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Lancaster Farming in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1956
Page
7
Average Auto Buyer Patterns In U S Car Purchases
A survey reported by Automobile Facts finds one third of U S families own two or more cars. Ninety two percent trade in the family car, with an average trade-in age just over three years. Most buyers drive to work, with business travel and school runs also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Farmers Use Large Share of Motor Fuel in 1958
The Agricultural Situation reports farmers, heavy users of power machinery, burned about 8.8 billion gallons of liquid petroleum on farms in 1958. About 90 percent was gasoline, 4 percent diesel, 3 percent LP gas, and 3 percent other fuels, totaling roughly 11.5 percent of U S motor fuel use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Corn Belt Farm Dairies
U. S
Meat production in 1955 sets new livestock slaughter records
A year-end review notes 1955 produced record cattle 19,055,498 head and calf slaughter near 7.5 million, while hog slaughter reached 61,370,474, though prices fell amid abundant beef and farm overproduction. Sheep and lamb slaughter reached 14,383,450, the largest in seven years, signaling strong output yet limited farmer profits due to a buyers market.
50 Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms
A roundup of rural notes from 1905 to 1931 include a 1906 law specifying standard egg weight at 24 ounces per dozen and other measures for farm goods. Reports cover Mrs. Milton Bush’s Lancaster County poultry income, a New Jersey cow tragedy from overlong rope, sparrow control efforts in Pennsylvania, and the first ice cargo imported to Philadelphia. Also included are baptisms in the Conestoga, farm accidents with significant losses, 1931 Farm Bureau officer elections, remarks by MacSparran on living in a Christian nation, meat cutting demonstrations, strawberry yields in Erie County, and orchard pruning demonstrations in Drumore Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Milton Bush
Lancaster County
Smyrna
S. S. Regulus
Philadelphia
St. Newfoundland
American Ice Co
Conestoga
Lancaster
West End Park
John Myers
Baptist Brethern Church
Quarter Million Chick Feeders Ordered by Purina Mills
Jackson Evans Co of St Louis announces receipt of a single order for a quarter million baby chick feeders from Purina Mills. A S Johnson of Purina says the feeders support a dealers program. Fire truck overturns near Malvern. 5 firemen killed and 11 injured while speeding to a grass fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson-Evans Co
St Louis
Purina Mills
A. S. Johnson
Malvern Fire Co
Chester County
Christ Suffering Lesson Reflects on Atonement and Purpose
A sermon for March 25 1956 asks why Christ suffered. It argues both historical causes like Pilate and jealousy of the Pharisees and a divine purpose, citing Scripture to show Jesus’ death as a universal expiation and personal savior. The piece notes faith is needed to see the broader pattern.
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Dr. Foreman
Jesus
Christ
Calvary
God
Father
Eve
Paul
John
Dr. Hordern
Churches of Christ
U. 8 A
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