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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1956
Page
12
The Head County Holstein Group Lancaster County Holstein Friesian Association positions announced show Donald S. Eby Gordonville as president and Henry H. Hackman Manheim reelected secretary.
Forty-seven eligible 30 Four-H youth exhibited 54 birds with the top five selling at 65 cents per pound and others at 60 cents. Judge Carl Dawson from Penn State highlighted carcass meat, finish, and defects while Clay Stackhouse of USDA discussed agricultural programs and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
The speaker praised agricultural programs as tools for maximizing natural resources and highlighted leadership from experiment stations within the USDA. He noted soil saving, the Soil Bank, and a national framework, while listing local contestants and their ages and addresses in Lancaster County.
Three year old Johnny Fagan accidentally shifted the car into reverse as his mother closed the garage. The vehicle careened down the driveway, through the street and into a neighbor’s bedroom wall. Neither Johnny nor others were hurt. the car and the house sustained significant damage.
The USDA reports 1.332 million pounds of lard bought to aid hog producers with expanded consumption. Since Oct 11 purchases total 20.4 million pounds. Week of Nov 12 prices ranged 1789 to 1799 cents per pound by region, with 9 bidders offering 2.376 million pounds and approximately $200,000 of Section 32 funds to be spent this week, bringing total outlay to about $35 million.
Local business notes list Kinzers Vintage S H Hiest and Salunga Wenger Bros Rheems as entities in a regional trade context. The fragment mentions these names without clear events or dates.
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