Farm Numbers in County Stable; (Continued from Page One) creased with 5,627 farms re poiting telephones in 1954 and 4,551 in 1950. Last year there were 903 arti ficial ponds, rcservous and earth tanks on 801 farms reporting in Lancaster County. Tractors jumped from 9,151 in 1950 to 12,248 on' Garden Spot farms and automobiles increased from 8,853 to 9,049. There were 1,260 farms with no tractor, using only horses oi mules, 120 had no tractor and only one hoise or mule, 835 had no tractor and two or more horses and/or mules In . line with the nationwide trend, numbers of horses and mules tin Lancaster County farms continued in decline, although the reduction here was perhaps not as marked as in other sec tions of the country In 1950 a total of ' 2,9,33 farms reported 10,122 horses or' mules, while last year 2,044 farms listed but 7,853 horses and mules Commercial farms declined from 6,722 in 1950 to 6,666 in 1954 In value of products sold, in 1950 there were 455 farms in creases over the period to 1954, while the seven between 500 to 999 acres remained the same Telephones and electricity on Lancaster County Faims in- Noui Your eggs will be THE SAME EVER? TIME exactly os you like them J *^* VJ 1 Automatically I to '6 eggs just the way you like them—without watching. Also has poacher attachment. Open Tues. & Fri. Nights Till-Christmas LEBELTER’S “We Give and Redeem S&H Stamps” 237 N. Queeh-St. Lancaster i Call Us Now For Information We will be glad to give suggestions -'for size Fan, Location’ Installation etc. L H. BRUBAKER Lancaster K. D. 4 2 Stores To Serve You A RUDE AWAKENING PLEASANTON, Cal. Louis Koehl, taking a midday nap on the living room sofa of his home was rudely awakened when the 150-pound prop whirled loose from a plane 2,000 feet aloft, crashed through the Koehl roof and into the living room. Koehl, 66, unhuit the class selling products valued at $25,000 or more, in 1954 theie were 6i5 in ihis category Cattle and calves totaled, 120, 732 on 5 774 farms in 1950 and 146,848 on 5 807 farms m!954 Cows, including hcifeis that have calved increased from 55,546 on fewer farms, 4,843 in 1954 Milk cows also increased in numbers on fewer farms during the reporting period, with 53,857 head on 5,133 farms in 1950 to 58,267 head on 4,719 farms last year. On* 3,423 farms last year there were 27 703 heifers and heifer calves, and 59,413 steers, bulls and steer calves on 4,530 farms last year Whole milk last year was a $16,608,707 business on Lanca ster County farms, with 3,380 farms producing 394,545,042 lbs This too follows the greater production-on-fev. er-acres theme that marks Lancaster farming, for in 1949 a totaj of 332,004,540 lbs- produced on 3,632 farms. Cream Sold Declines Cream sold showed a decline, although the 1954 value was $48,780 From 169 farms re porting in 1949, there was a total of 107,524 lbs of butterfat pro duced, while last year the sum was 97,765 lbs on 259 farms Swine increased, both in num bers and in Lancaster County Farms producing swine, with 3,183 farms reporting in 1949 they produced 37,369 hogs, while last year these farms produced 41,195 hogs Sheep and Jambs, unlike- na tionwide trends, increased in Lancaster County during the period The number of farms reporting sheep and lambs increased from 698 in 1950 to I, last year, and the numbers moved up from 9,492 in 1950 to 11, in 1954. Wool production in Lancaster County too showed a major advance, from a shorn total of 33,802 lbs. in 1949 to 63, 294 lbs. in 1954- Poultry, Poultry Pruducts Poultry production marked one of the most significant gains in Lancaster farming during the 1950-1954 period. In 1950 the county total of chickeils sold was 5,415,710, while four years later the number was hiked to 8,481, 868, while the number of farms reporting decreased from 4,811 to 4,374. For chickens four mon ths old ahd over, in 1950 some 6,221 farms reported 2,309,825 on hancl, while in 1950 the-num ber of farms dropped to 5,753, the number of chickens on hand up to 2,825 047, more than a half-million gaii- ER Brooiler Ibusmesagrossed $5,353, 443 for 6,352,427 birds on 661 farms laslt year, while hens, ro osters, pullets, etc- grossed $1,726,815 on 4,013, farms report ing 2,129,441 birds Pan« E orEvery ratio Purpose Ventilation and Crop Drying Chicken eggs sold last year yielded an $11,951,975 business for 4,871 farms, a d*ecrease from the 5,353 m 1949 There were ti 0,200,192 dozen eggs produced Lancaster County farms or a staggering total of 362,402,304 eggs. Turkey farms decreased from 290 m 1949 to 285 in 1950, yet the Lancaster farming trend conti nued with 91,548 produced in 1950 and a remarkable 236,466 in 1954 A greater number of Lanca ster County farms marketed cat tle, hogs, sheep, horses and mules last year on a live basis than in 1949 This phase of the,f arming business accounted for $16,482, 152 in 1949 and last year, $2O, 918, 759- As to number of farms, this category included 5,774 in 1949, and 5,819, in 1954 Here are farms reporting, and number of cattle or calves sold alive for two years - 1949 - 5,314 farms, total 92,263 and 1954 5,475 farms total 125,584. From 4,509 Lancaster County farms last year came 88,788 cattle (exdu 'dmg calves) sOM alive that gros sed $17,825,402.' Figures of Lan caster County calves are: In 1954 there were 4,111 farms reporting 36,796 head, sold for $1,018,148. Hogs and pigs grossed $1,899, 936 last year with 56,277 head sold from. 2,314 farms, an increase too from 1949’s figures of 45,272 head from 2,772 farms Lancaster County perhaps ho jlds one of the nation’s records in the horse and mule business, al though numbers are still com paratively small. Last year 372 farms reported 743 horses and mules sold alive for $67,592, There are some reductions and some gains in .the overall report, but Lancaster County still main tains fairly high rank as one of the nation’s outstanding agricul tural Counties. ■Field crops here last year had an estimated value of $34,045,410, fruit crops $34,603,987 livestock and livestock pioducts $27,799,000 PLATTER PALACE— It’s one of the few commercial build ings eyer built in circular form This headquarters for a phono graph record firm nears com pletion in Hollywood, Calif Architecturally, its builders say it’s a very efficient form for of fice use. About 85 per cent of floor space is usable. All offices have outside exposure. Litilz,R. D. 3 ST- ICE JAMS ll_ anr ~Z2i^JCZ i —ii — ‘Here conies another one to hlatne the leather for his lousy driving l ” NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Animals Sold Alive Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 9 19&5—3 Children’s Coloring Corner CHICAGO - The thief who en- tered the Emeison Drug Com pany warehouse recently stole ■ ' the cure for many a kingsize ■ Wflct Wilfnw ■ headache. Stolen were 44,904 hot- * If Col ffUIUIV ■ at e su,oSr ache I “ v '' der ' value