Annual Meeting Opens Led by Women Officers
The Lancaster County Society of Farm Women holds its 38th annual outing at Moose Hall Lancaster with about 350 expected. State president Mrs Charles Shrive and first vice president Mrs Mark Herr attend. sessions begin at 10 AM with singing music and devotions.
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Lancaster County Society of Farm Women
Moose Hall
Easting Street
Lancaster
Charles Shrive
Mark Herr
Collegeville
Sevott- Nissley
Society 19
Wilbur Hostetter
Society 5
Society 23
Lancaster Countys
Milton Eberly
Society 6
Elizabethtown
E. Robert Nalt
Society
Earl Stauffer
Leroy Hottenstein
David Yoder
Henry Lehman
Society 9
Hostetter
Farm Women
Florence Moran
Harrisburg
Society 3
Farm Women’s Chorus
Frances Nissley
Lititz
Eberly
E Robert Nolt
Kenneth Eshelman
Paul Eb
Henry Stehman
Lancaster Farming aims to serve farmers in the Susquehanna Valley
A launch message for Lancaster Farming declares it as a dedicated farmer newspaper for the lower Susquehanna River Valley. It promises meetings, sales, crop and weather notes, legislation, markets, and concise fact sheets with candid coverage of costs and investments. The paper invites reader input and emphasizes serving farmers with home-focused reporting.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Farming
Susquehanna River Valley
Remembering Pennsylvania Agriculture and Its Foundations
W. L Henning, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, credits two and a half centuries of tradition and practical trial and error in Lancaster County farming. He highlights the role of farm papers in disseminating methods, research, and market information for advancing state agriculture.
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Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
October Rain Shatters 12 Year Record in Lancaster
October proved the wettest month in 12 years with 5.67 inches of rain in Lancaster County. Ephrata recorded 1.67 inches as storms toppled a concrete block poultry house on Enos Buckwalter’s farm killing about 75 broilers. Temperatures dropped and the week stayed cool. Farmers Night featured the Strasburg Lions Club promoting farmer city ties with member guests.
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Lancaster County
Ephrata
Enos
Brethren Help Clean-Up After Barn Fire in October
Lititz residents from the Brethren group assisted two families led by Madison Dietrich of R2 in cleanup efforts following a barn fire that destroyed the structure on October 21.
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Brethren
Lititz Chuck
Madison Dietrich
Lancaster Farming Launches as New Agriculture Paper
Lancaster Farming debuts as a Southeastern Pennsylvania publication serving farmers with focused agricultural news. The editorial outlines staff expertise, broad coverage from plowing to harvesting, and collaboration with local papers to deliver timely farm information for charter subscribers.
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Lancaster Farming Today
Pennsylvania
Lancaster Farming
Quartryvle Sun
Christiana Public Ledger
Alfred C Alspach
Lancaster Farming Welcomed by U.S. Agriculture Chief
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture, writes a public letter praising Lancaster Farming for its role in agricultural journalism. He notes the publication as a bridge between rural and urban readers and commends its effort to inform farmers families and communities about technology markets government and social trends.
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Mr. Neill
R.F.D
Main Street
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Nnual
Aungst Bros
RD 1
Manesta
Grant Heilman
W. L Henning
Secretary of Agriculture
Department ‘of Agriculture
Washington
Ernest J. Neill
Quarryville, Pa
Ezra Taft Benson
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