Tomato Seeds Travel Overseas From Pennsylvania
The State Bureau of Plant Industry reports 747 pounds of certified tomato seed were exported in 1961 to Ceylon India and South Africa. Each pound holds 183 172 seeds and the shipment could plant over 30 000 acres using Pennsylvania's recommended ratio. A declaration of inspection is required by destination quarantine officials.
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Harrisburg
Ceylon
India
South Africa
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Plant Industry
Steer Club To Sell Calves At Farm Show
Steer Club members may claim their prizes from five Shorthorn calves distributed by a club committee and county extension staff. The calves, purchased for the group and stabled at New Holland Sales Barn, were weighed to set a uniform price per pound. They will be fed and sold at the club roundup next November or at the 1963 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
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County Extension Service
New Holland
Pennsylvania
Turkey Club Exhibitors Share Ribbon Scores and Prizes
The Turkey Club exhibit contest lists winners with weights and prizes. James Dombach tops at $9 95 for 153 pounds and 62 cents per pound while Mary Esther Hess earns $1021 for 16 pounds. Mark Stoner and Roger Stoner place, with James Long and David Lapp also noted among top finishers as sponsor Strasburg Lions support the roundup judged by Carl Dossin of Penn State Extension Poultry.
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Mary Esther Hess
Mark Stoner
Roger
James Dombach
James Long
Charles Long
Peach Bottom
David Lapp
John Lapp
Bareville
J. David Lapp
Roger Stoner
Strasburg Lions
Carl Dossin
Pennsylvania State University
Ten Men and The Cowculator Farm Bureau Feed Service
Ten men and the COWculator team offer trained help to dairymen for efficient feeding. They promote accurate Cas key COWculator use to reach the goal of feeding every cow in the herd for maximum profit.
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Farm Bureau
Lancaster County
Farm Bureau Dairy
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Steer Club
Turkey Club
Chloro I. P. C
P.L. Rohrer
Smoxetown
Farm Bureau Way
Lancaster
Elgin
Manheim
Quarryville
Sterling
Anc. Cous
NSA
Burtt
Arthur Schenenberger
Charles McCrabb
Eugene Rineer
Harol Geib
John E. Wolgemuth
Melvin Koser
Harold Kinsey
Allen Mackey
Victor Denlinger
John McCormick
Penna. Farm Bureau Co-op Ass’n
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