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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1956
Page
10
Unsettled demand with light activity and excess supplies across classes. Rock and caponette categories quoted at 23-28 cents, cross fryers 22-23, No 1 broilers 25-34, hens 14-20, ducks 25-30, young turkeys 25-38. receipts Oct 2 include Del 17000, Md 11000, Va 3000, N Y 2000 pounds.
A 150 acre farm along Octoraro Creek in Upper Oxford Township Chester County sells this week through broker John M McClure to Ewell Farms Inc of East Earl from M A Stoltzfus and Ruth E Stoltzfus Quarryville. The tract includes a 50 acre meadow and Bell Bank Road boundary with capacity for 200 steers.
Colorful ceremonies at the Cambria County Fair in Ebensburg crowned Laura Faye Duffield of New Alexandria as the 1956-57 Pennsylvania Turkey Queen on Sept. 6. Judges selected Duffield, daughter of a Westmoreland County turkey grower, with Karen Marie Trout as runner-up from York County.
United States Steel reports a record net estimate for the first half, signaling strong earnings momentum. Analysts note the results reflect higher steel prices and improving demand across key markets.
A garage owner protests fourteen dollars as outrageous while a painter threatens a picket, claiming lower rates from a rival. The exchange hints at a price conflict over a garage painting job and potential labor action.
Elk City Idaho. Frank Small a pilot for a flying service died after an emergency landing at the local airport. He collapsed moments from the plane and died hours later apparently of a heart attack while delivering supplies to rangers fighting a forest fire.
The 1956 forecast from the State Department of Agriculture details a late growing season with early frost on September 21. It cites drought in western Pennsylvania, lingering cool and rainy weather elsewhere, and reports tubers rotting in northwest soil while crops like tobacco show good quality.
Revised Commerce Department estimates show the nation's production exceeded the $400 million annual rate in two quarters last year, both records for the period. The figures reflect revised data and mark new highs for overall output.
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