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Lancaster Farming

Location

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1958

Page

4

Solanco FFA Freshmen Select Potato Exhibit for Fair

The Solanco High School vocational agriculture Freshman class chooses an exhibit of potatoes for the Solanco Community Fair next week. Students listed include Stoltzfus, Johnson, Glass, Lentz, McCauley, Weaver, Wiker, Hubbs, Trimble and Hambleton among others. The exhibit will be entered under the class name. LF Photo.

Future Farmers of America Solanco High School Solanco David Stoltzfus New Providence William Johnson Paradise James Glass Quarryville Robert Lentz Robert McCauley Ronald Weaver Peach Bottom John Wiker Oxford Robert Hubbs Paul Trimble Robert Hambleton Dale Myer

Canada reports 1958 cattle herd down 3 percent

Foreign Agricultural Service figures show Canada's cattle population on June 1, 1958 totaling 11 01 000 head, a 3 percent decline from June 1, 1957. For other types of livestock, sheep numbers were noted.

Canada Foreign Agricultural Service

Agricultural Lifts and Declines In 1958 Stock Totals

Stat 1958 year saw total hog numbers rise 2 percent to 1,696,000 as of June 1. Hog head counts climbed 29 percent to 6,164,000. In contrast, the horse population fell 8 percent to 675,000 during the year.

Per Capita Meat Forecast for 1958 from Agriculture Service

The Agricultural Marketing Service forecasts total meat consumption in 1958 at 150 pounds per person. Beef may average 79 pounds per person, pork about 60 pounds, with overall meat production around 259 billion pounds. This would be well below the 1956 records and down from 1957 levels.

Agricultural Marketing Service

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Lancaster Nick Chick Chan Wi H&n Nick Oy Oldfield New York Stock Exchange N. Duke St Oly Thorne Timothy Ross H. Rohrer & Sons PENNA Onc A H Hoffman Seeds, Inc Pennsylvania A. H. Hoffman Pennoll” “Seneca Hoffman Landisville, Penna James Paul Congress Lancaster County Democratic Committee David R Eaby D. M. Stoltzfus & Son, Inc Quarryville, Pa Sterling Kel Ford Grain Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc Columbia Pike New Holland Haverstick Bros Lauder Bros Conestoga Farm Service Park Ph. ST Denver Allen H. Matz
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