Best Food Buys High Prices Returning To Normal
Food prices show signs of easing as harvests resume and frost damage expectations lessen. Cabbage endive radishes celery peppers and Chinese cabbage become cheaper while tomatoes and lettuce fluctuate with supply shifts. Florida sweet corn and other produce face some price pressure, and Texas crops may keep prices higher for weeks. Livestock shipping remains strong with pork rounds steaks ducks and eggs widely available.
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Tom Piper
Penn State Extension
Florida
Texas
Ohio
Guide to economy cuts and waste in butchered meat
The text explains that economy cuts cost more per pound due to bone fat and waste. It notes these cuts have fewer servings per pound and highlights how trimming fat and bone affects value. The passage emphasizes practical buying choices for economical meat.
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Ter
Soil Conservation Progress Reaches Most Pennsylvania Counties
Richards, president of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts, notes that at the start of 1955 Pennsylvania had 30 counties with soil conservation districts. today 58 of 67 counties have districts. The rapid progress helped bring the convention to Pennsylvania for the first time.
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Richards
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Pennsylvania
Conservationists Train in Soil Radioactivity Detection
At a 214 day workshop in Lancaster, Unit Conservationist Paul Anderson and colleagues Abner House Knecht Henry Mellett of the Soil Conservation Service received intensive training in using Geiger counters to detect radioactive material in soil.
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Paul Anderson
Abner Houseknecht
Ards
Henry Mellett
Soil Conservation Service Office
Lancaster
Disease cases prompt farm safety measures and dog control efforts
The article notes updated methods for farmers to reduce radioactive material injury to livestock and food. Soil Conservation Service staff will aid Civil Defense in emergencies, with historical case counts cited. Infections were limited to several counties with bats, dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and a skunk affected. cattle saw no cases last year. State Agriculture Secretary William L Henning credits aggressive stray dog campaigns with improved disease control.
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Soil Conservation Service
Lycoming
Chester
Dauphin
Lehigh
Northumberland
Perry
Greene
Westmoreland
Crawford
William L Henning
Rabies Records Hit New Low in 1961 Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reports a new all time record low of 14 officially recognized rabies cases for the state in 1961. The total includes only two rabid dogs, another record low.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
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