County Milk Income in 1955 Reaches $23 Million
Lancaster County reported milk income of $23,069,347 for 1955, per the June Dairy Month Committee and the Pennsylvania Bureau of Crop Reporting and Research. NE Sampson, JDM Committee chairman, cited Pennsylvania's industrial growth as a factor in the attention given to dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Bureau of Crop Reporting & Research
Classified Advertising Classified Ads Listings Include Various Farm Items
A dense classified page advertises poultry items guinea pigs rabbits pigeons and chinchillas with prices. farming equipment including Massey Harris combines and balers. a 1954 Plymouth convertible for sale. fire control systems. garden tractors and mowers. and poultry feed additive 3 nitro with contact names and locations in Pennsylvania.
Classified Advertising Rates for Lancaster Farming
Rates chart explains costs for display and boxed ads in Lancaster Farming Quarryville. Ads running three or more consecutive weeks without change billed at four cents per word with eighty cent minimum. Deadline is Wednesday morning. no ads accepted after 10:00 a.m. Wednesday.
Wallenpaupack dam area closed again to recreation
The Lake Wallenpaupack area within 750 feet of the dam remains a nursery waters zone as designated by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company says boating fishing swimming and all recreation are prohibited in this restricted zone marked by red flags on buoys.
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Lake Wallenpaupack
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
13-Mule Lake
June Dairy Month aims to boost consumption in peak milk season
In 1955 Lancaster County milking 61 000 cows daily yielded a record 405 040 000 pounds of milk and $18 145 800 farm cash income for dairy farmers. nationwide 45 000 dairy farmers milked 940 000 cows producing over 6 364 000 000 pounds valued at $287 million. A national committee led by the American Dairy Association promotes June Dairy Month with J Collins McSparran as honorary chairman and Sampson of Lawrence County as a key figure.
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Commonwealth
Sampson
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
American Dairy Association
Chicago
J. Collins McSparran
Pennsylvania State Grange
Dairymens Cooperative Sales Association
Taom Volant
Lawrence County
DCSA
National Milk Producers Federation
Atlantic Division
Pittsburgh Dairy Council
Pennsylvania State Council of Farm Organizations
William L Henning
Pennsylvania Department of
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N E Sampson
Pennsylvania Jdm Committee
White Rocks
L.L Logan Kennett Square
Keeney Bros Farm
New Freedom, Pa
Massey-Harris
Allis-Chalmers
M. Weaver & Sons
Bareville
Leda
Plymouth
R. H. Low
Lancaster Farming
Red Comet Fire Control Systems & Equipment
Mountville
Penna
Simplicity Sales
Frank K Denlinger
Lampeter
Salisbury
F. W. Fisher
Leacock
Quarryville, Pa
Wallenpaupack Dam
Howard F Haitman
Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers
Lyman E Jackson
Pennsylvania State University
College Park
Joab K Mahood
Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission
Lloyal D Odhner
Pennsylvania Chain Store Council
Philadelphia
Willam A. Hubbs
Pennsylvania Grocers Association
J Collins McSparran
Wiliam H List
Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers of Pennsylvania
Delaware & New Jersey
New York
Charles R. DeHaven
Pennsylvania Association of Muk Dealers
Lancaster Poultry Cent
Lancaster Farming Staff
KET
Quarryville Concrete Products Company
A. H. Burkholder
Allis Chalmers
Allcrop Harvesters
Gleaner-Baldwin
Allcrop
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa
Mann & Grumelli Farm
Serv
Quarryville
Weaver Stevens, Pa
N. G. Myers & Son
Rheems, Pa
Lititz, Pa
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