Haybalers Work Through Hot Summer Afternoons
Hay balers or hayloaders toil under the summer sun near Rheems with background activity from a Lancaster Farming staff photo.
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Lancaster Farming
Lancaster Farming in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
8
Meat Production Gains Considerably in June update
June meat production rises across cattle hogs and sheep with cattle up 3 percent, hogs up 24 percent, while sheep and lambs total 470 654 versus 501 609 a year ago. Lamb and mutton show no gain.
Draft Call Affects 1021 Pennsylvania Men In August
State Selective Service headquarters reports 1021 Pennsylvania men will be drafted in August. The national August call totals 13 000 men for the Army and all draftees must be at least 22 years old.
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Pennsylvania
State Selective Service Headquarters
Army
Record May milk output sets Pennsylvania high
Pennsylvania dairy herds produced 668 million pounds of milk in May, a new state record. The 944,000 milk cows were unchanged from April, with higher than last year’s per-animal output. June milk volume expected heavy but possibly lower than May due to pastures lagging in northern counties.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Federal
State Crop Reporting Service
Standard on Cherry Grades Might Change
The U S Department of Agriculture proposed amendments to canned sweet cherry grade standards. Current rules date to 1953 and define slightly damaged categories with a 3 percent tolerance. proposed changes raise tolerance to 4 percent for U S Grade B or U S Choice. Comments are due by December 31, 1956 to F L Southerland in Washington.
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Washington
USDA
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Streets of Harpers Ferry Silent Today
A travel sketch recalls Harpers Ferry in quiet after the John Brown raid era. The piece notes preserved Arsenal ruins, National Park Service markers, steep streets, and a weekend excursion route from Lancaster County through nearby towns with a weather trade and livestock scenery along the Shenandoah and Potomac valleys.
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Harpers Ferry
Ernest J. Neill
John Brown
Federal
Harper’s Ferry
Robert E Lee
Charles Town
Lancaster County
Shenandoah
Potomac
Thomas Jefferson
Atlantic
Arsenal
Harper
National Park Service
United States
Lancaster
York
Gettysburg
Fort Tondon
Tuscarora
McConnellsburg
Maryland
Frederick
Baltimore
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia
Virginia
Automobile Damage After Collision With Stray Steer
Damage estimated at 400 dollars occurred to the car of William Lindsay of Smyrna Delaware when it hit a steer eight miles south of Lancaster on Route 72 early Saturday. State Police sought the steer owner.
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William Lindsay
Smyrna
Del
Lancaster
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J. M. Bomberger Elm
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Paul H. Gehman
Denver
Fred L
John E. Homsher
O. Kenneth McCracken Manheim
Millport Roller Mills
Lititz
Earl Lauder
New Holland
Osceola Flour Mills
Gordonville
Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc
Een
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