Soil Conservation Districts Grow Across Pennsylvania
From Lancaster and surrounding counties Elmer V. Good Henry H. Hackman and Amos Funk plan to attend the Bloomsburg session. Fifty six Pennsylvania counties have created soil conservation districts covering about 90 percent of the state land with 27000 landowners joining as district cooperators.
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Bloomsburg
Lancaster County
Elmer V. Good
Lititz
Henry H. Hackman
Manheim
Amos Funk
Millersville
Pennsylvania
FFA Judging Results From Page One
School averages list top teams Penn Manor New Holland Eph rata Donegal Pequea Valley Solanco and Lampeter Strasburg with high individual Vernon Good Fred Hess James Boose and Ray Hehnley leading Warwick and Mohnton entries. Dairy and Livestock results show top placers including James Boose Fred Hess and Vernon Good across Pequea Valley Paradise and Willow Street regions.
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Penn Manor
New Holland
Ephrata
Donegal
Pequea Valley
Solanco
Elizabethtown
Lampeter-Strasburg
Vernon Good
Lititz
Warwick
Fred Hess
James Boose
Ray Hehnley
Carl Gehman
Mohnton
Gerald Kreider
Quarryville
Glenn Musser
Mount Joy
Lloyd Martin
Bareville Ri
Tie
Donald
Tobacco bed fumigation powder promises cheaper weed control
The Mylone product sold as Mico-Fume claims to replace steam tobacco bed fumigation by applying at ground temperatures between 50 and 65 degrees. Miller Chemical’s Ross E. Holtz cites successful four year trials with Maryland tobacco growers and ongoing county demonstrations coordinated with Jere Rohrer.
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Ross E. Holtz
Miller Chemical Company
Maryland
Holtz
Jere Rohrer
Livestock Tour Planned in New Tripoli Lead
Livestock Tour in New Tripoli requires advance reservations for bus travel. The trip departs 825 E Chestnut Street at 7 30 am on October 19. Reservations can be made at the County Agent’s Lancaster Post Office building office by Monday Oct 16.
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New Tripoli
Chestnut Street
Lancaster
Maryland and North Carolina tobacco growers adopt spray bed treatment
Farmers in Maryland and North Carolina use a bed treatment that needs no covering after spraying. Holtz explains the active ingredients move into the soil when washed in, sealing the surface. Rohner demonstrates the easy three to four step process on Forney Longenecker's Lititz farm.
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Maryland
North Carolina
Holtz
Rohrer
Forney Longenecker
Lititz R
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Hudson
Wong
Reist
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Conestoga Brand Fertilizers
Lancaster Bone Fertilizer Co
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Farm Bureau
Leon Kreider
Quarryville, R. D. 1
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