One Lady and 50 000 Chickens by Dick Warner
A reminiscence by Dick Warner recalling a grandmother who kept chickens Rhode Island Reds Plymouths and Barred Rocks Egg money and a scales' platform used to weigh eggs and a treadle sewing machine used for play. The narrator notes changes over time with fewer scales machines and chickens and no trolley trips to visit.
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Dick Warner
Rhode Island
Ephrata
Akron
Lancaster County Woman Volunteers at Pinalejo Clinic Honduras
Linda Stuber of Lancaster County serves as an administrative volunteer at the Pinalejo Medical Clinic in Pinalejo Honduras. The clinic serves about 2000 residents and trains local young women in health diagnosis and care under existing staff including one doctor and one nurse midwife.
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Linda Stuber
Lancaster County
Pinalejo Medical Clinic
Pinalejo Honduras
Linda
Ephrata Area
Golden Beacom Jr. College
Swamp United Church of Christ
Honduras
Pinalejo Clinic
Pinalejo
San Pedro Sula
Stevens
Farm pages and notes in This Issue
A listing of sections including Market Reports Farm Calendar Classified Ads and Homemaker notes. It references Ephrata Young Farmer and a Dairy Conference with page cues and internal navigation across the issue.
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Farm Calendar
Sale Register Farmers Almanac
Homestead Notes
Home On
Organic Living
Farm Women
Dairy Conference
Ephrata Young Farmer
NFO to Sell Lean Hamburger in Harrisburg Area
The National Farmers Organization plans a Monday sale in a Harrisburg area parking lot to move about 12 000 pounds of lean hamburger directly to consumers as part of a national drive to lift beef prices. The Perry County dairy farmer Gerald Charles says the campaign could yield around 1000 similar sales nationwide. the first occurred at the Pennsylvania Farm Show selling cheese off a truck behind the main arena.
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National Farmers Organization
Dauphin
Perry Counties
Harrisburg
Gerald Charles
Perry County
NFO
Charles
Liverpool
Pennsylvania
JV. Taylor Co
Sugar beets in Pennsylvania? Advisability questioned
Penn State agronomy chief James Eakin warns against growing sugar beets in Southeastern Pennsylvania despite favorable climate and high sugar prices. He recalls past failures when no processing plant left the industry, noting the market could rebound or collapse with Cuba relations affecting cane yields.
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Pennsylvania
James Eakin
Penn State
Extension Agronomy Department
Eakin
Oklahoma
Maine
Berks
Bucks Counties
Lancaster Farming
Cuba
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Wenger
Myerstown
Colorado
Carl Wenger
Area Nfo