Lancaster Youth Shine at State Jr Show with multiple honors
Lancaster County youths earned top honors at the Pennsylvania Junior Daily Show alongside the All-American Daily Show. Susan Ann Kauffman’s Holstein entry won first in class and junior champion, while Hillacres Liberator’s Eggnog claimed reserve senior and reserve grand in the 4H Jersey show. Holly Keifer’s Goldline’s S. H. kept second in her class, with several first-place finishes and notable second places across divisions.
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Harrisburg
Topper
L. F
Ieee
Lancaster County
Holston
Susan Ann Kauffman
Elzabethtown
Penn Springs
Lockway
Bill Ivanhoe
Stephen Arrowsmith
Hillacres Liberator
Washington County
FFA
Jesse L. Balmer
Lititz
Goldline
S. H. Holly Keifer
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Hershey
Holly
National convention of County Agents opens in Omaha
Farm calendar notes the National convention of County Agents begins in Omaha Nebraska on Sunday September 17 and continues through Thursday September 21. It lists events and workshops in Lancaster including Cutting To Fit and Clothing Construction along with Solanco Fair activities starting September 20 featuring judging events formal fair opening and a talent contest with queen crown.
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Omaha
Neb
United Gas Improvement Company
Conestoga ,St
Lancaster
Farm Credit Building
Solance Fair Opens Season With Judging and Sales
The Solance Fair begins next Wednesday September 20 and runs through Friday the 22 with dairy cattle judging on opening day swine and baby beef judging on Thursday and fat hog and baby beef sale on Friday Solanco is the first of five fairs with Lam pter Eph rata Man heim and New Holland following later in September and October A complete list of events is in our Farm Calendar.
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Solanco
Lampeter
Ephrata
Manheim
New Holland
CCC Grain Bins Bring $512 Average on Closed Bids
The first load of CCC Grain bins arrived in the county and sold to the highest bidders. Bids averaged $512 with a $470 minimum. Additional bins are on order but backlogged, and AISCS does not know when they will arrive.
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AISCS
No Sense Corn Spoiling And Hay Drier Idle Group Told
A Pennsylvania State University extension engineer urged corn growers to use hay drying systems to dry corn. Joseph McCurdy explained drying dynamics, recommended 12 percent moisture, and outlined temperature humidity combos for natural drying. He noted the value of moisture testers and described silage storage as an alternative for high moisture corn.
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Pennsylvania State University Extension
Robert G Harnish
Joseph McCurdy
McCurdy
Soil And Water Directors Plan State Conference In Lancaster
Lancaster County soil and water district directors met at the Production Credit Building to finalize plans for the 20th Annual Joint Conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Directors and the State Conservation Commission. The meeting, first hosted in Lancaster County, runs November 8 to 10 at the Host Town Resort Motel with Secretary of Agriculture L. H. Bull expected to attend.
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Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District
Production Credit
Roseville Road
Pennsylvania Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Directors Inc
State Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Lancaster County
Keller Ave
Lancaster
Corn Drying Meet Promotes Grain Moisture Testing
At the corn drying meet in Conestoga R2 two sessions were held at the Harnish Farm and the Farm Credit Building. Joseph McCurdy from Penn State demonstrated a grain moisture tester while County Agent M. M. Smith observed. Jerry B. Shaffer, Prot and Robert G. Harnish owned the farm. L. F. photographed.
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Joseph McCurdy
Penn State
M. M. Smith
Jerry
B. Shaffer
Robert G. Harnish
Harnish
Farm Credit
L. F
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Bill Topper
Elizabethtown
Susan
Thesiunion
Chamon Circle
Council
Rocky Springs
Solance
CCC
Soil and Water Directors
Secretary of Agriculture
L. H. Bull and
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