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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1956
Page
11
The statewide Chicken of Tomorrow Contest highlights strong youth involvement with hatcheries and feed companies, improved broilers and flyers, and rising interest in poultry production. Ninety four percent of entries sold, a ten year best, with top price six dollars per pound, below last year.
A Green Tree Thimble Club visit recalls winter family life on the farm when the quilting frame filled the living room and marked many generations of sewing. The club honors a tradition of home crafts and heirloom quilts.
The 50 Years Ago column mentions Wilson Arkansas as a company town built by R E Wilson and notes other examples Bell City Missouri Bird Eye Arkansas Pine Grove Kentucky and Brook View Farms in Kentucky. The piece reflects on how such towns started land openings and how many have vanished into larger communities.
The average American family spends about 25 percent of wage income on food. This held true in 1920 and again today. In 1956 the diet includes more meat milk eggs vegetables and fruits while cereals and potatoes decline.
Readers recall historic farm incidents from Nemah Wisconsin and nearby areas. A farmer forced seven children to pull a plow, authorities intervened, and five children were sent to school. The column also notes livestock prices, a deadly duel in Mississippi, and curious 1906 weather and transport anecdotes.
The 1931 State Industrial Congress data shows copper mining revenue at 76 million, tourism 50 million, agriculture 37 million, and livestock 15 million. It notes Wilson Arkansas owned by R. E. Wilson with extensive cotton holdings and city ownership patterns. Fire near West Willow damaged a double ten ant house, with responders from Willow Street and West Willow.
The wife complains a new washerwoman stole two towels. The husband asks which ones and she names the towels from the Miami hotel.
The piece argues the Holy Spirit redirected plans in Antioch, sending Saul and Barnabas to missionary work. It emphasizes church backing as essential for a true calling and warns that self centered churches die while sending churches sustain Christian fellowship globally.
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