—Lancaster Farming, Friday, February 17, 1956
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F arm Women
Are Given Report
Farm Women’s Society No 17
met last Friday evening at the
home of Slaitfa Stauffer, of Dru
miore Center. The regular meet
ing date had been changed for
the convenience of the members.
801 l call was answered by each
member telling whlat she had
brought for the Valentine auction
Twenty-two members responded.
Cakes, pies, cookies, doilies.
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handkerchiefs, aprons and candy)
were brought by the members.
The treasurer’s report Showed;
a balance of $134.85, with $16.25
-realized by a plastic sale. A do
nation of $35 wtas made to the
Junior Band Uniform Fund and
a $5 donation made to the
American Bible Society.
Sara Stauffer reported on the
Harrisburg convention. Plans
were made to conduct a food
'stand at the John O’Donnell
farm sale.
Catherine Kreider entertained
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Full 2-plow power
for 2 or 4-row equipment
with slides of Germany and' ai
auction was held with Anna, Mary
Burkins in charge Refreshments
followed in. the Valentine theme.
Mrs. O'Donnell and Mrs. Shauh
were co-hostesses. (
Society No. 16
Farm Women's Society No- 16
met with Mrs. Edith Mendenhall,
Nine Points. Mrs. Lucy Menden
•iball, co-hostess, led in devotions.
Mrs. Harriet Graham, vice
ipresidemt, conducted .the meetjng.
The treasurer’s report showed a
substantial balance on hand". A
memorial service wjas prepared
by Mrs. Lillian Hanna.
Mrs. Jennie Groff gave an ac
count of her trip to the state
convention of Farm Women, held
an Harrisburg, and of the tea
party given _by Mrs. George
Leader, the governor’s wife
„ Th society will meet in March
with Mrs. Bernard Pownall, of'
Christiana.
Summer Drouth,
October Rains
Curtail Crops
HARRISBURG S u'm me r
drought and floods followed by
twice normal rains in October re
duced production of some im
portant Pennsylvania farm crops
to less than last year and less
than average, the State Depart
ment of Agriculture announced
today following Federal-State
surveys.
Corn and potatoes were hard - ’
est hit, with considerable acreage
of each remaining to be harvest
ed the first of November, the De
partment said Yield of corn per
acre is estimated at 42 bushels,
lowest in 11 years.
Corn Loss Heavy
Prospects for corn declined as
I harvesting progressed and it is
I now evident that drought dam-
I age was more severe than indi
i cated earlier, the survey showed.
’; Wet ground and tangled stalks
I hindered operation of mechani
cal com pickers and consider
able hand husking was neces
sary- The State e»rn crop is esti
mated at 57,120,000 bushels, 6,-
000,000 under last year and about
2.400.000 under average
Wet ground delayed harvesting
of potatoes and on November 1
digging was incomplete in all
areas, the Department reported.
Low prices discouraged growers
and some acreage may not be
worth harvesting, it was said-
Threat of damage by freezing is
causing some concern although
freezing temperatures came about
two weeks later than usual; Yield'
per acre average 235 bushels, 15
less than in 1954. The Novem
ber 1 estimate is for a crop of
13.395.000 bushels compared with
14.500.000 last year and the aver
age of 18,568,000 bushels.
On the brighter side, the ex
tended growing season without
killing frost permitted ripening
of nearly all late plantings of
corn and favored growth of
grasses and winter grains. Pas
tures were better than usual and
cattle had to be grazed sparingly
on lush growth to prevent bloat
ing.
Hay Production
Hay production was not up to
average and some sections m the
central and southeastern parts of
the State are short in supply. The
southwestern and northwestern
counties had more rain for all
crops during the growing season
and conditions there have not
been as bad as in the eastern
part of the v State, The estimate
for all hay is 3,479,000 tons, 18,-
000 under 1954
Tobacco production is now es
timated at 40,815,000 pounds,
nearly 3,000.000 less than last
year and 9.000,000 pounds under
average. Oats, barley, rye and
soybean production for the State
will exceed last year Wheat, at
16,172,000 bushels is about 3,600,-
000 less than last year and* the
same amount under the 10-year
1944-53 average.
Good Time Was Had By All
Lady (reading paper)—Well,
well, I never knew that our fire
men were so childish. It says
here that after the fire the fire
men played on the ruins for
hours.
RE A Estimate#^
Per Cent of Farms
In US. Electrified
WASHINGTON (USDA)
About 93 4. per cent of the Na
tion’s 4,782,393 farms had cen
tral station electric service as of
June 30, 1955, the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture has an
nounced. This compares with
92.3 per cent having service on
June 30, 1954 and 77-2 per cent
at the time of the 1950 Census
The new estimate is based on
the Rural Electrification Admini
stration’s latest unelectnfied
farm survey and on 1954 farm
census figures recently announc
ed by the Bureau of the Census.
The REA survey shows that
there* were 314,350 unelectrified
farms on June 30, 1955. On the
bqsis of the total number of
farms shown in the 1954 census,
this indicates that 4,468,043 farms
were receiving central station
service of that date-
The census reported that there
were 4,448,462 electrified farms
as of Nov. 1954 However, census
'(figures include farms with home
plans, while RtEA is required to
consider as electrified only those
farms having central station serv- 1
ice |
More than four million farms
have obtained central station
electricity since 1920 and of these
nearly 3 75 millions have obtain
ed service since 1935, when REA
was established. In 1935 only 10 9
Convenient
“A shocking’ coward my hus
band is I was telling ’em off
proper outside th’ public library,
when off’e run inside, an’ stood
near one of them ‘Silence’ no
tices ”
The Reason
First Boot—Why have you
stopped singing in the choir?
Second Boot—l wasn’t there
one Sunday and somebody asked
the chaplain if he’d had the
organ fixed.
' worn* the Rest- .
She (after quarrel)—- Every,
thing- in the house is mine-,
money, furniture, clothes. What
did you have before you married
me 9 ”
Husband—Peace.
per cent of the farms had high
line electric service; in 1940, 30 4
per cent; and in 1945, 45.7 per
cent In addition, electric service
has been extended to many
hundreds of thousands of ruial
establishments which have pass,
ed out of the farm category as
the total' number of farms has
decreased. I
In 1935 Pennsylvania had 191,-
284 farms of which 45,182 weie
with electricity, representing 23 6
per cent The number of farms
declined to 128,876 in Nov. 1954,
yet the number with electucity
jumped to 124,376, or 96 5 per
cent New Jersey farms are 99 I
per cent equipped with electu
city, highest in the nation
NO HUNGER STRIKE.
Little Rock. When 17 prison
ers alt the county jail recently
went on strike, officers/ - didn’t get
too alarmed While they refused
prison meals, officers remembei
ed that the inmates had bought
$7 worth of candy Ithe day befoi e
the strike, which lasted only 30
hours
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