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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
6
Pennsylvania farmers have begun harvesting processing peas for canning and freezing in southern counties. Federal state inspectors grade peas for quality as 14,000 acres are under cultivation, a six percent rise from last year but below the 10 year average.
Harrisburg reports a 26 percent rise in Pennsylvania commercial hatcheries chick output in May from a year ago. About half of May’s 10,057,000 chicks went to broiler and fryer trade amid strong demand. Broiler chicks were up 37 percent year over year, non broiler hatching up 17 percent, with January to May chick production near 54 million. Eggs in incubators across the Middle Atlantic as of June 1 were 36 percent above last year.
Pennsylvania State University establishes a new Experiment Station at Landisville. The property includes a residence to be converted into offices and a barn housing equipment for the station’s operations. Lancaster Farming staff photo accompanies the report.
A schedule of public sales with dates and locations including estates in Elizabethtown Lititz and Palmyra and items such as real estate household goods personal property and livestock. Notable entries include the Irwin G Brandt Estate at 43 432 E High St Elizabethtown and Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders Association dispersal in Meadville.
Officer Donald M. Schake of Clarion County reports a deer related theft of maple syrup from John Gammon. Over several weeks Gammon collected 75 gallons of sap and boiled it to about four gallons of syrup placed outside to cool. An uncovered container and deer tracks led to the syrup being consumed by deer.
July 7 real estate sale for Florence M Neff at 600 Hodgson St Oxford starts 1 30 p m July 7 Intercourse Community Sale at 11 a m household goods farm implements Mennonite carriage locust posts July 21 Martindale Fire Hall sale household goods August 9 Clyde E Keener 1 miles north of Lancaster at Route 72 and 230 starts 12 noon farm machinery including tractors August 11 Charles C and Agnes H Fox Bachmanville to Campbelltown 13 acre farm sheep barn tools household goods timberland tract also tmberland sale at 12 30 p m
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