One of the unusual events of Graduation Week was a weekend trip for 13 senior agriculture students at South ern Lancaster Joint Community fligh School. Supervised by three faculty members, the group left in four cars Fri day, returning Sunday. Here is a view of three of the cars being loaded, with the Quarryville building in the background. (Lancaster Farming Staff Pnoto). Farm Calendar (If you wish your Coming Events listed in these col ums, write a card or letter to LANCASTER FARMING, Quarryville, Pa. Be sure to include name of sender.— Editor). JUNE June 2 Farm Women’s Soc iety 6 entertain Society 8, home of Misses Stella and Lela Coble, R 3 Elizabethtown, 2 p. m. Miss Jane Stnte, Middletown, speaks and shows slides on European travels last summer. June 5 Southeastern Ches ter County Agricultural 4-H Club, Oxford Grange Hall, 8 p, m. June s—Executive committee, Lancaster County Farm Women’s Societies, home of Mrs. C. H. Remhold. 5 Mi. west Lan caster on Rte. 230, at 2 p. m. ■ June 5-8 71st annual con vention, Holstem-Fnesian Asso., Milwaukee, Wis. June 7—Farm Women 20 Meet. June 9 Ephrata Community Hospital Auxiliary Lawn Fete, Farm Women 3 hold Farmer Market Booth. June 9—Sixth Annual Chick en Barbecue, Lancaster County Poultry Assn, Lititz Spring park. June 12—Future Farmers of America Activities Week, Pen nsylvania Stale University. June 12-15—Egg graders and quality school, Rutgers Univer sity, New Brunswick, N. J June 13 Dairy Week Exhi bit judging, Coleram Grange, Quarryville. June 13 Farm Women 14, home of Mrs. Ross Leaman, R 1 Paradise. June 13 Societies of Farm Women 3 and 4 visit County Home June 14 Farm Women 21 Meet at home of Mrs. Betty Martin, New Providence. June 14—Awards Banquet, old est shipper, Chicago Stock Yards. June 15 Closing date for Contributions to Lancaster Poul try Exchange Building fund. June 18-21—Extension Work ers Meet, Pennsylvania State University. June 16 Farm Women 9, co-hostesses Mrs- Henrietta Leh man, Mrs. Edith Sherty. June 16 Farm Women 12, home of Mrs Edith Harnish and Mrs. Paul Harnish, R 1 Cones toga. June 18-20—Short Course, Roaring Queen Bees, the Pen nsylvania State University. June 18-21 4th annual Ex tension Homemakers Week, the Pennsylvania State University. June 18-22—Conference, Town and Country Pastors, the Pen nsylvania State University. June 19 Farm Women 3 meet, home of Mrs. Grace Weid man, Akron. June 20—Farm Women 2, bus trip to New York City. June 21-22—Business manage- All Set to Go ment conference for egg and poultry marketing cooperatives, Summit Hotel, Uniontown, Pa. June 21—Farm Society 10, bus trip to New York City. June 22-23 Short Course, Rabbit Industry, the Pennsyl vania State University July 4-B—7th Annual Pennsyl vania Dutch Folk Festival, Kutz- town, aiiiiiiii ■ LANCASTER FARMING ■ by mail EVERY WEEK. H The newspaper contain- U ing all the latest farm ffßiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiimiiiniiiUHimiiiiwiiHiiHiiiiiniiiniuiwiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiHUii JULY Illllillllilllllllililli llliili ■III the Join families who farm news, local news, crop information, home fea tures, market data and much more! PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY..., Mail This Coupon Today! YOU PAY LESS THAN Sc PER WEEK July 16-20—Short Course, Im proving Home Grounds, the Pennsylvania State University. AUGUST Aug. 15-17 Butler Farm Show. Aug. 18-19—Intercourse Sum mer Jubilee. Aug. 18 and 19—Intercourse Summer Jubilee. Aug. 20-23—11th Annual Nat ional Flying Farmers Associa tion Convention. New Orleans. Aug 20-25—Kutztown Fair. SEPTEMBER Sept. 11-15—York Inter-State Fair. Sept. 19-21 Southern Lan caster County Community Fair, Quarryville. Sept. 26-29—Ephrata Farmers Day. Sept. 26-28—West Lampeter Community Fair. Sept. ,30 —Deadline to file for return of state taxes paid on farm tractor or farm machinery gasoline for year July 1, 1955 to June 30. 1956. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER Sept. 28-Oct. 6 National Holstein Show, Waterloo, lowa. OCTOBER Oct. 2-s—South Lebanon Com munity Fair, lona Oct. 3-6—New Holland Farm ers Fair. Oct. 4-6 —Manheim Community Fair. Oct. 4-6—Unionvillle Com munity Fair. Oct. 10-13—Mt. Joy Community Exhibit. Oct. 18-20 Dillsburg Com munity Fair. ALL FARMERS! thousands of PP&L Reports Gain To $3.23 Per Share Earnings accruing to the com mon stock of Pennsylvania Pow er & Light Company for the 12 months ended April 30, 1956 were $19,119,889, equivalent to $3 23 per share of common stock outstanding at such date, as com pared with $18,047,584 or $3 06 per share for the 12 months ended April 30, 1955. Earnings for both periods include earn ings of former subsidiary, The Scranton Electric Company, (merged Jan. 31, 1956) and re stated earnings of the former Nov. 3—County Convention, Lancaster County Farm Women’s Societies. Jan 14-18—Pennsylvania Farm Show, Harrisburg. MAR-GRO Vitamin Supple ment Your cattle and hoya need DUTCH BELL for Dairy BETTER BEEF for ateera and TRIPLE RICH for Ho«a We alao have the famoua DAN PATCH HORSE POWDER Manufactured by Mar-Gro Mfg. Co , ililllllliliill ATTENTION! get om-Y si Farmers and Their Families Order Your Subscription Now! FI Enclosed find check, cash, or money order for $l.OO □ Bill me later Name Addres° lliilli ililiill Lancaster Farmi NOVEMBER JANUARY, 1957 K 2 Lancaster AARON S. MARTIN DISTRIBUTOR Rl EAST EARL ilillillii ill 52 Weeks of It’s Real Big News For Lancaster Farming QUARRYVILLE, PA. 1 year $l.OO 52 Issues Please put my name on your list of charter subscribers for a one year subscription. 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