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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1956
Page
11
Lancaster County farmers harvest a bountiful season as pumpkins, tomatoes, and corn fill markets. Prices ease on sweet corn while canneries struggle with volume. autumn colors spread over fields and hills as nights cool and tobacco dries in barns.
Chronicle notes a 25 hour day when Daylight Savings Time ends. Farm wives stay busy with dusting sweeping cooking and chores while the clock turns back. The piece argues the extra hour won’t alter routines or sleep, just extend a moment of extra production.
University of Missouri reports a simple inexpensive test may identify culprits in breeding herds causing dwarf calves. Insulin injections are used and tests have shown promise in Missouri with further field work in other herds needed for confirmation.
A recap of rural life near Media Pennsylvania notes Mrs Kate Pavitt wife of Edward Pavitt murdered in Marple Township while her husband was away. It also details George Woods duck farm between Kinzery and Intercourse shipping 20000 ducks yearly to New York markets and a 1906 census on US males plus crop notes from Lima beans to nut soaking tricks.
On a Frank Redding farm west of Gettysburg, five cows died after being confined in a barn following a summer pasture. Estimated value of the cattle was $500. Officials suspected poisoning from a weed and noted all cows were in good condition before confinement.
A Department of Agriculture note to editor Ernest J. Neill asks for a dozen additional copies of Lancaster Farming. The secretary and his wife praised Hershey coverage and plan to send copies to family.
A September 16, 1956 study explains Revelation’s disputed status in early church history. It notes reformers Luther Zwingli and Calvin doubted or avoided the book, while scholars warn its symbol rich text resists simple interpretation. It highlights seven letters to Asia Minor churches as clear sections and warns that loss of love weakens any church.
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