Pennsylvania Regains First Place In Farm Cash From Chickens
Pennsylvania regains sole lead in farm cash income from chickens excluding broilers for 1956, with eggs keeping a strong second in gross income. The state totals 184.5 million dollars, about 25 percent of state farm cash income, as poultry goals and county strengths in Lancaster and York counties bolster the national standing.
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Pennsylvania
Sbarrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Keystone State
United States
Lancaster
York
Berks, Bucks
Montgomery
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Adams
Chester
Subscriber Shares Praise For Lancaster Farming Recipes
A reader from Ephrata, Mrs. S. D. Edwards of 210 West Franklin Street, commends Lancaster Farming for its paper and especially the recipes. She plans to send more soon.
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W. Franklin St
Ephrata Lancaster
Farming
Farm Bureau Reports $91,000 Dividends Back
Keystone State farmers saved more than $450,000 by using Farm Bureau regional services in 1956. About $91,000 was returned as dividends to farmers. regional equity rose to $1,937,000. Regional purchasing and marketing volume reached $23,938,000, with gains in feed, fuel, seeds, and fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone State
Farm Bureau
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
L. A. Thomas Jr
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Cooperation Assn
George G. Connor
Connor
Attaches Meet In Rio de Janeiro Benson to Speak
A conference of U S Agricultural Attaches will be held in Rio de Janeiro Brazil the week of May 20. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson and other officials will participate and Benson will speak May 24. The meeting ends May 25 and aims to boost coordinated USDA and private trade efforts to expand exports to Latin America. Gwynn Garnett will open the conference May 20 and outline objectives and U S agricultural developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Rio de Janeiro
Brazl
U S. Department of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Department
United State Farm Organizations
USDA
United States
Gwynn Garnett
Foreign Agricultural Service
Eastern Sheepmen's Sale Set for June Fifteenth
The Fourth Annual Eastern Pennsylvania Sheepmen's Association sale will be June 15 at the Reading Fairgrounds. Robert M. Harbster, show manager, says 60 purebred sheep will be sold and this is among the best consignments at Reading. The non profit association with 350 members promotes the sale for small and part time farmers. The show begins at 10 a.m. and the sale at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Pennsylvania Sheepmen’s Assn
Reading Fairgrounds
Robert M. Harbster
Harbster
Reading
Chicks Transferred for State Egg Laying Test at Farm
More than 2,800 day old chicks were moved Saturday from Penn State to Fruitville Poultry Farm near Lancaster for a new random sample egg laying test. The program, run by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture with University and State Poultry Federation cooperation, will observe laying ability through September 1958 and replace the 25 year old official test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitville Farm
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State University
Fruitville
Lancaster
John L. Rainey
Bureau of Markets
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Penn State College of Agriculture
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
University
State Poultry Federation
Pennsylvania Farm Show
Poultry and Egg Division
State Bureau of Markets
Lancaster Farming subscription upheld and sale lists praised
A reader voices strong approval for Lancaster Farming praising its news coverage and yearly subscription value. The comment notes enjoyment of the sale lists and intent to renew each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Kurtz
al Kinzer
Lancaster
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Mulser
Donegal
Mt. Joy
Mount Joy, PA
S. D. Edwards
Honegger
Windle’s Honegger Assoc
Cochranvilld
Benson
Girton
Diller & Clark
Electrical Service
Intercourse
Penna
Kinzers, R
Eastern Sheepmen
Rainey
Fred Frey
Quarryville
Goodfyear
Goodyear
Lon Ag
Leezester
N. Queen St
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