Sisters win grand and reserve beef titles at Elizabethtown fair
At the Elizabethtown Kiwanis Community Fair last week, Marion Hackman won grand champion with a Short Horn steer in baby beef. Lorraine Hackman, her sister, earned reserve with an Angus. John Martin of Marietta won Berkshire class and grand showmanship. Richard Miller of Mt Joy topped tractor driving. dairy show was cut short due to scheduling conflicts.
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Elizabethtown
Berkshire
Milton Hershey School
John Martin
Marietta
Yorkshire
Stanley Aldinger
Martin
Richard Miller
Ri Mt Joy
John Oberhelser
Harold Musser
David Gish
Lorraines
Angus
Willis H. Hackman
Lorraine
Elizabethtown Area
Marion
Ben Morgan
Pennsylvania State University
Harrisburg
John Risser
Hershey
Floyd Risser
Leon Weidler
Robert Baker
Raymond Baker
William Hackman
Barbara Shenk
Manheim
Larry Shenk
Nancy Gibble
Betty Hess
al Marietta
Lorraine Hackman
Ed Esbenshade
Marion Hackman
Livestock Show Results Elizabethtown Area
The report lists top placings in Hereford Shorthorn and Angus classes. Winners include Nancy Gibble and William Hackman in Elizabethtown divisions with second and third places to local exhibitors, plus Marion Hackman in Shorthorn and Lorraine Hackman in Angus.
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Hereford
Ed Esbenshade
Elizabethtown
Nancy Gibble
William Hackman
Jean Miller
Leon Weidler
Christ Miller
Kenneth Euck
Raymond Baker
Shorthorn
Marion Hackman
Angus
Lorraine Hackman
Robert, Gibble
James Gibble
John Martin
Marietta
Betty Hess
Shirley Nelson
Linglestown
Gary Kreier
Apple Crop Outlook Exceeds Last Year Despite Drought
Statewide apple production is expected to top last year by 400000 bushels, with an estimated 5800000 bushels on Sept 1. Reports from Erie and northwestern regions show good sizing due to moisture, while extreme southeastern counties report damage and losses. The peach forecast was revised to 2300000 bushels, down 150000 from a month earlier, as the national peach crop totals 62646000 bushels, 10 percent below 1956.
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Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Erie County
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Governor Urges Federal Aid for Six Drought Counties
Governor George M. Leader telegrams U S Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson urging immediate federal emergency assistance for six Pennsylvania counties Berks Bucks Chester Lebanon Montgomery and Monroe. State Disaster Committee backs aid to cover losses and seeks declaration of disaster areas from the national committee.
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George M . Leader
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Pennsylvania
United States Department of Agriculture Disaster Committee
National Agricultural Disaster Committee
Arch V. Ritts
Valencia
Butler County
National Agriculture Disaster Committee
Washington
National Committee
Leader
Benson
Agriculture Disaster Committee of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Berks
Bucks
Chester
Lebanon
Montgomery
Monroe
Drought Aid Backed by Governor at Berks Bucks Chester Montgomery Meeting
Governor endorses a plan to assist drought hit farmers in Berks Bucks Chester and Montgomery counties seeking USDA Farmers Home Administration emergency loans. Loans would be 3 percent interest if no other options exist, with eligibility tied to official disaster area designation by a national committee. State officials Dr H R Albrecht and Dr Richard Gerstell also attended.
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Berks Bucks
Chester
Montgomery
Bucks
William L Henning
George Hummer
Pennsylvania
Usda Farmers Home Administration
State Agricultural Disaster Committee
National Committee
Hummer
Ritts and Hummer
Agricultural Disaster Committee
H R Albrecht
Pennsylvania State University
Richard Gerstell
Former Lancaster Farming Editor Earns NYC Promotion
Ernest J Neill former Lancaster Farming editor has advanced to the medical division of a major New York advertising agency while retaining assignments in the agricultural and veterinary division. Neill, a native of Iowa, led Lancaster Farming from its start in 1955 until December 1956.
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Lancaster Farming
Ernest J Neill
New York City
Neill
Iowa
Solanco FFA Boys Sell Lancaster Farming Subscriptions
The Solanco FFA Chapter plans to raise funds by selling subscriptions to Lancaster Farming. Leader Jack Owen says the chapter, the county’s largest with about 110 members, will use the proceeds for various projects and activities.
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Solanco Ffa
Lancaster
Lancaster Farming
Jack Owen
Solanco
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Drougth
Martindale Furniture
PH. Hillcrest
Intercourse
Cash Discount Stores
Thau
Lancaster Express
Mulser
Donegal
Mt. Joy
Mount Joy, PA
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