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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1956
Page
15
American Meat Institute notes higher operating expenses in the meat packing sector from 1949 to 1954 rising 34 percent to 2.65 billion dollars. Wage costs climbed by about 50 million annually in 1955, with compensation making up roughly half of packers margins. Costs for supplies, transport, and taxes also pressuring profitability as wholesale values fall.
Graham J. and Martha E. Delp of Primerose Farm in Oxford were elected to membership in the American Guernsey Cattle Club. The AGCC serves over 40,000 purebred Guernsey breeders nationwide and records registration and official production tests. The Delps, cultivating Guernseys since 1946 with a 40 head herd, aim to reach 50 milking cows and are selling Golden Guernsey Milk through Golden Guernsey Incorporated.
Dr. William J. Henning said Pennsylvania’s index of prices received by farmers fell six points for the month ending February 15 while the national index held steady. Egg prices led the decline, offset somewhat by gains in grains and potatoes, with other sectors like live stock dropping as well and eggs down nine cents a dozen.
State Agriculture Secretary Dr. William L Henning reports January egg production at 316 million, down 5 from 321 million the year before. Layers fall to 19,354,000, and milk output hits a record 518 million pounds for the month, up 44 percent from January 1955.
The American Cancer Society says semi annual x rays for men over forty five offer the best chance of early lung cancer detection. Early detection could have prevented about 12 800 deaths in the United States last year according to ACS.
Harrisburg announces that parts of 11 Lancaster County streams are removed from the all fishing ban from March 15 to April 15. Streams listed include Chickies below Marietta and Conowingo Creek near Falmouth with portions opened up along the Susquehanna and Conestoga systems.
The American Cancer Society says leukemia is the leading cause of death from cancer among U S children, a disease affecting blood forming organs and causing many pediatric fatalities in the United States.
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