Spring Pig Crop 12 Percent Less Than Last Year
Harrisburg reports the 1957 spring pig crop in Pennsylvania fell 12 percent from 1956 and was the smallest since 1941. Federal-State surveys show 468 000 pigs saved in the six months ending May 31, down from 530 000 a year earlier, with a 10-year average of 545 000. Sows farrowing this fall are expected at 52 000, about 12 percent below 1956.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Broilers Hit Normal High At Lancaster
Lancaster The normal seasonal broiler price high hit the Lancaster Poultry Exchange Friday with 230 700 broilers averaging 23 60 cents per pound The top price was 24 cents paid to Enos Buckwalter for 3500 White Rock and White Cross cockerels The buyer was Daniel K Good Al Columbia Records show yearly high reached about this time Prices remained steadier than usual though the Ingh is not as large as other years Over the past six weeks weekly sale averages varied by about a half cent.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Enos Buckwalter
Philadelphia Pike
Daniel K. Good
Columbia
Flying Farmers Picnic At Milton Pennsylvania Draws 80 Members
More than 80 Flying Farmers from New York and Pennsylvania arrived by over 30 aircraft at the Muller farm in Milton Pa for a picnic. Attendees toured air boats and discussed plans to bid for the 1958 National Convention in New York City. A regional air tour is planned starting Oct 11 from Niagara Falls to Mt Pocono with stops at Corning Princeton and Atlantic City led by L L Logan.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Jacob Muller
Milton
Susquehanna
Miller
Lewisburg
New York City
L. L. Logan
NFFA
Kennett Square
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Corning
N Y
Mt. Pocono
Princeton
Walker Gordon Farm
Rotary
Conesville
Marshall Jones
West Chester
Victor Leto
Harry Brenneman
Raymond Beiler
Honey Brook
Homer Kolb
Phoenixville
Dan Crouse
Chatham
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New Holland
Harry T. Hossler, Jr
Rawlinsville
York
Alpen
Atglen
Afgien
George H. Eckman
J. Gilbert Adamson
James E. Brown
Aaron Fisher
G. Leighton Hassler John J. Hess
Reuben R. Hull Byron R. Judy Gordon
B. Kingsbury
Znch
H. Leamy Mont Rutter
Joseph P. Wentz
Lancaster, Pa
West Grove, Pa
Paradise
Quarryville
Gap
Cochranville
Coatesville
Pomeroy
Christiana
Pana
Wire Lust
BPS House
Cybele
BPS
Savogran
Elder & Jenks
Calking
Drylok
Hotpoint Bargains
Groffs Hardware
New Holland, PA
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