Rothsville Institute Highlights County Agri Efforts
State Secretary of Agriculture Fred Rasmussen addressed the Rothsville Institute at Rothsville High School. He praised farming families and praised Lancaster County’s crops, livestock, and silos, noting seven autos per ten farms and urging more vocational schools and alfalfa expansion. He recounted county production values including wheat, corn, tobacco, hay, and livestock figures.
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Fred Rasmussen
Rothsville Farmers Institute
Tomkins
Fred
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Lancaster farmers favor silage feeding boost in beef production
A Lancaster county experiment with 100 farmers using dry feed and 90 using corn silage shows silage-fed steers gain more efficiently, with silo use worth about 15 dollars per steer. Ten years of State College trials indicate corn kept in silos yields 1.5 times more feed per acre, promoting open sheds and broader beef-focused farming nationwide.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania State College
State College
Critical Seed Corn Conditions Hit Pennsylvania Farmers
The Pennsylvania State College agronomy department reports seed corn in the state is in a fragile state after tests on 317 ears from 39 counties. About 69 percent germinated above 70 percent, while 46 showed little or no life. A targeted seed corn testing campaign will aid farmers, citing wet fall moisture and December freezes as possible causes.
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State College
Pennsylvania
Agronomy
Pennsylvania State College
Harrisburg
Party peace in Lancaster aims for unpledged national delegates
A movement seeks to elect Major W. Sanderson Detweiler of Columbia and Colonel James Hale Steinman as Democratic national convention delegates. They would run as free lances, unpledged to any faction, with alternates William Schnellman of Elizabethtown and Horace Skiles of the Gap Bank. Other potential candidates include B B F Davis, Michael Donnelly, and George W Hensel.
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Lancaster County
W. Sanderson Detweiler
Columbia
James Hale Steinman
William Schnellman
Elizabethtown
Horace Skiles
The
Gap Bank
B.B. F. Davis
Michael Donnelly
George W. Hensel
Quarryville
Naming Farms Boosts Pride and Attachment says Agriculture Dept
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture urges farmers to name their farms to foster pride in the place. A named farm like Oak Brook or Pine Grest enhances attachment, interest, and care for the land and its products.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Oak Brook
Unhusked corn feast for crows near Ephrata and Diamond Station
Observers report large crow gatherings around a field of unhusked corn between Ephrata and Diamond Station with estimates near ten thousand. The birds feed in morning and become noisy at dusk, then roost on nearby sunny gravel hills. Also explained is why flatfishes like halibut have a blind side as eyes migrate to one side in growth.
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Lewis B. Sprecher
Rohrerstown
Sprecher
Ephrata
Diamond Station
Camels Offer Puff For Puff Quality Appeal
A cigarette advertisement promotes Camels as delivering the limit of taste without aftertaste or odor. It urges readers to compare puff for puff with any cigarette at any price and favors quality over coupons or premiums. The ad is from J Reynolds Tobacco Co. of Winston-Salem North Carolina.
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Warwick Township Farmers’ Institute
Rothsville High School
Tré
Charles A. Miller
Township
Rothsville Institute
Garden Spot
Rothsville
My. G. G. Minnich
John Messner
L. C. Tomkins
Ellenton
Tie
J. Clayton Brubaker
Murdach Ginder
Ella Mae Mellingver
Rasmussen
Booms
J. W. Bruckart
Gladys Weidler
Dees
W. W. Kilheffer
East Petersburg
L. B.huber
Landis Valley
Mr. Huber
Grammer School
Raymond Weaver
Dean R. L. Watts
J. G. Brubaker
Edward E. Beidleman
Levi Mumma
Helen Weber
Dean Watts
Watts
Dent
Penn
Hammermill
Vas
J. Reynolds Tobacco Cco
Winston-Salem, N, C
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