Martin & Sons Sale Drives Steers to High Per-Cwt Prices
In the D W Martin and Sons sale between Bareville and Wogansville 26 steers sold from 15.50 to 16.50 per cwt. Twenty five shoats brought 11 and 16.50 per head. 250 laying hens sold for 1.80 each. Implements sold include tractors 505 and 640, manure loader 120, mowing machine 105, corn 44 a ton, hay 2350 a ton, 12000 tobacco laths, 250 per hundred. Auctioneers Abe Diffenbach and Charles Bachman.
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D. W. Martin & Sons
Bareville
Wogansville
Abe Diffenbach
Charles Bachman
Two Tractors Sold At Kauffman Farm Sale
Two tractors, including a 1954 model, brought $525 and $325 at a public sale on the Raymond C Kauffman farm in East Hempfield Township last Wednesday. Other items ranged from a cultivator at $120 to tobacco equipment, two range shelters, field gear, hay and corn sold by the ton, and two ladders at $25 each.
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Raymond C Kauffman
East Hempfield Township
New Pennsylvania License Suspension Penalties Announced
Governor George M. Leader unveiled a new system for suspending drivers licenses under the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code. The policy eliminates restricted licenses, imposes graduated penalties based on violation and prior record, and targets repeat offenders within a three year window.
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Harrisburg
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Revenue
Gerald A. Gleeson
Bureau of Highway Safety
Leader
Justice Department
State Police
Formosan Officers Visit Sherer Farm
Two Formosan officers Lt. Col. Ho Shueh and 1st Lt. J L Sun toured the Twin Valley Goat Farm this week as guests of Mr and Mrs Walter M Sherer of Manheim. Accompanying them was 1st Lt. William C Wheeler from Normandy Missouri now studying American Military Methods at Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
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Formosa
Ho Shueh
Tapeh
Taiwan
J. L. Sun
Twin Valley Goat Farm
Walter M. Sherer
Manheim
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
William C. Wheeler
Normandy
Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code Penalty Revisions
The governor announced new penalties for Pennsylvania motor vehicle violations, tightening suspensions across offenses. First offenses may yield warnings for some violations, with escalating suspensions up to 180 days for racing or driving during suspension. A complete penalty table is attached.
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Secretary of Revenue
Farm Near Gap Sells for 18000 at Public Sale
A 42 acre farm mile north of Gap at Spring Garden sold to D. Ira Stoltzfus of Gap for 18000 in a public sale. A nine acre field brought 3025 while Holstein cattle and farm equipment also sold including a tractor and hay rake. LeRoy Zook of Atglen acted as auctioneer.
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Edna Sweigart
Gap
Spring Garde
D. Ira Stoltzfus
LeRoy Zook
Atglen
Livestock inventories rise with 1955 total head at 2.85 million
Pennsylvania farm inventories show 2,850,000 head of livestock on January 1 1955 up 22,000 from a year earlier led by cattle hogs sheep horses and mules. Commercial broilers total 23,207,000 on January 1 down a half cent from last year.
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Pennsylvania
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Martin Sale
Kauffman
Buckingham
L. Clyde Smith
Greenfield Rd
Lancaster
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Bureau of Highway Safety
Secretary of Secretary
Department of Revenue
T. J. Matthews
Aa. H. Burkholder
Quarryville Concrete Products CO
Thomas J. Matthews
Mgr
Landis Stone Meal CO
White Lilly
ALL Purpose Minerals
Rheems
Elizabethtown
Ralph J. Fisher
Cochranville
West Grove
Sherer Farm
Quarryville
Quarryville, PA
Donald C. Walter
Willow Street
Mann & Grumelli
Your
Allis Chalmers
R. D
Bart
Repair & Service
Landis Valley Rd
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