Pennsylvania acreage plans diverge from national trend in 1958 crops
Pennsylvania farmers plan to plant about the same total acres as 1957 for seven key crops, with Lancaster County computing a five percent cut in tobacco. Statewide estimates show 4,668,000 acres to be sown across corn oats barley soybeans hay tobacco and potatoes, with hay and corn stable or rising while soybeans oats and tobacco decline. Weather could alter intentions as farmers substitute crops.
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Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
State Crop Reporting Board
Crop Reporting Board
New Jersey Sets Milk Standards for Clean Herds
Pennsylvania officials warn dairy shippers that New Jersey will stop accepting milk after April 1 from herds not certified free of brucellosis. Only "clean" herds meeting state tests will qualify, as New York tightens rules from Jan 1, 1959. About 25 percent of Pennsylvania milk goes to New York and New Jersey markets.
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New Jersey
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Howard A Mhle
Pennsylvania Bureau of Anirual Industry
Milo
New York
Governor Sees Butter Added to Surplus Food List
Governor George Leader praised the Department of Agriculture for adding butter to the surplus food distribution list which already includes corn meal wheat flour cheese rice and dried milk He thanked Sen Joseph Clark and urged faster purchases and the addition of dried beans and peanuts to improve diets for recipients.
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Gov. Leader
George Leader
Department of Agriculture
Sen
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Leader
Department
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Potatoes in Pennsylvania Hit Nine-Year Low in Storage
The Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service says potato storage on Keystone State farms as of March 1 totaled about 1.1 million 100 pound bags, down 1 million cwt from Feb 1 and well below last year. Production for 1957 was 6.142 million cwt, 20 percent under 1956 and 31 percent below the 1949-55 average, with acreage declines linked to shifts in farm programs and high equipment costs.
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Keystone State
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Department
Weather Bureau Caught Again By Heavy Snow
Lancaster County faced a second heavy snow event with up to 38 inches in eastern areas. The storm on Wednesday to Thursday knocked out power and phones to about 75 000 homes while damaging lines and structures. Farmers suffered power losses affecting milkers and bulk tanks and faced meat spoilage and pump failures. Winter ended officially March 20.
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Weather Bureau
Lancaster County
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J. Wade Groff
R. Lancaster
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