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Vol. 1, No. 24
Weather Wet
And Cool Here,
Work Delayed
Unseasonally (chilly and 'un
usually wet might describe the
cunent Lancaster County weath
er situation. There have been
pleasant days, chilly nights, a
dusting of snow and sprinkles
of ram, all delaying field work
probably ten days.
Tobacco beds are being stemm
ed and this activity is in full
swing as Lancaster County
growers seek to make up for
lost time. Seeding of spring' oats,
field peas and early potatoes
has been delayed until this acti
vity is also running a bit be
hind schedule. County Agent
Max M. Smith advises
“Things to Really Pop”
On tlie other liana. once Uie
weather turns warm, “things
will really pop”- on the farm
front It won’t take long to make
up for lost time. Mi Smith add
ed, but the continued cool temp
eratures are delaying drying of
soil In, the Kirkwood area,’ how
ever, drying has been quicker
and that aiea is showing more
progress than most in Lancaster
County.
So far this month, 1 84 inches
of precipitation has 'fallen on’
the County, more than half of
the month’s normal 3 45, ac
cording to Bernard White of the
U S Weather Bureau station in
Lancaster. Temperatures over
the weekend were cool, when
the region was dusted with light
wet snow, catching the edges of
a storm that dumped as much
as 17 inches on the Hazelton, Pa,
area
Rain,.Wind And Cool
Daytime temperatures Mon
day and Tuesday were pleasant,
but a low pressme area moving
north from the Carolines may
bring* more rain, wind and cool
temperatures. This cool condi
tion is expected to remain
throughout Friday Here the
weekend was downright chilly,
with a Saturday high of 49, a
Sunday high of 39
Elsewhere over the nation,
the weather picture has been as
varied as possible Mrs Dale
Shelley of Montgomery county,
lowa, who publishes the Flying
Farmers of lowa newsletter,
(Continued on Page Five)
Fulton Grange for
Domestic Parities
'Favoring a domestic parity
plan for wheat and rice, such as
that now before Congress, Ful
ton Grange 66 went on record to
that effect this week!
At the same meeting in
Grange Hall. Oakryn, the group
opposed strongly the House Bill
885, whch purportedly would
establish a “closed shop” in the
plumbing trade.
A new class will be admitted
at the next meeting, April 23.
and first and second degrees will
be administered.
Spring Plowing Lancaster County
Bank barns and good earth'— a touch
of spring chiil in the'-anv 'and’ work to be
done. It’s a busy tisie for Lancaster farm
ing as the growing season begins, as the'
earth is being turned to receive seeds that
will carry the continuity of growing
Annual Meeting
Chester County
Farm Women
Mrs Gordon Toot, from
Chester County Society of Farm
Women 3, will be president ot
the ChesteF County Farm Wom
en’s Societies for the coming
year. Her election, with election
of other officers, highlighted the
fifth annual meeting in the Ox
ford Methodist Church April 3.
Other officers are Mrs. Mil
lard Sweed, Sr., Society 2, .vice
president, Mrs Alfred Sharp
less, Society 1, secretary, and
Mrs. George Gates, Society* 2,
treasurer
Lunch was served prior to
the meeting by the Winners
Class of the host church. Invo
cation was given by Mrs. Arthur
Hayes, Society 2, at 1.45 p. m
Mrs Theodore Mathias called
the meeting to order.
Guests Offer Comments
Devotions were given by Mrs.
Irvin McMullen, Society 1, read
ing from Matthew 6, followed by
prayer and wards written by
Virginia Parker. The Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag was re
cited, and Miss Nina Morals of
fered two accordion solos, Carni
val of Venice and Polka.
Comments were made by the
following guests: Mrs Thomas
(Continued on page nine)
Quafryviile, Pa., Friday, April 13, 1956
Fat Steers Set New
Stock Yard Record
Receipts of fat cattle set a
new daily high at Lancaster
Union JStock Yards Monday of
this week when shippers sent
in 3,300 slaughter steers, break
ing the earlier record of Febru
aiy 1951 by 100 head-
Salable cattle Monday totaled
4,800, tops for the year to date
One load of prime 1270-lb steers
brought $22.90, and a part load
of 1019-lb prime yearlings
$23 50
Live Hogs Up
40 Per Cent
Since Jan. 7th
The price of live hogs sub
ject of so much comment dur
ing recent months recently
has advanced sharply, and by
last week had jumped an aver
age of 40 per cent, as compared
with the week ending Jan. 7,
an American Meat Institute
analysis reported today
“During the past month
alone,” said the Institute, “the
increase in the price of barrdWs
and gilts on the Chicago market
jumped approximately 27 # per
cent.
