Rural Price Trends Show 9 Percent Dip From 1958 Standards
Farmers faced lower prices across meat, milk, and vegetables. The June 1959 Prices Received Index slipped, with fruit and vegetable costs up modestly while meat and feed values fell, and parity ratios dropped to the lowest since mid-1957. Milk cow values held at 305 per head amid broad price pressures.
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U. S
USDA
de-Adams
Ju. Newsmalne
Pensylvania
Laboratory North
Ville. L
County Man Named For State Feed Assn. Post
Donald W. Parke of Lancaster has been named executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Millers and Feed Dealers Association. He will start July 1, succeeding Richard I. Ammon, who left for a similar role with the Northeastern Poultry Producers Council. Parke has 13 years as field secretary and assistant treasurer with the Pennsylvania Retailers Association and is a director of the American Retail Association Executives. He is a Duke alumnus, a World War I veteran, and serves on Lancaster’s First Presbyterian Church board. The board chose Parke unanimously after screening more than a dozen candidates.
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Donald W. Parke
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Millers’ & Feed Dealers’ Association
Hubert F. Aten
Parke
Richard I. Ammon
Poultry Producers, Council
Ance
American Retail Association
Grain & Feed Dealers National Association
Duke University
U.S
First Presbyterian Church of
Parkes
Delp Road
Aten
Oliver 18 Threshing Reel Guards Grain In Hickory Hill
The Oliver 18 saves more grain from the start with a semi revolving reel and straight down bats that reduce shattering. Ninety percent of threshed grain is held at the cylinder by the Man Behind the Gun feature before mixing with straw, aided by a long straw rack. Local ads list Hershey & Son Manheim and Farmersville suppliers along with J. B. Lapp Atglen and Ephrata outfitting services.
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Oliver
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Chas. J. McComsey & Sons
Hickory Hill, Pa
Farmersville Equipment Co
Ephrata, R.D
J. B. Lapp
Martin’s
Limeston
Ivan,m
Martin, Inc
Blue Ball, Pa
New-Holland Elgin
Miller & Bushong
Green Pastures
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