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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1955
Page
6
An overheated stove caused a fire at the Allen Brubaker property north of Terre Hill destroying a chicken house. Estimated damage is 1500 dollars. No chickens were in the building when the blaze started.
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Colerain Grange 1667 installed Loran Brinton as worthy master at IOOF Hall Kirkwood. Others named were Robert Stottlemyer chaplain Bennett Coates lecturer Richard Maule secretary Melvin Boyce treasurer Bennett Coates overseer Robert Wercksel steward Richard Maule assistant steward Mrs Robert Wercksel lady assistant Henry Wenger gatekeeper with committee chairs Bennett Coates legislative Ernest Reynolds agriculture Pauline R Mitchell home economics Mrs Miles Cochran flowers and cards.
Prescott Iowa Harry Grundman president of the National Farm Organization wires President Eisenhower urging immediate use of all powers to support farm prices. He cites hogs at about 20 dollars per hundredweight and cattle around 30, compares current 11–12 and 17–21 ranges, and cows at 75–95 dollars per head, warning of potential economic collapse.
A sequence of sale notices for Lancaster County lists bidders in 1900s style. Bertha Herr and John Cramer estates in Rothsville and Lititz offer real estate and personal property with set sale times. Others include Mrs Isabel Herr estate in Lititz and Elmira Palmer Estate in Salisbury Twp with described properties and times. The Community Public Sale at Intercourse covers household goods antiques farm implements and more. Lizzie Cosner Estate near Lancaster lists real estate and personal property with 1 pm sale.
December entries close for turkeys poultry and 4 H programs. Christmas party at Lititz Moravian Home hosted by Farm Women 1. Short courses on farm income tax social security and ice cream production hosted by Penn State and Penn State University. Bake sale for Lititz Recreation Center sponsored by local Farm Women. Entry deadlines for broiler fryer and roaster chickens and 4 H sheep. Lancaster County Farm Equipment Daters Christmas dinner at Hostetter’s Banquet Hall Mount Joy. William Stappenbeck from Rochester NY leads Penn State beef judging at the American Royal in Kansas City with Penn State placing eleventh overall and fourth in beef judging.
Harry S. Sloat Lancaster County Agricultural Agent told residents at the Bausman Fire Hall meeting that good turf adds value to a home. A. E. Cooper turf specialist from Pennsylvania State University advised on lawn care and management. Sponsors were the Lancaster Twp Civic Assn and the Bausman Fire Company. Heavy root growth through winter supports early spring growth and suppresses weeds.
Mary Mentzer, 19, won the Holland 4H Capon Club Roundup with 993 of 1000 points, taking first in dressed birds. Roy Mentzer placed second with 97.3 points, and others included Edgar Sheaffer, J. David Lapp, and Louis Lapp with top poultry bids. Rotarian buyers paid a total of 8328 dollars for 7734 pounds of birds, with top price 1.90 per pound.
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