6—Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 35. 1955
Washington Notes
WORLD WHEAT CROP
t The Agriculture Department
estimates woiM wheat produc
tion during 1955 at 7,315,000,000
bushels, oi 6 pei cent above 1954.
Canada is said to have a near
record crop, while East Euro
pean production may be up 5
per cent. Western European
wheat production is thought to
be about the same as in 1954,
while Australian production may
reach 200 mulion in compared
with 167 million bushels last
year South American, Asian and
Mrican estimates are all for low
er harvests than last season.
PANAMA CANAL
The net income of the U S
Government owned Panama
Canal Company for the year end
ed June 30 showed a decrease
from $4,160,010 to $581,134 dur-
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ing the’ fiscal vcar. The lower
earnings were attributed primari
ly to lower gross revenues as a
result of reduced traffic volume
of U S Government vessels, in
creases in wages and interest
rates and employe benefits grant
ed by Congress.
G. O. P. ’56 AIR TIME.
The Republican National Com
mittee has announced plans to
sign contracts soon with the ma
jor radio and television networks
for $2 million in campaign broad
cast time. By making the ar
rangements so far in advance,
the Committee hopes to save the
costs of time a
few days before a broadcast-
FLOOD LOSS
Floods in the northeastern
United States during August
killed 179 persons, seriously
injured 6,992, destroyed 813
homes and caused damages
etsimated almost $5OO 'million.
The State of Connecticut suf
fered the gieatest loss in ma
terial wealth, estimated at
$215,245,004 Pennsylvania led
in the number of lives lost, 88,
with Connecticut following
with 77.
U- S. BANKS
A total of 14,350 banks were
operating in the United States as
of June 30 this year, or 157 fewer
than a year earlier, according to
the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. The decrease in
number was due mainly to the
Hereford Steers Near Manheim ,
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Lancaster County’s agriculture almost with
out peer includes more facets than many oth
er counties combined could offer Here, on the
farm of C Lester Stauffer, R 3 Manheim, Hereford
Manheim FFA
Officer Tells
About Training
Fifty members attended the
84th meeting of the Manheim Fu
ture Farmers of America at the
Manheim Central High School.
Eugene Heiscy, James Farmer,
John Bires and George Farmer
were named to committees in
charge of the next meeting.
Reid Hummer, chapter report
er, reported on the recent leader
ship training course held in York
county and attended by Lancas
ter county representatives.
Captains were named for the
following teams: Ping pong, Mel
vin Shank; basketball, James
Graybill; volleyball, Henry Giv
ler.
“consolidation of existing nanks,”
which has beer the trend in re
cent years. Deposits of all banks
totaled $210,000,000,000, 5 per
cent higher than on June 30,
1954 Demand deposits, mainly
individual, business and govern
ment checking accounts, at $132,-
000,000,000, were 4 per cent
above the mid-1954 total. Total
time deposits, largely savings ac
counts, rose 6 per cent during
the twelve months to $78,000,-
000,000
WORLD CORN CROP
World production of com in
the 1955-56 season appears
likely to set a new record ac
cording to the Agriculture De
partment. A preliminary world
production forecast of 6,060,-
000, bushels would slightly
exceed the previous record in
1948 and would be about 10
per cent above 1953-54. Russian
corn acreage has been official
ly announced a 5,44 million, a
four-fold increase over 1954.
CONSUMER DEBTS UP
In the second quarter of this
year, American borrowed $500,-
000,000 more than they saved or
invested, according to the Securi
ties and Exchange Commission,
which attributed this to the “ex
ceedingly large sales” of autos
bought on time. Consumer deb
rose by a recoid $2,500,000,000
during the April-June period,
while Americans saved or invent
ed $1,700,000,000 Mortgage debt
a separate item rose by
$3,300,000,000 during 'the same
three months-
DOG SAVES BOY, 2 -
KEEVINGTON Sask. When
a 2-year-old boy entered a pen
occupied by 35 pigs, the pigs at
tacked the child The family pet
dog fought furiously to keep the
pigs away from the boy until he
could be rescued from the infur
iated animals.
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Control of animal diseases and
contributions of the farmer to
the county were topics chosen by
Dr. Harry E. Bender, Lititz vet-
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