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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1956
Page
8
The Commerce Department expects an overall favorable industrial climate for 1956 with bright prospects in construction and aircraft and strong consumer durable sales. Soft spots appear in steel, farm machinery, and textile industries while Japanese exports of portable radio receivers rise.
USDA summary shows cattle and calves accounting for 16.7 percent of U S farm cash receipts in 1955 with milk hogs cotton and wheat also major contributors. The bulletin details state level changes from 1924 to 1955, with pages for each state, graphs of product share, and five year intervals plus average farm sizes.
The Forest Service and Munitalp Foundation collaborate to study controlling or preventing bolts of lightning and violent hailstorms in high risk areas. Lightning causes millions in property damage annually, with forests hit hardest at an estimated ten million dollars yearly.
Weather conditions keep crops under stress as corn shows tall growth while corn borer outbreaks intensify. Late blight seen in tomatoes but controllable with copper spray. leaf hoppers threaten potato and alfalfa fields. Guidance includes timing sprays for alfalfa and notes government debt figures and a bleak steel supply outlook.
Farm Safety Week featured pond rescue drills at the Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association field days in Potato City. A helicopter from Niagara Falls Naval Air Station staged a rescue from Lake Potato, while Bardford Red Cross staged an evening pond safety demonstration. A special exhibit showcased potato growing and grading equipment.
A listing of firms and properties including Warren Sickman Pequea J. H. Reitz & Son J. Fred Whiteside Millway Snader's Mill Mt. Airy John J. Hess Vintage appears in a local notice. The catalog names multiple entities likely tied to an upcoming sale or auction event.
In El Monte California Robert Shipman Jr 14 has contracted polio a second time after an earlier outbreak in 1943 that hospitalized his father and brother. He was readmitted to Sister Kenny Memorial Hospital for treatment as demonstrations show safe use of farm machinery including plowing cultivating spraying digging and grading potatoes by helicopter.
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