Lancaster County Poultry Leads In U S Rankings
U S Department of Commerce figures place Lancaster County high in poultry production. Highlights include second in farm chickens with 2,825,045, third in poultry and products sold at 20,381,000 dollars, and sixth in chicken eggs sold at 30,200,192 dozen. Turkey data also noted, with breeding stock and broader counts supporting the industry’s importance and urging continued support for the Lancaster County Poultry Exchange.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
Lancaster County
U.S
U. S
Lancaster County Poultry Exchange
Why Women Entering the Workforce In Five Reasons
Penn State extension sociologist William R. Gordon cites five causes for more women in work today. Farm decline and time savings from technology push homemaking, widespread mechanical energy, proven competence, and economic need drive women to seek jobs now and in the future.
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Lancaster
U.S.A
Rosie the Riveter
New Jersey Leads Nation in Farmland Cash Per Acre in 1955
New Jersey tops the country with 1955 cash receipts per acre at 195 dollars, followed by Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania in various ranks. Per farm receipts show Delaware at 13,969 and New Jersey at 13,542, with Maryland and Pennsylvania lower. The national averages are 26 per acre and 5,505 per farm, prompting curiosity about Lancaster County’s comparison.
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New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Arizona
California
Lancaster County
50 Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms
Fifty years ago this week in Lancaster County the 1906 tobacco crop was valued at about three million dollars with 80 000 cases grown on roughly 18 000 acres. Prices averaged 12 to 15 cents per pound, aided by Congressman Cassel whose efforts blocked a Philippines tobacco import duty cut. An exceptional sale at Abram Kurtz’s Oroville farm paid 10 cents a pound for green leaves. Other notes report David Rankin’s vast holdings in Missouri and a 94 acre Lancaster County farm sale at 124 per acre. The cattle tick extermination grant of 85 500 dollars and extension of state authority were announced by Secretary Watson.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Cassel
Philippines
American Tobacco Leaf Association
Ohio
Lancaster
Abram Kurtz
Oroville
John H. Brackbill
Borough of
Strasburg
Congress
Watson
Agriculture Department
Department
William Erb
Mount Nebo
Bull Kicks Lantern Ignites Farm Fire in York County
On Irwin Mummert’s Paradise Township farm a bull kicked a lighted lantern causing an eight thousand dollar blaze that leveled a barn, corn crib, chicken house and destroyed 550 bushels of wheat 80 bushels of rye and all seasonal hay and straw.
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Irwin Mummert
Paradise Township
York County
Mummert
The Editor’s Rise and Wealth from Uncle's Inheritance
A veteran editor who began with nothing twenty years ago retired to a comfortable fortune of 50000 dollars. The wealth reportedly came from the death of an uncle who left him 49990 dollars.
The Human Urge to Fight Across All Realms
Essay argues humans cling to conflict from home to nation and business. It notes that most fights waste energy and few win, blaming excessive talking as a trigger and citing examples from households politics labor and war to illustrate the universal tendency. James writes of the need to curb needless battles.
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James
Record of a Hot Lancaster Farm Day in 1931
On Thursday September 10 1931 Lancaster farms faced extreme heat with a 97 degree high the top for September in 45 years A fire likely started by a spark from an appliance destroyed a barn on the Lancaster farm owned by Peter Gish Elizabethtown Rp Also on the Lancaster farm J L Schmidt near Grey Tree grew a 12 pound cantaloupe measuring 32 inches around lengthwise and 25 inches across Schmidt a noted watermelon and watermelon and cantaloupe grower 25 years ago
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Lancay
Lancaster Farm
Peter Gish
Elizabethtown
J. L. Schmidt
Grey Tree
Schmidt
Buttonholes Indicate Quality in Suit Making
Neatly pressed and evenly stitched buttonholes signal a high quality suit. Bernice J Tharp of Pennsylvania State University notes buttonholes should run with the fabric grain, have narrow bindings, and squared ends. Well-made buttonholes reflect craftsmanship and care.
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Bernice J Tharp
Pennsylvania State University
Tongue Fires and Quarrels Warned by Scripture
A sermon explores James and Paul on taming the tongue, warning that talk sparks quarrels and war. It urges Christians to seek wisdom from above to reduce strife at home and in nations.
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James
Paul
Jame
Moffatt
Wamcatio
Council of the Churches of Chy
Comm
Presa
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Quarryville
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Lancaster Farms
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Missouri
David Rankin
Taykio
Stoklasa
Congress of Radiologists
Paris
Luke
Earth
Eorem
Cous James
Hitler
Admiral Sims
Boston
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