Jr Dairy Show Highlights Skills Across Six Classes
Countywide events this week and statewide through the month feature six age based classes for calves and mature cows. Fitting and showing judges evaluate exhibitor preparation while type judges assess conformation. Master Ribbon honors go to near perfect fittings and outstanding presentation under directors Paul Anderson and Howard Newcomer.
Dairymen in Lancaster County Paid Over 23 Million
Lancaster County dairy farmers earned more than 23 million dollars from milk produced in 1959. Pennsylvanian milk industry leader Eugene Pearce notes about 64 000 cows milking daily and Pennsylvania ranking fourth in world milk production. State farmers market over 74 million dollars in food with milk valued at 331 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Eugene Pearce
Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers
Pearce
Lancaster Co
Pennsylvania
America
Milk Control Commission
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Poultry Parasite Concerns On Page Five
A read appears about poultry health noting mites and lice as internal parasites. It suggests building gaps and daytime activity as risk factors and lists treatments including DDT and zinc sulfate. Emphasizes monitoring, control measures, and the impact on weight and production.
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Rockland
Rockland Corti
Rockland Nec
Lancaster
Lancaster Farming
Strasburg
Esbenshade
Turkey Farm Paradise, PA
Rockland Chemical CO
Reo
Red Rose
Joseph M. Good & Sons
Newport Rd
Leola, Pa
Mountville
R. D
Columbia, Pa
Snader’s Mill
Stevens, Pa
Walter & Jackson, Inc
Christiana, Pa
Leroy Geib
Manheim
I. B. Graybill & Son
Refton, Pa
Allis-Chalmers Sales & Service
Allis-Chalmers
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro
N. G. Myers & Son
L. H. Brubaker Rheems
Lancaster, Pa
Reis
Corspai
Mount Joy, PA
Henry W. Kretl
New Holland Ph