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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
1
Lancaster County farm products totaled 95,268,637 in 1955, about 31 percent of Pennsylvania's 311,915,000. Eggs led with 18,218,600, milk rose to 18,145,800, poultry 14,815,507, beef cattle 12,012,750, and tobacco 19,310,700. Beef cattle numbers rose to 97,800 head but prices lowered gross.
The United States population on July 1 reached 168,091,000 with 149,823,000 whites and 18,268,000 nonwhites. The median age fell from 30.2 to 29.9 years in mid 1956, the first decline since 1806 per Census Bureau.
Five Solanco High School Future Farmers of America members will receive Keystone Farmer degrees at the Harrisburg Farm Show. The 1:30 p.m. Wednesday ceremony at the Education Building will honor Glenn Aument Calvin Keene Robert Bucher Marion Findley and Clair Carter for their FFA leadership and farming achievements. The Keystone Farmer degree is limited to about 220 boys statewide based on supervised farming earnings leadership and academics. The Solanco chapter formerly named Groundhog recently changed to Solanco and displayed its new banner.
Harrisburg report on the 40th Anniversary Pennsylvania Farm Show January 14 18 featuring rural youth activities and the theme Builds for Tomorrow State Agriculture Secretary Willham L Henning says the exposition will surpass early hopes with modernized agriculture trends and 125 events during Farm Show week including educational meetings for 34 statewide farm groups.
Hattie, a hen of a new Hawaiian breed, laid 403 eggs in the last 12 months, owners claim. Kazuo Onitsuka of Waipahu, Oahu, attributes the hen’s record to her breed and care.
Plans for the Pennsylvania State Flying Farmers Association meetings during the Pennsylvania Farm Show at Harrisburg were announced by officers. Sessions are scheduled for January 16 and 17 with opening remarks by John Gehman and John McFarlane at 10 30 Wednesday morning. Meetings will be held at the Harrisburg State Airport near New Cumberland.
A report details the success of new breeding techniques resulting in a registered breed named the Hawaiian Reds. The article highlights the development process and the breed's official recognition.
Robert E Best of Farmington Missouri will become editor of Lancaster Farming on January 1 replacing Ernest J Neill who will join a New York advertising agency. Best, 25, a Missouri native and former 4 H Club standout worked as a dairy farmer and Navy veteran before earning a BS in agriculture from the University of Missouri. He will move with his wife to Lancaster County. Neill, since August 1955 helped launch Lancaster County s weekly farm paper and will join William Douglas McAdams advertising in New York City. he will reside in Rowayton Connecticut. He has prior dairy industry experience with Corn Belt Farm Dairies and is active in local churches and veterans groups.
Robert E. Best, from the Corn Belt, is named editor of Lancaster Farming replacing Ernest J. Neill who has led since the paper’s founding. Neill will join New York City advertising work after residing in Quarryville.
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