New Records in Meat Boost Output in 1955 Outlook Bright
Record meat volume was reached in 1955 amid high employment and income, with per capita red meat consumption at about 161 pounds. 1956 is expected to remain strong as pork faces price pressures while beef and other meats shift slightly. industry leaders credit abundant feed, new storage, and improved processing for ongoing growth.
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J. Morrell Foster
The
American Meat Institute
AMI
Happy New Year Lancaster Farming Wish
A New Year message from Lancaster Farming urges readers to reflect on the past year and consider improvements for the year ahead. It notes resolutions are often broken and encourages fellowship, planning, and well wishes for a happy and prosperous year.
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Lancaster
Farm Safety Week Theme 1955
Thought for the year stresses farm safety with the slogan Farm safety is NO accident. The item urges farmers to keep safety in mind throughout the year highlighting the 1955 theme.
Think or Thwim Tongue Twister Dares Readers
A playful tongue twister challenges readers with a mispronounced phrase Think or Thwim. The column invites readers to test pronunciation and share reactions for a lighthearted community moment.
Printers’ Mischief Prompts Think Before You Type
A playful note from print shops warns that errors arise when haste meets careless spelling. It highlights the habit of mis spelling common words and urges workers to pause and think before loosening up text to avoid obvious mistakes.
Voice Of Lancaster Farms Letters Invited
Readers may submit brief signed letters on Lancaster farming and current events. Names will be withheld if requested by the writer. Editor requests concise contributions from the farming community.
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Lancaster
Like It Very Much Honey Brook Farming
A short note shows Morris Kieffer agrees with Lancaster Farming about a price of one dollar for a Honey Brook farming item. The fragment indicates a valuation or purchase offer linked to the Lancaster Farming publication.
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Honey Brook
Lancaster
Morris Kieffer
Oxford Letter Seeks Lancaster Farming Subscription
Oliver F Larson sends $100 to Oxford R3-Enclosed for a subscription to Lancaster Farming. He praises the paper as interesting and beneficial for a progressive local farming community and wishes success.
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Oxford
Lancaster Farming
Oliver F Larson
Subscribing Support Letter Highlights Cookie Recipe Interest
A reader named Mrs. J C Mellainger encloses $100 for a one year subscription and praises the women’s page. She requests more cookie recipes by weight measure and expresses enjoyment of the sugar cookie recipe.
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J C Mellainger
Enjoy Farm News Farm Reader Letter
Enclosed fund check for one hundred dollars to Lancaster Farming. The writer expresses enjoyment reading the farm news and signs as George E. Cogley.
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Quarryville
Lancaster Farming
Farm News
George E. Cogley
Pleased with Paper Conestoga
A. Freeman Hershey commends Lancaster Farming, expressing satisfaction and wishing the paper weathers well with more subscribers and advertisers for farmers' benefit.
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Conestoga
Lancaster
A. Freeman
Boxholder donation note from Lititz reader
A Lititz reader thanks the paper for delivery and encloses a $100 donation to keep the service going. The letter expresses appreciation and asks for continued boxholder delivery.
Reader letter praises Lancaster Farming quality
Aldus M Nolt endorses Lancaster Farming for a one year subscription and compliments its market and women’s pages. He says the paper is finer than some dailies and expresses satisfaction with the publication.
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Bareville
Lancaster Farming
Aldus M
Nolt
Mrs Paul R Good Sends Thanks for Free Copies
Elizabethtown area note thanks Mrs Paul R Good for early free copies and includes a dollar for the fine paper.
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Elizabethtown
Paul R. Good
Weather Skies Turn C warmer in Lancaster County
Lancaster County recorded a warmer Christmas with a 54 degree noon temperature. A cold snap followed with a low of five above on December 22 at the Lancaster Water Works. Fore casts show mixed precipitation and a three tenths inch total for the period with a light snow fall of half an inch overnight December 22 into 23.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster
Lancaster Water Works
Brunswick
Bernard N. White
Middle Atlantic
Fifty Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms
Fifty years ago local debates featured State Zoologist Surface and Dr. George Groff of Bucknell over a $30,000 Pennsylvania crusade against the San Jose scale. The State Board of Agriculture, led by Governor Pennypacker, planned to hear the controversy at Harrisburg.
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Surface
George&. Groff
Bucknell University
San Jose
Pennsylvania
State Board of Agriculture
Pennypacker
Harrisburg
Groff
Agriculture Board
Schiwenksvalle
The Christmas Hymns That Fill The World With Song
Luke presents four birth related poems Magnificat Benedictus Gloria in excelsis and Nunc Dimittis set to music across centuries. Some dismiss Christmas poetry but many find meaning beauty and joy in Christ. Strong voices across nations praise God through Jesus Christ in education and churches.
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Christ
Luke
Mary
Zachariah
Simeon
RSV
Zechariah
Jesus
Jesus Christ
J. C. Monsma
Revell & Co
New York
Chvisten
Christin
Churches of Christen
Community Press Service
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Octoraro
Alfred C. Alspach
Ernest J. Neill
C. Wallace Abel
Robert G. Campbell
Robert J. Wiggins
Voice of
Lancaster Farms
Enjoy Farm News
Lititz
By Jack Reichard
South Sea Islands
J. A. MacCamlber
Oakland
Calif
Department of Agriculture
University of Caifornia
California
Macomber
Pagant Island
American Bison Society
Theodore Roosevelt
New York Zoological Gardens
BIBLE
Time Magazine
International Unicom
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