30 YEARS AGO
Rains Monday through early this week brought a total of 2.46
Wednesday in Lancaster County inches of moisture, which many
Farm Calendar
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tension Annual Meeting,
Mercer County Extension
Center, 7 p.m.
■ 1986 Forum “Critical Concerns
of U.S. Agriculture,”
Philadelphia Society for
Promoting Agriculture.
Wednesday, November 5
Lancaster Conservation District
Board Meeting.
W. Pa. Flower Growers Beddirs
Plant Clinic, Howard John
son’s, Monroeville.
Thursday, November 6 Saturday, November 8
Lancaster County Holstein North American International
Banquet, 6:45 p.m., Country Livestock Expo, Louisville,
Table Restaurant, Mt. Joy. Ky.; continues through Nov. 21.
Bradford County Extension Baked Ham Supper, Goodyille Fire
Banquet, 7:45 p.m., Elks Club Hall, 2 p.m. Adulsts, |6,
Meeting Room, Towanda. children under 12, $3.
Contact extension office at 717- Pa- State Beekeepers Association
268-2896. annual meeting; contact Mrs.
Mercer County Cooperative Ex- Glenn Crimbring, 717-673-8201.
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tamers declared was sorely
needed. Brush and field fires
struck several sections of the
county.
The Spring Hollow Dairy Earn
of Louis G. Stoltzfus, R 1 Elverson,
was dedicated Thursday as a
Reddy Kilowatt all-electric farm
by Pennsylvania Power & light
Company. The honor has been
given to the Chester County farmer
in recognition of outstanding use of
electricity on the farm and in the
home. Mr. and Mrs. Stoltzfus
received a certificate at noontime
presentation ceremonies at the El-
Mor Motel, Morgantown.
Membership in 4-H Clubs in
Pennsylvania has grown 90.8
percent since 1946, with enrollment
at all time high of 33,825 boys and
girls, according to Dr. H. Albrecht,
director of agricultural and home
economics at the Pennsylvania
State University.
Earn electrification in the
United States is approaching 95
percent, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture announced ' today.
Estimates made by the Rural
Electrification Administration
indicate that on last June 30 the
percentage of farms and ranches
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 25,19K-A3l
with electric power stood at 94.2 On
June 30, 1955, the estimate was
93.4.
Drastic reductions in hay and
grain crops due to excessive rains
led some western Pennsylvania
farmers to sell their dairy cows
during September rather than
attempt to carry the animals over
the winter months, the State
Department of Agriculture
reported today.
Agricultural extension en
tomologists, through their work in
control of insects and other pests,
help Pennsylvania tamers in
Stratton To Chair Dairy Committee
SMETHPORT - McKean This committee plans
County 4-H Leader, Larry Strat- educational programs such as a
ton, R 2, Smethport, was elected two-day Dairy Clinic to be held in
program chairman of the North- July and the annual show to be held
west Dairy Committee at the fall in Crawford County Sept. 5,1987.
meeting. Other officers elected were: vice
The committee consists of 4-H chairman, Sue McCaslin, Jef
dairy leaders and Extension ferson; secretary, Elaine Duncan,
agents from Warren, Clarion, Crawford; show chairman, Rose
Butler, Crawford, Lawrence, Reidel, Warren; co-show chair-
Venango, Mercer, Erie, Jefferson man, Ed Smith, Mercer; and
and McKean counties. treasurer, Phil Taylor, Venango.
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crease their income by millions of
dollars annually and also improve
the quality of products the con-
sumer use, declares Dr. H. R.
Albrecht, director of agricultural
and home economics extension of
the Pennsylvania State University.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture purchased 2,934,000
lbs. of lard in the week of Oct. 17 to
help hog producers by encouraging
additional consumption of this
product in other than normal
outlets. Purchases under the
continuing program amount to
8,918,000 lbs.
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