NEPPCO Pushes Railroads for New Freight Rates
NEPPCO directors urge reduction of freight rates for feedstuffs into the northeast after New York Central withdrew its proposed schedule. The board vows to pursue all legal avenues to push Penn Central to adopt favorable rates once merger effects begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neppco Board
Washington, D. C
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
Northeast
New York Central Railroad
ICC
Pennsy Central
Penn-Central Rail
Solt Water Conservation District Directors Plan Coordination
Lancaster County Solt Water Conservation District directors held a planning meeting with Ellis Harned, Lancaster County Planning Commission Director. They discussed coordinating district activities with the county, protecting farm land, and aligning planning studies with soils and physical characteristics. Harned noted the planning commission is advisory with no regulatory authority except for subdivision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Solt Water Conservation District
Ellis Harnéd
Lancaster County Planning Commission
Amos Funk
Harned
County Planning Commission
Farm Calendar May 30 to June 3 Happenings
Farm Calendar lists events from May 30 noon to 2 pm 4H Capon Club pickup at Mervifi Peifer farm Manheim to May 31 8 pm Lancaster County Pomona Grange at White Horse Fire Hall and a Dairy Princess Contest deadline plus Red Rose 4H Baby Beef Lamb Club at John Neff School on May 31. June 2 7 pm Twilight fruit growers meeting at Haymans Northbrook Orchards Route 872 near West Chester and June 3 6 30 pm Lancaster County Farm Equipment Dealers Association spring meeting at Meadow Hills Dining Hall New Danville Pike Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capon Club
Mervifi Peifer
Manheim
Lancaster County
Pomona Grange
White Horse Fire Hall
Red Rose
Baby Beef & Lamb Club
John Neff School
Twilight Fruit Growers
Chester County
Hayman’s
Northbrook Orchards
Route 872
West Chester
Lancaster County Farm Equipment Dealers Assn
Meadow Hillis Dining Hall
New Danville Pike
Lancaster
Area Fall Fair Schedule Sets 1966 Pennsylvania Fairs
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture posted schedules for 105 fairs in 1966. State funds will reimburse premiums paid in 1965, according to State Secretary Leland H. Bull who oversees the fund distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
State Secretary of Agriculture
Leland H. Bull
Beef Club To Vote On Steer Purchase Plan Alternatives
Red Rose 4 H Baby Beef and Lamb Club members meet June 1 at Neffsville High to decide the calf buying method for its 130 members. Three plans were debated: all buy locally, current county-led bulk purchase, or a compromise allowing individual purchases. Dr Sam Guss Penn State will discuss Baby Beef Health after the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neff
Neffsville High
Sam Guss
Penn State University
Spring Comes On Schedule For Tobacco Plants Under Plastic
Don Timmons reports on Robert Mylin farm Willow Street where tobacco seedlings under plastic or muslin reflect spring timing. Plastic beds, planted a day earlier and given ammonium nitrate, showed readiness for field by last weekend while muslin plants lagged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Timmons
Lancaster County
Robert Mylin
Willow Street
Mylin
Willow Street R2
L. F
Red Rose FFA Sets Summer Schedule At Ephrata High
At a Monday meeting at Ephrata High School Red Rose FFA members set summer show and social activities. Elizabethtown FFA will handle the county sport schedule featuring inter chapter baseball. The Swine Show is set for July 26 at 8 am at Lancaster Union Stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata High School
Red Rose Future Farmers of America
Elizabethtown
FFA
Lancaster
Union
DHIA Directors And Testers Plan Meeting
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association directors and 17 testers agreed to a social gathering in Lancaster Farm Credit Building to foster mutual understanding. No formal action will be taken. secretary will record discussions. Directors Allen Risser and Daniel Stoltzfus named to plan the event for late July or early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Lancaster Farm Credit
Allen Risser
Daniel S Stoltzfus
Robert Breneman
Weekend Forecast Promises Near Perfect Weather
The outlook calls for near normal temperatures with slight cooling. A cold front brings some showers Saturday, followed by scattered showers Tuesday. No broad rain pattern is expected during the period.
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