National Board plans huge campaign for Egg Month
The Poultry and Egg National Board launches a nationwide drive in March designated as National Egg Month to boost per capita egg consumption. A voluntary check-off funds the long range promotion while ads in the March 23 issue of the Saturday Evening Post and tie-ins with major food brands amplify the Eggs Belong in Everybody's Breakfast message.
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Poultry and Egg National Board
United States
Saturday Evening Post
PENB
Ford 900 Series Tricycles For Row Crop Farming
Ford introduces the 900 Series tricycle tractors with full 3-plow power for row crop work. See front mounted equipment including 2 and 4 row cultivators planters corn harvesters and loaders. Also display 2-plow and 4-wheel 600 Series and 700 Series tricycles.
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Ford
Jowl Abscess Spread Tinned To Contaminated Feed
Veterinarians warn that feed and water containers contaminated by pus spread jowl abscesses in a swine herd. Contaminated surfaces act as vehicles for infection among pigs, affecting overall herd health and productivity.
Broilers Market Listings and Prices
The page lists multiple poultry lots including Aberdeen Mulls and J W Eshelman Red Rose stock. Entries note White Vantress and Red Vantress varieties with weights around two to six thousand, prices per head from 19 to 23 and a half cents, and buyers such as Roy E Ream and Walter C Mellinger.
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Wenger’s
Dan Lehman
Aberdeen Mulls
Tilley’s Poultry
Roy E. Ream
Walter C. Mellinger
J. W. Eshelman
John N. Thomas
Carl B. Risser
Poultry Prices In Philadelphia Supplies Steady On Jan Demand
Philadelphia market reports unsettled demand for poultry with fair appetite and ample supplies. Pullets and caponettes show varied prices across White Rock, Columbias, Vantress lines, and mixed lots. turkeys steady with light, medium, and heavy types priced 22 to 30 cents per pound. Receipts total 88,000 pounds on Jan 29 with Maryland and Delaware contributing 14,000 pounds. wholesale prices list Grade A and US standards with ranges for broilers fryers roasters hens ducks and turkeys delivered to warehous es.
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Philadelphia
Maryland
Delaware
U. S
U.S
Virginia
North Carolina
Alfalfa Outproduces Red Clover in Tests This Year
Trials show alfalfa could yield about half a ton per acre more than red clover. Red clover has been a rotation favorite with corn oats and wheat, but alfalfa often outperforms it in the first cutting year by up to sixty percent.
Farmers Income Tax Guides Now Available County Agent Office
Farmers income tax guides are available at the County Agent office and at district IRS offices. The guide explains filing the 1956 return, deductible items, depreciation methods, and cash vs accrual accounting. Any farmer with gross income of $600 or more last year must file. age 65 and over exempt unless income exceeds $1200.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
B. Wayne Kelly
Penn State
United States
Kelly
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Parade Magazine
American Weekly
Family Weekly
This Week
Everywoman’s Magazine
Seventeen
King Features
General Features
Musser
Donegal
Mt. Joy
Sitae Z
Neds Ees
Mount Joy, PA
New Holland
Allen H. Matz
Haverstick Bros
Columbia Pike
Lauder Bros
Denver
Lancaster Ph
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc
Conestoga Farm Service
Quarryville Ph
Broilers
Lancaster Production
Ecredit Ass
Chestnut St
Lancaster
Lane
Rohrer
P. L. Rohrer
Bro
Smoketown, Pa
Ph. Lane
Wirthmore
Hiestand, Inc
Marietta
LeRoy M. Sensenig
Ph. Southfield
Glen H. Herr
Hinkletown Manheim
Ph. Ephrata Republic
Ph. Landisville Twinoaks
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