—Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 2, 1955
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SURPLUS STOCKS
The Government's invest
ment in ruin' surpluses declin
ed to 57,010,823,000 on July
31, the fifth (hop in as many
months. However, this drop is
expected to be reveised when
the bumpei 3055 crops are
harvested. The high mark in
the Government’s investment
in surplus crops was $7,440,-
156,000 last February 28-
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includes hints on protecting the
contents from damage
TAX CUT?
Secretary of the Treasury Geo
Humphrey ha«- announced that
the Admmisti alion next year
must choose between enacting
a substantial slash in income
taxes 01 balancing the budget
In his opin on, ihe Administra
tion cannot do both.
SAGGING FARM PRICES
The Governors of five Mid
western States lowa, Nebra
ska, South Dakota, Kansas and
Indiana together with repre
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agricultural states, have urged
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Adinimstration to act promptly
to relieve sagging farm prices.
Scveial of the governors im
plied that, lacking such aid,
the farmers in their states
might deseit the Republican
Party iA next year’s election.
BUSINESS INTEREST RATE
Commercial banks have in
creased the prime rate charged
for loans to business concerns,
from three and a quarter to
three and one-half per cent,
which is the highest level in
more than twenty-five years The
increase was the second made
this year.
PRODUCTION GOAL
Governor Aierell Harnman, of
New York, recently-urged that
the 1956 goal foi National pro.-
duction should be $565 'billion
lather than the $535 billion pro
jected by the Eisenhower Ad
ministration The Governor warn
ed that, in thi c area, it was
“more reckless to be under-con
servative than to be over-con
seivative ”
-AIR SUPERIORITY
The Soviet Union’s air force
has achieved numencal superior
ity over the Un’tod States but its
air pojver would not “hurt us
more than our air power could
huit them,” according to' an
analysis by General Nathan B
Twining, Ah Foice Chief of
Staff.
PENSION FUND
The Secunues and Exchange
Commission, publishing its first
detailed survey of corporation
pension funds, reported that
there are more than Sll billion
not placed with insurance com
panies Of this sum, more than
eight billion dollars is invested in
corporate bonds and stocks
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. AND THE ROCKETS’ RED CLARE .. .’’—Francis Scott Key had a vastly different type of
rocket—the signal rocket—in mind when he penned the words to the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
Then, they “gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there," Today, supersonic rockets,
deadly air-to-air missiles, give jet-propelled proof that the Air Defense Command is prepared to
keep om flag flying should the-need arise. Pictured, above, are the four major aircraft of the Com
mand. Humps on top and belly of the RC-121D-picket patrol ship are jam packed with iadar anji
other electronic detection devices.
NO CHANGE
Allen W Dulles, dnector. of
the Central intelligence Agency,
iccently said lie had not seen
“any change whatever,’’ in world
wide subversive activities of the
Soviet Union despite the “smil
ing policy” oi Soviet leaders
NEW ATOMIC TESTS
A new series ot nuclear tests
at the Nevada Proving Ground
of the Atomic Energy Commis
sion is planned tor the immedi
ate future A few small test de
vices will bo detonated in the
weeks ahead, preparatory to
more extensile icsts next spring
in the Pacific
SOLAR BATTERY
In an epochal test, a ruial tele
phone circuit in Georgia was
operated by pcwer harnessed di
rectly from the sun. It marked
the first commercial use of the
solar battery, an invention bare
ly a year old
FARM PRICE DIP
The total farm net income
this year may be ten per cent
below that of f 954 and some
further decline is in prospect
for 1956, according to the De
partment of Agriculture- With
production expenses up, farm
operators’ net income for all
of 1955 may total about $lO,-
600,000,000 compared with
$11,800,000,000 for 1954.
SURPLUS SALES ABROAD
In the fit s' nine months of
1955, disposals abroad of pro
ducts held by the Commodity
Credit amounted to
$1,300,000,000 or nearly a one
third gain ovc last year, ac
cording to Secretary of Agricul
ture Ezra Taft Benson Mr Ben
son also stated that he would
favor the sale of Government
owned surplus commodities to
Iron Curtain countries in ex
change for duiable goods or dol
lars
Industrial set anclther
peak last month-
ICE JAMS
since the roads art Icy. maybe you'd
better pump the brakes!"
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
Progressive Dairy
Herd Report
The Progressive Dairy Herd
Improvement Association reports
for the month of October thait
(there were 2880 cows on te:t in
Itihe 97 herds of the Association.
There were 27 herds over 30
pounds of butterfat with the
leading cows belonging to Con
nelly & Yearsley consisting of a
mixed herd of 47 head.
Connelly & 'Yearsley, 889-
37.8; Willard Moore, 867-365,
Leary Prange, 1047,360; Howard
& Robert Mason, T 24-35.3; Hents
toerg & Eli E'h, 942-34 9; Herman
A. Shirk. 839-34 9, Earl L Unable.
911-34 2 Thomip’on & Buck-
walter, 898-34 l.Onailss Brosius,
67(2-33 9; M Per McDowell, 956-
331; W. Elliot Janes, 727-330.
Everett Cowan, 865-32 9; John
Bartram, 760-32 9; Wayne O.
Wogliey, 704 32 0, Harold M.
Umible, 831-319; Delp Brothers,
714-31.8; John H Ramsey &Sonis,
755-31.7; Fred J Kreider. 774-
317; Ezra Hershey & Son, 795-
316; Amtoon Huber & Son. 846-
31.1.
There were 89 cows over 60
pounds of butterfat with in lead
ing cow belonging to Ohar’es
Brosius This cow produced 2137
pounds of milk and 100 0 pounds
of buibterfat with a 4 7 te:t
Charles Brosius, 2127-100.0,
Charles Brosius, -1972-92 7; Year
sley & Connelly. 2279-912; Ho
ward Delong, 1907-89 6; Charles
Brosius, 1612-88 7, Years.ey &
Connelly, 1702-851 David Wa 1
ton, 1947 77 9; Thompson &
Buckwalter, 2325-76 7; Geo O
Gurme 111, 1169-76 0, John H.
Ramsey & Sons, 14f9 Harold H.
Umlble, 1814-74 4; Everett Crwan,
1690-744; Lloyd Wolf, 1891-73 7:
Thompson & Buckwalter. 1674-
73 7; Howard & Robert Mason,
1779-729; Wmdle Brothers, 1724-
72 4; Harold M. Umble, 1939-716;
Howard Deiong, 1748 716
Charles Brosius 1376-716; Geo
O. Curme HI. 1507-70 8. •
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