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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
40
Adams County ranks high in livestock production with poultry and dairy farming the main income, totaling 5.948 million dollars annually. The county reports 3,149 farms across 336,640 acres with 78 percent farmland and 13,258 farm workers.
A county court ruling Saturday approved bonds for several tax collectors including Edward Shorb Conewago township George D Baker East Berlin Mervin G Boyd Cumberland township J I Scott Fairfield township A D Sheely Arendtsville and William Deatrick Butler township An increase in the bond of Chettysburg tax collector J Herbert Weikert to cover extra expected revenues was also approved.
Earl Moffitt, State College extension specialist, spoke at a Gettysburg farm meeting urging farmers to set aside depreciation reserves equal to seven dollars and twenty eight cents per hundred dollars of crop income. He advised keeping accounts, reducing debt to no more than two percent of normal value, and improving efficiency with night watering for dairy cattle. He warned that tax savings come from better bookkeeping and argued for a more businesslike farm operation. An administration notice for Althea Virginia Diehl’s estate followed, requesting settlement with the administrator and acknowledging counsel from Bullett & Bullet.
The George N. Bushey Farm at Route 94 near York Springs advertises a public sale of 14 horses and ponies, 25 cattle, 85 hogs, poultry, and extensive farm implements by D. W. Shank and clerks. Terms cash.
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