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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1956
Page
14
Apple maggots known as railroad worms are increasing in Lancaster County. Associate County Agent Harry S Sloat urges spraying with arsenate of lead, adding two pounds per spray to peaches and cutting DDT dosage by half.
American families have invested more than one hundred billion dollars in new homes since 1945. The new homes carried an average value of ten thousand dollars.
John W Eshelman & Sons announce a feed mill in Chamblee Georgia with completion expected early next year. About 350 tons daily of raw materials will be sourced mainly from Lancaster County. Other Eshelman plants operate in Pennsylvania Ohio North Carolina and Florida.
A Lancaster Farming staff photo shows flood damage with 4.5 inches of rainfall in New Holland area. Debris scatters along a flooded road and wrapped around a wooden and wire fence, illustrating the impact of the storm.
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