Farm Numbers in
County Stable;
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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
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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
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This headquarters for a phono
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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.
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NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
Animals Sold Alive
Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 9 19&5—3
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