Polling Places Listed for Tobacco Referendum Dec 29
Voting locations for the Joncaster County tobacco grower quota referendum have been announced. Polls open 9 am to 5 pm next Thursday to approve or disapprove quotas for Pennsylvania cigar filler tobacco for 1956 1957 and 1958 crops. next year's crop option is removed. Farmers must have produced Pennsylvania filler tobacco in 1955 to be eligible.
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Joncaster County
Mericultural and
Pennsylvania
Penn State Extension Names Veterinary Head
Dr. Samuel B. Guss of Lynchburg Virginia will lead a new extension staff in veterinary science at Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture. The service aims to strengthen agricultural education and assist farmers through county extension agents and farm groups.
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Samuel B. Guss
Lynchburg
Pennsylvania State University College of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Jnigriculture
Herbert R. Albrecht
Referendum on Type 41 tobacco quotas heads to farmers
Allotments will be mailed to operators of farms growing Type 41 tobacco in the past five years so they can see how a 1956 quota vote affects farming operations. A two thirds vote is required. Any farmer who grew jelgar filler tobacco this year or their tenants can vote, with additional ballots for sole farmers who raised barley tobacco. Polling places across communities are listed with specific farm or public locations as voting sites.
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Lancaster County
Coney West Donegal
Mount Joy Twos
Rheems Garage
Rheems
East Donegal
West Hempfield
Red Rose Dairy
Beyong Crossroads Brethren Church
Florin
Rapho Two
Paris B. Gruber
Mount Joy-Sporting Hill Road
Farm Calendar December Events and Early January Meetings
A sequence of rural events lists Christmas gatherings from Dec 25 to 29 including Fulton Grange party and Farm Society dinner. January items include milk testing short course at Penn State, egg breakfast launching Egg Month, general farming short course at Pennsylvania U, waterfowl season end, Farm Society officer installation, State Farm Women’s Society conventions, and the Pennsylvania State Farm Show with related short courses. County mentions include Lancaster, Bucks, Philadelphia, and Delaware.
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Fulton Grange
Farm Society
Pennsylvania
Lanecaster Poultry Association
Poultry and Egg National Board
Brunswick
Lancaster
Pelvania U
Bucks
Philadelphia
Delaware
Danie
Eshleman
Elizabethtown
State Farm Women’s Society
Harrisburg
Lancaster County Agricultural Council
DHIA
Lancaster County Farmerss Resn
Fred Sollenberger
Narvon- Reb
Pipe explodes after cartridge tucked in tobacco
Jensen Beach Florida area fishermen recount a pipe explosion when a 22 caliber cartridge mixed with loose tobacco projected upward after a spark from a lit match. The blast occurred as Clin Boone inspected his pipe while fishing. No injuries were reported beyond shock.
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Jensen Beach
Pla
Clin Boone
Boone
Index of Farm Prices Lower During Month
Harrisburg reports declines in the November 15 price index for hogs and cattle, offset by gains in wheat oats barley hay and milk. Hogs averaged 12.80 per cwt down from 20.20 a year ago. beef cattle calved and lambs also fell. Eggs 51 cents a dozen. turkeys 38 cents a pound.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Fragmentary dialogue about roommates and shaving needs
The text shows a rough dialogue with a person asking to use a mirror for shaving while a roommate agrees or responds. It reads like a casual domestic exchange with little context.
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Stanley H
Deiter
Willow St. Pike
PH. Lancaster
Penn State Extension
Penn
Warwick
Elizabeth
J. Harry
Hershey Farm
Lititz
Lititzoenes
Cocalico
East Lampeter
West Lampeter
Dull’s
Lampeter Square
Manheim
East Hempfield
Neffsville
Manor
Conestoga and
Peauea
Kauffman
Central Manor
Eden
Bart
Sadsbury
Georgetown
Stras
Newwand
Lincoln
Marietta
Lancaster Farming
Akaa
HE &O
ALD
Grassland
Per‘ming Short Course
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
McCulloch
Model 47
Saw and Knife Service
Marietta Ave
D. L. Diem & Sons
Lititz, PA
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