Women Added To State Plow Contest
Pennsylvania nears state championship as 42 county winners compete in Towanda August 27 at the State Plowing Contest. The event is part of 1969 Agricultural Progress Days at Fox Chase Farms near Towanda Airport with dairy shows forage and forestry field days and a women's program. Three divisions include small plow and level land.
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Pennsylvania
Towanda
Bracfo
Fox Chase Farms
Cooperative Extension Services of
Pennsylvania State University
Cornell University
Pennsylvania Grassland Council
State
Charles Slaton
U S. Soil Conservation Service
Harrisburg
Visiting Doctor Schmuck And Family On Pine Lane Farmstead
Visiting Dr Larry Schmuck and his family showcase their 112 acre Pine Lane Farmstead in Wakefield Lancaster County. The family raises pigs 4-H Ayrshire calves Hereford steers Holstein heifers and quarter horses while keeping cats dogs and pigs. they plan larger hog numbers to satisfy IRS farming status with help from Mrs Schmuck and children Karen Sandra Ellen and Warren.
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Doctor Schmuck
Pine Lane
Wakefield
Larry Schmuck
Schmuck
Lancaster County
McMullen
Cox
Quarryville
Karen
Sandra
Ellen
Warren
Willow Glen
Strasburg
Internal Revenue Service
Peach Bottom
Lancaster
Up The Silo With John Yost Dairy Hay Harvest Scene
John S Yost operates a self unloading wagon to fill a 20 by 60 foot silo with alfalfa in Tuesday morning light. He Wilted the grass to 40 percent moisture for 80 head registered Holstein dairy herd. Alfalfa in bad stage with few flowers and spittle bugs noted. no spray applied. The Yost family Debbie Beth Lori and parents live north of Spring Garden on Springlea Farm as county farmers cut hay?
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John S Yost
Kinzers R1
Yost
John
Mrs. Yost
Debbie
Beth
Lori
Spring Garden
Springlea
Lancaster Farming to Publish Dairy Issue Next Week
The annual salute to Lancaster County dairy industry will appear as a special issue next week. DHIA and Breed Association reports, interviews with leading dairymen, articles by dairy representatives, scenic dairy photos, and ads for dairy farmers will be featured.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster
Dhia
Regional Show Hosted By Lanchester Club
Regional horse and pony show to run June 16 22 at John Gibson Farm Drumore with youth from southeast Pennsylvania and New Jersey competing. Lancaster Pony Club HQ hosts teams aiming to qualify for the National Rally in Nashville the week of July 24.
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John Gibson
Drumore
George Hassler
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Lancaster Pony Club
Nashville Town
Potato Growers Favor Self-Assessment Plan in Hearing
Pennsylvania potato growers testified at a public hearing that they support a selfassessment of one cent per hundredweight for potato research and promotion. The plan applies to potatoes for human consumption grown on ten or more acres. State Agriculture Secretary Leland H Bull will likely mail ballots on June 6 with a return deadline of noon June 20. Wayne Readinger Fleetwood Berks County master of the Pennsylvania State Grange spoke at the session.
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Pennsylvania
Leland H Bull
Wayne Readinger
Fleetwood Berks County
Pennsylvaia State Grange
Farm Calendar June 2 4-H Capen pick-up Wanhaim Mervin Peifer Farm
Farm calendar notes a 1:30 to 4:00 PM 4-H Capen pick-up at Mervin Peifer Farm on Wanhaim Road Rt 7 30 PM Penryn 1H Community Club meets at Penryn Fire Hall.
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Mervin Peifer
Wanhaim
Penryn
Penryn Fie Hall
Lancaster County
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Everett R. Newswanger
Lancaster Farming
Lanchester Club
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