Pennsylvania Seed Leaf Tobacco Yields Fall Sharply in 1956
The Pennsylvania seed leaf crop this year is estimated at 46.5 million pounds, about 41 million pounds below last year, with per acre yields down from 1,550 to 1,350 pounds. Buyers report poorer leaf quality resembling 1947 conditions, while some production advances and market optimism temper concerns about future prices and demand. Farmers consider selling pull-off due to low leaf value, and late planted tobacco shows potential if frost is delayed.
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Pennsylvania
County Team Represents State At Exposition
Three Lancaster County youths John Shenk Glenn Porter and Floyd Moore Jr will represent Pennsylvania in the egg judging contest at the NEPPCO Exposition in Harrisburg after winning the state title at 4H Club Week in August The event requires learning egg candling a new skill for the competitors.
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Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Harrisburg
John Shenk
Glenn Porter
Floyd Moore Jr
West Lampeter Fair aims for three day regional showcase
The West Lampeter Community Fair opens September 25 for three days with 17 departments including dairy cattle poultry vegetables and crafts. Daily judging offers a $25 savings bond and cash and ribbon awards. The twelfth Lancaster County Dairy Calf award features purebred heifers for vocational agriculture students. Officers include President Harold G. Rohrer and General Manager Roy B. Herr.
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West Lampeter
Lampeter
Lancaster County
Guernsey
Ayshire
Walter K. Cassel
Manheim
Holstein
Kenneth Young
Mt. Joy
John Erb
John Efess
Washington Boro
Harold G. Rohrer
R. Lancaster
Mark Myer
Wayne B. Rentschler
J. Lloyd Rohrer
Lancaster
Harold Rohrer
Eggs To Be Judged On External And Internal Qualities
Learners will grade eggs by external appearance and judge poultry. At the upcoming contest no poultry will be judged. Eggs will be judged on both external and internal qualities.
Progressives DHIA Reports High Butterfat Across Herds
The Progressive Dairy Herd Improvement Association shows July results from 103 herds with 3,378 cows on test. Five herds exceeded 35 pounds fat with Vernon Umble’s herd leading at 38.5. Elmer Young top cow delivered 2,124 pounds milk and 99.8 pounds fat at 47 percent, with eight cows over 70 pounds fat.
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Progressive Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Vernon Umble
John Stoner
Harold Umble
Robert C. Burkins
Freeman & Rhodes
Elmer Young
Careful with Sudan Grass and 4H Baby Beef Projects
Farmers are urged to avoid grazing sudan grass until it reaches 15 inches to prevent prussic acid poisoning, especially after rains and killing frost. Lancaster County 4H clubs run steer feeding programs for fairs like the Pennsylvania and State Farm Show. Wheat should not be seeded before Oct 10 due to Hessian fly risk, except for Dual wheat. Fertilize winter grains with phosphorus and potash this fall to strengthen straw and reduce lodging, targeting 300 pounds per acre of 0-20-20 where feasible.
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Sudan
Lancaster County
Red Rose Club
New Holland Club
Stock Yards
4-H Stock Team Judging at Atlantic Rural Expo
The Lancaster County 4 H Livestock Judging Team will compete at the Atlantic Rural Exposition in Richmond Virginia on Monday. Members are Donald M Herr Reston James Hess Ro Strasburg and Donald Welk Ro Strasburg led by Victor Longenecker Elizabethtown R3 Elizabethtown. The team won first at the 4 H Club week at Penn State.
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Lancaster County
Richmond
Donald M. Herr
Reston
James Hess
Rl Strasburg
Donald Welk
Victor Longenecker
Elizabethtown
Penn State
Second Annual Feeders Tour To Be Oct. 8
The second annual tour for cattle feeders in Lancaster and surrounding counties is set for Tuesday Oct 8 chaired by Melvin G Rohrer R Lititz The 200 visited last year with plans this year to include feeder cattle operations fruit packing and processing plants in Franklin and Adams Counties In Chambersburg the tour will stop at Garnet Dice Bros farm a thousand acre operation wintering 200 head of cattle on silage and hay using self feeders A picnic at James Buchanan State Park then a tour of S A Heisey Sons fruit packing in Mercersburg Heisey owns 300 acres of apples 75 nectarines 60 peaches and a leading Farm Show winner The final stop is Musselman Processing Plant in Biglerville a major fruit and vegetable processor with apple butter sauce pie mixes and more.
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Lancaster
Melvin G. Rohrer
R. Lititz
Chester County
Franklin
Adams
Chambersburg
Garnet Dice & Bros
Wilbur Grossnickle
Mercersburg
Grossnickle
Nebraska
James Buchanan State Park
S. A. Heisey & Sons Fruit Packing Company
Heisey
Musselman
Biglerville
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