County Florists Hear EU Flower Industry Slide Lecture
At the Lancaster County Florists Assn regular meeting May 16 at the Farm Bureau Cooperative in Lancaster Charles Crownover of West Chester presented on European greenhouse practices and flower breeding programs. He noted European tastes favor reds and bronzes in chrysanthemums, contrasting with American preferences.
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Lancaster County Florists Assn
Farm Bureau Cooperative
Lancaster
Charles Crownover
West Rosedale St
West Chester
Crownover
United States
Ten Named to Be Honored as 4 H Friends
Ten individuals were named Friends of 4 H for outstanding national service to 4 H Club development. The 27th National 4 H Conference will honor E R Eastman Enid A Haupt Norman C Mimdrum Mary Omen J Homer Remsburg Charles B Shuman Dr George Taylor Howard F Todd Mrs Ella Hale Weyant Louis H Wilson and others with engraved plaques at a June 19 ceremony.
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Friends of
Cooperative Extension Service
E. R. Eastman
American Agriculturist
Enid A. Haupt
Seventeen Magazine
Norman C. Mimdrum
Mary Omen
Consumer Services
J. C. Penney Co
J. Homer Remsburg
Maryland- Virginia Milk Producers’ Assn
Charles B Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
George Taylor
United States Rubber Co
Howard F Todd
American Oul Co
Ella Hale Weyant
Kerr Glass Manufacturing
Flower trade shifts and new pink variety eyed for U S
Florists note year round demand for whites and yellows and European green grocer retailing. A true shell pink variety developed in England draws envy and may be introduced to the United States. Potted plants, mainly petunias, shown by Girgin's Flowers. Next association meeting with Funeral Directors Association in Lancaster.
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England
Crownover
United States
Girgin
Leola
Funeral Directors Association
Lancaster
Poultry Association Members Attend State Meet and Auctions
Four representatives of the Chester Delaware County Poultry Association attended the State Poultry Federation board meeting last week at the Lancaster Poultry Center. They observed the sale of broilers at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange and visited the first random sample laying test. Plans were discussed for the Pennsylvania State Poultry Federation annual meeting at Penn State University June 11 to 13.
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Chester Delaware County Poultry Assn
State Poultry Federation Board
Lancaster Poultry Center
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Pennsylvania State Poultry Federation
Penn State University
Chester County
Sol” Shearer
Chester Delaware County Poultry Assa
New Boston Center
Longwood Gardens
Walter Carlin
Coatesville
Harold Thorforde
Victor Leto
L. L. Logan
Kennett Square
Connecticut Tobacco Growers Embrace Irrigation in Drought
In Hazardville and across northern Connecticut the 1957 shade-grown tobacco crop enters seeding amid a dry season. Farmers intensify irrigation with dealers stocking pipes and pumps while water supply woes and crowded schools shape local concerns.
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Hazardville
Conn
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Hartford
Scioto
Mount Holyoke
Massachusett
Bennett State Park
Connecticut River
Holyoke
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Mark Nolt
Landis- Wille
F. Barr
Marietta Avenue
Lancaster Florist’s Assn
Barr
Nolt
Beacon
Turkey
Beacon Turkey
Beacon Poultry Research Farm
Cayuga
Maine
Virginias
Beacon Milling Company, Inc
Cayuga, NE
York
Laurel
Del
Eastport
N.Y
Beacon-Showalter Feeds, Inc
Broadway, VA
Ernest J. Neill
Springfield
Mass
Allis-Chalmers
Allis Chalmers Cales and Service
National Farm and Home Hour
NBC
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro
Ann & Grumelli Farm
R. S. Weaver
Quarryville, Pa
Stevens, Pa
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa
N. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa
Snavelys Farm Services
New Holland, Pa
Lititz
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