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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1956
Page
11
Pennsylvania shows a year of record farm outputs with Lancaster County contributing. January chick production hits an all time high, hog numbers rise from 584000 to 642000, and barley and oats set records while value falls. A dealer hints at tough prices for hogs despite the gains.
Rex R Bailey of Doane Agricultural Service notes U.S. farm output rises faster than population despite acres taken for highways. He cites 1900 839 million acres and 1955 11 billion, with one million barren acres opened yearly since 1945. Lancaster County farms show 7952 in 1950 and 7951 in 1954 with 495000 to 498206 acres.
The text discusses ramp time as a seasonal signal not tied to North Carolina or Tennessee. It likens ramps to an onion in strength and notes social consequences of ramp eating, including historical divorce grounds from chronic ramp eating, finally preferring milder Bermuda ramps to avoid antisocial effects.
Spring arrives with blooms and hope as readers note milder days and the season’s energy. The column muses on fresh starts, gentle warmth, and the balance between work and leisure that spring inspires.
A warning from the Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction notes dwindling horse mule and bull numbers on farms yet ongoing fatal livestock accidents still occur. Dairymen are reminded milk tows are involved in more accidents than other livestock. Practice patience and caution.
Weather epoch notes snow from eight to ten inches in Wilkes-Barre and seven inches in Harrisburg. Lancaster egg market dips as cold storage eggs flood the market. a $1 750 000 corner helps hens. Farm show nominees include Miles Horst and John Light. Red Cross drought relief reaches $10 million with carloads of food. Babylonian clay tablet yields new Biblical lore.
On Monday morning March 16 1931 Lancaster city and rural areas were buried under seven inches of snow the heaviest of the winter State Highway Department crews were sent out to clear routes across the county Groundhog Prophesies ended in Quarryville as residents celebrated the end of the six week period Tax protest meeting drew about 325 York County farmers at the Yorktowne Hotel with Mahlon N Haines and others urging legislative action against unfair assessments Prohibition agents raided a Kirks Mills area still destroying mash and seizing over a ton of sugar 25 years ago this week.
Dr. Theodore B Appel State Secretary of Health announced a mobile laboratory unit set up in Lancaster under L. K Scheffer. The unit will stay for several weeks to analyze private water supplies. service offered free of charge to farmers and others. J Barton Weeks, Keystone Automobile Club president, noted Governor Pinchot’s 20000 mile rural road plan could be funded by one penny from the existing gas tax. He urged ending county tax refunds and taxing wholesalers through 25000+ retail dealers.
The article argues Christians differ in ritual details yet share a core unity in the Lord's Supper. It notes emphasis on Christ, the sacramental meaning, and calls for shared devotion regardless of denominational differences. It cites Catholic and Protestant practice and stresses repentance and charity as essential to communion.
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