Berks County farmer recalls yorkshire hampshire hog history
Berks County farmer Lash discusses decades of hog breeding from Yorkshires to Hampshire and back, noting breed shifts, notable boars like Curtiss Candy Damon and Maryland Roller, and his role as Yorkshire Club secretary. He currently raises 200 Yorkshires and cites Yorkshire popularity and large litters as reasons for the switch back.
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Lash
State
Canada
United States
Curtiss Candy
Damon
Cary
Wian Pickney and Sons
Cooksville
Ont
Maryland
Hampshire
Mississippi
Yorkshire Club
Lebanon Fair Grounds
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Land
Largewood
Calvin Lash
Berks County
Winners named in drawing contest at Intercourse store
John M. Stoltzfoos ranks first prize in a drawing at W. L. Zimmerman and Sons in Intercourse last Saturday, winning an Eversol Rocking Chair. The list of winners also includes numerous individuals and entities such as Turkey Winners and Brewers Ice Cream, with additional names and entrants noted. The 1975 Choose And Cut directory of Maryland Christmas Tree farms will be mailed December 1st by the Maryland Department of Agriculture and the Maryland Christmas Tree Growers Association, listing 20 plantations statewide. To obtain a copy send requests to the Maryland Department of Agriculture Annapolis office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Stoltzfoos
Ranks
W. L. Zimmerman and Sons
Intercourse
Stoltzfoos
Eversol
Robert Barnett
David E. Beiler
Willis S. Brubacker
John L. Deim
Andrew H. Diener
John E. Esh
Samuel L. Esh
Elam S. Fisher
Savilla M. Fisher
Dr. R. A. Hartmann
Barbara E. King
Christ K. King
Samuel F. King
Alvin L. Petersheim
Possibilities Unlimited
Isaac Z. Smoker
Terry Smoker
Annie Stoltzfus
Gideon K. Stoltzfus
Morris Z. Stoltzfus
Simeon Stoltzfus, Jr
Stephen J. Stoltzfus
Joan M. Sult
Amos Supplee
David Yoder
Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Maryland Christmas Tree Growers Association
Parole Plaza
Annapolis
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Lancaster
Pat Bradley
Berks Co
Samuel B. Bowell
Kjell Christiansen
Clyde K. Feister
Wm. Friedrich
Simon Herr
Galen W. Hershey
Sanford E. Hershey
Douglas High
Clyde E. Houck
Earl R. Houck
Benuel K. King
Kathy Kitchen
Harry G. Kreiser
J. Elmer Lapp
Margaret Scarborough
Wm. Skethway
Norman B. Smoker
Henry B. Smucker
Smuckers Engine Shop
Benuel S. Stoltzfus
John F. Stoltzfus
Jonas B. Stoltzfus
David F. Yeager, Sr
Jacob B. Zook
Isaac S. Zook
Old Guard
Oregon Pike
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
H. Eugene Keller
Poplar St
Richland
Ressler Insurance Agency
Strasburg, Pa
the Rhode Agency Inc
Main & Noble Sts
Kutztown, Pa
Memo Hay
ATIAM
NEW Holland Sales Stables, Inc
Lloyd H. Kreider
Ger’s Farm & Industrial ” Toy Center
John Deere
FORD
Wenger’s Farm Machinery Inc
Myerstown
Cali
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