Dombach Leads Pa Team in National FFA Dairy Contest
Martin Dombach of Quarryville captains Pennsylvania’s Dairy Products Judging team at the National Day Show in Waterloo Iowa. The 1957 Solanco High graduate earned the national berth by winning state titles in June. Teammates include Richard Poorbaugh and Charles Houck, with William M Fredd guiding the group on tours of Chicago and other sites.
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Martin Dombach
Quarryville
RD 1
Penna
FFA
Waterloo
Iowa
William M Fredd
Solanco
Martin
Fredd
William Jackson
Peach Bottom
Birs
Paul Dombach
Towa
Solanco High School
Pennsylvania
Dombach
Richard Poorbaugh
Berlin
Brothers Valley Ffa
Charles Houck
Pen-Argyll Ffa
Chicago
State Crop Round-up 1958 Pennsylvania reports frost-free window needed
State Crop Reporting Service notes frost-free weather needed for most of the Pennsylvania corn crop to mature. Corn denting in central and some northern counties, picking begun in southern areas. Frosts in mountainous north, tobacco buying in Lancaster, apple picking underway, grape and peach harvests upcoming, potatoes digging and pastures in good condition.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Cameron County
Lancaster County
Smoke House
McIntosh
Cortland
New Hampshire Hens Do Well On Oats
A two year test by the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station shows New Hampshire hens fed oats yield the most eggs and lowest mortality. Corn fed flocks had the poorest egg production and highest deaths, while mixed grains performed better with oats but higher cannibalism.
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Kentucky Agricultural Expriment Station
New Hampshire
Kentucky
Weather temperate week with heavy rainfall in Berks County
Temperatures ranged from 91 degrees in Middletown on Friday to 29 degrees at Emporium the following Monday. Between 7 PM Friday and 7 PM Saturday more than four inches of rain fell at Myerstown and Virginville in Berks County. Precipitation was near normal in the southwest, below normal in the northwest, and well above normal in the east.
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Middletown
Emporium
Myerstown
Virginville
Mixed grain ration outperforms others for New Hampshire hens
Kentucky researchers find half corn and half oats to be the most practical grain mix among four tested. The study weighed performance and cost to conclude this balance suits New Hampshire hens best.
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Kentucky
New Hampshire
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Rheems, Pa
L. H. Brubaker
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa
Lititz, Pa
Lancaster, Pa
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv
Quarryville, Pa
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa
Erie
Wu Dle
Stauffer
L. Rohrerch
Smoketown, PA
Ph. Lane
Step UP Production
Miller & Bushong
Lancaster Express
Bushong, Inc
Rohrerstown, Pa
Ph. Lancaster
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