14—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 6, 1956 Wheat Support Set At $2 Per Bushel WASHINGTON (USD A) The U. S. Department of Agri culture announced today that on the basis of the July 1. 1956 pSritjc, price for wheat the na tional average support price for 1956-crop wheat will be $2 00 per bushel, the same as an nounced by the Department April 23. In the announcement of Ap ril 23, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson stated that in the event that 82 Vj per cent of the parity price for wheat as of the beginning of the market ing year (July 1, 1956) was more than $2 00 per bushel the support price would -be increas ed. The pauty price for wheat as of July 1, reported today by the Agricultural Marketing Service, is $242 Since 82% per cent of this is not more than $2 00, the $2.00 minimum na tional aveiage support price an nounced earlier remains in ef fect, as do the minimum 1956 terminal and county wheat price-support rates announced by the Depaitment on May 31.~ !■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ New & Used Tractors s ■ & Farm Equipment a ■ CLYDE E. KEENER 5 Jj Located at Intersection ■ S Of Rt. 330 & 73 ■ ■ E. D. 3 Lane. Ph. 4-6414 ■ ■ Sale 3nd Thursday each ■ ■ month ■ B Private Daily ■ I 1 f'l low Cost... Big Capacity MODEL 50 BALER —- A „ J, H _j[ _ I, V //' I i Of lyu* 1 ' " / ' -* ’ :< * ' * * "V * "You bale up to 9 tons per hour with the Oliver model 50. Handle hay gently from pickup to finished bale, save more leaves, more of your crops’ goodness. You get neat, twine-tied, sliced bales that store and feed easier. Your choice of separate engine or power take off operation. The Oliver 50 ties bales 14 x 18 x 12 to 50 inches. Has a special safety device that keeps the plunger from hitting the needles. Most important—the model ■■■■■■■■ 50 is a baler the average farmer can afford. Stop in and see it today. G. N. Farmersville Equipment Co. Ephrata. R.D. 2 Chester Municipal Authority’s filtra tion plant at Pine Grove, on the southern Lancaster-Chester county line is current ly undergoing an expansion program which will increase the daily capacity from 18 to 30 million gallons of processed RIVERSIDE, Calif. Jerry Leighton, 2, still complained of being hungry after attendants at a hospital relieved him of a meal of rusty nails, which had been washed down by a drink of gasoline. Jerry, evidently un damaged, wanted a cookie as he left the hospital. " OLIVER ■ „ * . /O n. Hershey & Son Manlieim. RD. I E. L. Herr STILL HUNGRY .rrx Jjl'ii >" to'v; .r t /• Filter Plant Expansion Sales Dates July 7th Florence M Neft, 600 Hodgson St, Oxford, real estate, 1-30 p m. July 7 Intercourse Com munity Sale, starting at 11 a. m. Household Goods, Farm Im plements. Mennonite carriage, locust posts. July 7 —■ John J Lehman, half mile south of Quarryville, half mile west of Route 222, turn at Martin’s Gas' Station, household goods, Ipm. July 10 Helfred, Inc. (Her bert Mowery, sales manager), half mile north of Oxford on Pine Street Road, premises known as Summer Farm, 68 Holstein dairy cows, nearly all vaccinated, with two clean blood and TB- tests, 12 30 p. m. DST. July 12 Della and Jay Fry myer, Rothsville, household goods, 6:30 p. m. July 14 Alma E Erb, at Erb’s Store, road from Mt. llebo to Erb’s Mill, Martic Twp., real estate and household goods, 12 noon DST. July 21 William Handel Estate Raiwhnsville Martic Twp., real estate and personal prop erty, 12 noon DST. July 28 Mrs. Ira K Stauf fer, Manor Twp., on road from Letort to Washington Boro at Creswell, farming implements, household goods and some anti ques. 12 30 p. m DST. July 21 By the Martindale Fire Hall, household goods. August 9 Clyde E. Keen er. V/j miles n. of Lancaster (at intersection of Rts. 72 and 230), farm machinery, including trac tors. Starts at 12 noon, through evening. August 11 Charles 0. and Agnes OS. . Fox, road from Bachmanville to Campbelltown, 13-acre farm, sheep, barn tools, household goods; also tract to timberland, 12;30 p. m. Why is it we find so easy to mind other people’s business, especially if they live in an other section of the country? Stanley H. Deiter Auctioneer And Appraiser 1906 Willow Street Pike Ph. Lancaster 4-1796 water for the City of Chester and'its suburbs’. Above is an overall view of the facility, including the six-year-old main plant. Work in progress, to cost a million and a half dollars, is to be completed-in October. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo.) Philadelphia Milk Price Up 60 Cents Increased: 60 cents to $5.64, the value of fluid milk on the Philadelphia market per hund redweight has been figured for the summer months. Under Federal Order 61, prices for July August and September will be 60 cents higher than the previous three-month period. Two-thirds of the increase is the regular result of the federal pricing provision, and the re maining 20 cents from the in crease in the formula index. This makes present quotations equal to those of last October. SAVE AND EARN With Lancaster’s Oldest Building and Loan Association A q/ currently paid on installment TT /0 shares O (t/ on full paid shares - payable %3 /O semi-annually O Qr/ on optional shares credited /G semi-annually Your money invested in first mortgages on Lancaster County homes American Mechanics Building and ~ Loan Association Call or See Joseph R. Byars, Attorney, 58 N. Duke St., Lancaster, Pa. * Master Mix * Ferguson Equipment * Lincoln Welders ♦ Thermopane ♦ Universal Milkers ♦ Miller’s Insecticides ♦ Koppers Creosoted Posts HIESTAND Inc. Authorized Dealers Bobst Offers 1100,000 to: Lititz Park Elmer H. Bobst, chairman of the board for Warner-Lambert, has offered $lOO,OOO to restora tion of Lititz Springs Park, one of the highlights of the bi-cen tennial celebration which camo to a close there July 4. “My main purpose is to see the park * provide a place of amusement and entertainment for young people, to keep them off the streets, and to provide a safeguard against the all too precipitate development toward juvenile deliquunency.” he said. He requests that his gift be contingent upon several items, that the park be restored in an orderly manner, that perpetuity be guaranteed. Members of the Lititz Moravian Church, owners of the park, and the officials of Lititz borough council are to discuss the proposition I USED TRACTOhJ I SPECIALS I I? 1 :: : :: ♦♦ | John Deere L Cult. ♦! p and Grass Mower « | 50 Farmall Cub and» H Cult ‘ I S 54 Farmall Super AH I & cult. i n 44 Farmall BN &ll I Cult. - H S 46 Farmall H & Cult.|| It 40-62 Huber Thresh-« H ing Tractor H I CP. Hoober | § FARM EQUIPMENT | Phone 8-3501 g M :: r H - H I INTERCOURSE PA. | ♦ Wirthmore Feeds ♦ Haverly Bulk Tanks ♦ Sauder Loaders ♦ Anhydrous Ammonia ♦ Wheel A-Way Egg Washers * Irrigation Equipment ♦ DeKalb Chix & Started Pullets Marietta 6-9301
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