Farmers Shortchange Themselves By Marketing For Convenience
A Penn State study finds farmers prioritize convenience over price when buying and selling stock. The article notes farmers rely on outlets out of habit, with auctions selling half slaughter stock while 60 percent of replacements go directly to farmers, stressing price as the bottom line for farm accounts. Lancaster County 1955 livestock receipts totaled 25.5 million, part of 111 million statewide.
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Penn State
Clarence E Trotter
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Alfred C Alspach
Robert E Best
Robert G Campbell
Robert J Wiggins
Quarryville
Lancaster
Wnter
Bibles and Quarantine Tales in Eighteenth Century England
A fragmented history recounts English printing monopolies under the Stationers Company, later challenged by Thomas Guy and Dutch printers who sold affordable Bibles. It shifts to anecdotes about Miss Field in Spain during cholera quarantines, a hen hatching chicks on a Lancaster farm, and a dangerous plowing accident near New Holland, detailing local incidents and curiosities.
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England
London
Stationers Commons
Thomas Guy Ashewd
Ler
Sulland
Kings
Gus
University of Oxford
Oxford
University Press
Princco
Sanitary Bureau
Paris
Spain
Miss Yield
Madrid
Lancaster
Edward McKinstry
Roohierstown Tor
Mrs Mc
Lancaster Farming page items include animal rescue and anecdotes
The issue recounts a horse trapped in a hole rescued after five hours of digging at a farm site near Quarryville. It also describes a 1908 Chicago contest about ideal husband traits and a Flash flood tale of Wayatt Edwards finding a 27 pound catfish, plus a teen’s jail sentence for petty theft and a 16 year old named Mav Kindred.
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Chicago
Ile
Max Smith Promotes Rye Silage And Prevention Tactics
The article discusses timing rye harvest for grass silage and adding preservatives for palatability. It covers preplant soil treatments to deter cutworms using Heptachlor or Chlordane, and emphasizes preserving feed value through rapid cutting and silage. It also warns about bloat in ruminants from fresh forage and advises dry feeding before turning animals out. It notes a dog with an unusual extra tail.
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Crouth
Glory of God in the Tabernacle and Today
The article contrasts Moses building the Tabernacle with gifts from the people forming the house of God and arguing worship must show real devotion. It emphasizes that glory comes from Christ living in the congregation, not a building, and calls for active faith in worship.
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Moses
God
Tabernacle
House of God
Lord
Saint Paul
Christ
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BY Jack Reichard
Kate Tield
Sirangl
Strance
John Slote
New Holland
Lancaster Farming
Wayatt Edwards
Spottsville
Arnold Smith
Indianapolis
Interne
Kenneth J
By Max Smith
Max Smith
Worthing
Mt Wealth
Charles Almendinger
Mation Ohio
Division of Christian Education
National Council of the Churches of Christ In
the US
Community Press Service
Dr. Foreman
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