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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1958
Page
4
Lancaster County’s Outstanding Young Farmer of 1958 will be honored January 6 1959 at the Blue Ball Fire Hall banquet. Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture W L Henning will be guest speaker as a panel of judges selects the county’s top young agriculturist for Jaycee recognition. Public invited. tickets available from Lancaster, Strasburg and New Holland Jaycee chapters.
Burling's Hatchery reports two firsts from NEPPCO Egg-to-Chick Show with White Leghorns scoring top in Egg Production. Old-hen eggs used. Burling's New Hamps also top overall. Includes listed brands and breeding lines plus contact for buyers in Oxford, Penna.
Janice Showalter of Reinholds led the 1958 county 4 H Turkey Roundup at Strasburg Fire Hall with a perfect ten for her exhibit and a total of 98 of 100 points. The event crowned tight competition as J David Lapp and Mary E Hess also posted top scores among regional 4 H members.
Stephen Weichsel from Oxford RD 1 posted an 8 to 7 in exhibit to take fifth, while Bus Hong moved into the same overall position. The text notes that many people could retire comfortably based on their experience and cost.
The Lancaster Poultry Exchange on November 13 saw 45 lots totaling 132,190 birds listed with 46 lots sold for 132,040 birds. Top broiler lot reached a market ceiling of 16.5 per unit as Kenneth Noll and Abram Muller led sales including Leghorn fowl and white cross cockerel capettes at 20.3 and 16.5 respectively.
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