92 Year High Production Predicted For Many Crops in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service forecasts record yields across corn oats wheat potatoes and tobacco for 1956 with corn at 76 080 000 bushels an acre 60 bushels oats 435 bushels per acre and tobacco at a record 1 750 pounds per acre while potatoes exceed last year but stay below state average due to acreage cuts hay shows excellent growth with 39 million tons expected.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
State Department of Agriculture
Commonwealth
US Department of Agriculture
Manheim teen FFA Star Farmer finalists at regional show
Dean Hoffer of Manheim R32 Pa reports on the Northeast Regional FFA event at the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield Mass. Wallace Caulk of Delaware won the Regional Honors in a large pageant after regional speaking contests and state representatives banquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Hoffer
Manheim
Star Farmer
Future Farmers of America
Springfield
Mass Hoffer
Wallace Caulk
Delaware
Hoffer
Season opens. Lancaster County fairs line up for 1958 shows
Elizabethtown Kiwanis Farm Fair expands exhibit space while Quarryville Southern Lancaster County Fair sticks to farmer centered format. Solanco fair features dairy, beef, swine judging and 4 H events. West Lampeter runs farm contests and antique auto show. Ephrata Farmers Day opens with parade and Baby Beef judging. New Holland Manheim start October productions. Mt Joy Farm Show concludes county events with plowing contest and Corn Queen announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Lampeter
Robert Good
Ephrata
Lancaster
New Holland
Manheim
Lancaster County
Mt. Joyarm
Carl Hummer
State to Save 100000 Annually With New Brucellosis Test Plan
Harrisburg figures show about 100000 dollars yearly savings from a revised brucellosis testing system. The plan eliminates farm calls and uses blood tests for suspicious herds, with samples sent to the state laboratory, and requires veterinary presence for blood draws.
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New Bang
Harrisburg
State
William L. Henning
Bureau of Animal Industry
Henning
H A Mhlo
State Bureau of Animal Industry
BAI Animal Laboratory
Summerdale
Milo
Pennsylvania
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Solanco
Paul Welk
Kenneth Garber
Donald Trimble
Quarryville Area
FFA
Joyce Bledsoe
Quarryville
Solanco High School
Ray Bledsoe
Little Britain
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