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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1957
Page
6
The Agricultural Marketing Service estimates rye planted for all uses at 4.41 million acres for 1956. This is 3 percent below 4.56 million the prior year but about 1.5 times the 1945-54 average. Disappearance from July to December 1956 totaled 22.6 million bushels, the largest since 1945, with 6.9 million bushels exported.
A reader from Manheim expresses appreciation for Lancaster Farming, noting ongoing interest in farming news and household hints despite no longer farming. The letter thanks the publication for its weekly coming and helpful advertisements.
A long list of auction notices dated March to April runs through Lititz Blainsport Denver Mountville Ephrata Quarryville Green Dragon Manheim Gordonville Oregon Adamstown Lititz Mt Joy and more. Items include livestock farm equipment real estate household goods antiques and power garden tools with sale dates from March 9 to April 6 and venues such as sale barns railroad stations and rural routes.
The American Meat Institute reports 1956 saw a record low in time needed to earn a pound of meat and a drop in price while consumption rose. Beef required 20 minutes per pound and pork 14.1 minutes. average meat price was 57.6 cents per pound with beef at 66 cents and pork 46.6 cents.
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