Grain markets show lower quality wheat with prices around $2.00
A Lancaster survey of grain receival terminals in Lancas ter County reports tough off color wheats and fears of sprout damage from unmachined grain. Cargill Inc Marietta notes higher moisture and sprout signs in early harvested wheat while prices hold around 2.07 to 2.08 per bushel. Other regions report delayed wheat arrivals and elevated prices as weather strains supply.
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Ernest J. Neill
Law‘ter County
Cargill, Inc
Marietta
Adjes
Muid‘ek
Nelin
Lititz
Uarryville
Laborer Shot in Camp Clash at Gibbs Foods Cannery
One laborer was stabbed and another wounded by a bullet during a floor dispute at Gibbs Foods cannery work camp near New Texas in southern Lancaster County early Wednesday. Delmas J. Johnson, Charleston, C, work camp foreman, charged with aggravated assault and battery. William E. Pulley, 39, Gyde, Md. Major Wilkerson, 24, Tennessee, treated for injuries at Lancaster General Hospital.
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Gibbs Foods
Texas
Lancaster Ounty
Lancaster General Hospital
Willam E. Pulley
Gyde
Wilkerson
Tennessee
Delmas J. Johnson
Charleston
Te C
4H Meet Postponed for New Holland Baby Beef Club
The New Holland 4H Baby Beef club meeting is postponed to 8 PM on August 3 at New Holland Park. It was originally set for Friday evening.
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Hound
New Holland Park
Lancaster Farmers Vote 5 to 1 No On Wheat Quota
County farmers reject wheat marketing quotas by a five to one margin with 968 against and 579 for. Across neighboring counties and nationwide, voters show mixed support for continued federal controls as Lancaster County endures rain and stopped field work.
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Lancaster County
Lebanon
York
Berks
Volunteers Sought for Poultry Center Project
Labor needed at the new Poultry Center under construction at Route 230 bypass and Roseville Road. Secretary Lewis Mortensen of the Lancaster County Poultry Association urges volunteers to call for labor contributions as foundations are poured and walls rise.
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Route 230
Roseville Road
Lewis Mortensen
East Petersburg
The
Lancaster County Poultry Poultry Assn
Mortensen
Draft Quota Set at 1 157 in Pennsylvania for September
Selective Services headquarters fixed a September draft quota of 1 157 men aged 22 and over in Pennsylvania. The August call was 1 021.
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Pennsylvania
Selective Services
Poultry Sales Totals at Lancaster Exchange This Week
Poultry sales at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange Rohrerstown last week totaled 62 lots or 194 735 birds. Listed were 70 lots totaling 207 435. For the same week last year there were 46 lots 126 765 listed and 126 190 birds sold.
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Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Rohrerstown
Women Hobby Show Puts Spotlight on Steam Era at Kinzers
At the Rough and Tumble Engineers meet in Kinzers August 16 to 18 women will join the hobby showcase beside vintage steamers from Arthur S. Young & Son Implement Co. Everett Young says demonstrations include threshing techniques, sawmilling, dynameter tests, pulling contests, and a men’s steam exhibit. New officers take office on opening night.
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Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association
Kinzers
Arthur S. Young & Son Implement Co
Huff
Puff
Everett Young
Highway 30
Injured in Fall On Farm Barn Ladder Incident
John B Miller aged 67 of Burdin Hand was hurt Tuesday afternoon when he fell from a barn ladder while working on his farm. He sustained injuries but details of the treatment and condition were not disclosed.
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John B. Miller
Financial Loss In Crops High Rains Blamed
Pennsylvania farmers face heavy losses as wet weather halts hay and small grain harvesting. Potatoes fear late blight due to June and July rains. experts urge dry spells and spraying. Rain totals ranged from 0.33 to 2.97 inches with forecasts of continued rain and cooler, cloudy conditions.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers Association
E. L. Nixon
Association
Weather Wet Destroys Crops Delays Spuds in Lancaster
In Lancaster County heavy rains and cool, damp conditions disrupt farming as July 1956 totals far exceed normal. Bernard T. White of the Weather Bureau notes 4.84 inches of rain by midweek, breaking the 4.37 inch monthly norm, with temperatures two degrees below normal and 14 of 24 days with rain. Flooding damages corn and small grains while harvests slow. wildfires reported in some untreated tobacco beds as forecasts call for near normal, warmer, less humid weather by Friday.
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Lancaster County
Bernard T. White
Weather Bureau
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Saturday Deadline To Plow Up Wheat Extended
Under the Soil Bank agricultural act extensions, farmers may plow under part of their crop to meet acreage requirements with a new Saturday deadline. The corn plow under date remains July 31. Recent storm damage to wheat may prompt more farmers to seek federal payments.
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Jine
Soil Bank Agricultural Act
Injured man hurt while working on grain combine
Robert G. Hambleton, 52, of New Providence, was treated at Lancaster General Hospital early this week for fractures and cuts on three fingers of his left hand after an injury while working on a grain combine.
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Robert G. Hambleton
New Providence
Lancaster General Hospital
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Olanco
Steam Engineer
Pittsburgh
Walliamsport
Combine
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