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Lancaster Farming in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1960

Page

5

Food for the American Worker Changes Hours Over Time

An Lancaster Farming piece notes a shift in work hours since 1950 from 51 to under 40 per week to support a family of average size. It frames the change as improving efficiency and worker well being.

Tomato Breeding Leader Takes Six Month Leave for Mexico

Russell E Larson head of horticulture at Penn State will take a six month leave to study tomato breeding in Mexico. He plans to depart in late June with his family by car. Larson is noted for hybrid tomato work and previously earned the Leonard H Vaughan award in 1948 and the All American Trials bronze medal in 1955. He introduced the Keystate F1 tomato in 1947.

Larson Leonard H. Vaughan Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station Association State College Soil Conservation District Washington Lee Adamson Avella Allegheny Westmoreland Greene Fayette FFA Gerald Bullock Belleville Wayne B. Rentschler Lampeter Dallas Perfect U. S. Soil Conservation Service Raymond D Shaffer Dalmatia Pennsylvania

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