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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1955
Page
6
Lancaster County Dairmen's Association ruled this week that starting January 1 there will be six milk deliveries on back doorstep Sundays in Lancaster City and County. The move mirrors nationwide patterns and lets drivers and salesmen attend church with their families.
The United States announces a program to export one million bales of cotton to foreign markets. Officials say the move aims to stabilize prices and support farmers while expanding overseas trade relations with multiple countries.
Remodeling a former rural school into a home, the Richard Kulp family found an old plaster slate with pronunciation lessons dating to 1893. The North Prospect school house on Route 896 north of Strasburg carried the lesson under later blackboards. Pupils included Maude Chetz, who still lives in the Strasburg area.
Pennsylvania prepares for deer season as antlered bucks dominate the harvest prospects. Field surveys show about a half million deer statewide with hunting guidance on care of venison, carcass cooling, cape removal, jaw collection, and safety. Legal rules specify season dates, rifle calibers, and tagging requirements with emphasis on safe handling and identification of a legal buck.
Secretary of Agriculture Ben Son acknowledged falling farm prices as a major 1956 campaign issue and promised incentives to farmers to convert more land to grass, signaling a policy shift aimed at stabilizing agricultural costs.
The University of Wisconsin team won the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the Eastern National Live Stock Show in Timonium on November 15, earning permanent possession of the Meat Board trophy for three wins. Coached by Donald Kropf the team included Thomas Zwettler Richard Meyer and Harold Drew with Zwettler and Meyer tied for second top individual honors and Drew fifth high. Top individual was Larry Hilgendorf of Pennsylvania State University. North Carolina State led beef judging Pennsylvania State led pork judging University of Tennessee led lamb judging Cornell led beef grading and Wisconsin led lamb grading.
The Russian Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross to aid relief efforts in the Northeast flood area. The contribution underscores international goodwill and support for disaster victims.
Mountville meeting hosted by Melvin Mentzer with 33 companies reporting year’s activities. Earl LeFevre and Walter Baer noted next meeting January 16 at Wheatland Fire Co headquarters.
Community sale in Intercourse auctions household goods antiques at 11 am and farm implements wagons lumber and more at 1 pm Estates listed include Lizzie Cosner 2307 Old Philadelphia Pike Annie S Witmer 152 N Hanover St Elizabeth town Norman and Mary Rohrer Naumanstown Heirs of Mary A Musselman Strasburg Alfred H Sharpless dispersal at Rt 80 Caernarvon School District Caernarvon Two J Lengenecker Farmersville Maria Horning Smoketown Lampeter Two with real estate and personal property times and locations for each item.
The Ayrshire Breeders Association reports Amos L King of Banks has purchased a registered Ayrshire dairy cow.
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