholarships. Recipients will pursue agriculture home economics or nursing at chosen colleges based on financial need academics and leadership.
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Joanne Spahr
Lancaster
Farm and Home Center
Farm and Home Foundation
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