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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1956
Page
10
Rain and a shortage of pickers slowed Pennsylvania apple harvesting, with heavy fruit drop in Berks County as unpicked Staymans fell to the ground after October 20. Growers salvaged bruised fruit and adjusted plans while November 1 production rose to 4,590,000 bushels, about five percent above October 1.
Observance of two common sense precautions would eliminate more than 90 percent of hunting accidents. Treat every gun with respect due a loaded gun and never point a gun at anything you do not intend to shoot.
A Lancaster County tomato grower was honored for an average 25.78 tons per acre on a three acre plot near Elizabethtown. William K. Martin received a plaque for the top yield in southeastern Pennsylvania as Heinz contract growers toured the Chambersburg plant. Others cited include Harlan Hoover 22.72 bushels on seven acres and yields by Harold Bru baker David Miller and B Masser Ferry on smaller tracts.
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission expands next year fishing rules with a year round season for warm water fish except largemouth and smallmouth bass. Bass season runs Jan 1 to March 14, then June 15 to March 14, 1958, creel limit stays six while size limit is removed. Other species see various creel and size changes. Trout season starts April 15 and ends Labor Day September 2, 1997.
Poultry market notes show abundant offerings from multiple producing areas and steady Grade A prices with light demand. US Grade A and fryers quote around 44 to 49 cents per pound with various weight ranges. deer mortality from malnutrition in Pennsylvania forests estimated at about 2500, based on game officials and field researchers.
The IMF signed an agreement letting France buy foreign currencies up to 262.5 million dollars in the coming year marking the second largest commitment in the fund’s history. The 1956 Nobel Prize for medicine went to two Columbia University professors and a West German neurologist for work on the living heart.
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