Poultry Adifies New Babcock Bessies Eggs for 1957 Catalog
A local ad by Russell Mease promotes Babcock Bessies White Leghorn cross hens for higher livability and egg yield. The notice invites readers to request the 1957 catalog from Babcock Poultry Farm with reps in Manheim Pennsylvania and Ithaca New York.
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Babcock Bessie
Monroe Babcock
Mr . Babcock
U. S
Babcock Poultry Farm, Inc
Ithaca
New York
New Hampshire
R. I. Red Cross
State crops yield higher values in 1956 Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports total farm crop value rose about 21 million to 311.9 million in 1956 from 290.5 million in 1955. Corn led gains with 14.4 million, potatoes set record yields, hay tobacco and wheat also strong while fruit declined.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Pennnsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Appointed Resident Forester in Lancaster County
J H Kitch named resident Service Forester by the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters for Lancaster County. Born near Lancaster, he studied at Penn State and Mont Alto, later working in forestry related roles. The forester offers free regional advice through talks and in-woods training to timber owners for better management and potential profits.
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Port Kennedy
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
John H Kitch
Lancaster County
Kitch
Lancaster
West Earl High School
Brownstown
90Th Inf Division
Germany
Pennsylvania State Forest School
Mont Alto
Penn State University
Ward Bottle Gas
New Holland Machine Company
Reinhold
Grange
Pennsylvania
Department of
USDA Seeks Bids to Process Grains Into Flour and Meal
The USDA requests bids to process CCC owned wheat and corn into 35,221,400 pounds of flour and cornmeal for domestic and foreign donation. Domestic uses include school lunch programs and welfare agencies. foreign uses go to private welfare groups abroad. Since August, 266 million pounds of flour have been contracted from CCC wheat and 591 million bushels of CCC corn have been sourced for expanded donation efforts.
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Washington
US Department of Agriculture Today
Commodity Credit Corporation
Aluminum Industry Forecasts Growth In 1957 Markets
Aluminum Company of America projects continued expansion in existing and new markets for aluminum in 1957. Growth expected through vigorous sales promotion, ongoing research, and ample metal supply, with building construction and transportation leading demand. Capital program of about 600 million through 1960 planned.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Africa
Devel
Delaware Leads In Parade Order As State of Union Entry
Delaware becomes the first state in the parade sequence based on the order of each state’s entry into the union. The Washington tradition shifts this year with state delegations lining up by when they joined the United States.
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State of Delaware
Delaware
United States
Conrath
Kansas
Eisenhower
California
Nixon
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Lancaster Farming
Russell Mease
Manheim
AM Eral Ani
John H. Kitch
J. H. Kitch
Freesereeseres
McCulloch
Conestoga ‘Farm Service
Quarryville Ph
Saw and Knife Service
Marietta Ave
USDA
Aluminum
Opment
Fieldi Ag
Peee
Weaver & Son Hatchery
Annvible, PA
Protech
Schumacher
J. C. Snavely & Sons, Inc
Landisville, Pa
George Butt Stevens
J. C. Walker & Son
Gap, Pa
Ross
Ulrich Peach Bottom
R.D. Fa
Grubb Supply
Elizabethtown, Pa
Millport Roller Mills
Lititz, R D.4
Paul M. Ressler & Son
Paradise, Pa
D. W. Hoover Fast Earl
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