Pennsylvania Farm Leaders Press for Apportionment Reform
The Pennsylvania Farmers Association urges maintaining a bicameral legislature with district based apportionment. They warn that strict one man one vote could cost 28 counties their House seats and reduce senatorial representation across many counties. They argue for factors beyond population to preserve local influence.
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Clinton
Elk
Susquehanna
Tioga
Wayne
Green
Bedford
Huntpada Mifflin
Jefferson
Coumbia
Adams
Carbon
Monroe
Warren
Senate
Greider
Consolidated December Farm Production Figures Adjusted
The page reports December farm output with Lancaster County representatives James Wood Harold Rohrer and J. Roy Greider attending a legislative meeting. It notes total December milk production at 547 million pounds, 3 million more than last year, and mentions a shortfall of 20,000 from December 1963. Congress is urged to call a constitutional convention for apportionment. 16 states have adopted resolutions and 18 are needed.
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Congress
Senate
Lancaster County
James Wood
Harold Rohrer
J. Roy Greider
Pennsylvania January 1 potato stocks hit record lows
Stocks of Pennsylvania potatoes in growers and dealers hands stood at 2,750,000 cwt on January 1, 1965, down 18 percent from 1964 and 26 percent from the 1959 63 average. Disappearance in December totaled 1,050,000 cwt as demand remained strong for good quality potatoes. US storage stocks were 980 million cwt, the smallest January 1 total since 1958.
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Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
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