Lancaster County Peach Crop To Reach Half Estimated In Drought
At a county bee meeting in Ephrata Roy Teider and Amos Butt report crops vary by area with many orchards only half a crop. Carl Bittner notes 60 percent yield potential and recommends a normal spray schedule for Shank's Peach in New Danville while hillside blocks show better sets and may require thinning.
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Ephrata
Carl Bittner
Ivana State
Lancaster
Roy Teider Ave
Amos Butt
Shank’s Peach Orchards
New Danville
Bittner
Clear Skies Spur Corn Planting And Early Haying
Clear skies and warm days prompt Lancaster County farmers to begin hay making and corn planting. With a week of no rain, many crews are catching up on planting while pastures provide feed but dairymen hold back due to cool nights. Tomatoes stay slow for canning, peas grow strongly, and strawberry yields look excellent aided by winter snows.
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Lancaster County
NEPPCO Proposes Uniform Poultry Record System
NEPPCO presents a four week record plan to county poultrymen, feed dealers and extension staff to standardize data across flocks. Albert Van Wagenen describes a performance based system improving comparisons and program analysis, with data mailed to NEPPCO for electronic processing and an analyzed report returned.
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van Wagenen
Northeast Poultry Producers Cou CO
Poultrymen
Mark Myer
Lampeter
Sanity Poultry Association
Neppco
Poultry Center
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Northeast Poultry Producers Council
Lancaster County
Albert van Wagenen
County 4 H schedules 3 day camp at Boy Scout camp
Lancaster County 4 H members will camp at Chiques tan again this year near the Susquehanna River hills for a three day period. Registration for ages 10 to 21 begins 1:00 p m June 13 at the camp with advance enrollment due by June 7 at the County Agent office. The program includes first aid handicraft swimming riflery nature study recreation and campfire programs.
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Lancaster County
Chiquetan
Winthrop Merriam
Susquehanna River Hills
Merriam Said
Officers Elected By Donegal FFA
Glenn Musser of Mount Joy was elected president of the Witness Oak chapter of Future Farmers of America at a recent meeting. He is a junior in vocational agriculture at Donegal Joint High School, Mount Joy. His older brother Donald previously served as chapter president.
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Glenn Musser
Mount Joy Ri
Witness Oak Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Musser
Elias Musser
Donegal Joint High School
Mount Joy R
Donald
John W. Eby
Gordonville
Pequea Valley
Eby
Pequea Valley High School
Masonic Homes Top Ayrshire Heifer at National Sale
Masonic Home Farms E town consigned purebred Ayrshire heifer Polly Ann 2nd placed third high in the 1961 Grand National Sale at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Building. F Ambrose Clark Cooperstown bought for 1050 dollars. Thirty five head averaged 711 14 with Oakmore Fashions Queen at 1125 to Joel Eidson Madison. Six animals topped 1000 and buyers came from CT MD MA MI NY OH PA RI VT and Canada.
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Masonic Home Farms
E’town
Pennsylvania Farm
Polly Ann
F. Ambrose Clark
Cooperstown
New York
Oakmore Fashion
Raymond C Bloom
Connecticut
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Canada
FFA Chapter Buys 34 Ton Pickup Truck
The Witness Oak chapter recently purchased a new 34 ton pickup truck for chapter activities and farming program use. Grant Miller, advisor, said the truck will be used mainly for chapter work and transportation on the annual FFA senior trip.
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Witness Oak Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Grant Miller
FFA
Pequea FFA Holds Election At High School Meet
Pequea Valley FFA members elected John W. Eby Jr to preside with Glen Esbenshade named vice president at a recent Pequea Valley High School gathering. Other officers include secretary Benjamin L. Clark treasurer Dale B Hostetter and reporter Richard S. 5.
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Glen E. Esbenshade
Elias B. Esbenshade
Paradise Ri
Benjamin L. Clark
David R Clark
Kinzers
Dale B Hostetter
Eby I Hostetter
Gap
Richard 5
Five Day Weather Forecast Sees Mild Cooling Next Week
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging 2 to 6 degrees below normal with nights around 57 and afternoons near 79. Expect cooler conditions Saturday and a slight warm up Sunday followed by cooler Monday and Tuesday then warmer Wednesday. Precipitation ranges from one tenth to six tenths of an inch as a few showers late Sunday.
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Ray Hahn
Columbia al
Hill
Myra
Dillerville Rd
Memorial Day Lions Club
Wal Valley Lea Malin
Ee Group
Semoor
Dil
Vocati
Lancastonal Ag- Associant Lampeter
Donegal Ffa
Masonic Homes
Nat'l. Sale
Pequea Ffa
John W. Eby, JH
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