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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1958
Page
8
Chicago livestock quotes show steers sold down to 2300 while good to high quality heifers bring 25 50 to 27 75 early and higher with demand for load high choice and prime 1000 lb heifers around 28 00. Cows and bulls trade mostly between 17 50 and 25 50 with canners weak at 14 00 to 15 00. Heavy vealers and stockers appear at 29 to 32 for good calves and 28 to 29 for steady feeders, with lighter stock at 32 and up for prime lots.
Harrisburg announces special awards at the Pennsylvania Farm Show for high potato yields by farm boys and girls. December 15 is the deadline for entry in the annual competition run by the Pennsylvania Cooperative Potato Growers Inc. Winners receive a gold Keystone 400 Bushel Club emblem. top producers may join the state's top ten. Lamar E Lex, 18, Ringtown, Pa., led with 723 bushels per acre.
National Safety Council officials warn fall and winter heating use boosts farm fire risk. They urge affordable extinguishers with adequate capacity and proper training, plus practice drills. Water worsens oil fires, and electrical or smoldering fires need specific approaches.
USDA research shows ewes weighed 60 to 100 pounds at 13 months yield heavier, faster growing lambs. Jack L. Ruttle at Fort Wingate, New Mexico led a four group trial of 500 ewes indicating birth and weaning weights rise with ewe size, boosting earlier culling decisions for breeding flocks. Advertising leads among men readers, ahead of sports for women.
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