Sharp operators withhold birds from local poultry auction
The Lancaster Poultry Exchange faces losses as growers avoid listing their broilers until after the auction sets a low focal price. A 60 000 bird group sold privately, costing about 3000 dollars, while others skipped listings to exploit the market. The piece urges removal of these "parasitic" buyers to restore auction strength and profits.
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Poultry Exchange
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Lancaster County
Government purchases of frozen turkey aid school lunches
The Department of Agriculture buys up to 1.5 million pounds weekly for the School Lunch Program, aiding turkey growers and feeding children. The piece urges broader use of surplus programs for other farm commodities and notes partisan efforts to unify farm groups similar to organized labor.
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Department of Agriculture
Key Federation
Turkey
Farmers Exchange
Maine Lesson Shapes GOP Strategy For November Election
Washington observers say the Maine results on September 8 could presage a Democratic landslide on November 4. The Republican National Committee circulated a frank report detailing labor's Maine victory, noting organized campaigns, TV and radio outreach, literature, and door to door work by about 230 organizers. The memo argues winning requires reaching and convincing people.
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Maine
GOP
Labor Party
Congress
Senate
House
Republican National Committee
GOP Committee
Organized Labor
COPE
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Hoboken N. J
Lancaster Farming Weekly Publication Details
Lancaster Farming is a weekly farm newspaper from Quarryville Pennsylvania established November 4 1955. Alfred C Alspach is publisher Dan McGrew editor Robert G Campbell advertising director and Robert J Wiggins circulation director. It is published every Friday by Octoraro Newspapers and circulated in Lancaster County.
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Lancaster County
Alfred C. Alspach
Dan McGrew
Robert G Campbell
Robert J. Wiggins
Octoraro
Quarryville
Lancaster, Express
Composting and Mulching Tips From a Garden Bulletin
Practical guidance on making and applying compost and straw mulch for beds and shrubs. Instructions cover piling compost, spreading for moisture, late season strawberry mulching with seed free wheat straw, and depth. Also recommends superphosphate use in manures and cautions about handling diseased rabbits and bloodborne risk.
Devotional Reading Mark 1 14 to 89 and Luke 4 16 21
Lancaster Farming frames a devotional reading for Friday October 31 1958 from Mark 1 14 89 and Luke 4 16 21. It notes the gospel call and Jesus teaching in Nazareth shaping faith values.
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Lancaster
Beginning Here Lesson on Galilee Role in Jesus Start
The sermon recalls Galilee as a small, overlooked region where Jesus began his mission amid a diverse, noisy population. It argues that true Christian witness starts at home, in unglamorous communities, not distant shores, and links local action to global mission.
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Galilee
Jesus
Herod
Jerusalem
Tiberinn
Voice of Truth
Tokyo
Timbuctoo
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