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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
10
Philadelphia market shows unsettled trade with heavy stock carryover and light arrivals. White rocks and cross breeds priced 23-31c, pullets and fryers 18-26c, turkeys weak on excess supply, receipts about 50,000 lbs. Dispatches note steady to firm tone with limited storage movement and various price tiers across classifications.
Thomas R. Terrill leads a new experimental station at Landisville on a farm once owned by William K. Risser. Tests from Sept 22 used varied bushel rates per acre. Dubois barley noted as hardier than Leconte. Best barleys Wong Kenbar Hudson. rotations include corn tobacco hay with Pen Scott Clover and orchard grass. Crops mature quickly and combining will start soon.
Martie Township becomes the 25th Lancaster County township to meet the 75 percent sign-up threshold for brucellosis testing. Of 81 herds, 77.7 percent have signed or are under test. Paul H. Herr of Holtwood chaired the sign-up committee. only three townships south of the Lincoln Highway remain unsigned.
The American Meat Institute dismissed claims of a meat packing monopoly in the West made by E F Forbes of the Western States Meat Packers Association. They cite about 4,000 plants nationwide and 130 new ones opening last year as proof of competitive markets and note federal grading differs from veterinary inspection marks.
The first spring production sale at Green Meadows Farms in Bareville on June 19 saw 31 rams average about $275. A ram bought by Mrs. Amy Wilson of Texas fetched $725, while a ram lamb sold for $675 to Jack Judy of Ohio State University.
Thirteen steers died on the Lester High farm after grazing on a pasture sprayed earlier with an arsenical weed killer. Harry S Sloat, Lancaster county agricultural agent, warns chemicals can be dangerous for up to two months and urges caution to prevent livestock contact with treated vegetation.
Contracts to add 112000 square feet to the Chicago International Livestock Exposition Amphitheater will nearly double its size making it the world's largest exposition hall and vastly larger than any similar building in the United States.
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