Raising Turkeys Next Year Penn State Offers Mail Course
Penn State University provides a ten lesson correspondence course on market turkey production. Topics cover breeding feeding and marketing with notes on varieties and market advantages. Authored by Harry Kauffman, the program also notes disease and parasite vices. Lancaster County data from 1954 show 285 farms producing 236000 turkeys.
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Pennsylvania State University
Harry Kauffman
Lancaster County
Turen Venezuela project adds 649 new homes
Lancaster Farming outlines a South American Turen project creating 649 homes with three bedrooms a combined living dining area kitchen and bath all equipped with electricity and running water. The project features photos credited to Hamilton Wright.
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Turen
Venezuela
Hamilton Wright
10 Million Acres Signed in Wheat Acreage Reserve
USDA reports through Oct 19 farmers signed 195,299 agreements covering 10,124,319 acres under the 1957 winter wheat Acreage Reserve. Eligible payments could total 187,819,709 dollars. Compared with 193,253 agreements for 9,051,292 acres and 170,147,035 dollars reported through Oct 12, 1956.
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Washington
Farm Calendar Highlights Local Farm Events
November events include Law Co Farmers Assn meeting and Conservation Reserve contract deadline. December features Oxford Grange party at Barnsley and Fernwood Grange covered dish dinner. January 1957 lists Pennsylvania Farm Show Week in Harrisburg with related events and Poultry Federation banquet.
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Society of Farth Women
Swatara Hill
James Kieffer
Oxford Grange
Barnsley
Law Co
Farmers Assn
Paul Herr
Holtwood
National Farm Bureau Federation
Miami Beach
Fernwood Grange
Grange Hall
R. T. James
James Industries
Paoli
Farm
Harrisburg
Poultry Federation
Penn Harris
Acreage Reserve signup closes and funds reallocated
Unobligated funds were shifted to counties that had exhausted their allocations. Farmers who filed agreements by October 5 and indicated desire to sign up more wheat acreage were offered additional allotments under the Acreage Reserve program. Some could not initially enroll all desired acres due to exhausted county funds or desire to exceed preliminary allocations.
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ASC
Farm Wheat Allotment Rule Capped at Fifty Percent
A policy sets a limit of 50 percent for farm wheat allotments, imposing a cap on how much wheat a farm can allocate under the program. The measure targets distribution equity and aims to regulate production shares among growers.
Dutch Bell for Better Beef dairy and beef cattle
An agricultural notice promotes DUTCH BELL as a vitamin supplement for cattle and hogs to improve dairy performance and steer meat quality. It urges farmers to use the product for healthier stock and superior beef.
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Lancaster
Buile
Faw Garvan
Farm Bureau
Dillerville Road
Lane
Quarryville
Manheim
New Holland
Penn State
University Park
Ephrata, PA
S. State St. Owen
P.M
Wees Cee
Cvenings
Ephrata
Oliver
Oliver Superiors
Chas. J. McComsey & Sons
Hickory Hill, Pa
E. L. Herr
Peach Bottom
N. G. Hershey & Son Manheim
RD. 1
Farmersville Equipment Co
Ephrata, B.D
Lancaster Farming
Law. Co. Farmers Assa
Soil Bank
Mar-Gro Mfg. Co
Aaron S. Martin
Lincoln
Thermopane
Universal Milkers
Miller’s Insecticides
Wirthmore
Haverly
Lauder Loaders
DeKalb Chix
Marietta
Stilbestral
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Lancaster Warehouse
Quarryville Warehouse
David H. Weaver
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