The average price of barrows
and Chicago last week
was $l5 25 per cwt During the
comparable week of March the
price Was $12.01 per cwt., and
during the week ending Jan. 7
the average price was $lO 87 per
cwt.; meaning that over the past
three months the average price
increase amounted to 40 per
cent.
“Last week prices were the
highest in any week since Oct.
15, 1955, when the average was
$15.35 cwt."
through the summer season to the climax
of fall harvest. But there’s much to he
done, the soil’s a bit wet, but the earth is
turning nicely as shown in this picture ot
M. B. Ober on R 3 Lancaster.
Trout Fishing
Opens Sunday;
Outlook Good
. A record stocking of trout
and an excellent carry-over in
the streams and ponds of the
state from last year was the
word today from William Voight,
Jr, Executive Director of the
Fish Commission, to Pennsyl
vania’s anglers looking to the
opening of the 1956 trout season
on Sunday
“Both circumstances can be
credited to a great degree to
the elements. As far back as our
hatchery people can recall, nev
er have water and weather con
ditions been more favorable to
trout production, both in the
hatcheries and natural, than dur
ing the past year,” he said.
“As a result,” the Director
continued, “ our hatcheries have
raised a record crop for distri
bution, and according to our
wardens, with the exception of
a few ‘Diane’ ravaged streams
n the northeast, a greater na r
tural propagation and carry-over
has been noted ”
In elaborating upon the pro
duction m the Commission’s six
trout hatcheries, the Director
reported a pre-season stocking of
1,804,669 trout 749,669 of the
brook variety, 648,000 brown
and 407,000 rainbow. Majority
of those released were between
6 and 10Vi inches. These were
bolstered by last year’s “breed
ers” which ranged up to, 16”.
The latter were equally distri
buted among all shipments.
Similarly, the allotments to all
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Record Crop Raised
$2 Per Year
Congress Passes
New Farm Bill;
Benson Objects
WASHINGTON The United
States Congress late Wednes
day afternoon and evening
voted in the pending farm bill
which Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson said “ . . .
is acceptable to •me in its
present form ”
It passed the House earlier
297-181.
Wednesday night it was re
ported the bill could not go
back to committee, but would
proceed to the President un
changed. Both the White
House and the office of the
Secretary of Agriculture ex
pressed dissatisfaction with 1
the measure in its present
form.
. From Augusta, Ga., it was
reported the President still
doesn’t think the measure
is a good bill as it now
stands, but there was no in
dication whether or not he
would veto the measure-
In Des Moines, lowa, form
er President Harry S. Tru-
man called * the opposition
the most flagra.it example
of political betrayal he had
ever seen.
Senator Lyndon B Johnson
(D.-Texas) said he would keep
the Senate in session Wednesday
night to try to get a vote, and
clearance might be granted at
a late hour.
Earlier Republican House
leaders sought support for
the substitute bill which
they hope President Eisen
hower would sign.
Emerging from a Senate-
House conference committee was
a measure which called for re
instatement of rigid price sup
ports at 90 per cent of parity.
The Administration proclaimed
it unacceptable after a meeting
of Secretary Henson and others
at the White House
The President earlier had
said he would not make any de
cision on the measure until it
had passed both Houses, then
returned to him' for action.
President Eisenhower is now
vacationing at Augusta, Ga., but
is keeping in touch with both
national and international de
velopments
Earl Groff Heads
State ABC Group
Earl L Groff. R 1 Strasburg,
has been named to this third
term as President of the Pennsyl
vania State'Association of Arti
ficial Breeders. Meeting recently
on the state campus,
the group named these addition
al officers, vice president, George
L. Carlson, Turtlepomt, McKean
County, secretary-treasurer, J.
Lewis Williams, Uniontown,
Fayette County, and director,
Howard H Lutz, Kemptm, Berks
County. Donald L Williams,
Tunkhannock, Wyoming County,
was named director to succeed
Albert E. Madigan, of Towanda,
Bradford County.
An appropriation of $9500 was
voted to Penn State for dairy
breeding research at Pennsyl
vania State University.
SOIL BOARD MEETS
Directors of the Lancaster
County Soil Conservation Dis
tract will meet at 8 p. m- Mon
day in the Lancaster County
courthouse.