12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, February 3, 1956
.Wage Cost on
Farms Now at
Record Highs
HARRISBURG Farmers of
Pennsylvania are now paying all
time lecord wage idles for hired
help in spite of a 10 per cent
decline m total cash receipts foi
their products dunngt he past
four years, Dr William L Hen
, rung, State Secretary of Agri
culture, declai ed today.
Competition with industrial and
other employment in holding
skilled workeis on the farms has
■aided in tightening the ‘cost
price squeeze” on Keystone State
farmers, he said
Costs Up, Receipts Down
During the year 1954 produc
, tion costs on Pennsylvania farms
advanced $ll million while farm
cash receipts dropped nearly $36
million, according to Federal-
State surveys
As of January 1, 1956, the in-
dex of composite farm wage rates
was 591 per cent above the 1910-
14 base for Pennsylvania, the rec
ords show The composite rate
per hour was 72 5 cents compared
with 68 8 cents a year earlier
The composite rate is an average
of all classifications of farm
wage payments, including those
to workers who are supplied with
houses and those paid by the
day, week or month with or with-'
out board, Di Henning explain
ed
From $ll2 to $l5B Monthly
(Between January 1, 1955 and
Janu'ary 1, 1956, the farm wage
rate per hour without board or
room advanced from an average
of 90 cents to 9b cents. Farm
workers supplied with a house
this January weie averaging a
letmn of $l5B per month, an in
ciease of $6 for the year.
Wage dates with board and
loom now average $ll2 per
month, *hn advance of $6 Rates
average $29 50 with board a‘nd
per week went up $2 and now
room and $42 without board and
room Farmeis are now paying
m average of $7 20 per day for
workers engaged without board
and room, an advance of 40 cents
during the year
More Turkeys
To Be Raised
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HARRISBURG More tur
keys will be raised by Pennsyl
vania farmers this yeai than last,
at groweis carry out their JariT 1
intentions reported to the State
Department of Agriculture
U. S- Increases 6 Per Cent
Surveys conducted by the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service show an intended ad
vance of 2 per cent in turkeys
to be raised* If growers do not
change their minds the 1956
Pennsylvania turkey crop should
total 2,114,000 birds compared
with the 2,978,000 raised last
year
The 2 per cent Pennsylvania
increase compares with reported
intentions of turkey growers of
the United States to raise 67 mil
lion birds, an advance of 6 per
cent over production for 1955
All parts of the country plan in
creases ranging from 3 per cent
in the North Atlantic to 8 per
cent in the South Central and
West, the Department said.
Later Surveys Planned
In Pennsylvania, turkey grow
ers intend to raise 1,616,000
heavy breed birds this year,
about 6 per cent above the 1,-
625,000 raised in 1955 The trend
away fiom light breed turkeys
will continue this year. Light
breed intentions are expected to
total 498,000 down 10 per
cent from the 553,000 raised last
year, the survey showed
Keystone State turkey grow
ers may increase or decrease
then 1956 production as they
learn results of the state and
national surveys of intentions,
observers said Later surveys are
planned to determine the actual
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June 1 will be the probable
completion date of the new
$2,5000,000 Octoraro Junior-Se
nior High School, the construction
superintendent advised Octoraro
Newspapers today.
Throughout, cooperation from
all concerned in the construc
tion has been 100 per cent,” Ed
Latshaw told, reviewing progress
on the extensive project where
ground was first broken on
Sept 15, 1954
Next Pall, the doors of this
magnificent school, whose di
mensions are almost phenom
enal, will open for approximately
1,000 students from southeastern
Lancaster County and south-
New Octoraro Area School
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western Chester County.
- Roughly m the shape of a huge
X, split by a semi-circular en
trance hall, the structure covers
more than two acres of the.4o
- school grounds
Modern design has been" in
corporated in every inch of the
100.000 square feet flour space
The- auditonum, with a massive
brick proscenium, covers 9,000
square feet and will seat 1,100
Just off the 12,000-square foot
gymnasium is a cafeteria that
will accomodate 350, and a kit
chen is located behind a low
ceilinged secondary stage
The cafeteria itself occupies
6.000 square feet; while class-
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Booms cover 42,000 square feet
—almost an acre—in dwo floors.
Students will be drawn from
Octoraro, West Fallowfield, High
land, Londonderry, West Sads
bury and Sadsbury Townships,
and Christiana, Atglen and
Parkesburg
Two 300-foot wells provide the
water supply for the new school.
Two oil tanks, holding 10,000
gallons mich, will supply the low
steam heat system
through two 100-horsepower Ke
wanee boilers
Bill Snyder is supervisor of the
elementary school in that dis
trict, which includes grades 3
through 11 at Christiana, 4
Phone Lancaster 2-2145
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through 6 at Gap, 4 through 7
at Atglen and 3 through 12 at
Cochranville.
Properly, the school is known
as the Octoraro Area Junior- Se
nior High jjchool, under the
Octoraro Area School Autho
rity, Parkesburg, Pa.
Architects are Lawne & Green,
contractors; general
—Rice and Weidman, Lancaster;
electrical— € & W Electrical
Contractois, Kennett Square;
National Plumbing Contractors,
Woodbury, N. J.; Twin Are
Welding, Lancaster, heating coif
tractors; and Warren Watson,
Gap. painting subcontractor
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