Cocalico FFA Honors Rebt Hoover for Farm Mechanics Work
Robert Hoover, a Denver teen and eleventh grader at Cocalico Union High, received the national FFA Foundation award for outstanding work in Farm Mechanics. He was also elected FFA president for 1960-61 after building a hog self feeder and remodeling three farm machines in the school shop. John Zimmerman and Donald Netty received awards for other FFA projects.
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Robert Hoover
Denver
Cocalico Union High School
Cocalico Future Farmers of America
Hoover
FFA Foundation
Cocalico
John Zimmerman
Reinholds
Donald Netzley
Stevens
Star Farmer
DeKalb
Jerry Snader
Ephrata
Star Greenhand
Russell Drumm
L. F
Records Are A Must At Willow Glen Farm
Willow Glen Farms in Lancaster County is a modern swine operation born from the ambitions of Joseph Little and John Henkel. The two young men relocated from Umbrian Farms in Lafayette New Jersey last January to pursue the venture.
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John Henkel
Joseph Little
Strasburg
Willow Glen
Lancaster County
Lafayette
New Jersey
Henkel
Rutger’s University
Rutgers
Pennsylvania State University
Umbrian Farms
Benson To Speak At Elizabethtown College Commencement
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson will headline Elizabethtown College commencement on May 30 at 10 am, outdoors if weather allows, and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws. The 58th annual ceremony grants three other honorary degrees to Shirley Watkins Steinman and John L. Pivney as 120 undergraduates receive their diplomas.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Elizabethtown College
Dell
Benson
Shirley Watkins Steinman
John L. Pivney
Harrisburg
Ancaster
Aguculure
E-town College
Extension Association
Farm Bureau
Audi- Tim
Dilkerville Road
Acasey
County Teachers of Voational Agriculture
Yew Holland High School
Ohrerstown
John Neff
Neffsville
Farmaw
Lancaster Nntty
Roseville
Pennie University
Penn- Yenia
April Milk Records In Zimmerman Herd Tops DHIA
The Zimmerman herd of Paul Erman in Ephrata tops the Red Rose Dairy Improvement Association DHIA for April with 28 400 pounds of milk and 7.00 pounds butterfat per cow. Other high producers include J Mowery Frey Lancaster with 63 pounds fat from 1531 pounds milk, and John Hershey Lititz with 19161 pounds milk and 704 pounds fat from 37 percent test. Thirty four registered Holsteins across the association logged strong lactations, with several farms hitting 600 pounds of fat or more.
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Paulerman
Ephrata Ri
Red Rose
J. Mowery Frey
Lancaster
John H. Hershey
Lititz
Pat
Job Stoltzfus
Elverson
Superb
Raymond F
Louise A. Witmer
Weekend Weather Outlook: Above Normal Temperatures and Scattered Showers
Five day forecast from Saturday to Wednesday shows temperatures averaging normal to four degrees above normal with nightly lows around 57 and afternoon highs near 79. Temperatures stay steady with scattered showers likely. Lancaster received 3.26 inches of rain Friday, bringing May total to 6.72 inches, the wettest May since 1948 when 9.42 inches fell.
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Lancaster
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Rebt
Donald Nett Iey
the Press
Sou
Elizabethtown
Dhia
Zommerman
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