Poultry Center Building Funds Drive Steps Up
The Lancaster Poultry Center fund drive advances with June 15 as the final contribution date to raise 30000 dollars. 236 poultrymen have pledged 10694 thus far as plans for a 52 by 60 foot concrete brick building with offices and a dual purpose auditorium move forward.
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Poultry Center
Lancaster Poultry Center
The
County Poultry Association
State Department of Labor and Industry
Roseville Road
Route 230
Lancaster
Corn Price Supports Reported for 1955 Crop
About 341 million bushels of the 1955 corn crop were put under price support by producers through March 15. By April 1 the CCC held about 722.897 million bushels of uncommitted corn inventory.
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Washington
USDA
CCC
Historic Slackwater Bridge: Lancaster County’s Oldest Covered Span
The Slackwater Canal bridge in Conestoga Township built in 1839 by Ohmit and Witmer spans 269 feet with a 14 foot roadway. Once tied to Shober’s Paper Mill, it is now condemned for vehicular traffic and its future is undetermined as state maintenance has ceased.
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Conestoga Township
Lancaster County
J. Richard Gamntner
Lancaster
Ohmit & Witmer
Conestoga River
Pennsylvania
Noted Church of the Brethren minister dies at 72
Rev Rufus P Bucher a national leader in the Church of the Brethren and longtime Mechanic Grove pastor died at 7 p m Thursday April 19 at Lancaster General Hospital He had suffered a heart condition for three years and served nearly 55 years at Mechanic Grove Church Funeral services were set for Monday at 2 p m from Mechanic Grove Church with burial at the adjoining cemetery More than 700 people visited Reynold s Funeral Home Quarryville over the weekend He was married to Naomi White of Manheim The couple would have observed their 49th wedding anniversary
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Church of the Brethren
Rufus P. Bucher
Quarryville
Lancaster General Hospital
Mechanic Grove Church of the
Mechanic Grove
Bucher
Naomi White
Manheim
Daylight Time Begins in Lancaster County This Sunday
Daylight Savings Time will be observed in Lancaster County and other sections of the nation starting at 2 a m next Sunday April 29. Markets and other businesses will operate through the summer on daylight time. Clocks set ahead one hour as usual while some communities and transportation lines remain on standard time, making the day feel 23 hours long.
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Lancaster County
Soil Bank Forecast Forecast by Senator Russell
Washington forecast approval of the soil bank program by several Congress members led by Senator Russell D Ga Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson was asked to testify before the Senate appropriations subcommittee on 1.2 billion dollars for soil bank payments this year possible use of an old conservation measure to operate the program denied by many on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Congress
Russell D.ga
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Benson
Capital Hill
Red Gate Angus Sale Sells Bull for 8300 Dollars
Millwood Virginia sale reports Prince of Red Gate 145th sold for 8300 dollars to H B Pyle Sunny Slope Stock Farm Richmond Texas. The transaction highlights the Red Gate Farm Angus Sale outcomes and bidding activity.
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Millwood
Prince of Red Gate
Red Gate Farm
H. B. Pyle
Sunny Slope Stock Farm
Richmond
Texas
Snowy April 24 Sets Stage for Cold Spell in Lancaster
Weather records show the chilliest April in Lancaster County since 1928 with snow and frost. Temperatures dipped to 23 degrees while a 33 degree low was recorded in Ephrata as frost and fog delayed crop progress and kept planting two weeks behind schedule.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Ephrata
Davenportt
Iowa
Farm Grass Fire Blazes at Ira Duke Farm near Cone stoga
Conestoga firefighters were summoned to the Ira Duke farm late last week as a grass fire started by Mr. Duke while burning off field escapes control.
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Conestoga
Ira Duke
Duke
Henning Seeks Long Term Agricultural Program for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dr. William N Henning outlines a 17 point plan addressing farm problems with local focus. The program calls for milk in school lunches expanded dairy research and distribution, greater surplus food use for needy families, disease control for livestock and plants, expanded farm roads, and rural electrification, aiming to boost market access and safety.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William N. Henning
Commonwealth
Valley Creek Angus dispersal grosses in West Chester sale
Valley Creek Angus at West Chester reported seventy seven lots totaling 25935 dollars and averaging 337. Brooks Orchards Morristown NJ paid 1450 for top bull lot C Bardolier 18 of Shadow Isle. Top female Valley Creek Edella 119 with calf sold for 850 to S L Edwards Crosswood Farms Ward Pa. Bardolier mere 40th lot B sold for 725 to Belfry Farms Norristown. H L Envious Ben 9th bull moved for 400 to Sunny Hill Avondale. Fred Freys Twin Oaks Farm Quarryville paid 815 for Georgina V 153 with calf by 40th.
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West Chester
Brooks Orchards
Morristown
C. Bardolier
Shadow Isle
Valley Creek
S. L. Edwards
Crosswood Farms
Ward
Fred Frey
Twin Oaks Farm
Quarryville
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Poultry Exchange
Lititz Spring Park
Ruth Ann Weichsel
Kirkwood
Levi Brubaker
E. I. Robertson
Slackwater Bridge
Rev. Bucher
Brethren
Russell
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