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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1960
Page
11
A local column reflects on dairy and poultry markets in 1960, noting rising dairy herd expansions and higher prices in poultry, while warning that growth brings responsibility. It warns about surplus milk heading to handlers, rising production per cow, and the need to boost consumption to avoid future oversupply.
A Farm Journal observer notes rising grocery costs as a shopper lists items and quips about farmers. The piece then reruns a Washington column criticizing regulatory investigations as fishing expeditions that hole up businesses, with delays and coerced inquiries across agencies.
Lancaster Farming, Lancaster County's own farm weekly, published every Saturday from Lancaster Pennsylvania. The paper lists offices at 53 North Duke Street and a mailing address P O Box 1524 with billing and editorial staff including editor Jack Owen and advertising manager Robert Campbell. Rate details show 1 year for 1 and 3 years for 3 with single copy price 50 cents.
A rural column warns that farmers holding night town jobs to supplement income threaten farming viability. The piece labels these earners Sundown farmers and argues their extra work endangers traditional farming roles.
A devotional piece explores the insatiable hungers of the human heart beyond food and sex. It contrasts worldly desires for recognition, fame, and power with Jesus’ teaching on righteousness. The text urges longing for mercy and goodness practiced toward others as true fulfillment.
Farmers urged to shield flowers and vegetables from cutworms by wrapping stems, applying chlordane or heptachlor dust, and using manure carefully. Seed testing advised for saved crops and lawn grub control involves chemicals or mole management. details vary by field and season.
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