Tomato Crop Expansion at Unicorn Farm in Puerto Rico
On the Paul Herr farm near Unicorn, workers add baskets to the tomato crop, raising the year’s average well over 15 tons per acre. Herr notes remaining green fruit and milder frost, with harvest possible into mid October. Names listed include Leborio Vasquez, Blosimo Santiago, Candelario Torrez, Veroforio Rivera, Remilio Rodriguez. Herr and son Gordon appear in a Lancaster Farming photo.
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Paul Herr
Unicorn
Mr. Herr
Leborio Vasquez
Blosimo Santiago
Candelario Torrez
Veroforio Rivera
Remil Rodriqui
Patillar
Puerto Rico
Herr
Gordon
Lancaster Farming
Farm Game Project boosts Pennsylvania farms with plantings
Thousands of Pennsylvania farmers in 166 projects across 49 counties cooperate with the Commission to plant trees shrubs and grass. Funds from sporting arms taxes finance seedlings and feeding, improving land erosion control water retention and wildlife habitat while boosting game production.
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Pennsylvania
Farm Game Project
Commission
Cooperative Farm Game Project
Campaign worker notes gender gap margin and responsibility
Jacqueline Gutwillig, a Republican committee worker, asserts that the country could have as many as 2,000,000 more women than men. She frames this as a large margin and a significant responsibility.
Ontario Waterfowl Seasons Set For 1956 Open Dates
The Ontario Department of Lands and Forests announces 1956 migratory bird seasons with noon openings after sunrise changes. Ducks geese rails coots gallinules woodcock and Wilson s snipe key species. Northern district runs Sept 15 to Dec 15. Capital Sept 29 to Dec 15. Southern Oct 6 to Dec 15. Essex County geese Sept 6 to Dec 31.
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Pennsylvania
Canada
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Ontario
Clare E Mapledoram
Canital
Essex County
Stauffer Farms Hamps Win at Reading Fair
Stauffer Homestead Farms exhibited Hampshire Swine at the Reading Fair and state show, earning Reserve Champion on a 27-breed barrow entry and blue ribbons in the Hampshire barrow class. The herd won six blue, eight red and four yellow ribbons. over 150 Hampshire entries.
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Stauffer Homestead Farm
Rt East Earl
Hampshire
Reading Fair
Pennsylvania
Reading
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Herr’s Implement Store
West Willow, PA
A. L. Herr & Bro
Quarryville, PA
Kaylor Bros
Walter Binkley & Sonite
Rheems, PA
Lititz
Jared Stauffer
Arthur S. Young Co., Inc
Martindale, PA
Kinzer
Jacqueline Gutwillig
Republi
Stauffer Farms
Stauffer
A B C Groft
New Holland, Pa
Earl S Fisher
John 2D. Arndt
Lampeter
Lester A. Singer
Banks, Pa
Strasburg
Timothy
West Willow
Ph. Lane
Kenbar
DuBois” “Leconte
Elmer Brill
Elizabethtown
Frank H. Bucher
Cc. B. Erb
WHEAT
Pennell
Seneca
Thorne
RYE “Tetra-Petkus
Balbo
Jason H. Mellinger
Strasburg OV
Lr. C. Seldomridge
Quarryville
Jonathan S. Shirk
Intercourse
Levi M. Stoltzfus
Morgantown
Edgar C
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