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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1956
Page
3
The Zaméry designed ranch house fits a narrow lot with a spacious living room, ten foot window, dining room, U shaped kitchen, two main floor bedrooms and potential for two more upstairs. A full basement supports laundry, hobbies and play space. A complete sketch plan is available for 25 cents. Area 1,448 sq ft.
Guidance on prepping surfaces choosing paint and gear including sandpaper steel wool brushes thinning oil and linseed oil. Emphasizes dry surfaces replacement of wood under eaves and around windows and selecting paints suited to needs with proper brushes ladders drop cloths and mixing supplies.
Pennsylvania farmers earned an estimated 11.79 million dollars from filler tobacco in 1955 based on 272 cents per pound. Hay dominated with 95.79 million, corn 88.55 million, and tobacco remained the highest value since 1950 despite lower prices. Wheat, oats, and vegetables also posted sizable totals.
Barnacle Bill quotes a mountaineer from the U.S.S. West Virginia noting that about ten percent suffer hay fever while the other ninety percent try to grin and bear them. The remark captures wartime humor and civilian discomfort with seasonal allergies.
Penn State extension clothing expert Ber Nice J Tharp warns that a preshrunk label without a shrinkage percentage offers no certainty against further garment shrinkage.
Hay topped Pennsylvania crop values in 1955 at $95.8 million, with corn at $88.6 million. hay remains king of crops for the third straight year, reflecting a shift toward grassland farming to support livestock and dairy sectors. Corn total fell behind hay after 1952. Wheat, oats, vegetables, potatoes, tobacco, apples, barley, and peaches follow in value. Hay yield reached 3.42 million tons. corn grain totaled 61.072 million bushels. Pennsylvania ranked 12th in day production and 7th in total value.
Coudersport reports a new Federal State inspection program joins with new potato varieties to offer a superior spud service. Dr William L Henning says the experiment has been highly successful as 10 inspectors handle nearly 1,500 lots in the Erie County area. The state stresses enforcing the potato grade marking law with 92 prosecutions in 1954-55.
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