Lancaster Poultry Farms Win Champion Egg Producer Awards
Nissley Bros, Robert E. Kulp, LeRoy Martin, Abram LeFever and others in Lancaster County reach 12 month Hy-Line egg production of 250 plus per hen housed. Master Egg Producer honors go to Walton, Garber, and Riehl for 225 to 249 eggs. Awards announced by Hy-Line Poultry Management Assn. with record keeping through Wallace Hy-Cross Hatcheries.
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Doylestown
Lancaster County
E .Earl Walton
Peach Bottom
James M. Garber
Elizabethtown
Aaron K Riehl
Lancaster
Ners
Nissley Bros
Abram LeFever
Robert E Kulp
LeRoy Martin
E. Earl Walton
James M. Gavner
Aaron K Rieh
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Mail Now to Be Sure of Delivery By Christmas Day
Postmasters launch 1955 Mail Early for Christmas campaign aiming to deliver all gifts and greeting cards by December 25. Emphasis on advance planning, with housewives leading families in updating addresses, stocking stamps, and proper packaging to avoid delays. Suggested schedule urges mailing distant destinations by December 5 and nearby points by December 10.
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United States
Wool Payments Still Available for Incentive Purchases
Applications for incentive payments on shorn wool marketed after April 1, 1955 are still being accepted at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office. Payments aim to raise wool returns toward 62 cents per pound. No payments before March 31. Applicants must present the original sales slip signed by the purchaser and prove ownership of sheep for at least 30 days. lambs sold for slaughter require certification of slaughter sale.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Dairy Herds in Pennsylvania Reach 960000 Head
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania dairy herds total about 960000, up 12000 from last year. Milk production rises with better grazing in southern areas. hay supplies improve and dairy feed prices hold steady. October wholesale milk averaged 4.85 per hundred pounds, up 25 cents from September and 11 cents year over year. Milk per cow averaged 535 pounds, near prior month and higher than last year. milk cows averaged 185 per head.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Freak alarm saves 5 in Huntington house fire
A faulty transformer caused a freak short circuit in a doorbell at the home of David L Francis in Huntington West Virginia. The ringing alarm woke the Francis family and their three children allowing them to escape a blaze causing thousands of dollars in damage. Israel has asked the United States for arms matching those Egypt receives from the Soviet to be supplied.
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Huntington
W. V
David L Francis
Francis
Israel
United States
Egypt
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Wenger & Sensenig Co
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