Hershey Farms Growth Brings New Wings and Record Crops
The Hershey Farms system expands with 75 farms totaling 8500 acres in Dauphin Lancaster and Lebanon counties. A model milk service from 98 cows at the Round Barn supplies consumer milk priced at seven cents a quart. Next year two large wings to the Round Barn will double or triple the herd, alongside improvements in blooded stock including a $50,000 Holstein son of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra.
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Dauphin
Lancaster
Lebanon
Round Barn
Segis Pontiac
Hershey Creates Employment Bureau To Streamline Labor
Hershey strengthens the town’s model community status by creating an Employment Bureau to secure capable workers and provide fair treatment. It records each employee’s attendance ability and conduct, plans last pay upon final employer statements, and aims to improve both worker efficiency and business success. The article also notes a related investment in livestock housing facilities and a registered stallion supporting farm operations.
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Good Hunting Near Hershey in Record Local Season
Hunters in the Blue Mountains report strong opening week with many squirrels quail and wild turkeys taken. Local marksmen fielded rabbits on opening day as more people join hunting clubs and plan weeks in the mountains this season.
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Blue Mountains
Hershey Employment Bureau Varies Applicants for Factory Jobs
The Hershey Employment Bureau opened July 13 1915 and, after three months, had 960 applications for work with 222 recommended. Of those, 189 went to Hershey Chocolate Company and its departments, plus others to Improvement Company and Farm Company. The bureau issues admission cards and guides applicants to the proper department head for hiring.
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Washington
United States
Hershey
Employment Bureau
Hershey Employment Bureau
Herghey Chocolate Company
Allied
Pranait
Farm Company
Hershey Stora
Hershey Cafe
Hershey Water Company
Boys Camp Near Hershey Plans for Log Cabin Shelter
Twenty junior members of the Men’s Club camped on Highland Park’s northern elevation near Hershey. They packed boxes with heavy gear and supplies, loaded by a Packard truck, and planned a log cabin and boating and bathing facilities to serve year round.
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Plana
Swatara
Finest Young Bull joins Hershey herds in premier arrival
A one year old Holstein herd bull named Chocolate Legis Pontiac Alcartra joins Hershey's 1900 head strong dairy herd. Bred from King Segis Pontiacs and Pierre 22nd lineage, he is touted as world beating for milk and fat production. Also added are an 18 month Holstein bull from Fochtland Farms Wellsboro Pa and six Brown Swiss bulls along with a grand Ayrshire bull at the Homestead Farm, all part of Hershey's notable cattle enhancements.
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M. 8
Hershey Farms
Poland
Delmar
Percheron Society of America
Segis Pontiac Alcartra
America
de ‘Kol
Pietje
Sir Clyde
Almagelscheid
Admiral de Kol
Fochtland Farms
Wellsboro
Homestead Farm
Homestead Barn
Hershey Pool Draws Thousands During Summer
The Hershey Park pool attracted tens of thousands of visitors last summer and was among the state’s largest and most popular facilities. Auto parties from afar came to bathe and evenings saw many locals swim, with the Men's Club pool noted for teaching many to swim.
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