County Dairy Clubbers To Show Forty-Three Animals At State
Twenty five 4 H club members and eighteen Future Farmers of America qualify to show animals in the eighth annual Pennsylvania Junior Dairy Show September 19 31 at the Farm Show Building Harrisburg. Eligible animals are blue ribbon winners from the District 4 H show and Regional FFA show held last week at the Guernsey Pavilion near Lancaster. Associate County Agent Victor Plastow notes all animals must have Shipping fever inoculations before shipment to Harrisburg in addition to Bangs disease and tuberculosis tests required for local shows.
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4-H Club
Future Farmers of America
Pennsylvania
Farm Show
Harrisburg
Guernsey
Lincoln Highway
Lancaster
Victor Plastow
Farm Calendar September 9 to 14 4-H and soil district meetings
County Soil Conservation District Directors meet in the Court House at 8 p m. County 4 H Ayr Shire Jersey Brown Swiss club meets at Kenneth Eshelman Elizabethtown R1. Vegetable Growers Field Day at Penn State University. Elizabethtown Donegal 4 H club meets at Christ Muller Elizabethtown Rl. County 4 H Guernsey club meets Lampeter Strasburg HLS agri room. Annual turfgrass field day at Penn State University Sept 11 12. Lititz Manheim 4 H club meets at Mary Alice Gray bill Lititz R2. Boots and Saddles 4 H club meets Lancaster Riding Club grounds Lincoln Highway west. District 4 H horse show at Ludwig Corners Keston County recive nigiay.
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Lampeter - Strasburg Hls. Agri
Pennsylvania State University
Lititz- Manheim
Mary Alice Graybill
Lititz
Lancaster Riding Club
Lancoln High Way
Ludwig
Keston County
Recive Nigiay
Biologic Control Of Jap Beetles
ARS scientists at the Northern Utilization Laboratory Peoria Ill seek mass production of bacterial spores for milky disease to combat Japanese beetles. They plan industrial fermentation to grow cells then induce spore formation, aiming for a cheap effective soil treatment to curb westward spread and farm use.
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ARS
Northern Utilization Laboratory
Peoria
Ill
U. S
Manheim HS Names New Voc Ag Teacher Hess
Charles F. Hess, a vocational agriculture teacher for 30 years, was hired by Manheim Central High School to replace Joseph McGahen who resigned for a Pennsylvania State University staff post. Hess taught 22 years at Mansfield High School and led a Future Farmer Chapter of about 30 boys. He hails from a dairy and poultry farm in Northern Luzerne County and is a Penn State alumnus.
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Charles F. Hess
Manheim Central High School
Joseph McGahen
Pennsylvania State University
Hess
Mansfield High School
Future Farmer
Luzerne County
Corsica Union H. S
Jefferson County
Scott Juge
Donegal FFA Combines Earning And Leaning
Members of the Witness Oak Chapter Future Farmers of America blend education and economics in a chapter project at Donegal Union High School. Grant Miller finances much of the program through tobacco and corn, with seven acres of tobacco across five plots and 12 acres of corn on Shares with Martin Musser. Proceeds fund the 1964 graduates western tour and other activities, including leadership training, parent and son banquets, and FFA week travel.
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Witness Oak Chapter
Future Farmers of America
Donegal Union High School
Grant Miller
Martin Musser
Mount Joy Rl
United States
PFA
Parent and Son
FFA
Pennsylva
County Livestock Tour To Ohio Is Scheduled
Plans for a three day Lancaster County Livestock Tour into Ohio are set led by County Agent Max Smith. Reservations before Sept 25 are first come first served with a $23 bus deposit and participants buy meals and lodging. Two charter buses limit 716 spots with standbys for cancellations.
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Lancaster County
Ohio
Max Smith
Smith
Livestock Feeders
Lancaster
Dairy Bulls Fed For Beef Profitable Says Penn State
Penn State dairy scientist Dr James R Nichols reports on feeding trials at the World Conference of Animal Production in Rome. Dairy bulls reached 800 pounds at 10 months while dairy steers took 11 months, 1000-pound animals in 13 versus 14 months, with bulls consuming about 414 pounds less feed to reach slaughter weight.
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Pennsylvania State University
World Conference of Animal Production
Rome
Italy
James R. Nichols
Agricultural Experiment Station
Penn State
Bull Semen Can Transmit Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Agriculture Research Service veterinarians at Plum Island Long Island report foot-and-mouth disease can be spread by bull semen before visible symptoms. AI using contaminated semen could introduce the disease to U S livestock if semen is imported from affected countries.
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Agriculture Research Service
Plum Island
Long Island
N.Y
U. S
Five Day Weather Outlook With Variable Showers
Temperatures next five days average near 59 at night and 79 by afternoon. Weekend milder with little fluctuation afterward. Precipitation expected 0.14 to 0.41 inches with scattered showers late Saturday and Sunday and more general rain toward period end.
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James Noh
Mount Joy
Milley
Robert Rote
Galen Rutt
Robert Denlinger
Marietta Rl
L. F
Manheim HS
Voc. Agri
Donegal
Wauseon
Fulton County Cattlemen’s Association
Fremont
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