Warwick Chapter FFA Dominates County Judging Contest
Warwick Chapter FFA swept the county judging contest. Individual top scores included 515 by Bruce Groff and 510 by John Christiana R1. Team results favored Warwick with an average 432, edging Manheim at 430 as Cocalico Penn Manor and others followed.
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Bruce Groff
Quarry
Jonn Christiana
Manheim
Cocalico
Penn Manor
Donegal
New Holland
Pepuca Valley
Solanco
Lampeter
Leroy Shenk
Glenn Metzler
Manheim Chapter
Ronald Weaver
Jacob Harnish
Dennis Langrey
Wilbur Graybill
Warwick
James Brubaker
James Noll
Richard Erb
Tom Hess
Dale Boyer
Glenn Kunkel
John J Hess
William Maule
Larry Weaver
Leroy Shhenk
Harold Good
Hatcheries Score Wins At NEPPCO Show in Harrisburg
Two Lancaster County hatcheries earned top honors at the Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Exposition in Harrisburg. Babcock Hatchery Lititz won white egg first with Babcock Bessies. Florin Farms Mt. Joy R1 topped meat division and placed fifth in white egg. Hubard Farms Lancaster was runner up in brown egg class. Judging emphasized egg quality, shell texture, and chick uniformity. Competition open to Nepperland northeastern states.
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Lancaster County
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council
Harrisburg
Babcock Hatchery
Lititz
Florin Farms, Inc
Mt. Joy
Hubbard Farms
Lancaster
C. Nelson Hardy and Son
Essex
Mass
George M Anthony ,and Sons
Strtown
Burlings Hatchery
Oxford
Longeneckers Poultry Farm
Elizabethtown
Babcock
Nepperland
County Farmers Inspect Experimental Hybrid Corn Plots
Lancaster county farmers were invited to inspect a 75 by 90 foot hybrid corn demonstration plot on William M. Shenk’s farm, 14 miles west of Rt. 72 at Mylin’s Corner. Wayne Rentschler and Victor Denlinger organized the display to educate on disease resistance, root strength, and performance at 13,000 and 18,000 plants per acre.
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Lancaster County
William M. Shenk
Lancaster R6
Rt. 72
Mylin’s Corner
Wayne B. Rentschler
Victor Denlinger
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Rentschler
Agricultural Experiment Station
Pennsylvania State University
Six Lancaster County FFA Members Attend National Convention
Six members of the Lancaster County Chapter of Future Farmers of America will attend the National FFA Convention in Kansas City next week. The group includes two honorees receiving the highest degree, two band members, one chorus singer and one official delegate for the Pennsylvania State Association. Gerald Greiner of Manheim will lead the Keystone FFA as president.
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Lancaster County
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Kansas City
Pennsylvania State Association
Dean Hoffer
Manheim
Kenneth Roose
Lititz
Municipal Auditorium
John Graham
Christiana Ri
William Maule
Quarryville
Solaneco High School
Maule
Graham
Pennsylvania
Vania
Keystone Association
Gerald Greiner
Manheim Ail
Greiner
Hoffer
Boose
Five Day Weather Forecast With Temperature Drift
The forecast calls for normal to four degrees above normal temperatures over the next five days. A cooler spell arrives Saturday with a warm trend through the weekend into Monday. Showers are possible Monday with cooler days Tuesday and Wednesday. Normal lows around 48 and highs near 68. Lancaster reports 0.6 inch of rain with heavier totals elsewhere as the past 19 days ran above normal.
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Lancaster
Farmers Begin Corn Harvest In County
Farmers in the county move from tobacco to corn as harvest starts with mixed progress. Many fields show cob corn for shelling or immediate drying while seedings of winter grain begin slowly due to prior dryness. Rain last week aids newly seeded crops though pasture and forage growth still face moisture gaps.
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Pennsylvania Crop and Weather Reporting Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arwick
Ins County
Lampeter Fair
Nihe
Adother
S E
Skull Co
Penna
Bree- Landisville
Strasins
PFA
National
Counrestock
CTC
Guernsey
Lincoln
Farns
aEaders Council
Lancas Poultry Exchange
Lancaster Baby Beef
Lancaster Bards
Um, Mo
EN Herr, JR
Florin Farms Hatchery
Northeastern Producers Council
Harris Is
Neppco
Bruce Babcock
Russel Mease
Purdue University
Six Co
Donald Musser
Joy Ri
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