neu action or
25 Pier Cent
Corn Is Asked
-WASHINGTON The United]
States Department of Agriculture 1
has requested a 25 per cent re
duction in corn planting acreage
this year in a designated com
jnercial Corn Belt-
There were 29 Pennsylvania
counties in the commercial belt
last year, 30 this year, and acre
age alloted this year was 693,-
062 and last year 811,954.
Additional surplus supplies
would be avoided by this reduc
tion, the USDA advises, in line
With the sharp reduction in live
stock m'arket values, oyer-ex
pansion and over-production- en
couraged by cheap feed.
For the 840 counties of the
United States in the designated
area, 43,280,543 acres have been
alloted in 23 states. Last year
the allotment was 49,842,697
acres in 805 counties of 21 states
MARCH
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OBSERVED PRECIPITATIOI
(APPROXIMATE)
JANUARY 1956
This chart shows the general nature of heavy, and the precipitation amounts which
the total precipitation which fell during the 'determine these^classes are obtained from
preceding 30 days. Precipitation is express- an analysis of many years of record at many
ed in three classes: light, moderate, and stations.
Top $l4O in
Hampshire
Bred Gilts
A top of $l4O was scored in
the sale of 35 Hampshires bred
gilts at the Stauffer Homestead
Farm, R 1 East Earl this week,
with an average of $7O
- conditions curtailed
the crowd, which was limited to
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less than 50, from Lancaster
Berks, Lebanon and Chester
counties.
Purchaser of the top gilt was
Roy W- fJhurr, Birdsboro, for
Homestead Roxann 2nd, farrow
ed Feb 1, 1955, bred Oct. 7 to
Stauffer’s Masterpiece.
Hoffart Farlmg, Findlay, Ohio,
was auctioneer, assisted in the
ring by fieldmen, Bill Miller of
the Hampshire Swine Registry
and the Hampshire Herdsman.
Ethel Good was clerk.
Farm Calendar
FEBRUARY
Feb. 1-29 Dairy Farming
Short Course, Pennsylvania U.
,Feb 1-29 - Livestock Farming
Short Course. Pennsylvania U.
Feb. 2 Society of Farm
Woman *2, home of Mrs, Joseph
Best, R 2, Kirkwood.
Feb. II Farm Society 7,
Leacock Presbyterian Church
social rooms.
Feb. 7 - Board of Directors
Meeting, Lancaster County Farm
ers Assn., Fred Soilenberger
home, Narvon
Feb. 13 r- Farm meeting on
anhydrous ammonia, at L. H Bru
baker’s store, R 3 Lititz, 7.30 p m.
13— Doughnut Bake by Society
of Farm Wom'an No- 2 at home
of Mrs. Andrew Low, Manheim
R 4; telephone orders to Mrs
John Dourte, Manheim 5-5067.
14— Femwood Grange (Chester
County) meeting, featuring
sisters’ night.
Feb. 14 Society of Farm
Women No- 22 meeting at the
home of Mrs Paul Miller, Lan
caster R 7. Bandage sew-
Feb 14 Society of Farm
Women No 22 covered dish so
cial; members’ husbands will be
guests. Farm Bureau Building,
Lancaster.
Feb. 15 Deadline for re
quests to be placed on spray serv
ice letter mailing list, Harry S.
Sloat, Associate Lancaster coun
ty agent.
Feb 22 - Annual Meeting,
Lancaster County District 'of
Southeastern Pennsylvania Artif
ical Breeding Cooperative, Land
isville Fire Hall, 7:30 p. m.
Feb. 27-29 - Sheepmen’s Short
Course, Pennsylvania U.
EGGS
Market firm. Demand improved,
especially for mediums. Prices
moved higher. Supplies were
about adequate for day to day
requirements.
Wholesale selling prices- for
those minimum 10 PCT AA qua
Large 45-48# White 43Vs-45V2,
TSrown 43-44, Medium White
41-42, Brown 41-42- Extras, Min
imum 60 PCT A quality Large
45-50# White 42-42%, Brown
none, mixed 41-41%, Medium
White 40-41, Brown none, mixed
40-41, Standards 40-41, current
receipts none, checks 37-38-
juancaster r antling, Pr:
ONE WAY TO DO IT.
BARKING, England Becom
ing tired of the slovenly speech
of his students, the headmaster
of a school here decided to do
something about it. He bought
a tape recorder for the school,
gets- his pupils to record their
voices—and then plays back re
cordings to prove how “sloven
]y” some speak.
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iday, February 10, 1956
SNADER* FARM* SALE
Horse collars sold from $2 23
to $lO each, highlighting the pub
lie auction conducted by J. Ray
mond Snader between Denver
and Stevens in West Cocalico
Township Saturday- Three hund
red Leghorn laying hens brought
15% cents a pound, straw $25-
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