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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1956
Page
11
The piece notes past limits in agricultural education and contrasts with today’s strong Farm Youth programs. It credits 4-H and the Future Farmers of America with guiding youths toward farming careers through school courses, Vo-Ag, and county extension support.
The USDA advises large scale REA electric construction with nearly one billion dollars to be spent over five years. In Pennsylvania 1957 to 1961 spending totals ten to twelve million dollars annually 2 135 000 to 2 421 000. Electricity powers farm life, and its absence reveals its vital role in pumps, grinders and kitchens.
The text notes the emergence of hexestrol as a new growth-promoting hormone after stilbestrol and diethylstilbestrol. It envisions farmers becoming researchers, listing chemicals, weed killers, preservatives, vaccines, hormones, sprays, and other inputs in a modern inventory.
Plant pathologists at USC's Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville Maryland test five antibiotics to protect snap beans and lima beans from four fungus diseases. The compounds Anisomycin Mycostation Oligomycin Griseifulvin and Filipin are not yet ready for field use.
A 1905 feature recalls bills to cut road taxes for wide tired wagons and their road safety claims. It notes Dr J P Welsh at Bloomsburg testing tuberculosis vaccine on six calves with Dr Person of UPenn leading the trial.
In 1931 Charles Evans of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry was sent to Lancaster County to quarantine all dogs due to rapid rabies spread. He said he would kill dogs found at large and urged owners to keep dogs tied till the infection subsides. A separate 1931 report notes a steady drop in industrial employment driving people back to farms, the largest move since 1924. Pennsylvania lawmakers also considered a law allowing farmers to mortgage crops for Federal Drought Fund loans.
The American Cancer Society notes seven warning signals of cancer that should prompt a medical check. Early detection improves treatment chances and potential cure.
A reported passerby in the suburbs asks to wait near a home while a dog completes its activity. The scene is described as a nonviolent, tentative interaction as residents assess the stranger. The account notes no theft or harm and records the exchange as a curious urban vignette.
The reflection emphasizes the Resurrection as a contemporary event opening minds and hearts. It argues the risen Christ is a present guide who opens Scripture, ignites warmth in believers, and inspires mission, with emphasis on personal encounter and steadfast faith across churches worldwide.
Eight men led by Henry Martin the Quarryville fire chief and Robert K. Mowrer along with Solanco Farmers and Sportsmen's Association propose establishing a state park in southern Lancaster County. Lancaster County Soil Conservation District directors rear a committee to pursue a site and support the plan.
A historic ad notes tobacco seed recleaned sold at 10c per half ounce package. A public meeting at Boehm's Methodist Church near Willow Street discussed final plans for a hard road from the Maryland line to Willow Street with speakers including J C McCarrell state highway engineer T Warren Metzer Lancaster mayor and Lancaster Automobile Club representatives. Legislative and automobile group delegates attended.
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