Eastern States Opens Regional Office at York
The Eastern States Farmers Exchange opened its first regional distribution office in York Pennsylvania the day after Labor Day 1956. The nine state cooperative will serve Pennsylvania Maryland and Delaware with a staff of seven and aim to localize expertise strengthen field reps and cut travel time from its West Springfield Massachusetts home office.
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York
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange
West Springfield
Mass
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Middle Atlantic
Man Survives Flying Wheel From Truck Incident
Oklahoma City resident Ralph K Steeds had lunch quickly and minutes later a large truck wheel crashed through his kitchen causing near total destruction and a damage estimate of about 1000 dollars.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Ralph ‘K Steeds
Greider White Leghorns Win in Pennsylvania Poultry Test
The Pennsylvania test highlighted White Leghorns with top pen from Hennegers Hatchery Forrest IL at 3 878 eggs and 4 188 points. Best hen from J A Hanson and Son Corvallis Oregon posted 336 eggs and 365.7 points while Greider’s bird had 337 eggs and 360 points. Other Pennsylvania entries from Graybill Anthony Leader and Sons and Truway Farms placed among the top 20 as White Leghorns. The NEPPCC judging will move to Syracuse for the American Hen of the Year and American Pen of the Year contests as the 26th Pennsylvania test began Oct 1 with 63 pens from 12 states.
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United States
U. S
Hennegers’ Hatchery
Forrest
Pennsylvania
J A. Hanson and Son
Corvallis
Oregon
George H. Anthony
Strausstown
Berks County
Ith
Guy A. Leader
Greider
London Teacher Receives Rudimentary Homework Complaint
A London mother writes to a teacher complaining about a math problem. She says a sum asking how long it would take a man to walk 40 times around Trafalgar Square caused her husband to miss a day's work and claims the answer was marked wrong.
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London
Johnny
Trafalgar Square
New Yorkers Dominate Eastern States Angus Shows
At the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield Massachusetts Aberdeen Angus steers captured all major awards in both the junior club show and the open steer show. Grand champion was Anthony Laddie 850 pounds shown by Fred Scoralick of Poughquag New York. Reserve grand champion Mole's Hill in Laddie 2nd shown by Roger Hetherington of Stanfordville New York. Other awards went to Anthony Lad die 2nd of Rhinebeck and Black Beauty of Seymour Connecticut. The junior club show had 86 entries judged by Byron Good of Michigan State University.
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Springfield
Mass
Angus
Anthony Laddie
Fred Scoralick
Poughquag
O. Bardoliermere
Angus Bull
Roger Hetherington
Stanfordville
Laddie
Aberdeen
Joy Leachman
Rhinebeck
N. Y
Black Beauty
Thomas Flusted
Seymour
Conn
Staris of
All Creeds
Byron Good
Michigan State
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Ephrata
Thomas W. King
University of Pennsylvania
Ephrata Fair
Lancaster Farming
Farm Bureau
Dillerville Road
Lane
Quarryville
Manheim
New Holland
Greider White Leghorns
J. C. Snavely & Sons, Inc
Landisville, Pa
Millport Roller Mills
Lititz, R.D
Grubb Supply
Elizabethtown, Pa
J. C. Walker & Son
Gap, Pa
George Butt Stevens
Paul M. Ressler & Son
Paradise
Ross C. Ulrich
Peach Bottom, R.D. Pa
D.W. Hoover
Earl, R. D. 1
Lancaster
Mount Joy
Greider Leghorns
Greider Lechorn Farms, Inc
MT. Joy
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