This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1959
Page
5
James E. O'Hara in charge reports moderate overall trading with receipts around 3250 head, about 500 more than last week. Slaughter steers lead gains and stockers feeders soften. prices rise for close slaughter steers and cows, bulls steady, and feeder classes show mixed strength with varying weights and grades.
Cattle market shows an 8 percent week rise with 65 percent choice and 25 percent good grades. Receipts reach 17 000, largest day since May 13, while steers lead gains early but close steady to 25 cents lower than last week. Heifers slip 50 cents early but end steady. cows and bulls advance 25 to 50. Stockers and feeders mostly steady with steers over 700 pounds down. Separate note visits Dr E L Nixon, longtime potato breeder in Pennsylvania, honored for 30 years in the field at Potato City experimental farm near Coudersport.
A crowd of 3 500 to 4 000 southeastern Pennsylvania farmers attended the 1959 International Harvester Field Day at Mt. Joy on the J B Hostetter farm. The event showcased 82 IHC warm implements and tractors, with 15 area dealers sponsoring, plus free lunch and door prizes. Livestock receipts and prices were reported with mixed strength across classes. Dairy cows benefited from forage handling research noting wafers made from long hay ease handling, while waferMaking equipment remains unavailable for farmers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.