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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1956
Page
3
Harrisburg reports premium payments totaling 93 593 have been mailed to 6 261 place winners in 25 departments of the 1956 Pennsylvania Farm Show. 4H Baby Beef Club winners receive 45 144 from animal sales, while lamb exhibitors gain 4 599 from sales.
A fragment quotes a distressed wife claiming her husband has rare gifts but has given none since their marriage, suggesting underlying conflict and disappointment in their relationship.
Dairy cattle exhibitors led with 266 entries earning 12553 dollars in cash. Beef cattle earned 7088 dollars, poultry 4727, sheep 4106. Other totals include horses 3150, swine 2923, home economics 2068, milk 99, corn 360, small grains 248, potatoes 283, grass silage 133, tobacco 258, apples 1571, edible nuts 169, vegetables 785, maple products 140, apiary products 140, 769 for apiary products, wool 137, eggs 473, baby chicks 86, dressed turkeys 98, rural talent 230, school demonstrations 600, school exhibits 820. Home economics had the most entries with 2329 items from 1407 individuals.
Lancaster Farming in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Bar Association offers general legal questions answered. Topics include parental support for handicapped adult children, recognition of common law marriages in Pennsylvania, obtaining divorce records, and remedies when a neighbor blocks an alley with air conditioners.
The text advises that a jointly owned or commonly easemented alley allows neighbors not to block it with air conditioners. It suggests filing an equity action to obtain a court order removing obstructions and to enjoin future conduct.
Chester County Society of Farm Women No 2 met with Mrs Mae Morris and Mrs Vasta Freese as co hosts. President Mrs Ward led devotions and the flag salute. A trip committee chair announced a June 20 excursion to New York including a boat tour around Manhattan Island and a Radio City Music Hall visit.
A concise aphorism asserting science counters zeal and superstition, attributed to Adam Smith. The line frames science as a rational corrective to ungrounded belief and fervent, unverified claims. It emphasizes reasoned inquiry over passion.
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