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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
3
Classified ad for farms for sale nationwide via Hauenstein Lincoln Eph rata 3-2448. Special buyers seek chicken and turkey farms. Includes Esteron Brush Killer pricing and J C Ehrlich Co Lancaster delivery. Salsbury Avitar boosters for poultry. Logan Chicks catalog for broilers and layers with truck delivery.
The notice lists December 28 sales for Clara R. Dombach and Isaac K. Beiler on farms near Millersville Morgantown and Caernarvon Township with 1:30 p.m. times and details including a 39 acre farm 2 story brick house and 110 acre farm with stone buildings. Additional sales include John E. Snyder between New Holland and Hinkletown and a line about Reuther and a White House Conference on Education.
The notice lists rates for classified ads by issue number with per word pricing and minimums. It notes 25 cent additions for keyed ads and specifies a 80 cent minimum for three or more consecutive insertions with no change. Deadline is Wednesday morning at 1000 a.m. and no ads accepted after that time.
Arrangements for the centy wide meeting Jan 18 were outlined by the general committee of the Lancaster County Vegetable Growers in a meeting at the Farm Bureau in Lancaster. Committees named include Building and Meals Walter Shank Menno Lauder Reeder Young and George Manning Program J Lloyd Sheaffer John Stehman William Jacobs and Snavely Garber Entertainment Carl Landis Russel Eshleman John Neff and Oscar Firey. Assisting in planning will be Associate Lancaster County Agent Harry Sloat Anthony R. Stoe Orchard Manager for Herrs Orchards Central Manor has been reelected president of the Lancaster County Fruit Growers Association. A committee of six was named to handle the county's entry in the 1956 Pennsylvania Farm Show. They are J.C. Schuldt Elizabeth town Chris Kauffman RJ Ephraim Mr Snyder Jacob Houser Lampeter Robert Herr RD Len lcaster and Mahlon Russer Columbia. Selection of a new Apple Queen for Lancaster County will be made Tuesday Dec 27 to compete in the May 15 state contest at York. The present queen is Miss Priscilla Weaver Bird-in-Hand. Requirements for eligibility are between 18 and 21 years of age related to an apple grower and she must have some knowledge of apples.
Classified notices include large crocheted table cloth for sale, lift plows for Farmall BN tractor, Rotisserie oven unit, and a half-house rental in Southern Lancaster County Village. Also notes Izvestia reports on German POW repatriation tied to Soviet nationals in West Germany.
Samuel Dawson a business analyst projects December will house one month of the year’s total retail sales. He notes the nation’s output of goods and services could approach 400 billion dollars by year’s start, a first in history.
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